Canadiens Lineup

Cole Caufield – Nick Suzuki – Josh Anderson

Juraj Slafkovsky – Kirby Dach – Jonathan Drouin

Mike Hoffman – Christian Dvorak – Joel Armia

Michael Pezzetta – Jake Evans – Rem Pitlick

Joel Edmundson – Kaiden Guhle

Mike Matheson – Jordan Harris

Arber Xhekaj – Johnathan Kovacevic

Jake Allen – Sam Montembeault

Evgenii Dadonov, Chris Wideman

Carey Price (knee), Paul Byron (hip), Brendan Gallagher (lower-body), David Savard (upper-body), Sean Monahan (lower-body)

Game Report

According to Nick Suzuki, the Canadiens talk about maintaining discipline prior to every game. Yet, sadly, the message isn’t getting through. The team continues to take too many needless penalties.

And on the other hand, after ending an 0-for-23 stretch against Anaheim, the Montreal power-play continues to sputter.

Tampa Bay built a 4-0 lead after 40 minutes including two goals with the man advantage. Meanwhile, the Canadiens pushed their streak to five straight games without scoring a first or second period goal.

And for the first time this season, the Habs have lost three in a row. That drops Montreal to last place in the Atlantic division. After some early season success, the Habs have begun to slide in the standings. They are now 24th in the NHL.

Let’s end with a stick tap for Kirby Dach. In a game where the Canadiens were buried by the Lightning, he won the matchup against his counterpart and helped drive the play for his line. For the good of the Canadiens future, Dach needs to remain at centre for a good, long stretch of time.

Up Next

Post-game the Canadiens announced that David Savard has been placed on injury reserve, retroactive to December 4th.

The Canadiens now must endure seven straight road games beginning on Monday against the Arizona Coyotes. 

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