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Embarrassed Again | RECAP: NJD @ MTL

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Embarrassed Again | RECAP: NJD @ MTL
Cole Caufield (Photo by Canadiens.com)

Montreal Canadiens vs New Jersey Devils, Game Recap: Habs, Line-up, Score, Statistics, Highlights, Post-game, Interviews, NHL, Three-Stars

FINAL | Game 45, Home Game 20 | Tuesday February 8, 2022
Bell Centre, Montreal, QC

CANADIENS

Montreal

1-7

 New Jersey Devils logo

DEVILS

New Jersey
Cole Caufield (Photo by Canadiens.com)

Canadiens Lineup

Forward lines

Artturi Lehkonen – Nick Suzuki – Tyler Toffoli

Paul Byron – Jake Evans – Josh Anderson

Mike Hoffman – Laurent Dauphin – Brendan Gallagher

Joel Armia – Ryan Poehling – Cole Caufield

Defence pairings

Ben Chiarot – Alexander Romanov

Brett Kulak – Jeff Petry

Kale Clague – Chris Wideman

Goaltenders

Cayden Primeau – Sam Montembeault

Scratches

Cedric Paquette, Rem Pitlick, Michael Pezzetta

Injuries

Christian Dvorak (upper-body), David Savard (ankle), Jonathan Drouin (wrist), Jake Allen (lower-body), Mathieu Perreault (lower-body), Joel Edmundson (back), Carey Price (knee), Shea Weber (multiple injuries)

COVID-19 protocol

none 

Game Report

Another blowout. But this one was particularly demoralizing. The Devils are a bottom-5 team in the league with bad goaltending. Until tonight.

New Jersey pressured Canadiens puck carriers all over the ice and when they had possession easily navigated into the Montreal zone. The broadcaster claimed that it was the Devils’ best second period all season. And it came against the Habs.

New Jersey had won just once in their previous 10 games. Yet, they had little difficulty with this year’s edition of the Canadiens.

Canadiens’ forwards had good shifts. They threatened and hit iron. But then, they gave up a soft goal.

When a save is needed, the Canadiens netminders can’t be counted on. The team is struggling with two AHL-calibre goaltenders.

This team has a myriad of problems besides the player manning the crease. But when a team doesn’t gave goaltending, it’s difficult to fight through any of the other issues.

In the words of Josh Anderson, “We got embarrassed out there tonight.”

It was the Canadiens 30th regulation loss of the season in game 45. And it seemed to hurt the players more than most.

Up Next

The Canadiens will host the Washington Capitals on Thursday night at the Bell Centre.

Plus

▲  Ryan Poehling, Artturi Lehkonen

Minus

▼  Cayden Primeau, Brett Kulak, Jeff Petry, Laurent Dauphin, Kale Clague, Paul Byron, Brendan Gallagher, Jake Evans

Game Preview

Check out the game preview here: Return to Action | PREVIEW: NJD @ MTL

The Numbers

Game Statistics
CANADIENS   DEVILS
31 Shots 34
49 Face-off % 51
0-for-3 Power Play 1-for-2
4 Penalty Minutes 6
21 Hits 11
43 Corsi For 45
Scoring Summary
FINAL 1 2 3 OT SO T
Canadiens (8-30-7) 0 1 0 – – 1
Devils (16-26-5) 2 3 2 – – 7
Scorers Goalies
  • MTL: Kulak (2) 
  • NJD: McLeod (4), Mercer (10), Hischier (10), Boqvist (3), McLeod (5), Zacha (12)-PPG, Tatar (9)
  • MTL: Primeau (L) (1-6-1)
  • NJD: Gillies (W) (2-6-0)

Stars of the Game

Official NHL Three Stars
NHL3stars
  1. Dawson Mercer  NJD
  2. Michael McLeod  NJD
  3. Ryan Graves  NJD

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Video Highlights

What Did They Say?

Post-game Quotes

Josh Anderson

  • “It’s not fun losing right now. It’s not fun coming to the rink. We’ve got to make hockey fun again and just refresh. Throw this one out the window and come back to work next game ready to go. We just can’t get embarrassed like that. It’s not right.”
  • We got embarrassed out there tonight. You’d think after the break, we’d be refreshed and ready to go. You guys witnessed it out there. We had better be ready to go next game.”

Nick Suzuki

  • “There was a point in the second period where we were playing some pretty good hockey, but overall there weren’t many great performances from any of the forwards or defence.”

Quotes courtesy of NHL.com

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1 COMMENT

  1. salut-bien chers amis allhabs,
    recurring thoughts?
    coach ducharme does not seem to install confiance with his players.
    point a la ligne.
    why did he leave the kid in goal for the 7 tonite?another mario tremblay-CH33 manouever?
    cruel punishment for the kid primeau.feel bad for the kid.very damaging and even insulting.if i was the boss,watching on tonite.seeing that,i would race down and pull him off the bench myself.you don’t do that at any level let alone the pros.incoherent!
    just another example of poor/detrimental decisions.and there nos amis is the “temoignage”.we continue to lack developement and progress;game in and game out!
    we have 2 months left.better coaching is needed now.
    not after the season.NOW!!!just the way i see it.
    coach ducharme tried.it did not work.step aside and leave it to another.svp!!!
    merci pour l’ecoute
    portez-vous tous bien
    familleCH,malgres le tout
    guyCH10 soit toujours proche et present en prieres et pensees

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