Canadiens Lineup

Cole Caufield – Nick Suzuki – Kirby Dach

Josh Anderson – Christian Dvorak – Brendan Gallagher

Jonathan Drouin – Sean Monahan – Joel Armia

Rem Pitlick – Jake Evans – Juraj Slafkovsky

Kaiden Guhle – David Savard

Jordan Harris – Johnathan Kovacevic

Arber Xhekaj – Chris Wideman

Jake Allen – Sam Montembeault

Evgenii Dadonov, Mike Hoffman, Michael Pezzetta

Carey Price (knee), Paul Byron (hip), Joel Edmundson (back), Logan Mailloux (shoulder), Emil Heineman (finger), Mike Matheson (abdominal strain)

Game Report

The Canadiens suffered their ninth straight loss to the Wild in Minnesota. The Habs had difficulty generating offence all game long managing just five high-danger scoring chances through 60 minutes. It was a walk in the park for Wild goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury.

Nick Suzuki was the only Canadien to score taking a perfect feed from Chris Wideman for a power-play goal. In addition to the assist, Wideman led the team in both blocked shots and penalty minutes.

Minnesota did all the damage in the second period scoring three times with two goals coming from Kirill Kaprizov.

Forwards Jonathan Drouin and Rem Pitlick slotted back in the lineup for this contest but did absolutely nothing to ensure their participation in Thursday night’s game.

Juraj Slafkovsky made a rookie mistake late in the game when he stopped playing near the boards and was rocked by a stiff check from a much smaller Marco Rossi.

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