Canadiens Lineup

Cole Caufield – Nick Suzuki – Kirby Dach

Juraj Slafkovsky – Sean Monahan – Josh Anderson

Evgenii Dadonov – Christian Dvorak – Joel Armia

Michael Pezzetta – Jake Evans – Rem Pitlick

Mike Matheson – Johnathan Kovacevic

Joel Edmundson – Kaiden Guhle

Arber Xhekaj – Jordan Harris

Jake Allen – Sam Montembeault

Chris Wideman

Carey Price (knee), Paul Byron (hip), Mike Hoffman (upper-body), Jonathan Drouin (upper-body), Brendan Gallagher (lower-body), David Savard (upper-body)

Game Report

With the Canadiens enjoying a 4-0 lead after the first period, the commentator on the broadcast confidently declared that the Canadiens didn’t need more goals on this night; that they should just make the safe play for the final 40 minutes. Always bad advice to sit back.

It was a wild one late into the night on the West coast. Many Habs fans who went to bed before the game was final will undoubtedly wake up to a surprise.

This was a game filled with mistakes and turnovers from both teams as well as a healthy dose of skill and talent. The goaltending was not pretty at either end from all three netminders who appeared in this game.

And perhaps most importantly, Montreal lost the services of Sean Monahan. In the second period, the Canadiens announced that Monahan would not be returning to the game.

It was another sleepy start for the Canadiens with the Canucks outshooting the visitors 9-1 from the drop of the puck. In the latter half of the first period, the Canadiens scored four times in under eight-and-a-half minutes.

With the Habs on cruise control, Vancouver took over the game in the latter part of the second period. The Canucks scored twice before the end of the frame to claw back into this game.

It was a barmy third period with the two teams scoring a total of six times to be deadlocked after 60 minutes. Elias Pettersson scored 13 seconds into overtime as Mike Matheson lost an edge and went down.

Up Next

For the final game of their Western road trip, the Canadiens visit Seattle to play the Kraken on Tuesday night.

Our Game Day game preview will be published on Tuesday afternoon!

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