Welcome to the Montreal Canadiens Weekly. This news and notes covers the events from February 28th through March 6th.
News and Notes
On March 2nd, Stephane Waite was relieved of his duties as Goaltending head coach and Sean Burke was named to the position of Director of Goaltending. After the 14-day quarantine, Burke will officially assume the new position.
Game Recaps
Tuesday, March 2nd: Ottawa Senators
Ottawa Senators Line-up
Brady Tkachuk — Chris Tierney — Connor Brown
Nick Paul — Colin White — Evgenii Dadonov
Tim Stutzle — Josh Norris — Drake Batherson
Micheal Haley — Artem Anisimov — Austin Watson
Thomas Chabot — Nikita Zaitsev
Mike Reilly — Artem Zub
Erik Brannstrom — Erik Gudbranson
Matt Murray
Joey Daccord
Scratched: Ryan Dzingel, Christian Wolanin, Josh Brown
Injured: Marcus Hogberg (lower body)
Montreal Canadiens Line-up
Tomas Tatar — Phillip Danault — Brendan Gallagher
Jonathan Drouin — Nick Suzuki — Tyler Toffoli
Joel Armia — Artturi Lehkonen — Jesperi Kotkaniemi
Paul Byron — Jake Evans — Corey Perry
Ben Chiarot — Shea Weber
Joel Edmundson — Jeff Petry
Brett Kulak — Alexander Romanov
Carey Price
Jake Allen
Scratched: Victor Mete
Injured: Josh Anderson (lower body)
Game Recap:
Up North in Montreal the Canadiens would host the Ottawa Senators, and after a scoreless first period Artem Zub would score for the Sens, but powerplay tallies from Brendan Gallagher and Jeff Petry would give the Habs the 2-1 lead. Then in the third period Tyler Toffoli would give the Canadiens the 3-1 victory.
1st Period
| MTL Penalty | Joel Armia | for | Hi-sticking | 2 min minor | 04:27 |
1st Period Stats
| Ottawa – 0 | Montreal – 0 | |
| Faceoffs | 10 of 14 | 4 of 14 |
| Power Play | 0 for 1 | 0 for 0 |
| Shots | 8 | 13 |
| Hits | 7 | 15 |
| Ottawa – 0 | Montreal – 0 | |
| Faceoffs | 10 of 14 | 4 of 14 |
| Power Play | 0 for 1 | 0 for 0 |
| Shots | 8 | 13 |
| Hits | 7 | 15 |
2nd Period
| OTT Penalty | Erik Brannstrom | for | Hi-sticking | 2 min minor | 9:01 |
| OTT Penalty | Erik Gudbranson | for | Hi-sticking | 4 min dbl minor | 09:26 |
| MTL PPG | Brendan Gallagher (7) | Assisted by | Corey Perry (4) | Jeff Petry (14) | 09:26 |
| MTL PPG | Jeff Petry (7) | Assisted by | Tomas Tatar (6) | Jesperi Kotkaniemi (8) | 11:30 |
| MTL Penalty | Jake Evans | for | Delay of Game – Puck over Glass | 2 min minor | 11:40 |
| OTT Goal | Artem Zub (2) | Assisted by | Drake Batherson (9) | Mike Reilly (8) | 18:29 |
2nd Period Stats
| Ottawa – 1 | Montreal – 2 | |
| Faceoffs | 23 of 40 | 17 of 40 |
| Power Play | 0 for 3 | 2 for 3 |
| Shots | 22 | 28 |
| Hits | 12 | 26 |
3rd Period
| MTL Goal | Tyler Toffoli (13) | Assisted by | Nick Suzuki (10) | Brendan Gallagher (5) | 19:39 |
3rd Period Stats
| Ottawa – 1 | Montreal – 3 | |
| Faceoffs | 30 of 54 | 24 of 54 |
| Power Play | 0 for 3 | 2 for 3 |
| Shots | 27 | 33 |
| Hits | 16 | 37 |
Game Highlights
March 4th, 2021: Winnipeg Jets
Game Recap:
In Montreal the Canadiens would play host to the Winnipeg Jets, and in the first period Paul Stastny and Mathieu Perreault would score to give the Jets the 2-0 lead. Then in the second period Brendan Gallagher and Tyler Toffoli would score to tie the game at two. In the third period Stastny would net his second of the game for the Jets, but a late tally from Corey Perry would tie the game and send the game to overtime that would see Pierre-Luc Dubois net the game winner for the Jets to take the 4-3 victory.
1st Period
| WPG Goal | Paul Stastny (6) | Assisted By | Blake Wheeler (17) | Neal Pionk (14) | 10:39 |
| WPG Goal | Mathieu Perreault (5) | 15:25 |
1st Period Stats
| Winnipeg – 2 | Montreal – 0 | |
| Faceoffs | 7/15 | 8/15 |
| Power Play | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| Shots | 9 | 9 |
| Hits | 7 | 14 |
2nd Period
| WPG Penalty | Andrew Copp | for | Tripping | 2 min minor | 8:04 |
| MTL PPG | Brendan Gallagher (8) | Assisted by | Tomas Tatar (7) | Corey Perry (5) | 9:53 |
| MTL Penalty | Jonathan Drouin | for | Hooking | 2 min minor | 14:27 |
| MTL Goal | Tyler Toffoli (14) | Assisted by | Nick Suzuki (11) | Jonathan Drouin (12) | 16:53 |
2nd Period Stats
| Winnipeg – 2 | Montreal – 2 | |
| Faceoffs | 14/32 | 18/32 |
| Power Play | 0/1 | 1/1 |
| Shots | 15 | 21 |
| Hits | 19 | 31 |
3rd Period
| WPG Goal | Paul Stastny (7) | Assisted by | Mark Schiefele (21) | 3:39 | |
| MTL Penalty | Shea Weber | for | Roughing | 2 min minor | 5:59 |
| MTL Goal | Jonathan Drouin (3) | Assisted by | Jeff Petry (14) | 18:36 |
3rd Period Stats
| Winnipeg – 2 | Montreal – 2 | |
| Faceoffs | 14/32 | 18/32 |
| Power Play | 0/1 | 1/1 |
| Shots | 15 | 21 |
| Hits | 19 | 31 |
Overtime
| WPG Goal | Pierre-Luc Dubois (5) | Assisted by | Nikolaj Ehlers (12) | Kyle Connor (12) | 4:29 |
Overtime Stats
| Winnipeg – 4 | Montreal – 3 | |
| Faceoffs | 21/31 | 30/51 |
| Power Play | 0/2 | 1/1 |
| Shots | 27 | 36 |
| Hits | 24 | 42 |
Game Highlights
March 6, 2021: Winnipeg Jets
Montreal Canadiens Line-up
Winnipeg Jets Line-up:
Game Recap:
In Montreal the Canadiens would play host to the Winnipeg Jets, and in the first period Josh Anderson would net his 10th of the season to give the Habs the 1-0 lead. Then in the second period the flood gates would open as Tyler Toffoli, Brendan Gallagher (two goals), and Joel Armia would all strike to give the Habs a commanding 5-0 lead. In the third period Mathieu Perreault would score to get the Jets on the board, but goals from Paul Byron and Jeff Petry would score to give the Canadiens the 7-1 victory.
1st Period
| WPG Penalty | Mathieu Perreault | for | Hi-sticking | 2 min minor | 10:45 |
| MTL Goal | Josh Anderson (10) | Assisted by | Jesperi Kotkaniemi (9) | Tyler Toffoli (6) | 15:29 |
1st Period Stats
| Winnipeg – 2 | Montreal – 0 | |
| Faceoffs | 6/18 | 12/18 |
| Power Play | 0/0 | 0/1 |
| Shots | 10 | 10 |
| Hits | 5 | 9 |
2nd Period
| MTL Goal | Tyler Toffoli (15) | Assisted by | Shea Weber (6) | 7:03 | |
| MTL Goal | Brendan Gallagher (9) | Assisted by | Phillip Danault (9) | Tomas Tatar (8) | 11:01 |
| MTL Goal | Brendan Gallagher (10) | Assisted by | Phillip Danault (10) | Tomas Tatar (9) | 14:25 |
| MTL Goal | Joel Armia | Assisted by | Jonathan Drouin (14) | Nick Suzki (12) | 16:05 |
2nd Period Stats
| Winnipeg – 0 | Montreal – 5 | |
| Faceoffs | 14/35 | 21/35 |
| Power Play | 0/0 | 0/1 |
| Shots | 17 | 16 |
| Hits | 17 | 16 |
3rd Period
| MTL Goal | Paul Byron (2) | Assisted by | Jake Evans (2) | 4:19 | |
| MTL Goal | Jeff Petry (8) | Assisted by | Tomas Tatar (10) | Brendan Gallagher (6) | 8:20 |
| MTL Penalty | Alexander Romanov | for | Tripping | 2 min minor | 10:01 |
| WPG PPG | Mathieu Perreault (6) | Assisted by | Mark Schiefele (22) | Neal Pionk (15) | 11:14 |
| MTL Penalty | Phillip Danault | for | Tripping | 2 min minor | 16:51 |
3rd Period Stats
| Winnipeg – 1 | Montreal – 7 | |
| Faceoffs | 21/49 | 28/49 |
| Power Play | 0/2 | 0/1 |
| Shots | 29 | 28 |
| Hits | 21 | 17 |
Game Highlights:
Weekly Analysis:
This was a better week overall for the Habs. They went 2-0-1 on the week and got a lot of great shots off. They also did stay out of the box a lot but when they were on the Power Play, they could not convert on any extra men advantage, except for the back to back power play goals in the game against the Senators. It was a tough and gritty game when they played against the Jets on Thursday with a lot of shots and scoring chances late in the game but the Jets would win that game in overtime. As the Habs had the re-match Saturday night, the first period started of slow and then as soon as the second period came, Montreal just opened up the floodgates. If the Canadiens play the same exact game as they did Saturday night into the games next week, Montreal should be set for the rest of the season.
Upcoming Contests of the Week:
Monday, March 8th: at Vancouver Canucks, 10p ET
Wednesday, March 10th: at Vancouver Canucks, 11p ET
Thursday, March 11th: at Calgary Flames, 9p ET
Saturday, March 13th: at Calgary Flames, 7p ET
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