March 8: at Vancouver Canucks
Game Recap:
In Vancouver the Canucks look to win their third consecutive game. In the first Jeff Petry gets his ninth goal, a power play goal, on the season with Tomas Tatar and Jesperi Kotkaniemi getting the assists at 4:37. Vancouver ties the game with 41 seconds left in regulation when Adam Gaudette nets hits third goal of the season, assisted by Bo Horvat and Quinn Hughes. After a scoreless overtime, Vancouver wins the game in the third round of the shootout.
1st Period
| VAN Penalty | Too Many men | served by | Jake Virtanen | 2 min minor | 3:11 |
| MTL PPG | Jeff Petry (9) | Assisted by | Tomas Tatar (11) | Jesperi Kotkaniemi (10) | 4:37 |
| MTL Penalty | Corey Perry | for | Tripping | 2 min minor | 16:36 |
| MTL Penalty | Paul Byron | for | Interference – Goaltender | 2 min minor | 17:12 |
1st Period Stats:
| Montreal – 1 | Vancouver – 1 | |
| Faceoffs | 7 of 16 | 9 of 16 |
| Power Play | 1 for 1 | 0 for 2 |
| Shots | 7 | 10 |
| Hits | 6 | 6 |
2nd Period
| VAN Penalty | Nils Höglander | for | Interference | 2 min minor | 15:35 |
2nd Period Stats
| Montreal – 1 | Vancouver – 0 | |
| Faceoffs | 15 of 37 | 22 of 37 |
| Power Play | 1 for 2 | 0 for 2 |
| Shots | 20 | 16 |
| Hits | 20 | 11 |
3rd Period
| MTL Penalty | Nick Suzuki | for | tripping | 2 min minor | 10:24 |
| VAN Goal | Adam Gaudette (3) | Assisted by | Bo Horvat (9) | Quinn Hughes (21) | 19:19 |
3rd Period Stats
| Montreal – 1 | Vancouver – 1 | |
| Faceoffs | 24 of 56 | 32 of 56 |
| Power Play | 1 for 2 | 0 foe 3 |
| Shots | 29 | 27 |
| Hits | 24 | 17 |
Overtime
No Goals
No Penalties
Overtime Stats
| Montreal – 1 | Vancouver – 1 | |
| Faceoffs | 24 f 57 | 33 of 57 |
| Power Play | 1 for 2 | 0 foe 3 |
| Shots | 30 | 29 |
| Hits | 24 | 17 |
Shootout Results
| 1 | Vancouver | Brock Boeser | Snap | Save | 0-0 |
| 2 | Montreal | Nick Suzuki | Backhand | Save | 0-0 |
| 3 | Vancouver | J.T. Miller | Snap | Save | 0-0 |
| 4 | Montreal | Jonathan Drouin | Wrist | Save | 0-0 |
| 5 | Vancouver | Bo Horvat | Snap | Goal | 0-1 |
| 6 | Montreal | Tomas Tatar | Snap | Save | 0-1 |
Game Highlights:
March 10: at Vancouver Canucks
Game Recap:
In a late night East Coast match-up, the Canadiens look to bounce back after the overtime loss Monday night, In the first period, Jesperi Kotkaniemi gets his third goal of the season at 15:34 to get Montreal on the board. In the second, Corey Perry gets his fourth goal of the season at 2:09 to give the Habs the 2-0 lead and Vancouver gets on the board when Brock Boeser gets his 14th goal, a PPG, of the season at 4:54. Montreal then gets a PPG when Shea Weber gets his fifth goal of the season at 14:11 to get the 3-1 lead. In the third, Jeff Petry gets his 10th goal of the season at 6:36 to give the Habs the three goal lead over Vancouver. Montreal gets the 5-1 lead and win with a Phillip Danault goal, his first on the season at 13:49.
1st Period:
| MTL Penaltty | Jesperi Kotkaniemi | for | Boarding | 2 min minor | 6:40 |
| VAN Penalty | Alexander Edler | for | Interference | 2 min minor | 9:22 |
| MTL Penaltty | Ben Chiarot | for | Fighting | 5 min major | 15:02 |
| VAN Penalty | J.T. Miller | for | Fighting | 5 min major | 15:02 |
| MTL Goal | Jesperi Kotkaniemi (3) | Assisted by | Tyler Toffoli (7) | 15:34 | |
| VAN Penalty | Quinn Hughes | for | Holding | 2 min minor | 17:47 |
1st Period Stats:
| MTL | VAN | |
| Faceoff | 12 – 26 | 14 – 26 |
| Power Play | 0/2 | 0/1 |
| Shots | 16 | 4 |
| Hits | 9 | 10 |
2nd Period
| MTL Goal | Corey Perry (4) | Assisted by | Paul Byron (5) | Jake Evans (3) | 2:09 |
| MTL Penalty | Brett Kulak | for | Hi-sticking | 2 min minor | 3:59 |
| VAN PPG | Brock Boeser (14) | Assisted by | Quinn Hughes (22) | J.T. Miller (18) | 4:54 |
| VAN Penalty | J.T. Miller | for | Tripping | 2 min minor | 7:33 |
| VAN Penalty | Marc Michaels | for | Hooking | 2 min minor | 13:08 |
| MTL PPG | Shea Weber (5) | Assisted by | Jonathan Drouin (15) | Josh Anderson (4) | 14:11 |
2nd Period Stats
| MTL | VAN | |
| Faceoff | 21 – 44 | 23 – 44 |
| Power Play | 1/4 | 1/2 |
| Shots | 28 | 17 |
| Hits | 17 | 16 |
3rd Period
| MTL Goal | Jeff Petry (10) | Assisted by | Jesperi Kotkaniemi (11) | Tyler Toffoli (8) | 6:36 |
| MTL Penalty | Phillip Danault | for | Hooking | 2 min minor | 7:27 |
| VAN Penalty | Too Many men | Served by | Quinn Hughes | 2 min minor | 11:02 |
3rd Period Stats
| MTL | VAN | |
| Faceoff | 28 – 66 | 38 – 66 |
| Power Play | 1/5 | 1/3 |
| Shots | 45 | 24 |
| Hits | 24 | 18 |
Game Highlights:
March 11: at Calgary Flames
Game Recap:
In Calgary, the Canadiens look to get over the hump when they face off against the Flames. After a scoreless first period, Josh Leivo gets a pair of goals to give the Flames the 2-0 lead. Midway through the third period, Montreal gets on the board when Corey Perry gets his fifth goal of the season. The Flames go on to double up the Canadiens with the 2-1 win.
1st Period
| CGY Penalty | Nikita Nesterov | for | Hi-sticking | 2 min minor | 17:16 |
| MTL Penalty | Too Many Men | Served by | Corey Perry | 2 min minor | 19:13 |
1st Period Stats
| MTL | CGY | ||
| Faceoff | 10 – 16 | 6 – 16 | |
| Power Play | 0/1 | 0/1* | 1:13 let on PP |
| Shots | 6 | 6 | |
| Hits | 9 | 11 |
2nd Period
| CGY Goal | Josh Leivo (2) | Assisted by | Derek Ryan (3) | Sam Bennett (2) | 1:52 |
| CGY Goal | Josh Leivo (3) | Assisted by | Derek Ryan (4) | Sam Bennett (3) | 13:55 |
| MTL Penalty | Phillip Danault | for | Holding | 2 min minor | 16:20 |
2nd Period Stats
| MTL | CGY | |
| Faceoff | 19 – 34 | 15 – 34 |
| Power Play | 0/1 | 0/2 |
| Shots | 11 | 20 |
| Hits | 17 | 18 |
3rd Period
| CGY Penalty | Milan Lucic | for | Fighting | 5 min major | 7:40 |
| MTL Penalty | Josh Anderson | for | Fighting | 5 min major | 7:40 |
| MTL Goal | Corey Perry (5) | Assisted by | Shea Weber (7) | 10:15 | |
| CGY Penalty | Andrew Mangiapane | for | Hi-sticking | 2 min minor | 13:54 |
| MTL Penalty | Paul Byron | for | Slashing | 2 min minor | 17:24 |
3rd Period Stats
| MTL | CGY | |
| Faceoff | 27 – 55 | 28 – 55 |
| Power Play | 0/2 | 0/3 |
| Shots | 18 | 29 |
| Hits | 24 | 22 |
Game Highlights
March 13th: at Calgary Flames
Game Recap:
In Calgary for Hockey Night in Canada, the Flames would host the Montreal Canadiens. In the first period the Flames would get a pair of goals from Sean Monahan to take the 2-0 lead. Then in the second period Jeff Petry would score for the Habs, but Mikael Backlund’s fifth of the season to give the Flames the 3-1 victory.
1st Period
| MTL Penalty | Jonathan Drouin | for | Hooking | 2 min minor | 1:19 |
| CGY Goal | Sean Monahan (6) | Assisted by | Brett Ritchie (2) | 5:38 | |
| MTL Penalty | Brendan Gallagher | for | Slashing | 2 min minor | 13:08 |
| CGY PPG | Sean Monahan (7) | Assisted by | Matthew Tkachuk (15) | Erik Lindholm (18) | 13:56 |
1st Period Stats
| MTL | CGY | |
| Faceoff | 7 – 12 | 5 – 12 |
| Power Play | 0/0 | 1/2 |
| Shots | 6 | 16 |
| Hits | 9 | 11 |
2nd Period
| CGY Goal | Mikael Backlund (5) | Assisted by | Andrew Mangiapane (6) | Milan Lucic (4) | 7:20 |
| CGY Penalty | Juuso Valimaki | for | Interference | 2 min minor | 8:33 |
| CGY Penalty | Rasmus Andersson | for | Interference | 2 min minor | 13:26 |
| MTL Penalty | Brendan Gallagher | for | Tripping | 2 min minor | 13:44 |
| MTL Goal | Jeff Petry | Assisted by | Jonathan Drouin (16) | Joel Edmundson (6) | 14:20 |
2nd Period Stats
| MTL | CGY | |
| Faceoff | 22 – 38 | 16 – 28 |
| Power Play | 0/2 | 1/3 |
| Shots | 16 | 28 |
| Hits | 17 | 15 |
3rd Period
No Goals
No Penalties
3rd Period Stats
| MTL | CGY | |
| Faceoff | 32 – 64 | 32 – 64 |
| Power Play | 0/2 | 1/3 |
| Shots | 25 | 36 |
| Hits | 23 | 16 |
Game Highlights:
Weekly Analysis:
This would not be the best week for the Canadiens, as they’d go 1-2-1. A lot of the issues that plagued the team in the prior weeks with taking careless penalties returned. The team is in danger of falling out of contention in the North Division and if the ship is not corrected, I can see some kind of other changes being made but with the roster.
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