News:
- With the Canadiens having their three game set against Edmonton and the March 28th game against Ottawa postponed, the NHL announced Sunday afternoon that the following changes would be made to the Canadiens schedule.
- Edmonton at Montreal, scheduled for March 22, is now scheduled for March 30 at 7 p.m. ET
- Calgary at Montreal, scheduled for April 16 at 7 p.m. ET, will now start at 6 p.m. ET
- Ottawa at Montreal, scheduled for March 28, is now scheduled for April 17 at 4 p.m. ET
- Montreal at Edmonton, scheduled for April 20, is now scheduled for April 21 10 p.m. ET
- Montreal at Calgary, scheduled for April 22, is now scheduled for April 23 at 9 p.m. ET
- Montreal at Calgary, scheduled for April 26 at 10 p.m. ET, will now start at 6:30 p.m. ET
- Montreal at Ottawa, scheduled for March 30, is now scheduled for May 5 at 7 p.m. ET
- Montreal at Toronto, scheduled for May 7, is now scheduled for May 6 at 7 p.m. ET
- Edmonton at Montreal, scheduled for March 24, is now scheduled for May 10 at 5:30 p.m. ET
- Edmonton at Montreal, scheduled for March 26, is now scheduled for May 11 at 7 p.m. ET
In April alone, Montreal will have 17 games in the month of April alone.
- Next, the Montreal Canadiens have acquired Eric Staal from the Buffalo Sabres for a 3rd and 5th round draft pick in the 2021 NHL Draft
- The Montreal Canadiens have agreed to an ELC (entry-level contract) with Cole Caufield.
Game Recaps:
March 22: Edmonton Oilers – Game Postponed
March 24: Edmonton Oilers – Postponed
March 26: Edmonton Oilers – Postponed
March 28: Ottawa Senators – Postponed
March 30: at Ottawa Senators – Postponed to May 5th
March 30: Edmonton Oilers
Game Recap:
The Montreal Canadiens would host the Edmonton Oilers, and in the first period the Habs would get goals from Jesperi Kotkaniemi, Artturi Lehkonen, and Brendan Gallagher to take a commanding 3-0 lead. Then in the second period Tomas Tater would strike to grow the Habs lead to four. In the third period it would be scoreless as the Canadiens would go on to defeat the Oilers 4-0.
Edmonton Oilers Lines:
Montreal Canadiens Lines:
1st Period
| MTL Goal | Jesperi Kotkaniemi (5) | Assisted by | Paul Byron (6) | Artturi Lehkonen (3) | 00:18 |
| EDM Penalty | Delay of Game – Unsuccessful Goal Challenge | Served by | Kailer Yamamoto | 2 min minor | 00:18 |
| MTL Goal | Artturi Lehkonen ( 3) | Assisted by | Paul Byron (7) | Joel Edmundson (8) | 03:23 |
| MTL Penalty | Josh Anderson | for | Fighting | 5 min major | 04:47 |
| EDM Penalty | William Lagesson | for | Fighting | 5 min major | 04:47 |
| EDM Penalty | Kyle Turris | for | Holding | 2 min minor | 07:27 |
| MTL Goal | Brendan Gallagher (13) | Assisted by | Shea Weber (10) | Phillip Danault (14) | 15:58 |
| EDM Penalty | Connor McDavid | for | Roughing | 2 min minor | 17:26 |
1st Period Stats
| EDM – 0 | MTL – 3 | |
| Faceoff | 11/18 | 7/18 |
| Power Play | 0/0 | 0/3 |
| Shots | 7 | 15 |
| Hits | 14 | 8 |
2nd Period
| MTL Penalty | Alexander Radulov | for | Interference | 2 min minor | 04:01 |
| MTL Penalty | Brendan Gallagher | for | Tripping | 2 min minor | 06:55 |
| MTL Goal | Tomas Tatar (7) | Assisted by | Phillip Danault (15) | Brendan Gallagher (8) | 17:54 |
| EDM Penalty | Tyson Barrie | for | Hooking | 2 min minor | 19:46 |
2nd Period Stats
| EDM – 0 | MTL – 4 | |
| Faceoff | 18/32 | 14/32 |
| Power Play | 0/2 | 0/4 |
| Shots | 11 | 25 |
| Hits | 19 | 15 |
3rd Period
| MTL Penalty | Josh Anderson | for | Tripping | 2 min minor | 17:09 |
3rd Period Stats
| EDM – 0 | MTL – 4 | |
| Faceoff | 27/53 | 26/53 |
| Power Play | 0/3 | 0/4 |
| Shots | 17 | 32 |
| Hits | 33 | 23 |
Game Highlights
April 1: at Ottawa Senators
Game Recap:
In Ottawa the Senators would host the Montreal Canadiens, and in the first period Phillip Danault would score to give the Habs the 1-0 lead. Then in the second period Paul Byron would make it a two goal lead, and then in the third period Connor Brown would score for the Sens, but goals from Corey Perry and Brendan Gallagher would give the Canadiens the 4-1 victory over the Senators.
Montreal Canadiens Lineup:
Ottawa Senators Lineup:
Brady Tkachuk — Josh Norris – Evgenii Dadonov
Nick Paul — Colin White — Connor Brown
Tim Stutzle — Chris Tierney — Drake Batherson
Ryan Dzingel — Clark Bishop — Alex Formenton
Thomas Chabot — Nikita Zaitsev
Mike Reilly — Artem Zub
Braydon Coburn — Josh Brown
Filip Gustavsson
Anton Forsberg
Scratched: Erik Gudbranson, Artem Anisimov, Matt Murray
Injured: Marcus Hogberg (lower body), Joey Daccord (lower body), Austin Watson (hand)
1st Period
| MTL Goal | Phillip Danault (3) | Assisted by | Brendan Gallagher (9) | Tomas Tatar (15) | 10:48 |
| MTL Penalty | Jeff Petry | for | Tripping | 2 min minor | 19:13 |
1st Period Stats
| MTL – 1 | OTT – 0 | ||
| Faceoff | 3 of 16 | 13 of 16 | |
| Power Play | 0/0 | 0/1* | *1:13 left on PP |
| Shots | 14 | 11 | |
| Hits | 9 | 14 |
2nd Period
| MTL SHG | Paul Byron (3) | Assisted by | Jake Evans (4) | Artturi Lehkonen (4) | :48 |
| OTT Penalty | Braydon Coburn | for | Tripping | 2 min minor | 13:50 |
| OTT Penalty | Mike Reilly | for | Hooking | 2 min minor | 16:58 |
2nd Period Stats
| MTL – 2 | OTT – 0 | |
| Faceoff | 16 of 38 | 22 of 38 |
| Power Play | 0/2 | 0/1 |
| Shots | 28 | 17 |
| Hits | 22 | 23 |
3rd Period
| MTL Goal | Corey Perry (7) | Assisted by | Jake Evans (5) | Victor Mete (2) | 4:43 |
| MTL Goal | Brendan Gallagher (14) | Assisted by | Phillip Danault (16) | Tomas Tatar 916) | 10:04 |
| OTT Penalty | Nick Paul | for | Roughing | 2 min minor | 15:09 |
| MTL Penalty | Artturi Lehkonen | for | Tripping | 2 min minor | 18:06 |
| OTT PPG | Connor Brown (8) | Assisted by | Josh Norris (11) | Mike Reilly (15) | 18:13 |
3rd Period Stats
| MTL – 4 | OTT – 1 | |
| Faceoff | 27 of 56 | 29 of 56 |
| Power Play | 0/3 | 1/2 |
| Shots | 38 | 23 |
| Hits | 30 | 35 |
Game Highlights
April 3: Ottawa Senators
Game Recap:
In Montreal the Ottawa Senators would take on the Canadiens, and in the first period Tyler Toffoli would score for the Habs, but goals from Brady Tkachuk and Connor Brown would give the Sens the 2-1 lead. then in the second period Josh Anderson would net a pair for the Habs, and Evgenii Dadonov would net a pair for the Sens as they would hold a 4-3 lead. In the third period Artem Anisimov would score to grow the Senators lead to two, and Drake Batherson would score to seal the 6-3 victory over the Canadiens.
Ottawa Senators Lineup:
Montreal Canadiens Lineup:
1st Period
| MTL Penalty | Brendan Gallagher | for | Hi-sticking | 4 min dbl minor | 00:28 |
| OTT PPG | Brady Tkachuk (12) | Assisted by | Drake Batherson (11) | Ben Chabot (18) | 00:42 |
| OTT Penalty | Brady Coburn | for | Hi-sticking | 2 min minor | 03:47 |
| MTL PPG | Tyler Toffoli (19) | Assisted by | Nick Suzuki (14) | Shea Weber (11) | 05:31 |
| OTT Penalty | Artem Zub | for | Hooking | 2 min minor | 08:57 |
| OTT Penalty | Nikita Zaitsev | for | Tripping | 2 min minor | 11:55 |
| OTT SHG | Connor Brown | Assisted by | Nick Paul (10) | Brady Coburn (2) | 12:07 |
| OTT Penalty | Brady Tkachuk | for | Fighting | 5 min major | 16:34 |
| MTL Penalty | Shea Weber | for | Fighting | 5 min major | 16:34 |
1st Period Stats
| OTT – 2 | MTL – 1 | |
| Faceoff | 3 of 16 | 13 of 16 |
| Power Play | 1/2 | 1/3 |
| Shots | 13 | 14 |
| Hits | 9 | 6 |
2nd Period
| MTL Goal | Josh Anderson (12) | Assisted by | Jesperi Kotkaniemi (12) | Victor Mete (3) | 6:58 |
| OTT Goal | Evgenii Dadonov (10) | Assisted by | Ben Chabot (19) | Artem Anisimov (3) | 07:49 |
| OTT Goal | Evgenii Dadonov (11) | Assisted by | Artem Anisimov (4) | Tim Stuzule (14) | 16:02 |
| MTL Goal | Josh Anderson (13) | Assisted by | Nick Suzuki (15) | Shea Weber (12) | 18:48 |
2nd Period Stats
| OTT – 4 | MTL – 3 | ||
| Faceoff | 3 of 16 | 13 of 16 | |
| Power Play | 1/2 | 1/4/* | 1:06 left on PP |
| Shots | 22 | 26 | |
| Hits | 19 | 22 |
3rd Period
| OTT Goal | Artem Anisimov (3) | Assisted by | Alex Formenton (1) | 02:55 | |
| OTT Penalty | Nikita Zaitsev | for | Tripping | 2 min minor | 14:41 |
| OTT Goal | Drake Batherson (12) | Assisted by | Mike Reilly (16) | 17:05 |
3rd Period Stats
| OTT – 6 | MTL – 3 | |
| Faceoff | 26/63 | 37/63 |
| Power Play | 1/2 | 1/4/* |
| Shots | 22 | 26 |
| Hits | 19 | 22 |
Game Highlights
Weekly Analysis
After having the pause due to COVID-19 protocols, the Canadiens looked a bit better. Not a lot of careless penalties would take place with the games that took place and some scoring magic would come back. It seems to me that while it was not a good thing for COVID-19 to hit the team, it was a bit of a good thing at the same time as the team found the magic that they had at the beginning of the season. Puck possession was far better but the team would not strike when the iron was hot for extra man advantages as well as scoring with a man down. I would like to see the team improve in that regard going into the four games that the Canadiens have coming up in the next slate of contests.
Upcoming Contests
April 5: Edmonton Oilers
April 7: at Toronto Maple Leafs
April 8: Winnipeg Jets
April 10: Winnipeg Jets
