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Game Recaps
April 12: Toronto Maple Leafs
Montreal Canadiens Lineup:
Toronto Maple Leafs Lineup:
Game Recap
In Toronto, the Maple Leafs would take on the Calgary Flames, and in the first period Juuso Valimaki would score to give the Flames the 1-0 lead, but Zach Hyman would strike to tie the game at one. Then in the second period Elias Lindholm would reclaim the lead for the Flames, but in the third period Alexander Kerfoot would strike to tie the game at two and send the game to overtime. In the extra frame Johnny Gaudreau would score to give the Flames the 3-2 victory.
Scoring Summary:
| 1st Period | ||||
| 01:17 | MTL | Tomas Tatar (9) | Paul Byron (9), Phillip Danault (17) | |
| 07:53 | MTL | PP | Nick Suzuki (8) | Shea Weber (13), Jonathan Drouin (20) |
| 2nd Period | ||||
| 09:28 | TOR | Auston Matthews (32) | Mitch Marner (39), Morgan Rielly (25) | |
| 14:57 | TOR | John Tavares (13) | Ilya Mikheyev (9), Zach Hyman (17) | |
| 16:22 | MTL | Josh Anderson (15) | Brett Kulak (5) | |
| 3rd Period | ||||
| 17:35 | MTL | EN | Tomas Tatar (10) | Paul Byron (10), Jeff Petry (19) |
Penalty Summary:
| 1st Period | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06:33 | TOR | Zach Bogosian | High Sticking | 2 min |
| 09:58 | TOR | Bench | Too Many Men on the Ice | 2 min |
| 2nd Period | ||||
| 12:04 | MTL | Phillip Danault | Tripping | 2 min |
| 3rd Period | ||||
| 07:21 | MTL | Jonathan Drouin | Tripping | 2 min |
Game Highlights:
April 14: Calgary Flames
Montreal Canadiens Lineup:
Calgary Flames Lineup:
Game Recap:
In Montreal, the Canadiens and Calgary Flames would do battle, and in the first period Noah Hanafin would strike to give the Flames the 1-0 lead. Then in the second period both teams would trade tallies as Mark Giordano would score to grow the Flames lead to two, but Brett Kulak would strike to bring the Habs back within one. In the third period Josh Leivo and Sean Monahan would score for the Flames to give them the 4-1 victory.
Scoring Summary:
| 1st Period | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03:58 | CGY | Noah Hanifin (4) | Mikael Backlund (18) | |
| 2nd Period | ||||
| 00:29 | CGY | Mark Giordano (8) | Chris Tanev (5), Elias Lindholm (26) | |
| 10:55 | MTL | Brett Kulak (1) | Jonathan Drouin (21), Josh Anderson (7) | |
| 3rd Period | ||||
| 12:49 | CGY | Josh Leivo (5) | Unassisted | |
| 18:50 | CGY | EN | Sean Monahan (9) | Chris Tanev (6), Mark Giordano (14) |
Penalty Summary:
| 1st Period | ||||
| 14:55 | CGY | Rasmus Andersson | Slashing | 2 min |
| 2nd Period | ||||
| 19:00 | CGY | Rasmus Andersson | Interference | 2 min |
| 3rd Period | ||||
| 6:50 | MTL | Paul Byron | Cross Checking | 2 min |
Game Highlights:
April 16: Calgary Flames
Game Recap:
In Montreal the Canadiens and Calgary Flames would play in an early evening matchup. After a scoreless first period Tyler Toffoli would strike for the Habs to take the 1-0 lead. Then in the third period Elias Lindholm would strike for the Flames, but Toffoli’s second of the game would give the Canadiens the 2-1 victory.
Montreal Canadiens Lineup:
Calgary Flames Lineup:
Johnny Gaudreau – Elias Lindholm – Matthew Tkachuk
Andrew Mangiapane – Sean Monahan – Dillon Dube
Milan Lucic – Mikael Backlund – Joakim Nordstrom
Josh Leivo – Derek Ryan – Brett Ritchie
Mark Giordano – Christopher Tanev
Noah Hanifin – Rasmus Andersson
Juuso Valimaki – Michael Stone
Jacob Markstrom
Scoring Summary:
Penalty Summary:
| 1st Period | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13:41 | MTL | Joel Edmundson | Boarding | 2 min |
| 19:45 | CGY | Matthew Tkachuk | Hooking | 2 min |
| 2nd Period | ||||
| 02:27 | CGY | Juuso Valimaki | Holding | 2 min |
| 12:49 | MTL | Nick Suzuki | High Sticking | 2 min |
| 3rd Period | ||||
| 07:19 | CGY | Mikael Backlund | Roughing | 2 min |
| 07:19 | MTL | Tyler Toffoli | Roughing | 2 min |
Game Highlights:
April 17: Ottawa Senators
Montreal Canadiens Lineup
Ottawa Senators Lineup
Brady Tkachuk — Josh Norris — Drake Batherson
Tim Stutzle — Colin White — Ryan Dzingel
Nick Paul — Chris Tierney — Evgenii Dadonov
Alex Formenton — Shane Pinto — Connor Brown
Thomas Chabot — Nikita Zaitsev
Erik Brannstrom — Artem Zub
Victor Mete — Josh Brown
Matt Murray
Anton Forsberg
Scratched: Artem Anisimov, Marcus Hogberg, Michael Amadio, Jacob Bernard-Docker
Injured: Joey Daccord (lower body), Austin Watson (hand)
Game Recap:
In Montreal the Ottawa Senators would come to town to take on the Canadiens. In the first period Artem Zub would score, and then in the second period Drake Batherson would strike to give the Sens the 2-0 lead. Then in the third period Batherson would strike for his second of the game, and Nikita Zaitsev would score to give the Seantors the 4-0 victory over the Canadiens.
Scoring Summary
1st Period
| OTT Goal | 3:03 | Artem Zub (3) | Assisted By | Drake Batherson (13) | Tim Stutzle (16) |
2nd Period
| OTT Goal | 13:12 | Drake Batherson (14) | Assisted By | Brady Tkachuk (13) | Josh Norris (14) |
3rd Period
| OTT PP Goal | 15:26 | Drake Batherson (15) | Assisted By | Brady Tkachuk (14) | Josh Norris (15) |
| OTT Goal | 15:45 | Nikita Zaitsev (2) | Assisted By | Shane Pinto (1) |
Penalty Summary
| 1st Period | ||||
| 05:32 | MTL | Tyler Toffoli | Holding the Stick | 2 min |
| 09:44 | OTT | Brady Tkachuk | Interference | 2 min. |
| 19:56 | MTL | Brett Kulak | Delay of Game – Puck Over Glass | 2 min |
| 2nd Period | ||||
| 02:24 | OTT | Alex Formenton | Hooking | 2 min. |
| 16:21 | OTT | Ryan Dzingel | Closing hand on Puck | 2 min. |
| 3rd Period | ||||
| 06:18 | MTL | Tyler Toffoli | Cross checking | 2 min. |
| 15:03 | MTL | Josh Anderson | Cross checking | 2 min. |
| 18:58 | OTT | Josh Brown | Slashing | 2 min. |
Game Highlights
Weekly Analysis
This was also a very rough week for the Habs. They would go 2-2-0 on the week. There’d be another week with careless penalties and a bit of lackluster defencive efforts by Montreal. They’d get Carey Price back of the game against Ottawa on Saturday but that would also be in a shutout loss. As I have stated in the last few recaps, Montreal must get the penalties under control. The team has an upcoming West Coast swing and now would be a great opportunity to get it settled down.
Upcoming Contests:
Monday, April 19: at Vancouver Canucks
Wednesday, April 21: at Edmonton Oilers
Friday, April 23: at Calgary Flames
Saturday, April 24: at Calgary Flames
