Canadiens v. Jets – Game 1

Montreal Canadiens at Winnipeg Jets
Second Round – Game 1

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Game Lineups:

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Game Recap:

In Game One of this series both the Winnipeg Jets and Montreal Canadiens look to get the win. Winnipeg, after having a week off, should be well rested going into this series. Montreal, coming off the Game 7 win Monday night at Toronto, look to get their game reset going into this series against the Jets. For the first time since last spring, there are fans inside the Winnipeg arena, with 500 fans, all of them vaccinated health care workers from the Winnipeg area.

In the first period, Montreal strikes at 3:30 with Jesperi Kotkaniemi’s fourth goal of the postseason to give the Canadiens the early 1-0 lead. At the 5:10 mark, Erik Staal scores his first goal of this postseason to make it a 2-0 Montreal lead. While on the penalty kill for a cross-checking call, Winnipeg’s Adam Lowry scores his first goal of the 2021 postseason at the 11:52 mark to cut the Habs lead in half. After having a little patience in front of the net, Nick Suzuki scores his third goal of the postseason to give the Canadiens the 3-1 lead over the Jets. Paul Byron looked to make it a 4-1 game but the goal was waived off immediately for a goaltender interference call on Kotkaniemi, giving the Jets a power play late in the first period.

In the second period, Kotkaniemi is shown the penalty box again at 9:26 for roughing, his second penalty of the game. After a scoreless period, the Canadiens head into the third period, up two on the Jets.

In the third period, Winnipeg cuts the Montreal lead to one at 9:22 when Derek Forbort scores his first goal of the 2021 postseason. 27 seconds later, the Jets go on the penalty kill when Josh Morrissey is called for a Delay of Game penalty when he blocks a shot from Montreal’s Cole Caufield that sends the puck over the glass. On the Power Play, Montreal makes it a 4-2 game when Brendan Gallagher scores his second goal of the postseason at 11:04. The Habs will go back on the power play when Winnipeg’s Mark Scheifele is called for Roughing at 13:12. At 18:18, the Jets come within a goal when Kyle Connor scores his third goal of the postseason. Montreal retakes the two goal lead at 19:03 with an empty net goal to Jake Evans, scoring his first goal of the postseason. Immediately after the goal, Scheifele delivers what looks like a high, dangerous hit to Evans head and Evans fell right to the ice. Due to this, Scheifele was DQed from the game with 56.9 left in the contest.

Montreal goes on to win Game 1 over the Jets 5-3.

Scoring Summary

1st period

MTL Goal	Jesperi Kotkaniemi (4)	Assisted by	Jeff Petry (2)	Erik Gustafsson (2)	03:30
MTL Goal	Erik Staal (1)	Assisted by	Corey Perry (3)	Joel Edmundson (1)	05:10
WPG SH Goal	Adam Lowry (1)		UNASSISTED		11:52
MTL Goal	Nick Suzuki	Assisted by	Joel Edmundson (2)	Cole Caufield (2)	17:14

2nd Period

No Goals

3rd Period

WPG Goal	Derek Forbort (1)	Assisted by	Pierre-Luc Dubois (3)	Mathieu Perreault (1)	09:22
MTL PP Goal	Brendan Gallagher (2)	Assisted by	Shea Weber (1)	Jeff Petry (3)	11:04
WPG Goal	Kyle Connor (3)	Assisted by	Nikolaj Ehlers (1)	Neal Pionk (1)	18:16
MTL EN Goal	Jake Evans (1)	Assisted by	Tyler Toffoli (4)	Erik Staal (5)	19:03

Penalty Summary

1st Period

Montreal	Jake Evans	for	Elbowing	2 min minor	05:40
Winnipeg	Dominic Toninato	for	Cross-checking	2 min minor	11:02
Montreal	Jesperi Kotkaniemi	for	Goaltender Interference	2 min minor	18:16

2nd Period

Montreal

Jesperi Kotkaniemi

for

Roughing

2 min minor

08:26

3rd Period

Winnipeg	Josh Morrissey	for	Delay of Game-Puck over Glass	2 min minor	09:49
Winnipeg	Mark Scheifele	for	Roughing	2 min minor	13:12
Winnipeg	Mark Scheifele	for	Charging	5 min major	19:03
Winnipeg	Mark Scheifele		Game Misconduct	10 min	19:03

Game Statistics:

1st Period

	Montreal	Winnipeg
Faceoffs	10/17	7/17
Power Play	0/1	0/2*	*0:16 left on Power Play
Shots	12	11
Hits	10	23

2nd Period

	Montreal	Winnipeg
Faceoffs	19/36	17/36
Power Play	0/1	0/3
Shots	21	22
Hits	20	34

3rd Period

	Montreal	Winnipeg
Faceoffs	27/52	25/52
Power Play	1/4	0/3
Shots	33	30
Hits	24	42