Category: St. Louis Blues

November 15th, 2018 — News and Notes

Today is Thursday, November 15th, 2018, and these are your news and notes…

 

There were four contests in action yesterday.

 

CHICAGO 1, St. Louis 0

The Chicago Blackhawks went on to shutout the St. Louis Blues 1-0.

Blackhawks G Corey Crawford turned aside all 28 shots he faced to snap the Blackhawks eight-game losing streak in the win.

Chicago’s Duncan Keith played in his 1,014th career game, and now has sole possession of fourth place on the Blackhawks all-time list.

 

WINNIPEG 3, Washington 1

Winnipeg’s Mark Scheifele became the sixth active player to have three consecutive seasons scoring ten goals or more in 17 or fewer games.

Winnipeg’s Blake Wheeler would also find the scoresheet and extended his point streak to 11 games, matching a career high set back during the end of the 2015-16 season.

 

TXHT has the full recap of the contest between the Washington Capitals and Winnipeg Jets at the following page.

 

Game Recap – 11/14/2018 – Washington Capitals v. Winnipeg Jets

 

COLORADO 6, Boston 3

Colorado’s Mikko Rantanen has 29 points on the season in 19 games played.

Rantanen had a three-point night, registering one goal and two assists in the contest.

 

Nathan MacKinnon and Gabriel Landeskog also made the score sheet for the Colorado Avalanche in the big win over the Boston Bruins.

Boston’s David Pastrnak scored his 17th goal on the season and became the 11th player at the age of 22 or younger to register that mark in 18 team games played.

 

VEGAS 5, Anaheim 0

Vegas Golden Knights G Marc-Andre Fleury had his 51st career shutout and moved into a four-way tie for 24th on the NHL’s all-time list for shutouts by a goaltender.

 

Today’s schedule of games:

 

For more news, notes, info, and stats:

 

In NHL news…

Winnipeg’s Josh Morrissey will have a hearing today for interference/unsportsmanlike conduct in yesterday’s contest between the Jets and the Washington Capitals.

 

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November 12th, 2018 — News and Notes

 

Today is Monday, November 12th, 2018, and these are your news and notes…

 

Yesterday in NHL action…

 

Minnesota 3, ST. LOUIS 2

 

Minnesota finished off their longest road trip in the near 20 years of Minnesota Wild hockey with the win over the St. Louis Blues and amassed a record of 5-2-0 on this road trip, the most wins on such a single road trip.

 

FLORIDA 5, Ottawa 1

 

Florida’s Mike Hoffman extended his point scoring streak to 12 games, tying Carolina’s Sebastian Aho for the longest point-scoring streak on the season in the Florida Panthers 5-1 win over the Ottawa Senators Sunday afternoon.

Yesterday’s contest also marked the ninth time that the Panthers scored five goals in one period.

 

Arizona 4, WASHINGTON 1

 

The Arizona Coyotes scored two power-play goals to take down the defending Stanley Cup-champion Washington Capitals with a 4-1 win last night.

 

Arizona in the last nine contests has a record of 6-2-1 after losing five of their first seven games to start the 2018-19 campaign.

TXHT has your coverage of the contest as well at the following page.

 

November 11th, 2018 — Arizona Coyotes at Washington Capitals Full Gameday Preview and Coverage

 

WINNIPEG 5, New Jersey 2

Winnipeg Jets Blake Wheeler became the first player to reach the 500 career point mark as a Winnipeg jet since the club relocated to Winnipeg in the 2011-12 season.

In addition to Wheeler reaching the 500 point mark, he joins three others to reach at least 500 points while a member of the Winnipeg Jets.

 

Winnipeg would go on to defeat the New Jersey Devils 5-2 yesterday.

 

BOSTON 4, Vegas 1

David Pastrnak registered his 16th goal of the season and would tie Bronco Horvath for fifth place all-time in team history for most goals in 17 team games for the Boston Bruins.

The Bruins would go on to defeat the defending Western Conference champion Vegas Golden Knights 4-1.

 

Vegas played in their 100th game as a franchise in the loss.

 

Vegas before this contest held a record of 58-33-8.

 

SAN JOSE 3, Calgary 1

 

San Jose Sharks Joe Pavelski was a factor in all three of the Sharks goals last night as they took down the Calgary Flames 3-1 at SAP Center in San Jose, California.

The Sharks are now one point behind Pacific-division leader, Vancouver.

 

Colorado 4, EDMONTON 1

 

It only took 26 seconds into this contest for Mikko Rantanen to re-gain the a share of lead in points scored with 25 in the Colorado Avalanche’s 4-1 victory over the Edmonton Oilers last night.

 

For more news, notes, info, and statistics…

 

 

Tonight’s schedule of games…

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In NHL news…

 

-The NHL announced the Three Stars of the Week for the week ending on November 11th.

 

 

 

 

-Tonight marks the induction of the newest Class to the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto.

Hockey Hall of Fame: Class of 2018

 

-The NHL reached a tentative settlement in regards to the Concussion Injury lawsuits earlier today…

 

-In a special 31 Thoughts podcast released by Sportsnet and Hockey Night in Canada’s Elliotte Friedman, the discussion is around NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman’s induction into the Hockey Hall of Fame, and the NHL’s growth and family.

Please listen today.

 

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November 10th, 2018 — News and Notes

Today is Saturday, November 10th, 2018, and these are your news and notes

There were six contests last night.

 

TORONTO 6, New Jersey 1

In the annual Hockey Hall of Fame game, the Toronto Maple Leafs would go on to rout the New Jersey Devils 6-1, thanks to a four-goal burst in the second period.

Toronto’s Patrick Marleau would record his 600th career assist and Morgan Rielly would be the sixth defenceman in team history to have at least seven goals in the team’s first 16 games.

TXHT’s Toronto Maple Leafs contributor Steve Gardiner has his recap of the contest at the following page.

New Jersey @ Toronto – 09/11/2018 – Game Preview and Recap
Columbus 2, WASHINGTON 1

This contest featured a re-match of last year’s Eastern Conference First Round match-up between the Columbus Blue Jackets and the Washington Capitals.

The three goals scored in this contest were all power-play goals, with the final goal being scored by Anthony Duclair, his seventh of the season.  With Duclair’s goal, he became the fourth player in franchise history to have seven goals in 16 games played.

November 9th, 2018 — Columbus Blue Jackets at Washington Capitals Full Gameday Preview and Coverage
DETROIT 3, NY Rangers 2 (OT)

The Detroit Red Wings won their fifth contest in six games after being down by two going into the third period.

Dylan Larkin would score the game-winner with five seconds left in the overtime frame.

ST. LOUIS 4, San Jose 0

Ryan O’Reilly is the first player in St. Louis history to have a nine game point streak since the 2014-15 season when David Backes and Alexander Steen accomplished the same feat.

WINNIPEG 5, Colorado 2

Blake Wheeler had a five point contest in the Winnipeg Jets 5-2 win over the Colorado Avalanche.

Minnesota 5, ANAHEIM 1

The Minnesota Wild would win their fourth contest on their current road trip for the third time in franchise history as they would defeat the Anaheim Ducks 5-1.

There are 11 contests on today’s slate…

This week’s NHL European Game of the Week:

 

In NHL news…

The Hockey Hall of Fame Class of 2018 participated in the ceremonial puck drop before the contest between the Toronto Maple Leafs and New Jersey Devils.

-In the Washington Capitals Hockey Fight Cancer Awareness night, Capitals commentator, Craig Laughlin and his wife, Linda, participated in the ceremonial puck-drop.

 

November 7th, 2018 — News and Notes

Today is Wednesday, November 7th, and these are your news and notes…

There were nine league contests last night.

 

The Maple Leafs won their 10th game of the season out of 15 games for the 11th time in franchise history and the first since the 2013-14 season when they won 10 games out of the first 14.

 

 

Rangers G Henrik Lundqvist won his 436th career game and is now one win shy of tying Jacques Plante for seventh place all time.

 

 

Max Domi would score all three of Montreal’s goals in the contest to give him a goal-scoring streak of four contests and has 16 points on the season, including nine goals thus far.

 

 

TXHT and Last Word on Sports Armand Kilsvitch has his recap of the contest here.

 

 

The Columbus Blue Jackets have defeated the Dallas Stars for the sixth consecutive time.

 

 

Ottawa’s Mark Stone had a five-point game to lift Ottawa to the win over New Jersey. Stone is the fifth player in Senators’ history to have multiple five point games in the regular season.

 

 

Vancouver’s Elias Pettersson would score yet again and continues to lead all rookies in goals and points but would still fall to the Detroit Red Wings in a shootout.

 

Pettersson has scored 10 goals in 10 games played. He is the fifth player outside of the League’s first season to score 10+ goals through their first 10 NHL games.

 

 

In Tampa Bay’s Hockey Fights Cancer Awareness night, Tampa Bay would get the win in the contest over the Edmonton Oilers and move to a record of 11-3-1 and into first place in the NHL standings.

 

 

St. Louis F Ryan O’Reilly registered a hat-trick and would extend his point streak to eight games in the contest against the Hurricanes. O’Reilly also had an eight-game point streak during the 2015-16 season.

 

 

In this match-up, Ilya Kovalchuk had one goal and two assists in the first game for new Kings head coach, Willie Desjardins.

 

 

 

San Jose’s Joe Thornton played in his 1499th NHL contest last night and tied Mike Modano for 19th all time.

 

 

With his next game, Thornton will become the first overall pick in the history of the NHL Draft to reach the 1500 game milestone.

 

As a note from the contests yesterday, this would only be the fifth time in League history where the home teams swept a schedule of 9+ games.

 

 

Today’s slate of games…

 

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For other news, notes, and stats…

 

 

Today in NHL News…

 

-Edmonton Oilers Milan Lucic will have a hearing today for roughing Tampa Bay’s Mathieu Joseph in last night’s contest.

 

 

The NHL’s Department of Player Safety in accordance to the hearing announced that Lucic has been fined $10,000, the maximum allowed under the CBA, for roughing Mathieu Joseph.

 

 

-Sportsnet and Hockey Night in Canada’s Elliotte Friedman released his “31 Thoughts” article yesterday. The topic revolves around the Ottawa Senators Uber video and the fallout.

 

 

-The Los Angeles Kings announced that Adam Oates has joined the team in a consulting role.

 

 

 

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The Blues need to hire Joel Quenneville

Let me restate that for the Twitter generation: the #stlblues need to bring #QTOTHELOU.

 

Let me start be saying that I recognize having a knee-jerk reaction to the Blues’ lackluster start and calling for a new coach without digging deeper is not the way to run a successful organization, so let’s evaluate how current coach Mike Yeo has performed this season, then get to the merits of hiring Quenneville. The Blues stumbled out of the gate, winning just one of their first five games, but since then have performed semi-respectably, beating teams like Toronto and Vegas rather easily. Unfortunately, when they played the heavy-hitters of the Central, they came back down to earth, blowing a 3-1 third period lead to Winnipeg, and having one of their most embarrassing performances of recent memory in a 5-1 loss to Minnesota, being outshot 45-16. Is this all Mike Yeo’s fault? No. Has Mike Yeo done even one thing to make this team better? It does not seem like this. 

 

Egregious infraction 1: the constant, and quite frankly baffling, use of Jay Bouwmeester. The Blues are in a precarious position with Robert Bortuzzo being injured and, up until recently, Carl Gunnarsson recovering from an ACL tear, so the Blues were forced into playing Bouwmeester. They were not, however, fired into playing him more than 19 minutes in 8 of the 11 games he has played in, or keeping him on the ice in critical late game situations. Would this be any different under Coach Q? We don’t really know, but looking at Brent Seabrook’s average time on ice, it has fallen about 2 minutes since 2015-2016. While he still gets about 20 minutes of ice time (according to hockey reference), the Blackhawks’ defense is much worse than the that of the Blues, and Seabrook is still capable of generating much more offense than Bouwmeester. If we say an n of 1 is significant (somewhere a statistician’s head just exploded), it stands to reason that Quenneville does not simply look at pedigree and contract value when determining whether to keeping playing an aging veteran exactly as he did in his prime. 

 

Egregious infraction 2: inability to use young players properly. The Blues have a wealth of young players, including Robert Thomas and Jordan Kyrou – neither of which has been used well. Thomas, a highly-touted prospect, played the first five games, but was then benched for almost two weeks. Yeo’s rationale was that he was trying to find his confidence: 

 

 

Nothing does more for a young player’s confidence than a benching 5 games into a 9-game trial. Within those first 5 games, that the Blues were losing all but 1, Thomas saw more than 10 minutes of ice time just twice. This does not help develop young players, and it does not help the current team win. Kyrou faired better under Yeo, slightly, but after not putting up many points in the first few games, he has been relegated to fewer than 10 minutes of ice time in each of his last three games (and has not played in the last 3). This type of player mismanagement makes me nostalgic for Mike Matheny, who once stated that coaches are not in the business of player development. 

 

Now, would this change under Quenneville? That’s questionable. According to BlackhawkUp, one of Quenneville’s biggest critiques was that he would not trust younger players. However, the Blackhawks, at the time, were a dynasty in the making, with players like Toews and Kane (themselves fairly young), so it is understandable to trust these guys more. His development of Patrick Kane alone is enough to show how strong he is in the player development department. 

 

This list can go on, but in the end, the Blues need to realize that Quenneville is an all-time great coach, while Yeo has not done anything in his career to prove he can ever reach that level. They are not playing well this year, an Q can help turn that around. It’s far from a given that a reunion is imminent, but the Blues would be foolish not to explore the possibility.

 

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News and Notes: October 23rd, 2018

These are your news and notes for Tuesday, October 23rd, 2018.

There were four contests in the NHL yesterday…

    • The Washington Capitals took on the Vancouver Canucks and would go on to win the contest by a score of 5-2.John Carlson, Alex Ovechkin, and Nicklas Backstrom would all find the scoresheet and Backstrom would hit the 600 career assist milestone marker.

      Carlson would register his fifth multi-point game on the season and the second game with at least three points. Carlson has started the season by becoming the 10th defenceman with five multi-point games in his first eight games on the season.

      Alex Ovechkin also netted his 25th games where he registered at least four points in a contest as well as having his 123rd multi-goal game of his career and the third on the season.

      In addition to the previously mentioned feat, Ovechkin also netted his 103rd game-winning goals which would be his 233rd power-play goal and moved him past Dino Ciccarelli for sole possession of ninth place on the all-time list for power-play goals.

      TXHT has your recap of the contest between the Washington Capitals and Vancouver Canucks here.

    • The Colorado Avalanche trio of Nathan MacKinnon, Mikko Rantanen, and Gabriel Landeskog all made the scoresheet once again, combining for the Avalanche’s first goal of the game in Colorado’s 4-1 rout of the Philadelphia Flyers.Colorado finished their road trip 3-0-1 and moved them to a record of 6-1-2 on the season.Rantanen and MacKinnon became the first teammates in franchise history to begin the season with point streaks of nine games.

      Rantanen would also move into a first place tie with Auston Matthews for most points on the season with 16.

    • Carolina Hurricanes Sebastian Aho collected an assist when Micheal Ferland scored to extend Aho’s season-opening point streak to nice games and inching closer to the franchise record of 11 set by Ron Francis during the 1984-85 season.

      Carolina would go on to defeat the Detroit Red Wings 3-1 at Little Caesears Arena.

      Justin Faulk opened the scoring for Carolina and eclipsed Glen Wesley for second place on the Hurricanes/Whalers list for career points by a defenceman.

  • The Winnipeg Jets went on to defeat the St. Louis Blues 5-4 in overtime.

    Winnipeg’s Mark Scheifele would score twice in the third period, as the Jets overcame two different deficits. Scheifele would register an assist on Jacob Trouba’s game-winner as Winnipeg improved to a record of 14-0-1 in regular season contests since March 2.

    Monday’s contest marked the sixth occurrence in Thrashers/Jets history that the club has overcome multiple deficits in the third period and to win the contest. This has occurred on two other times since the club relocated to Winnipeg and the first occurrence since the 2016-2017 season.

    There have been 16 contests this season when a team has comeback to win after having multiple deficits.

Yesterday’s results (home team in CAPS):

  • Colorado 4, PHILADELPHIA 1
  • Carolina 3, DETROIT 1
  • WINNIPEG 5, St. Louis 4 (OT)
  • Washington 5, VANCOUVER 2

Tonight’s games:

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Image courtesy of NHL and NHL Public Relations

 

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10/20/2018 – St.Louis Blues vs Toronto Maple Leafs

 

St. Louis Blues (1-3-2 6pts) v. Toronto Maple Leafs (6-2-0 12pts)

 

Lineups:

Toronto Maple Leafs:

Kasperi Kapanen – Auston Matthews – Patrick Marleau

Mitch Marner – John Tavares– Zach Hyman

Pars Lindholm – Nazem Kadri – Connor Brown

Andreas Johnsson – Frederik Gauthier – Josh Leivo

 

Morgan Rielly  – Ron Hainsey

Jake Gardiner – Nikita Zaitsev

Travis Dermott – Igor Ozhiganov

 

Frederik Andersen

Garrett Sparks

Scratched: Tyler Ennis, Justin Holl & Martin Marincin

Injuries: Nathan Horton (Back)

Suspension: None

 

St. Louis Blues:

Jaden Schwartz – Brayden Schenn – Vladimir Tarsenko

Zachary Sanford – Ryan O’Rielly– David Perron

Patrick Maroon– Tyler Bozak – Alex Steen

Samuel Blais – Ivan Barbashev – Jordan Kyrou

 

Vince Dunn – Alex Pietrangelo

Joel Edmundson – Robert Bortuzzo

Colton Parayko – Jordan Schmaltz

 

Jake Allen

Chad Johnson

Scratched: None

Injuries: Carl Gunnarsson (Torn ACL), Robby Fabbri (Groin)

Suspension: None

 

First Period:

Leafs Penalty – 17:13 – Ron Hainsey, 2 mins for Tripping

 

End of 1st – TML – 0         STL – 0

Shots              4                     6

Faceoffs     8/17               9/17

Hits               6                     8

PP                 0/0                   0/1

 

Toronto Maple Leafs: 

Analysis:

Leafs didn’t get any offence going and looked liked they were just floating around. Morgan Rielly was noticeably bad in that first period, trying to be too fancy rather then getting the offence up the ice.

Need to Do:

Get the offence flowing. Stop Standing still.

 

St. Louis Blues:

Analysis:

Blues had a lot of defensive lapses and although Toronto was held to relatively few shots, there were a lot of high quality chances.

 

Second Period:

Blues Penalty – 01:22 – Brayden Schenn, 2 mins for Interference

Blues Goal– 4:45 – Robert Bortuzzo (1), from David Perron (2)

Blues Goal– 13:05 – Zach Sanford (1), from David Perron (3) and Alex Pietrangelo (1)

Leafs Penalty – 14:33 – Nazem Kadri, 2 mins for Tripping

Blues Goal– 16:37 – Ryan O’Reilly (1), from Vladimir Tarasenko (4) and Patrick Maroon (4)

Blues Penalty – 19:31 – Alexander Steen, 2 mins for Hooking

 

End of 2nd – TML – 0          STL – 3

Shots              9                    13

Faceoffs       16/34             18/34

Hits               15                     25

PP                 0/2                    0/2

 

Toronto Maple Leafs:

Analysis:

Leafs looked sluggish and lack and offensive flair. This is looking to be a long game for Leafs are the Blues dominated the whole period. Once again the defence looking really bad, but give credit to the blues on being aggressive on the defence.

Need to Do:

Get the puck out of the zone quick and up the ice. Prolonged puck control in the zone and big guns needs to show up.

 

St. Louis Blues:

Analysis:

Blues really clamped down defensively and did not make any unnecessary pinches in their offensive zone. This safe play led to lock down defense and some goal scoring

 

Third Period:

Leafs Goal – 04:22– Morgan Rielly (4) from Mitch Marner (8)  and Jake Gardiner (6)

Leafs Penalty – 9:03 – Par Lindholm, 2 mins for Holding

Blues Penalty – 12:41 – Brayden Schenn, 2 mins for Tripping

Leafs Penalty – 14:34 – Andreas Johnsson, 2 mins for Holding the Stick

Blues Penalty – 16:55 – Jaden Schwartz, 2 mins for Hooking

Blues SHG EN Goal – 18:17– Ivan Barbashev (1) from Ryan O’Reilly (6)

 

End of 3rd – TML – 1         STL – 4

Shots              23                   25

Faceoffs     28/60                32/60

Hits               22                     33

PP                 0/4                    0/4

 

Toronto:

Analysis:

Terrible game from the Leafs, no urgency to their game. Matthews was a ghost, along with Taveras and Marner until the 3rd period. Andersen held them close with some great saves. But in the end Jake Allen held the fort and blues played a perfect game.

 

St. Louis:

Analysis:

Jake Allen really stood on his head. While the blues played well defensively, Toronto really showed their firepower, controlling possession and getting some great scoring chances.

Ultimately this was the blues best game of the season against a top team. The key in the future will be keeping up this level of discipline and focus

 

Next Up:

Toronto (6-3-0 12pts) at Winnipeg (5-2-1 11pts)

St.Louis (2-3-2 6pts) at Winnipeg (5-2-1 11pts)

 

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Gameday Preview: St. Louis Blues vs Toronto Maple Leafs

 

Time: Saturday, October 20th 2018
Toronto: 6-2-0 for 12 points
St.Louis: 1-3-2 for 4 points
The Toronto Maple Leafs and St. Louis Blues meet on Saturday for a match of two teams going in totally different directions. The Leafs are coming off only their 2nd loss of the season in a game that if Matt Murray didn’t play so well the outcome could have been different. While the Blues have only amount 1 win so far this year and have not played very well despite probably having one of the better defence cores in the league.
This will be a pivotal game for the Leafs, The Blues will not be underestimated so expect this to be a game from the beginning.
Top Scorers/Goalie Matchup
Auston Matthews – 14 points (10 goals 6 assists) 53% on Face-offs
Morgan Rielly – 13 points (3 goals 10 assists)
John Tavares – 11 points (6 goals 5 assists) 49% on face-offs
Mitch Marner – 11 points (4 goals 7 assists)
Brayden Schenn –6 points (3 goals 3 assists)
David Perron– 5 points (4 goals 1 assist)
Alex Steen– 5 points (2 goals 3 assist)
Vladimir Tarsenko– 5points (2 goals 3 assists)
Ryan O’Rielly – 5 points (5 assists)
Frederik Andersen 4-2-0 2.70GAA .914SV%
Jake Allen 1-2-2 3.91GAA .877SV%
Lineups & Injuries
Toronto Maple Leafs:
Kasperi Kapanen – Auston Matthews – Patrick Marleau
Mitch Marner – John Tavares– Zach Hyman
Pars Lindholm – Nazem Kadri – Connor Brown
Andreas Johnsson – Frederik Gauthier – Josh Leivo

Morgan Rielly – Ron Hainsey
Jake Gardiner – Nikita Zaitsev
Travis Dermott – Igor Ozhiganov

Frederik Andersen
Garrett Sparks

Scratched: Tyler Ennis, Justin Holl & Martin Marincin

Injuries: Nathan Horton (Back)

Suspension: None

 

St. Louis Blues:
Jaden Schwartz – Brayden Schenn – Vladimir Tarsenko
Zachary Sanford – Ryan O’Rielly– David Perron
Patrick Maroon– Tyler Bozak – Alex Steen
Samuel Blais – Ivan Barbashev – Jordan Kyrou

Vince Dunn – Alex Pietrangelo
Joel Edmundson – Robert Bortuzzo
Colton Parayko – Jordan Schmaltz

Jake Allen
Chad Johnson

Scratched: None

Injuries: Carl Gunnarsson (Torn ACL), Robby Fabbri (Groin)

Suspension: None

 

3 Keys to Winning against St. Louis:

  1. SHOOT
    a. Jake Allen has been horrible all season, just take shots and see what happens.
  2. Cover the points
    a. St. Louis plays a very aggressive puck possession that opens the point men up. They have some big shots from the point.
  3. Force the St.bLouis to take penalties.
    a. St. Louis penalty kill sits at an atrocious 78% on the year. Leafs need to take advantage of that

 

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Habs Win Thriller over St.Louis Blues

 

The Montreal Canadiens defeated the St. Louis Blues in a thrilling 3-2 win. Montreal started things off early with a quick goal by Max Domi 20 seconds into the game and ended things will a Brendan Gallagher goal to give the Habs a 3-2 lead with 11 seconds left in the game. Carey Price made 23 saves in the win. With the win, the Habs improve to 4-1-1 on the season.

 

Things the Habs Did Well:

– The Habs only gave up 25 shots (22 in the final 2 periods).
– Jesperi Kotkaniemi drew 2 penalties
– Tomas Tatar adds another assist for the Habs and continues to look great. My only complaint about the game is the Habs took way too many penalties. Both goals by St. Louis came with the man-advantage. Habs need to clean this up if they are going to be successful all year.

 

Victor Mete didn’t play tonight due to a minor hand injury but should be back in the line-up on Saturday night.

 

The Habs ride a three-game winning streak into Ottawa when they face the Senators on Saturday Night.

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Montreal Canadiens Game Day Preview

 

Montreal Canadiens (3-1-1)

St Louis Blues (1-2-2)

Puck Drop:7:00

The Montreal Canadiens come into tonight riding a 2 game winning streak. The Habs will get their star goaltender Carey Price back tonight as he will get his first start since catching the flu. The Habs have not yet announced a line-up but there have been indications that their will be changes due to an illness going around the locker room.

Keys to the game:
Carey Price will look to get back to his veznia self tonight after Niemi had two great starts in a row.

The Habs have found thier scorer in Tomas Tatar who has three goals and four assists for 7 points in 5 games.

The Defence has played okay but definitely needs to play stronger if that Habs want to be successful this season.