On a very exciting day in Montreal, Ivan Demidov signed his ELC, hosting Detroit Red Wings at Canadines Bell Center. Once again, Hubs shown late as fashion for the game, dominating 23-4 shots-wise in the first 20 minutes.
Ivan Demidov signs his ELC
Jakub Dobes found an interesting gift after Ovechkin’s record
Tyler Thorpe earns a contract
Matheson diet struggle
Mike Matheson does not have its best season. This is a famous fact, and fans are on their way to creating new Patris Brisbois, and on Tuesday night, they showed why. On the first goal of the Red Wings, the Pak was slipping him on the aggressive blue line, and he could not decide if he should skate and wait to get it.
By the time he decided to go for it, it was too late. The Pak was poke in its rear, and the wings flew on a strange-man congestion, which ended with the puck behind the Samuel Montambalt. This is not hesitant you expect from an experienced vet like Matheson.
After minutes, a shot deformed him and almost defeated the goalkeeper, which had to be as a cat as a cat to avoid going down 2–0. However, he amended during the penalty hitting the middle frame, blocking a cross-crease pass, and the rest was solid to the game. When asked about the way Matheson handles adverseness, Martin St.-Luis explained:
I think hockey is a game of mistakes. You are trying to limit them, and I think the mindset we are taking “what is next?”. You can’t do anything what has happened now; You move forward and focus on the next action, which he has done. He is a very important player to us; He logs in in many minutes. This is another boy whose role changed a bit this year. He hugged it, and he is very valuable. – Martin St. Luice on Mike Matheson
Wings did their homework
Detroit showed that he was playing for his playoff life, and it was shown in his game. They first came out strong and were completely ready to compete with two of the largest weapons of Canadins: Patrick Line on Power Play and Lane Hutson all the time.
On the penalty Kill, they separated the line, forcing him to stand out and it became easier for the Cam Talbot to stop his shot, not that he managed to take a shot on the target from there.
For Hathson, the wings pressurized her, but without committing it completely and without exposing themselves. There are times when they managed to escape, but they also had ripening incidents as they took their game.
Nevertheless, several times, he managed to escape, consisting of a special drama in the third frame, where his twist and aggressive area, allowed him to give a direct pass on Josh Anderson’s tape. Big Winger did not score, but the Bell Center was ignited, and after minutes, Anderson scored.
Montreal may have won the game, but the scoreboard does not really reflect how the game went down.
Montemebeault wins 30
On Tuesday night, Samuel Montembult was surprising. In the first period alone, he created 22 saves, and the only goal he surrendered was in the crowd of a strange man. At the end of the night, Netminder saved 35 on 36 shots for .972 save percent. All the shots he faced were not dangerous, but among them were enough that if he did not play well, Montreal did not win.
The time for Saint-Luis was also great for accepting the importance of resting your goalkeeper. If they had used Montambalt in the final back-to-back instead of allowing dobs to make a beginning, he might not have been able to pull that kind of performance.
The coach was asked whether the Montambalt is becoming an elite goalkeeper in the league, and he explained:
I think when you are a number one goalkeeper on an NHL team, you are an elite goalkeeper, but it takes a collective game in front of you that also looks really elite. We are helping the mountain; We did not help him first, but we needed him first. If he did not have that kind of period, we would dig ourselves very deep holes. Like our team, Munti is making tremendous progress, and he is going through these moments because he deserves it. – St. Louis on its goalkeeper
With a 4–1 win of Tuesday night, Montambalt signed his 30th win of the season, the first time he reaches the milestone. This was also the first time since 2017 that Canadines won six consecutive games.
What a Monty Match
What is the game for Monty
#Ghahabsgopic.twitter.com/hovrupq7sa
– Montreal Canadian (@canadiensmtl) 9 April, 2025
Tonight was also a big night for Brendon Galagher; His empty pure goal was the 239th of his career, which was tied to the 15th most of the best goal scorer in the team’s history with Bob Genny. However, Genny did it in 1,160 games, while the alternative captain reached there in 830 sports. This was also his 21st goal of the season, making him the third position in the team behind Kol Kaffield and Nick Suzuki, which is fine with Patrick Lane, who has 20.
Josh Anderson may have saved the goal of a late game before the empty Netar of Galagher.#Ghahabsgopic.twitter.com/8frgzlamnx
– Mark Dumont (@marcpdumont) 9 April, 2025
Canadines will now have a very important and qualified night. He played five games over the last eight nights, and the coach explained that at this time of the year, rest is a weapon that he needs to use.
When asked about Ivan Demidov’s upcoming arrival, coach smiled and said, “You have seen everyone how exciting he looks”, but he said he did not know when the child will change. It is being said, the youth seems to be tailoring to play under St. Louis and fans would have no doubt that he is counting those days if he only knew when he would come. According to GM Kent Hughes, who spoke on TSN during the first time, the issues of work permits such as Demidov will be resolved; I can’t imagine it will take a long time.
Canadines stories, analysis, braking news, and more! Tap the star to add us to your favoriteGoogle NewsNever remember a story.
Follow karine on x@KarinehainsBlue sky@karinehains.bsky.socialAnd threads@Karinehains,
Bookmarks the page of Hockey News Canadines for all the news and events around Canadins.