Some believe that Montreal Canadines have one of the easiest schedule-up-wise by the end of the season, but I disagree. For some reason, people from Martin St. Louis play for protest. He did it against Boston Brins during the first period of the game, and the game of Saturday night against Philadelphia Flyers began in a similar way.
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Keep it simple
The first frame was not an excellent work from any stretch of imagination, but Juraj Slafkovski stood out for all wrong reasons. Big Slovak is in his best form when he keeps it simple, but during the first 20 minutes, he repeatedly tried cross-Ice pass which could have been expensive. The former first overall pick is a good player, but he does not have a deceptive game of lane hot. It seems that he needs to be reminded many times.
Their game should focus on using their large frames, which to apply tireless forecheck with large, punished hits, Josh Anderson usually does so. On Saturday night, Anderson was absent for family reasons (his wife must have gone into labor), and his absence was felt, especially Slafkovski did not stick to the best game for him. To make cases worse, he also took a fine that could have been late in the game.
He was not the only one who was making himself difficult for himself; The team played unnecessary hockey, and Canadines struggled to get out of their territory in the first verses, even 15 gives.
Where was the urgency?
After a 40 -minute game at the Bell Center, the building and the players were flat. Flyers only took five shots on the goal in the second frame; He felt that he was walking on an empty tank, even though he had only four days. Looks like they ran out "Our coach was just removed"Canadines dominated the occupation of Pak and took 11 shots on the target, but there was no request in his play. Quickly, they looked as if they were “sleep-looking”.
However, Samuel Arsen was in his game for visitors and put them in leadership with a couple of large savings. Given high stakes, it was surprising that Montreal needed that time to go into gear.
Leadership
In the last frame in less than one minute and less than 25 seconds, Brendon Galagher scored a game-hang goal and set the bell center. There was pain for something to please the crowd, and the alternative captain gave them. With Anderson’s disappearance, he stepped into a more important physical role, landing five of the 40 hits of Canadines; Only Jake Evans (six) and Michael Pazetta (eight) were more.
Speaking about Galagher in his post-game presser, St.-Luis said:
Of course, Galli, his 20th goal, I am proud of him and I am happy. – Martin Saint-Luis on Brendon Galagher
Once scoring that goal, Canadines felt an additional spring in their step, and we saw urgency, pressure and intensity. After a less than one and a half minutes, Lane Hutton scored a beautiful goal by going to the coast to a bite, slammed the needle from a tight angle and sent the bell center to a frenzy.
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A careless Slafkovski penalty could ruin the work completed in the first half of the third, but Captain Nick Suzuki moved. Playing on a penalty Kill in Anderson’s absence, the captain collected the withdrawal of Caden Guhle, skating around the net, correct for the slot, he chose his place, and scored a huge shorthand goal. At that level, a goal of Philadelphia would be disastrous. Slafkowski gave a stake dinner to his captain.
Asked if Suzuki still had a place to grow before reaching his roof, the coach explained:
If I were a betting man, I would say yes, because he is still young, and he is playing with two young players, so I think they all get mature together and meet the holder, I think it is only better. What is his roof? I do not know; I do not want to think about his roof because I want him to decide what the roof is going to happen. It is fun to be part of their journey and simply develops them as a player, taking charge and leads. It has been impressive this year. – Martin St. Luice on Nick Suzuki
Tonight with two points, Suzuki broke the point-per-game barrier. He has 83 in the season and still has six games left. For Hathson, with his goal, now they have 63 points and only one more needs to be recorded by a crook Blueleler for the most marks for Chris Chellios records. The 64 points were also a total man in his crook season, and the most scoring miscreants for Habs were Kejel Dahlin and Matt Bread, who managed both 71 points. Is it wild to think that Hutson can potentially reach there?
Saturday night’s game Montreal’s ninth third period was a return win, while it is quite achievement, they need to start playing first, especially if they qualify for the playoffs. When teams are playing for the Stanley Cup, they will not start late.
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