OTTAWA | The four corners of the Canadian Tire Center were lined with red jerseys in the colors of the Canadian. Maybe more than usual. This crowd, respectful, chanted Guy! Guy! Guy!, as we paid tribute to Guy Lafleur, who died the day before. It was enough to carry the Habs … for 58 minutes.
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For the occasion, the Martin St-Louis troops all wore a black crest with the number 10 on their chest, which gave them the energy to direct 48 shots on goal.
Unfortunately, a 97-second slump in the second period gave the Montrealers a serious blow from Jarnac, who lost 6-4 to the Senators.
Three back-to-back goals that prompted the Habs head coach to call a timeout as the crowd derisively chanted Carey Price’s name.
However, he never thought of removing Price who, in the end, suffered a fourth loss in as many starts.
“Removing his goalkeeper is the easiest decision. We have to take the context of our situation into consideration. I wanted to give him a chance to continue,” St-Louis explained.
Twenty goals for Caufield
By suffering this eighth consecutive setback in regulation time, the Montrealers equaled their unenviable mark of the season. That which had extended from January 24 to February 13.
In terms of rare good news, Cole Caufield has reached the 20-goal plateau. It will have taken 64 meetings to achieve this.
An important achievement in the career of a young player.
“When Cole started scoring in the last few months, I’m sure he saw that it was an achievable goal. I’m happy for him,” said St-Louis.
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Mike Hoffman
He had an uneven game by committing a few blunders Nevertheless, he was possibly the most threatening attacker in CH He fired eight shots on goal
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Michael Pezzetta
At each of his seven attendances, he seemed to be overwhelmed by events, which made a colleague say that he was possibly coming to the end of his adventure.
First period
1-OTT: Mark Kastelic (1) (Sabourin, Tierney)2:33
2-MON: Rem Pitlick (14) (Evans)15:57
Penalties: Pezzetta (Mon) (shift) 2:33, Kastelic (Ott) (shift) 2:33, Sabourin (Ott) 5:30, Hoffman (Mon) 12:08, Formenton (Ott) (inc) 16:36 , Anderson (Mon) 16:36, Savard (Mon) 16:36, Tkachuk (Ott) 16:36, Romanov (Mon) (inc) 16:36
Second period
3-OTT: Austin Watson (9) (Holden, Kelly)0:44
4-OTT: Parker Kelly (7) (Watson)6:43
5-OTT: Josh Norris (34) (Tkachuk, Batherson)7:15
6-OTT: Mark Kastelic (2) (Sabourin)7:50
7-MON: Cole Caufield (20) (Hoffman, Savard)8:43
8-MON: Joel Edmundson (3) (Evans, Petry)17:17
9-OTT: Alex Formenton (18) (unassisted)DN-18:05
Penalties: Gallagher (Mon) 3:36, Pezzetta (Mon) 12:52, Gaudette (Ott) 17:52
Third period
10-MON: Rem Pitlick (15) (Gallagher, Dvorak)8:19
Penalties: Kelly (Ott) 0:41, Kelly (Ott) 15:11, Harris (Mon) 16:48
Shoot to the net
MONTREAL 16 – 16 – 16 – 48OTTAWA 6 – 18 – 2 – 26
Guardians:
MON: Carey Price (P, 0-4-0) OTT: Anton Forsberg (G, 20-17-4)
Numerical advantages:
MON: 0 in 4, OTT: 0 in 5
Referees:
Trevor Hanson, Justin Kea
Linesmen:
Julien Fournier, Ryan Daisy
ASSISTANCE:
19,410
What we noticed…
Gallagher heckled
Brendan Gallagher is no longer welcome in Ottawa since he accused Tim Stützle of acting. His simple nomination to take part in the ceremonial face-off earned him a salvo of heartfelt boos. In addition, Brady Tkachuk criticized him for not shaking his hand afterwards, as is customary. A careless mistake, explained number 11 after the match.
Chabot’s surprise return
Thomas Chabot was making a comeback after missing 19 games with a broken hand. A nice surprise for the Senators and their supporters since we thought his season was over. He celebrated this first game since March 16 by spending 20 mins 21 s on the playing surface (his lowest total since 2017-2018 in games he completed.
Mark Kastelic surpasses dad Ed
At his 13and game in the NHL, Mark Kastelic scored his first two NHL goals. In addition to being able to boast of having beaten Carey Price on two occasions, he beat dad Ed Kastelic who, in 220 games with the Washington Capitals and the Hartford Whalers, never scored more than one goal in a match.
Frozen Romanov
Alexander Romanov received a 10-minute misconduct penalty in an all-player skirmish. This long period of inactivity fell in his legs. On his next appearance, he froze in front of Josh Norris, who took the opportunity to bring the score 4 to 1. Then, he was knocked down by Parker Kelly. It’s rare to see the underside of his skates.