|
|
| |
|
FINAL · BELL CENTRE
| |
1 |
2 |
3 |
T |
| Montreal |
1 |
2 |
1 |
4 |
| Boston |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
Shots 31-28 MTL · PP 1/3 · Attendance 21,105
|
|
POSTGAME FIVE · {{current_date_full}} · ISSUE 013
|
|
{{first_name | There}}, that was the most complete 60 minutes Montreal has played at home this season, and the second period settled it. Five takeaways.
|
| 1 |
Caufield's second period broke the game open
Two goals in 4:11, both from the same spot inside the left circle, both off feeds from Suzuki below the goal line. Boston never adjusted its coverage and Montreal ran the same look a third time before the period ended.
|
|
| 2 |
The power play finally converted
One for three ends a six game slide, and the change was visible at the blue line, where Montreal carried the puck in on all three entries instead of chipping it deep. That is the adjustment to watch on Saturday.
|
|
| 3 |
Montembeault held the middle frame together
He faced 14 shots in the second while Boston pushed back, and the stop on Pastrnak at 11:32 was the save of the night. In his first game back from a four game absence he finished with 26 of 28.
|
|
| 4 |
Hutson's zone exits were the quiet story
Eleven controlled exits, a season high, and he did it while logging 22:41 against Boston's top line. The matchup Martin St. Louis avoided on the road held up comfortably at home.
|
|
| 5 |
The wild card gap is down to three
Detroit lost in regulation to Tampa, so two points here moved Montreal within three of the second wild card with a game in hand. The next four opponents are all outside the playoff picture.
|
|
|
THREE STARS
|
|
| ★★ |
Samuel Montembeault |
26 saves |
|
| ★★★ |
David Pastrnak |
1G, 6 shots |
|
|
|
NEXT UP
Saturday vs Ottawa
7:00 PM ET · Bell Centre · CBC / TVA
|
|
|
|
|
You are receiving this because you subscribed to {{publication_name}} for Montreal.
Game In Five · Montreal, QC, Canada
|