Allen had no chance as Maroon opened the scoring with his sixth goal of the season at 10:31. Kale Clague made his first appearance as a Canadien, and it’s not one he will remember fondly.Ĭlague, who was acquired on waivers from the Los Angeles Kings because the Canadiens needed a puck-moving defenceman, fanned on a pass from behind the Montreal net, sending a weak effort that found Pat Maroon at the side of the net. Montreal dressed only eight players who appeared in the final series, and one of them was Allen, who watched the action as the backup goaltender. So were snipers Tyler Toffoli, Brendan Gallagher and Josh Anderson, and the top defence pairing of Jeff Petry and Joel Edmundson. ![]() Goaltender Carey Price, defenceman Shea Weber and centre Phil Danault formed the backbone of the defence that was Montreal’s trademark, and they were missing Tuesday. The Lightning was without injured high-scoring forwards Brayden Point and Nikita Kucherov, and the checking line that was so effective last season has moved on.īut it’s the Canadiens who have experienced the biggest drop-off in talent. The rosters bore no resemblance to the lineups that clashed in the Stanley Cup final earlier this year. ![]() He won a faceoff against Ross Colton and directed the puck back to Mike Hoffman, whose shot beat a screened Vasilevskiy on the short side. Suzuki picked up an assist on the second goal.
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