This version of the Hidden Sport is devoted to Patrick Roy and Mario Tremblay.
It was 30 years in the past on Tuesday that former Canadiens goaltender
Roy performed his closing sport for Montreal
, allowed to hang around to dry — and embarrassed within the course of — by Tremblay, who was the pinnacle coach on the time however clearly in over his head and unqualified for the place.
Roy allowed 9 Detroit objectives throughout an 11-1 loss earlier than being eliminated by Tremblay on the Discussion board. Roy informed Ronald Corey, staff president on the time and seated immediately behind the bench, he had performed his final sport for the Canadiens. 4 days later,
Roy was a part of a multi-player commerce to Colorado
.
The place are we going with all this — apart from the apparent historical past lesson?
Samuel Montembeault
, good final Friday at Las Vegas, failed to supply a second consecutive stellar effort towards the Ottawa Senators. He was crushed on the second, ninth, sixteenth, 18th and twenty seventh photographs he confronted, arguably weak on three of the objectives. His save share was .828. He wasn’t made obtainable to the media post-game.
In the meantime, has it actually been 30 years? The place has the time gone?
Random considered the evening:
These are the video games groups with playoff aspirations should win. The Canadiens had gained three of their final 4 whereas the guests, concluding a seven-game street journey, had misplaced three of 4 and have been coming off a 6-1 defeat at Dallas — a sport wherein they generated solely 16 photographs.
However the information isn’t all dangerous:
Tuesday’s match started a sequence that may see the Canadiens play eight of their subsequent 11 at residence.
However possibly it’s:
Montreal now has a mediocre 6-6-1 report on the Bell Centre.
Information you want (Half I):
Ottawa gained for the primary time since captain Brady Tkachuk recovered from a damaged thumb, sustained Oct. 13. He didn’t return till Nov. 28.
Information you want (Half II):
Drake Batherson, who scored the Senators’ fourth purpose, turned the fourth participant in franchise historical past to have a four-game purpose streak towards the Canadiens.
Information you want (Half III):
Cole Caufield had two assists for the Canadiens, rising his level streak to eight video games. Captain
Nick Suzuki
, with a purpose and help, now has a six-game level streak.
Unusual, however true:
Whereas
Zachary Bolduc
has six objectives and 12 factors in 25 video games, solely a kind of factors has come at residence. He has the identical quantity of factors on the Bell Centre as Kaiden Guhle and Patrik Laine, who haven’t performed since Oct. 16 as a result of accidents. Within the sport’s fourth minute, whereas Montreal was on the ability play, Bolduc had an open internet however didn’t convert.
Go of the evening:
Caufield to
Juraj Slafkovsky
on the Canadiens’ opening purpose, moments after Bolduc was denied. Slafkovsky was on the lip of the crease and merely needed to contact the puck.
We get you’re drained, however …:
Ridley Greig missed an tried verify on Brendan Gallagher within the first interval — and ended up on the Canadiens’ bench.
Information you want (Half IV):
After Slafkovsky opened the scoring at 3:37, the Canadiens didn’t generate one other shot till 5:15 remained within the opening interval.
Thanks for exhibiting up:
Senators ahead Kurtis MacDermid, a formidable 6-foot-5 and 233 kilos, had 82 seconds of ice time within the first interval.
Nice moments in officiating (Half I):
Tkachuk and Jayden Struble jostled in entrance of the Ottawa bench within the second interval. Struble ended up and not using a stick — snatched by Tkachuk. No penalty was assessed.
Nice moments in officiating (Half II):
Within the third interval, Nick Jensen pulled down Gallagher. No penalty was assessed. So Gallagher retaliated and a delayed penalty was known as. The purpose turned moot when Tkachuk scored earlier than play was stopped.
Sturdy like bull:
Early within the second interval, MacDermid took a run at
Arber Xhekaj
, solely to bounce off the Canadiens defenceman, who then promptly delivered a cross-check. No penalty was assessed.
Information you want (Half V):
The Canadiens now have been outscored 38-25 within the second interval.
The place objectives go to die:
Defenceman Alexandre Service, with one purpose this season, was arrange by Caufield within the third interval. Service was in alone, tried deking goalie Linus Ullmark — and promptly misplaced the puck.
Does this appear like a determined staff?:
The Canadiens, who entered the third interval trailing 4-2, generated three photographs by means of 11 minutes. We had the sense, had Montreal scored a 3rd purpose at the moment, it might have come again and gained.
It’s a crowded leaderboard:
Jake Evans, Struble and Lane Hutson all have been minus-3.
Fast stats:
Oliver Kapanen had 4 photographs. Suzuki had three photographs and was bodily, delivering three hits. Arber Xhekaj had 4 hits, as did Joe Veleno. Florian Xhekaj performed solely 7:43 however had three hits. The Canadiens loved a 33-21 benefit in hits, however gained solely 47.1 per cent of their faceoffs.
They stated it:
“I believed we began fairly good,” Suzuki stated. “It sort of slipped away from us on the finish of the primary interval. We dug ourselves a gap within the second interval. We battled within the third however simply couldn’t rating. It wasn’t the total effort we needed for certain. There was positively some psychological errors that value us tonight … however I don’t assume we’re going backwards. I feel everybody is aware of what we have to do, it’s simply going on the market and executing that.”
“We have now to be higher and assist out our goalies,” Slafkovsky stated.
“I feel 4 of the objectives have been from proper within the slot,” Struble stated. “That’s one thing that may’t be taking place. It comes all the way down to leaving guys open within the slot. It’s not the system. Personally, guys need to do their jobs.”
hzurkowsky@postmedia.com
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