See Less Canadiens' Nick Suzuki: Contributes Saturday Suzuki had two assists -- one on the power play -- and two shots on goal over 21:50 of ice time in Saturday's 5-4 win over the Blues. Suzuki's been cold during Montreal's seven-game losing streak, but the top-line center was part of the reason the Canadiens broke the skid. He had just one point over the eight games prior to Saturday's win. Despite the recent downturn, Suzuki has established himself as a productive forward on a team that's struggled to score goals the last few seasons. The Ontario native is tied for the team lead with 10 power-play points and tops the squad with 34 overall....
Drouin's TOI/game is 13:51, well below what he's been accustomed to the previous five seasons with Montreal, but head coach Martin St. Louis understands he can be of value in situational hockey. Despite the minimal role on a team focused on developing younger talent, Drouin remains relevant as a member of the power play and is often on the ice late in close games.... See Less Canadiens' Christian Dvorak: Logs power-play assist Dvorak had a power-play assist, three shots on goal and two hits over 19:50 of ice time in Saturday's 5-4 win over St.
See Less Canadiens' Jake Evans: On hot line Evans had two assists and two shots on goal over 19:09 of ice time in Saturday's 5-4 win over the Blues. The reconstituted third line struck twice for Montreal and has three goals in the last two games. Evans was the primary helper on both of Joel Armia's goals, and linemate Evgenii Dadonov also helped. Evans has three assists the last two games and is expected to continue in the same role after spending much of the season on the fourth line.... See Less Canadiens' Jake Allen: Snaps seven-game winless slump Allen made 18 saves in a 5-4 win over St.
Montembeault allowed 13 goals on 75 shots in losses to Florida and Nashville in his past two starts. He has a 6-5-2 record this season with a 3. 44 GAA and an. 897 save percentage. The Kraken rank third in league this season with 3. 66 goals per game.... See Less Canadiens' Brendan Gallagher: Moved to IR Gallagher (lower body) was placed on injured reserve Sunday, per CapFriendly. Gallagher isn't expected to return for roughly two weeks so this won't affect his return timeline. The veteran winger has just nine points in 25 games this season....
Montreal Canadiens News, Scores, Status, Schedule - NHLTop Canadiens News Canadiens' Cayden Primeau: Emergency recalled Rotowire Jan 9, 2023 Primeau was called up from AHL Laval on Monday under emergency conditions. Primeau will serve as the backup to Samuel Montembeault against the Kraken on Monday due to the injury to Jake Allen (upper body). Depending on how long Allen is on the shelf, the 23-year-old Primeau could see his first NHL action of the year during an upcoming back-to-back against the Islanders and Rangers on Saturday and Sunday, respectively.... See More... See Less Canadiens' Sam Montembeault: Starting against Seattle Montembeault will guard the home net Monday versus Seattle, Renaud Lavoie of TVA Sports reports.
Dvorak had the secondary helper on Kirby Dach's goal, just his second power-play point despite a regular role as a member of Montreal's man-advantage units. He has seven goals, 10 assists and 58 shots on net over 40 games.... See Less Canadiens' Kirby Dach: Scores on power play Dach scored a power-play goal and had two hits over 19:38 of ice time in Saturday's 5-4 win over the Blues. Dach scored with time winding down on Ivan Barbashev's double-minor for his second power-play goal of the season. Ten of his 24 points have come on the man-advantage unit.
See Less Canadiens' Evgenii Dadonov: Logs pair of helpers Dadonov had two assists, two shots on goal, one hit and one blocked shot over 16:59 of ice time in Saturday's 5-4 win over St. Dadonov and Jake Evans each contributed to third-line mate Joel Armia's two goals. That's three goals in the last two games for that line. Dadonov has been in an out of the lineup as a healthy scratch, but he's been relatively productive when active. The Russian forward has eight points over the last 12 contests....
See Less Canadiens' Jonathan Drouin: Helps on game-winner Jan 8, 2023 Drouin had an assist, three shots on goal and one hit over 12:50 of ice time in Saturday's 5-4 win over St. Louis. Drouin spent most of the game on the fourth line, but late in the third period, he replaced Juraj Slafkovsky on the second line and eventually set up Josh Anderson's game-winning tally. Drouin's backhander was stopped by Jordan Binnington, but Anderson was there to pounce on the rebound.