Habs fall behind 2-0 for the third straight recreation, however this time they are not in a position to come away with any factors in standings.
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One of the spectacular issues about this younger Canadiens workforce is that they by no means surrender.
However they should get off to raised begins.
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For the third straight recreation, the Canadiens fell behind 2-0 Thursday night time in Carolina. This time they couldn’t come away with some extent within the standings, shedding 5-3 to the Hurricanes after shedding 4-3 to the Minnesota Wild in time beyond regulation and beating the Chicago Blackhawks 5-2 of their earlier two video games.
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Andrei Svechnikov had a hat trick, together with an empty-netter, and Jesper Quick scored twice for the Hurricanes. Mitchell Stephens, Mike Matheson and Josh Anderson scored for the Canadiens.
Svechnikov opened the scoring 1:35 into the primary interval, deflecting some extent shot by Brent Burns previous goalie Cayden Primeau. Quick put the Hurricanes up 2-0 at 12:40, however the Canadiens as soon as once more fought again. Stephens scored his second aim in two video games at 13:51 and Matheson scored a power-play aim with solely 4 seconds left on the clock, sending the groups into the primary intermission tied 2-2. Sean Monahan picked up an help on Matheson’s aim for his five hundredth profession level.
The Canadiens had been outshot 15-7 within the first 20 minutes they usually have been outscored 31-19 within the first interval this season. Their 19 first-period targets are the fewest of any workforce within the NHL.
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The Hurricanes obtained off to a fast begin once more within the second interval with Quick scoring the one aim of the interval on the 1:29 mark.
As soon as once more, the Canadiens fought again and Anderson tied the rating 3-3 together with his fifth aim in 5 video games solely 25 seconds into the third interval, beating goalie Antti Raanta on a breakaway with a pleasant deke to his backhand after which going five-hole.
Svechnikov scored the profitable aim at 13:51 of the third interval shortly after Sebastian Aho beat Nick Suzuki on a faceoff within the Canadiens’ zone, earlier than finishing his hat trick with an empty-netter with 19 seconds left on the clock.
The Canadiens noticed their report fall to 15-14-5 and their streak of incomes at the very least some extent in 5 straight video games (3-0-2) got here to an finish. The Hurricanes improved to 19-13-4 and they’re 15-1-1 of their final 17 video games in opposition to the Canadiens, who haven’t received in Carolina since April 7, 2016.
“There’s no give up in our hockey workforce,” Anderson, who now has six targets on the season, informed reporters in Carolina after the sport. “We discovered a method to get again within the recreation early sufficient to provide us an opportunity to win. I assumed our workforce performed rather well. All people was engaged tonight. It’s a superb hockey workforce over there. You bought to provide them credit score, however I assumed we had been proper there with them, too.”
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The Canadiens’ Cole Caufield failed to attain a aim for the fourth straight recreation and has just one aim within the final 12 video games. With eight targets this season, Caufield is barely two forward of Anderson, who failed to attain within the first 24 video games. Brendan Gallagher failed to attain a aim for the twentieth straight recreation and is caught on 5 targets for the season.
On the Hurricanes’ facet, Jesperi Kotkaniemi was held off the scoresheet and now has one aim and no assists within the final 15 video games. The previous Canadien, chosen third general on the 2018 NHL Draft, was solely given 9:41 of ice time by head coach Rod Brind’Amour. Kotkaniemi has 9-7-16 totals within the second season of an eight-year, US$38.56-million contract.
For the primary time this season, Primeau made back-to-back begins, making 26 saves because the Hurricanes outshot the Canadiens 31-21. Primeau’s report is now 4-4-0 with a 3.30 goals-against common and a .898 save share.
“I believe they got here out onerous,” Primeau informed reporters in Carolina after the sport. “We had a superb second interval after which type of let it slip from us slightly bit. However they’re a superb workforce. For them to get two (targets) early after which us come again … after the primary it was a 0-0 recreation, technically. It was good for us to come back again. I believe if we clear some issues up we’ll be wonderful.”
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The Canadiens’ Juraj Slafkovsky left the sport with 5:26 remaining within the third interval underneath concussion protocol after taking a giant hit from the Hurricanes’ Stefan Noesen. No penalty was referred to as on the play after Noesen’s shoulder hit Slafkovsky within the head.
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“I talked to him slightly bit after (the sport) and he mentioned he’s OK,” Anderson mentioned when requested about Slafkovsky. “So we’ll see.”
The Canadiens had been flying to Florida after the sport and can face the Panthers on Saturday (7 p.m., SNE, Citytv, TVA Sports activities, TSN 690 Radio, 98.5 FM) and the Tampa Bay Lightning on Sunday (7 p.m., TSN2, RDS, TSN 690 Radio, 98.5 FM). Anticipate goalies Samuel Montembeault and Jake Allen to separate these two video games.
This was the fourth of seven straight street video games for the Canadiens, who’ve a 2-1-1 report thus far. They are going to full the stretch of street video games subsequent Tuesday in opposition to the Dallas Stars (8 p.m., TSN2, RDS, TSN 690 Radio, 98.5 FM).
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