Against the Kings, who had been on the road for ten days, played the day before and allowed 14 goals in two games, the Montreal Canadiens still found a way to lose 4-1 to the Montreal Canadiens on Thursday at the Bell Center in Los Angeles .
We’re talking about a missed opportunity…
In addition, the Canadiens (2-3-0, 4 points) lost the services of Mike Matheson after one season. This situation forced young Lane Hutson to play longer than 30 minutes.
After Justin Barron gave the Habs the lead with his first goal of the season, the Kings (2-1-2, 6 points) responded with goals from Mikey Anderson (1st), Alex Laferriere (1st) and Andreas Englund (1st). . ) and Adrian Kempe (1st), in his case in the empty net.
The Canadians were dominated along the boards in puck recovery. Only Jake Evans’ trio could hold their own together in this area. The Habs were blanked on five power plays and dominated in turnovers.
Samuel Montembeault had 32 shots, David Rittich saw 27 pucks aimed at him.
Montembeault defends himself, Baron scores
Martin St-Louis predicted it. The Kings players wanted to come out strong and they did, but Samuel Montembeault fought back.
And the Habs opened the scoring when Justin Barron showed off his offensive prowess at 7:02.
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