The Montreal Canadiens face the Wild on Thursday in Minnesota, the second in their streak of seven straight meetings on opposing ice.
The Habs (14-13-4, 32 points) feature nearly the same lineup as they did in Monday’s win over the Winnipeg Jets.
Emil Heineman is playing his first game in the NHL – replacing Michael Pezzetta – and Samuel Montembeault is in front of the net.
The Wild (13-13-4, 30 points) defeated the Canadiens in Montreal in the first game between the two teams earlier this season.
The Bleu-Blanc-Rouge have not won in Minnesota since 2011.
The wild striker
The most optimistic would say things were going pretty well for the Canadiens in the first part of the first period. After all, it was still 0-0. But since the Habs only had two shots on goal, there was nothing to celebrate.
But a penalty for Davi Savard allowed the Wild to take the lead 13:19 through Matt Boldy.
The Wild doubled the lead at 14:54 and Martin St-Louis immediately appealed, believing there was an offside call.
If you watch the replays on TV, he seems objectively right, but the referees decide differently: 2-0 Wild.
The period ends like this. And if we want to discuss this missed goal for a long time, one tireless statistic sums up the appearance of this period well, namely the shots on goal, 13-3 in favor of the Wild…
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