![]() He is, quite literally, learning to stand on his own two feet. Slafkovský absorbs a hit before collecting the puck and looking to make a play.Every pass reception is a struggle tonight.I guess he just really had to get that out of his system even though Montreal held possession. The referee is very animated in making a call … against the Predators’ bench. Sean Monahan can’t accept Josh Anderson’s pass. The defence finally breaks into a three-on-one for Montreal.Jake Evans gets a chance, but it’s turned aside by Juuse Saros.The Canadiens are mustering very little in the way of an attack tonight. Sissons makes it 2-0 with the game back at five-on-five, on a long rebound from Allen.Savard tried the power-play drop-pass at four-on-four.He must have forgotten he scored in last night’s game from a similar spot. Nick Suzuki gets the puck to the slot on the four-on-four but refuses the shoot.Sissons joins him in the boxes for a similar thing. He’s been feeling particularly violent the last couple of days after the Kidney cross-check to Jeff Skinner last night. Gallagher gets his elbow up on a flyby of Sissons.Maybe Gallagher has just reached his league quota for the month.That’s the one things these refs aren’t calling tonight, which isn’t great when playing another team employing the 1-3-1. Gallagher gets knocked down chasing a dump-in.Despite all the penalty calls, it was a fairly quick period.It would be okay for the Canadiens to get a bounce every now and then. Kaiden Guhle’s point shot gets deflected by Christian Dvorak off the crossbar.The attendant can relax as the ref’s arm stays down. Roman Josi stands up Sean Monahan after a dump-in.Maybe creating an online ad for a power-play coach. An abbreviated power play later, the Habs are 0/3.This one gets called against a team on a power play. If the NHL is going to crack down on something new, it probably should be that. Luke Evangelista fell down while trying to jump around him, and I don’t believe that should have been a penalty. Mike Matheson gets turnstiled, but recovers to swipe the puck away with his stick.The one guy who booed all the way through the Kings game on Thursday seems to be back tonight. ![]() It looks like the mere return of Savard will not fix the penalty kill on its own.The door opens early to let Gallagher out because Colton Sissons has opened the scoring with a great tip of a shot that was going well wide.The penalty-box attendants are going to ask for a raise as the doors are opened for a fourth time, this time for Gallagher, who must pay for that drawn call earlier.All it means is that the Canadiens get to go zero-for-two on less that two minutes of man-advantage time.What did Jake Evans’s head ever do to all these opponents?.Habs back to the power play as Evans is high-sticked.It’s a short power play as Juraj Slafkovský takes a penalty on a short-handed counter-attack.He ends up with a shot, and a Habs power play. Jesse Ylönen attacks the Predators one-on-five, right to the middle of the ice as he does.Struble shoves Philip Tomasino to the ice, showing off the strength he possesses.The top line had an excellent shift to begin each period last night, so it’s odd that Martin St-Louis decided to start the Jake Evans trio for this one.David Savard is in, and it’s Gustav Lindström who exits.
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