Lightning – Canadiens

The final contest at home for the Montreal Canadiens before their longest road trip of the season of seven games. The Tampa Bay Lightning in town and they ...

In summary, the Canadiens have one fairly sure thing in Guhle, and then five hopefuls. The worry is that he can not, with his stature of only five foot nine inches, handle the physical nature. He is an offensive unicorn — one of the most talented offensive defenders at the college level that’s ever been seen. After a junior campaign where he was the MVP of the Edmonton Oil Kings Western Hockey League championship run, Guhle is bringing his first round draft pick talent to the NHL in his rookie season. They’re not as close as they are with the forwards. The entire rest of the team has only 47 goals. A free agent signing of Pierre-Luc Dubois is also a possibility, with him showing an interest in playing in Montreal when he becomes an unrestricted free agent. The entire first line craters or there is no second line scoring. The experiment last time lasted only two periods with the line of Suzuki, Caufield and Josh Anderson getting only a 20 per cent share of shot attempts. The last attempt in the middle, two weeks ago, Dach had a positive Corsi and was four of five from the face-off dot. The line had a 35 per cent shot share. It’s becoming clear that the best two-way forward on the Montreal Canadiens is actually Kirby Dach.

You know Montreal will come out playing a better game tonight with the Tampa Bay Lightning in town. The Habs seem to play some of their best hockey versus one ...

Right Wing Left Wing Tonight’s game is the last they will play at the Bell Centre until the new year.

Mike Matheson returns to the lineup. Chris Wideman and Evgenii Dadonov will sit.

Evgenii Dadonov will also be a scratch with both Michael Pezzetta and Rem Pitlick dressing. A couple of expected lineup changes tonight: Mike Matheson will dress after missing time with an injury. Article content

It'll be a long time before the Canadiens can consistently play the type of game the Lightning brought to the Bell Centre on Saturday.

And it’s part of the growing process, part of the pain. And sometimes you get in those video sessions and you’re the guy in the video, and it’s part of it. “(But this season), I think the fans know we don’t give up and every time we’re down one, two, three, we have a chance to come back.” “Last (season), we were out of the games. “We have to look at where we can be better and keep building, but the truth is everything.” “I think staying patient is important, but I think the truth through that process is probably more important,” St. “A lot of continuity in their core guys, the style of play,” said Canadiens coach Martin St. None of that detracts from how Caufield has evolved in his game to score his 18 goals on the season. There’s a lot to like about the way they play. And on Saturday, the 21-year-old failed to pick up Brandon Hagel after Canadiens defenceman Kaiden Guhle pressured his man up ice because Caufield was in position to have him covered. It matters to these players that the fans see that they’ve improved in several areas. [Tampa Bay Lightning](/hockey/nhl/teams/tampa-bay-lightning/) by a score of 5-1 — the 28th loss in 41 home games since Jan.

Branden Hagel scored two goals and added an assist as the Tampa Bay Lightning laid a 5-1 beating on the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday at the Bell Centre.

"Wins are following us because of [defence] and there's a lot of firepower on that Leafs team so we're going to have to defend again." Hagel deflected Hedman's shot from the point and punished the Habs for their lack of discipline. It was hard to score in the second when you're defending for the whole period." "There's a lack of finishing but we're able to create, we had chances at the start." "It's crazy from how it started and the ups and downs I've been through and finally to get that, it's pretty cool." Hagel hit a milestone with his first goal when he reached the 100-point mark in the National Hockey League.

The Montreal Canadiens hosted the Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday night in what can only be described as a challenging outing for the home team.

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