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2022 - 12 - 23

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Johnston's late goal pushes Stars to 4-2 win over Canadiens (CTV Montreal)

Wyatt Johnston scored Dallas' third power-play goal with five minutes remaining and the Stars rallied past the Montreal Canadiens 4-2 on Friday night.

[Regina](https://regina.ctvnews.ca/) [Storm set to bring snow and wind to Sask. A state of emergency has been declared in Chatham-Kent following a wicked snowstorm that tore through the region on Friday, causing multiple car accidents and leaving hundreds of people stranded. However, the weather hazards will remain on Christmas Eve as Environment Canada has issued a winter weather travel advisory on Saturday. will see a white Christmas this year after the province was battered by the first major snowstorm of the season. Driving conditions in the Fraser Valley are treacherous. NOTES: Robertson (24 goals, 26 assists) reached 50 points in 35 games, the fastest for any Dallas player. While the utility company spent weeks trimming trees, many of the outages were caused by trees falling on the power lines. From bees and beef to famous photos and even someone's home, a number of strange thefts were reported this year. Hintz pulled the Stars to 2-1 at 15:19 of the second. "A little bit of an experiment," St. "(Ryan Suter) made a pretty perfect pass to me in the slot," said Johnston, whose 10 goals are tied for second-most among NHL rookies. Montreal's unlikely source of goals came on a night when St.

Canadiens' line juggling in loss to Stars makes weaknesses on ... (The Athletic)

Splitting Nick Suzuki and Cole Caufield was a last-gasp move for Martin St. Louis, and it didn't work.

Louis feels the Canadiens have better in them, and that remains true despite the loss to the Stars. But re-establishing the standard this team set early in the season will be a bigger challenge at a time of year when all the playoff-calibre teams are raising their standards as well. This is the reality of teams that are not built to make the playoffs. Putting him to the right of the team’s best centre was a way to do that. Louis, and we can easily interpret the line changes he made in Dallas as a life preserver he was throwing to Armia. As a duo, Suzuki and Caufield have set a standard that the Canadiens, probably due to a lack of quality personnel, need them to maintain. Saying the opposite publicly after having sent that message to his team is delicate; we get that. Louis said after the game in Dallas that he liked how his team played at five-on-five. Drouin had been playing good hockey since returning from injury, and putting him next to the captain was a way to validate his play. But that is far better than 1-for-27 (3.7 percent) performance of the power play in the eight games that followed Monahan’s injury before this game in Dallas. Louis, for the first time since the start of the season, really made it clear to his players that he expected more from them. Louis said after his team lost 4-2 to the

Dallas Stars give fans an early present by beating Canadiens 4-2 (Blackout Dallas)

The Dallas Stars brought Christmas cheer to the fans tonight as they beat the Montreal Canadiens 4-2. Here are the three takeaways from Friday night's game.

With the way he’s progressing in his rookie season, he’s going to be a force in this league for a long time. If Johnston continues to play like this for the remainder of the year, he’s going to be a finalist like Jason Robertson was when he was a rookie. [Montreal Canadiens 4-2](https://blackoutdallas.com/2022/12/23/dallas-stars-christmas-break-win/) going into the holiday break.

Canadiens' Jonathan Drouin: Skates on top line (CBSSports.com)

Drouin and Joel Armia were added to the top line, flanking Nick Suzuki, but the trio was not involved in either of Montreal's goals. Drouin has just one point ...

• Louis to unlock struggling wingers, but the experiment may not stick. Drouin and Joel Armia were added to the top line, flanking Nick Suzuki, but the trio was not involved in either of Montreal's goals.

About Last Night: All Montreal wants for Christmas is less penalties (Montreal Gazette)

The Dallas Stars scored three power play goals to hand the Montreal Canadiens a 4-2 loss at American Airlines Center on Friday night.

The Stars excelled at staying in motion and creating chaos in front of Jake Allen. With Drouin in the box, Roope Hintz’s top corner tip put Dallas on the board. Then Pezzetta sniped one early in the middle frame to give the Habs a 2-0 lead. Nick Suzuki, in the midst of his worst stretch of the season points-wise (two points in his last eight games), was given Jonathan Drouin and Joel Armia as linemates. Article content Michael Pezzetta had the first multi-point game of his career.

Bottom Six Minutes: Tanks the season (Habs Eyes on the Prize)

The Montreal Canadiens managed to lose rather handily against the Dallas Stars on Friday night, entering their short holiday break on a low note.

If they continue to keep that top trio apart, regardless of intent, they might find themselves in a great draft lottery position. If that is their intent, it is working. As tends to be the case, a game where Kirby Dach doesn’t play with Nick Suzuki and Cole Caufield ended in disappointment.