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The Canadiens dominated early, registering the first eight shots on goal and going up 1-0 on a wrister by Alex Belzille. It was the first NHL goal for the 31- ...

Rafael Harvey-Pinard scored on a power play tip late in the second to make it 4-2 Montreal. They were in our faces, they blocked shots, we didn’t. Montreal continued to soar in the second period. Read next: The Canadiens dominated early, registering the first eight shots on goal and going up 1-0 on a wrister by Alex Belzille. Read more:

Jordan Harris a inscrit deux buts, Jake Allen a stoppé 30 tirs et le club montréalais a vaincu les Oilers d'Edmonton 6-2. Le capitaine des Oilers, Connor ...

Draisaitl a marqué à 12:22 sur un retour lors d’un avantage numérique, puis les Oilers ont bénéficié de 1:28 en avantage numérique de deux joueurs quelques instants plus tard. Il a inscrit un sixième but en neuf parties cette saison en faisant dévier un tir de Mike Matheson derrière Skinner. Il a tiré en pivotant après une mêlée devant le filet de Skinner. Harris a d’abord surpris Skinner d’un angle restreint à 3:54, puis Anderson a fait mouche en avantage numérique à 8:23 sur un retour. Il s’agissait d’un but inscrit en infériorité numérique. Leon Draisaitl et Evander Kane ont répliqué pour les Oilers (30-19-5).

Arber Xhekaj left the game in the second period after a fight with Oilers defenceman Vincent Desharnais.

Jordan Harris had his first career two-goal game as the Montreal Canadiens earned wins on back-to-back afternoons with a convincing 6-2 victory over the ...

Edmonton woke up from a slow opening frame with two goals in the second period. Montreal doubled its lead in the second period when Dadonov found Harris with a pass from behind Skinner’s net. Following a fight with Desharnais, Canadiens defenceman Arber Xhekaj left for the locker room with an apparent right shoulder injury. “It happened quickly, he didn’t say anything so we just went at it and then he fell and I stopped,” Desharnais said. “We keep trying to build, there’s a lot of engagement and a big buy-in from the guys to keep playing together offensively and defensively. Belzile took advantage of some confusion between Oilers defenceman Brett Kulak and Skinner and scored on a wrist shot from the high slot. “I appreciated it a bit more in warmups,” Desharnais said. To hear my name from the Bell Centre, It was unreal.” Harris said it comes down to the ability of Montreal's blue line to play a complete game. The break helped us but I think it’s a progression.” I feel like we've done a good job defending and jumping up on the rush and I feel like a lot of our D-men have those skill-sets to make plays offensively." “The D-men are hot right now, hopefully we can keep it up,” Harris said.

Connor McDavid's point streak ended at 15 games for the Edmonton Oilers in a 6-2 loss to the Montreal Canadiens at Bell Centre on Sunday.

He is the seventh-oldest player to score his first NHL goal for the Canadiens, and the oldest since Hockey Hall of Famer Herb Gardiner (35 years, 35 days) on Dec. Rafael Harvey-Pinard put the Canadiens ahead 4-2 with a power-play goal at 18:41 of the second period. "They play so fast and dangerous offensively and it's really apparent right off the start that they like to get going in transition," Harris said of the Oilers. He had 25 points (10 goals, 15 assists) during the run, his second-longest of the season (16 games from Nov. The Canadiens (22-27-4) swept a pair of Super Bowl weekend matinee games following a 4-3 overtime win against the New York Islanders on Saturday. The Oilers captain, who leads the NHL with 97 points (42 goals, 55 assists) in 54 games, was minus-3.

One of the more natural prospect comparisons for Noah Philp is Derek Ryan. I mean I don't really understand why people go that route at all.

Progress in this area will be vital for Kesselring to get the trust of the organization to play in the NHL. As I’ve noted, Kesselring can be slow to react to danger in the slot. Look at this clip where he retrieves a dump-in and promptly turns it into a rush attack leading to a shot on goal. His goal, the 13th of the season, made him the top goal-scoring defenceman in the AHL. We should be looking for a player that finishes at a point-per-game average and continues to command top-line and top powerplay minutes. The troubles for Chiasson is that he appears loaded with some offensive ability. This year 14-27-41 in 53 games, which is serviceable for a 19-year-old, but not really adequate for someone with his skills. The hope with the trade was that Chiasson would regain that spark that led him to be a point-per-game player in the 2020/21 bubble season. Well, Philp is doing his level best to make the OEG suits take notice that he can absolutely score at the AHL level. However, he does have one advantage while he is working on this are of his game. If you cannot score at the AHL level as a forward, it is very hard to get a look in the NHL. I mean Ryan is a right-shot center, who went undrafted, then went to the University of Alberta.

Less than 24-hours after overwhelming the Ottawa Senators the Oilers looked disinterested in a 6-2 loss against the Montreal Canadiens.

“Vincent and Evander both injected some emotion into the game, and I though that’s a positive that they can both individually take out of the game to try and change momentum,” Woodcroft said. Desharnais, a Laval, Que., product had roughly 40 friends and family in the stands, playing his first NHL game in Montreal. The six-foot-four, 238-pound Xhekaj earned his reputation as a tough customer earlier this year by tuning in Zack Kassian in a game against the Arizona Coyotes. Harris increased the lead to 2-0 four minutes into the second period, finishing off an extended shift in the Oilers’ zone. The Oilers had registered one shot at the time. With the loss, the Oilers failed to capitalize on an opportunity to leapfrog over the Vegas Golden Knights and take over first place in the Pacific Division standings.

Plus que la victoire, c'est la façon dont le Canadien a neutralisé l'équipe de l'heure dans la LNH qui a impressionné l'entraîneur-chef Martin St-Louis, ...

Draisaitl a marqué à 12:22 sur un retour lors d’un avantage numérique, puis les Oilers ont bénéficié de 1:28 en avantage numérique de deux joueurs quelques instants plus tard. Il a inscrit un sixième but en neuf parties cette saison en faisant dévier un tir de Mike Matheson derrière Skinner. Ça nous a redonné le vent dans les voiles.» Harris a d’abord surpris Skinner d’un angle restreint à 3:54, puis Anderson a fait mouche en avantage numérique à 8:23 sur un retour. Il a tiré en pivotant après une mêlée devant le filet de Skinner. Je crois que tous nos défenseurs ont les habiletés pour faire des jeux en zone adverse. Il s’agissait d’un but inscrit en infériorité numérique. «Nous avons été difficiles à affronter, a mentionné St-Louis. Allen s’est signalé à quelques reprises avant la fin du premier vingt. Nous restons à la tâche et travaillons sur ce que nous voulons bâtir comme fondation, a souligné St-Louis. Leon Draisaitl et Evander Kane ont répliqué pour les Oilers (30-19-5). Nous avons ressenti un engagement important des joueurs afin d’appliquer ce que nous souhaitons faire sur la glace.»

The Edmonton Oilers have made it clear that acquiring a puck-moving defenceman is a priority ahead of the trade deadline and there's a possibility Erik ...

Unless he's traded by them, I think we wonder if this is the next chapter in the Jesse Puljujarvi saga in Edmonton." "We're all watching the waiver wire Tuesday," Marek said. "Look, a bunch of guys were just together at the All Star Game — maybe there was some arm twisting, who knows.

The Canadiens opened the scoring on a beautiful view of modern hockey at its finest.

Farrell may get in a half dozen NHL games depending on how far Harvard advances in the Frozen Four. Whether Farrell can translate his game to the NHL is an open and complex question, but a five-point night against Dartmouth on Saturday paints a a beautiful picture. What a season it has been for Farrell at the Ivy League school. Farrell’s first NHL game after he is eliminated from the NCAA playoffs is certainly one of them. The Canadiens just aren’t bad enough to be in the top five at the draft. Dach with the nicest assist of the season for Montreal. Xhekaj left the ice immediately and went to the dressing room pointing to his shoulder. Xhekaj did not return for the third period. The Canadiens have a head coach for the modern game. The evolution of Kirby Dach’s game must be a beautiful sight for general manager Kent Hughes. Connor McDavid was on for over two minutes, hemmed in his own zone on a shift centred by Kirby Dach. After the blueliners won the zone, it was up to the forwards to work the play down low, and they did perfectly, leading to Alex Belzile finally scoring his first NHL goal at age 31.

For two of their past three games, the Edmonton Oilers have looked very much like that team nearing the end of a winning streak, collecting points we're not ...

He had a nice scrap and was even on the night, but left with a sour taste in his mouth. In a game that stood at 4-2 for Montreal after 40 minutes, the Canadiens scored on two of their three third-period shots, snuffing any dreams of an Oilers comeback. • Klim Kostin, who left Saturday’s game with what appeared to be a shoulder injury after a hard check, did not play. When it was over — and Jordan Harris had the first two-goal game of his NHL career — A lesser goalie would have been embroiled in a 6-5, firewagon affair. 9 in Los Angeles — with a 6-2 loss at Montreal.

Alex Belzile, Josh Anderson, Rafael Harvey-Pinard and Christian Dvorak added goals for Montreal. Evgenii Dadonov and Jonathan Drouin each recorded two assists.

I know he scored today but he also had an impact (on the game).” The Oilers then cut their deficit to one when Kane surprised Allen with a swift wrist shot from the right face off circle. Edmonton woke up from a slow opening frame with two goals in the second period. I feel like we’ve done a good job defending and jumping up on the rush and I feel like a lot of our D-men have those skill-sets to make plays offensively.” Montreal doubled its lead in the second period when Dadonov found Harris with a pass from behind Skinner’s net. “We keep trying to build, there’s a lot of engagement and a big buy-in from the guys to keep playing together offensively and defensively.