Call of the Wilde: Montreal Canadiens hold on, shade New York Islanders with 4-3 win
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The Montreal Canadiens were comfortable until a brutal major penalty to Brendan Gallagher allowed the Islanders back into the game. Brian Wilde has more.
The New York Islanders were at the Bell Centre on a night Patrick Roy returned as head coach of the visitors. Roy received a huge ovation before the contest. It was excellent to see, considering Montreal wouldn’t have won two Stanley Cups without Roy’s outstanding goaltending.
After the ovation, it was time for hockey. The Montreal Canadiens were comfortable until a brutal major penalty to Brendan Gallagher allowed the Islanders back into the game.
The Canadiens fought back for a 4-3 win.
After some quite sluggish hockey recently, the Canadiens finally had their legs back for the Islanders visit. Montreal was all over New York in the first period. The Canadiens built a three-goal lead only 12 minutes in.
They scored some beauties. The opening tally was on the power play where all five players on the ice connected passes before Nick Suzuki finished it for his 13th of the year. Juraj Slafkovsky made a terrific pass to the front of the net for Suzuki’s tap-in.
Right after, an even prettier goal. Suzuki stole the puck from the Isles inside their own zone on a 4-on-4. He fed Cole Caufield who made an outstanding move for his 17th goal of the season.
Less than a minute later, it was Mike Matheson charging down the ice on the power play. He took it down the right side and fed it back to the middle for Sean Monahan to get his second point of the period. Patrick Roy had to call a time-out. It was all Montreal.
Monahan made it a three-point night when he scored the game winner with two minutes left in regulation time. It was beautiful passing from Caufield to Josh Anderson to Monahan for 13 on the season.
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