Call of the Wilde: Montreal Canadiens humbled by the St. Louis Blues
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St. Louis posted an easy 7-2 win in the Canadiens second game this weekend.
The final game of the traditional Super Bowl weekend series for the Montreal Canadiens was against the St. Louis Blues on Sunday afternoon. The Blues are in the playoff hunt, while the Canadiens are trying to stay above water.
Rafael Harvey-Pinard was out of the line up after suffering a knee injury Saturday, which meant the return of Joshua Roy from the Laval Rocket.
St. Louis posted an easy 7-2 win.
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Juraj Slafkovsky continues to develop his game at a shocking rate. The opening goal was a power play set-up for Montreal. Slafkovsky had the puck on the right side. Rather than remain static looking for a hole, Slafkovsky kept skating slowly and passed it through both Blues defenders to Nick Suzuki who put it into a wide-open net. It was solid moment from a player who simply would not have had it in his mind to try this only three months ago, never mind do it successfully.
That’s 17 points in the last 23 games for Slafkovsky. That’s Suzuki continuing along his path to possibly striking a point-per-game pace. He is pro-rated to hit 76 points.
In terms of support, Joel Armia deflected a David Savard shot for a second Canadiens marker, and Joshua Roy created some offence as well.
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