The Montreal Canadiens have two wins in three games to start the season after beating the Ottawa Senators 4-1 on Saturday night after allowing just 25 shots on goal.
It is time to kick off a brand-new hockey season with Global News hockey analyst Brian Wilde. He joins Global News Morning’s host Laura Casella with a recap on the start of the Habs season.Very little rest for the Montreal Canadiens to start the season with three games in four nights and four in six nights. Heading into game three at home against Ottawa, the Canadiens needed to clean up their defence. They were exploited for almost 50 shots in game one, and six goals in game two.
The leading goal scorer so far this season is Cole Caufield who is off to an outstanding start in his now number 13 with four goals in three games.Caufield’s first period marker was picture-perfect. It was a sniper’s goal. Only a player who knows where the net is even without looking and can pick his spot, can count when he did.Caufield took advantage of the modern goaltending technique of the reverse VH.
Ottawa had controlled the game up until that moment. A better work rate changed the tenor of the evening. The biggest issue is Barron had not performed well enough in his first two games to be ahead of Logan Mailloux, but Barron has to go through the waiver wire, if he is sent down to bring up Mailloux.
That’s a team like San Jose as an example. However, the Sharks are waiting for a waiver-wire freebie; not a loss of a draft pick. Montreal is in a difficult spot that gets more difficult if Mailloux continues to dominate American Hockey League competition.On the left side of the third pair, a different problem persists. The club wants Xhekaj’s toughness and pugilistic power, but not at the expense of goals against. Xhekaj has to put up better defensive numbers.
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