The Montreal Canadiens headed out of the border to face the New York Islanders. Hockey analyst Brian Wilde has more on Saturday's night game.
The Los Angeles Kings were at the Bell Centre Thursday night and after allowing 14 goals in their last two games, the Kings beat the Montreal Canadiens 4-1. Global News hockey analyst Brian Wilde joins Global News Morning’s host Laura Casella with this week’s Call of the Wilde.After one of the worst performances in Martin St. Louis’ tenure on Thursday night against the Los Angeles Kings, the Montreal Canadiens looked to recover from that embarrassment on Saturday against the New York Islanders .
There was a most unusual shift where the Christian Dvorak line was caught on the ice with the Mailloux-Hutson partnership for four minutes inside Montreal’s zone. Oliver Kapanen lost his stick, and things can go bad when that happens.Westshore Rebels and Okanagan Sun back for Cullen Cup rematchThrough it all, the stamina that the defenders showed was remarkable.
Caufield has six goals on the season in six games. Caufield is trying to become the first 40-goal scorer on Montreal since Vincent Damphousse in 1994. He is off to an excellent start. Imagine if the line plays better than they have what Caufield could do.For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen.One of the most concerning aspects of the club this season, if not the most concerning, is the play of the first line.
Too much hockey is being played in their own zone, and they simply must figure out what has gone wrong since the opening two months that they were together last year. Enter Pascal Vincent as the new head coach, and it is paying dividends immediately. It is not just that the Rocket have three wins in their first four games, it is how they are going about it. Game four on Saturday afternoon at Place Bell, the Syracuse Crunch managed only 23 shots as the Rocket won 1-0 with Connor Hughes getting the shutout. Owen Beck scored the only goal.
Mesar asissted on the game winner on Saturday for his fifth point in four games. Logan Mailloux is second in points with four in only two games played. Alex Barré-Boulet also has four points in two games. Joshua Roy has three points in three games. Adam Engstrom also looks strong so far.
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