The Columbus Blue Jackets were tired when they arrived in Montreal on Saturday after three games in four nights. The Canadiens took advantage of that and claimed a 5-1 win.
The Minnesota Wild beat the Montreal Canadiens 3-0 Thursday night. This marks the seventh loss in the last eight games for the Habs. Global News hockey analyst Brian Wilde joins Global News Morning’s host Laura Casella with his take on where the Canadiens’ stand.The Montreal Canadiens faced a tired opponent on Saturday night: The Columbus Blue Jackets , who were playing their third game in four nights, a run that included an in impressive win over the Pittsburgh Penguins Friday.
On offence, this is actually the best start of Suzuki’s career. This is his sixth season and he has notoriously been a slow starter. He has never managed a point-per-game season in his career.Jake Paul beats Mike Tyson: Millions tune in for much-hyped bout on NetflixUSask Huskies women’s basketball star Grassick looks back on achieving program’s first triple-double
Another positive, recently, is that it does feel as though Kirby Dach is starting to get more comfortable. Dach is holding on to the puck longer and is starting to move into traffic with less trepidation. Dach picked up an assist on the opening goal scored by Mike Matheson. Slafkovsky is frustrated with only one goal this season. The reason he is not scoring is quite obvious. He has a tendency to not actually shoot. For the last half of last season, he was shooting a lot, but he is back to his old habit of not actually letting his shot fly.Slafkovsky has to drive the net and find a home in front of it to screen and deflect. That’s his easy path to success in this league. He can do that path just by changing his instincts.
Slafkovsky can eventually reach those harder goals with experience, but right now, he just needs to do the easy things. Take advantage of his big frame and strength to take a defender out of the play in front of the net. Keep eyes on the puck and time screens, deflections, and rebounds. The other player with 13 points is Joshua Roy. He was one of the top players in Canada at the junior level. Now he’s one of the top players in the AHL. The natural progression is that he becomes an NHL regular.
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