The Lightning always play Montreal tough, but in this one, the Canadiens somehow found a way. Brian Wilde has more.
WATCH: The Montreal Canadiens continued their surge with a 3 -1 win over Dallas Thursday night. Global News hockey analyst Brian Wilde joins Global News Morning’s host Laura Casella to talk about the team’s fairy tale turnaround.It is stunning how difficult it is to get out of a hole in the NHL, and into a playoff spot, with the abundance of three-point games.
Two minutes after Slafkovsky’s magic, the Canadiens tied it on an absolute bullet from the high slot from Alex Newhook. Newhook is an effective player when he uses his speed. Laine had an assist on both goals. Once again, Montreal was competing against one of the league’s best teams. This was the first game that the Canadiens were outmatched in a long time, and simply it was because of fatigue. The Canadiens were outshot 35-22. The spirit was willing, but the body said no.They found that one moment of energy with 2:15 left. The best fourth line in the NHL had Josh Anderson on it late, in place of Owen Beck, in place of Emil Heineman. Anderson pushed it on the right half-wall to Joel Armia who found a late-arriving Jake Evans.
Guhle is a tough player and he fought through it to return to action. The entire night was a fight for Montreal in trying to keep pace with the Lightning, especially in the third period, when the Canadiens simply did not have any legs. They kept fighting, so the only goat is the schedule-maker, because this has been a grind the last three weeks.October looked so dark. The Canadiens were last in the league. Few had any faith that a brighter day was coming.
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