MONTREAL — Michael Pezzetta scored twice as the Montreal Canadiens defeated the New Jersey Devils 3-0 on Tuesday, earning back-to-back shutouts to open the NHL pre-season.
Nick Suzuki also scored and defenceman William Trudeau added two assists for Montreal, which opened the exhibition season with a 5-0 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers on Monday.
Jake Allen, who the Canadiens traded to the Devils at last season’s trade deadline, stopped 12 of 13 shots for New Jersey, which travelled to the Bell Centre without most of its regulars. Pezzetta opened the scoring at 2:42 of the second period, finishing off a tick-tack-toe play with a shot that beat a screened Allen. Xavier Simoneau and Trudeau earned assists on the play.
Slafkovsky missed the net on a wide-open shot from the slot midway through the period, while Daws denied Caufield on a breakaway in the dying seconds as Montreal’s top line remained scoreless to that point.
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