Generally a beacon of positive energy, Phillip Danault tried to conceal what he was feeling deep within but it seemed painfully obvious that he wasn't just frustrated but completely dejected after the CanadiensMTL loss to the Oilers (By EricEngels)
tried to conceal it. In his post-game scrum, he said all the right things players typically say of a team battling for its season but failing to emerge victorious for an eighth straight game, and he did about as well as he could to not let on about how he was feeling deep within.’ dressing room all but cleared and we prodded further, because his face told us he wasn’t just frustrated.
But this is a blackout. After scoring a goal and helping the Canadiens earn a 2-0 lead against the Edmonton Oilers, after watching it crumble in what would’ve been an NHL-leading 18th one-goal loss had it not been for an empty-net goal scored by Josh Archibald with 35 seconds to go. Then, after answering 10 minutes worth of questions about where it all goes from here and what makes this different than the eight-game skid suffered from Nov. 16-Dec.
We didn’t have to tell him that the Canadiens have earned 47.8 per cent of the points available to them thus far, and not even the league-leading Washington Capitals have managed to earn 74.3 per cent of theirs. And whether or not the undeniable reality of the situation hit Danault in real-time or it’s been haunting him for the better part of two weeks, it all came out of him in a very humane way following Thursday’s 4-2 loss to Connor McDavid and co.Stream over 500 NHL games blackout-free, including the Flames, Oilers, Leafs and Canucks. Plus Hockey Night in Canada, Rogers Hometown Hockey, Scotiabank Wednesday Night Hockey and more.
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