MONTREAL — The Montreal Canadiens played a tight-checking game in a 3-2 overtime loss to the Utah Hockey Club on Tuesday, but glaringly lacked in one category: shots.
The Canadiens posted only 13 shots on goal, despite the four minutes 33 seconds of extra play. It was the club's lowest total since Dec. 7, 2009 when they faced the Philadelphia Flyers.
The Canadiens often played a man short in the first period with three penalties. They successfully killed them all with strong defending but lost all rhythm. Alex Newhook also scored for Montreal, which lost its second in a row after a dismal 6-2 defeat to Vegas on Saturday. Sam Montembeault stopped 26 shots."We kind of stayed inside, didn't let them penetrate,” Sergachev said. “Their team, they hold on to the puck. So it's us, but it's them too, they hold on to pucks, they don't waste shots.
Matheson was a late scratch Tuesday due to a lower-body injury. The 30-year-old from nearby Pointe-Claire, Que., who leads the Canadiens in ice time, has one goal and 12 assists in 20 games this season and quarterbacks Montreal’s top power-play unit.
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