The Canadiens will have to put their loss against the Penguins behind them with the playoff race in the Eastern Conference getting tighter by the day. (EricEngels)
Their first chance to do so comes Tuesday in Los Angeles, against a Kings team that currently ranks 29th in the 31-team league. Then it’s on to San Jose on Thursday to play a powerhouse Sharks team before closing out the California swing with a game against the 28th-ranked Anaheim Ducks on Friday.
It was an odd game at the Bell Centre, one defined by the mistakes the Canadiens made and the bounces that went against them. It started off that way right off the opening draw, with Benn turning over an easy breakout pass to Phillip Danault. No matter what the Canadiens tried from that point forward, everything seemingly went against them. They stormed back over the final 11 minutes of the first period, peppering Penguins goalie Matt Murray at every turn while holding his teammates to no more shots on net, but they just couldn’t score.
When you look at the goal Gallagher scored, it came off a broken play, too. It was a pass from Danault that banked off the side of the net and miraculously found Gallagher in the slot. The wobbling puck squeaked through Murray and put the Canadiens on the board.“It was weird,” said Weber. “It was one of those games. Even some of the bounces we had—it bounced off someone’s shinpad and he saves it or pucks are going to the back post and not in. It was just a weird one.
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