Mere months after playing in the Stanley Cup Final, the Montreal Canadiens are 0-4. After a 5-0 loss to the San Jose Sharks, the Habs know there is a sense of urgency to get back on track. (By EricEngels)
were undone before four minutes of their fourth game of the season were played — and by a player who entered the fray with one game of NHL experience and zero goals to his name.
Four games played, four dropped. One less goal between all of them on the season than Dahlen has in his career.You know it was a terrible night for the Canadiens when the biggest positive they could take home was solace in not being booed by a full-capacity crowd. This might be one of the few times since 1996 the team should be thankful the Bell Centre was short 5,010 fans.
“We need everybody to have a better effort and to play a simple game, play a hard game. Right now, we haven’t, and we’re on the outside, we’re not supporting each other. There’s a lot of things we need to improve on, and I think we just simplify our game and not play a cute game because we’re not scoring goals and we’re giving up way too many chances.”
Not that the Canadiens entered this one with bad intentions. Down 3-0 to start, you know they wanted to play well and win.Through two periods, the guys in bhadn’t produced a single shot from closer than 20 feet to Adin Hill’s net. They had won just eight of 28 faceoffs — and far fewer battles for the puck — and they were only moderately better in the third.
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