Several Canadiens players ended scoring droughts as Montreal defeated the Seattle Kraken 4-2 at the Bell Centre.
GAME RECAP | Montreal Canadiens 4 vs Seattle Kraken 2 | Final
Montreal Canadiens defeated the Seattle Kraken 4-2.Canadiens Lineup
Forwards
22 Cole Caufield - 14 Nick Suzuki - 20 Juraj Slafkovsky
91 Sean Monahan - 71 Jake Evans - 17 Josh Anderson
70 Tanner Pearson - 28 Christian Dvorak - 11 Brendan Gallagher
40 Joel Armia - 13 Stephens - 56 Jesse Ylonen
Defensemen
8 Mike Matheson - 27 Gustav Lindstrom
21 Kaiden Guhle - 52 Justin Barron
47 Jayden Struble - 26 Johnathan Kovacevic
Goaltenders
Starter: 35 Sam Montembeault
Alternate: 34 Jake Allen
Out of the lineup
Scratches: Mattias Norlinder, Michael Pezzetta, Cayden Primeau
Injuries: Carey Price (knee), Chris Wideman (back), Kirby Dach (knee), David Savard (hand), Rafael Harvey-Pinard (lower body), Jordan Harris (lower body), Alex Newhook (lower body)
Game Report
The Seattle Kraken are a team on a slide. With the loss on Monday night in Montreal, the Kraken completed their four-game road trip without a win and a record of 0-3-1. Seattle has lost seven of their last eight games.
It was important for the Canadiens to take advantage by having a strong start. Sean Monahan scored the first of two goals on the night four minutes into the first period. Monahan put an end to a 14-game goal drought.
Tanner Pearson scored early in the second period snapping his own dry spell, his first in 20 games. Just over three minutes later, Monahan scored a power play goal, the first Montreal goal against the Kraken ever via the man advantage.
At 14:05 of the second period, Jared McCann beat Sam Montembeault with a snap shot over his shoulder. The Kraken made things interesting with a power play goal before the five minute mark of the third period. Vince Dunn potted a long distance shot with Mike Matheson in the penalty box.
But the Seattle attack fizzled, recording just one high-danger scoring chance in the final 40 minutes of the game.
Josh Anderson ended the longest drought of them all, firing the puck into an empty net for his first goal of the season in his 25th game..
Game Statistics
Canadiens (11-11-3)
Shots: 30
Face-off %: 54.2
Power play: 1/1
Penalty minutes: 4
Hits: 13
Blocks: 20
Kraken (8-12-6)
Shots: 33
Face-off %: 45.8
Power play: 1/2
Penalty minutes: 2
Hits: 23
Blocks: 6
Scoring Summary
Canadiens Scorers
1st period: Monahan (7)
2nd period: Pearson (4), Monahan (8)-PPG
3rd period: Anderson (1)-ENG
OT: --
SO: --
Kraken Scorers
1st period: --
2nd period: McCann (12)
3rd period: Dunn (4)-PPG
OT: --
SO: --
Goaltenders
MTL: Montembeault (W) 6-3-1
DET: Grubauer (L) 5-8-1
Canadiens Players of the Game
Sean Monahan - Monahan scored his seventh and eighth goals of the season.
Brendan Gallagher - Playing in his 700th NHL game, Gallagher was a factor at both ends of ice while assisting on Tanner Pearson's fourth goal of the season.
Video Highlights
Post-game Quotes
Josh Anderson
"I sat myself down and said 'you got to get back to way you were playing. You're in this league for a reason. You get to play the best sport in the world, just go out there and do your thing. Don't focus on scoring and get back to your game.'"
Up Next
The Canadiens will host the Los Angeles Kings on Thursday night at the Bell Centre with a 7:00 pm. start time.
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