2023-12-31 23:00:09
The Montreal Canadiens are not having a dream season, far from it. However, the team is doing quite well this year despite several injuries and a lack of goals scored by Cole Caufield, the club’s designated sniper.
Although Caufield has just scored his 9th goal of the season (only) in the last game once morest the Florida Panthers, he gives more in other facets.
Caufield is much better defensively than you think →
— DansLesCoulisses (@DLCoulisses) December 24, 2023
#22 has accustomed us to scoring more goals than assists. Last year, he scored 26 goals and 10 assists in 46 games.
This season, it’s quite different, he who only has nine goals, but has 16 assists in 35 games.
Even though he has improved other facets of his game, CC22 still has fewer points than defenseman Mike Matheson.
The latter is simply on fire this year with a collection of 26 points in 35 games.
Canadiens defenceman Mike Matheson now ranks second on the team in points behind Nick Suzuki #Habs #HasIO: pic.twitter.com/FqVSBXEmb2
— Stu Cowan (@StuCowan1) December 31, 2023
His 26 points place him second on the club, behind Nick Suzuki, but ahead Ti-Cole.
Still impressive from the Quebec defender, who is on track to shatter his record of 34 points in a season, a peak achieved last year.
It should still be noted that Matheson has never played 82 games in a season and last year, he only played 48 games. If he continues this way, Matheson might get 60 points.
PK Subban was the last Habs defenseman to reach this plateau, and that was nine years ago.
Matheson is the club’s offensive quarterback, and that’s not even a question.
The Quebecer collected an assist on Caufield’s goal during the last match, which was the 500th game of his career.
Moreover, Matheson is now on a seven-game road streak with at least one point. During this sequence, he collected nine points.
Mike Matheson has found the score sheet yet once more for the @CanadiensMTLcollecting an assist and extending his road point streak to seven games.#NHLStats: pic.twitter.com/5hZqK4YPfL
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) December 31, 2023
In the history of Sainte-Flanelle, this is the sixth longest streak abroad by a defender.
We must say that he is in good company with Larry Robinson, who monopolizes the picture, as well as Andrei Markov.
Will Mike Matheson be able to join Robinson and Markov at the top of the table and possibly overtake them?
Personally, the way he plays, I don’t see why he mightn’t succeed. He has all the assets to do it, even if it won’t be easy.
A lot of
– A very interesting statistic. The table indicates a player’s ability to create scoring opportunities with different facets of the game and there are two CH prospects in the top-5.
2 Habs in the top 5 in the tourney. After a slow start, Hutson is firing.
— Brian Wilde (@BWildeMTL) December 31, 2023
– Kucherov is simply too strong.
Nikita Kucherov pace:
82 games
— 57 goals
— 77 assists
— 132 points
— 376 shots
— 740 shot attempts
— 2nd career Art Ross
— Maybe 2nd career HartIs this the GOAT of Tampa Bay? pic.twitter.com/VJWg9lGBdC
— Big Head Hockey (@BigHeadHcky) December 31, 2023
– Godin gives his opinion on the aspect of defending his teammates, which does not seem very present since Xhekaj left Montreal for Laval.
Marc Antoine Godin on Juraj Slafkovsky sticking up for his Habs teammates last night.
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— /r/Habs (@HabsOnReddit) December 31, 2023
– He is the fourth goalkeeper in history to reach this prestigious plateau, and these four goalkeepers are Quebecers: Marc-André Fleury, Patrick Roy, Roberto Luongo and Martin Brodeur.
Marc-Andre Fleury given solo lap treatment for his 1,000th game. #mnwild pic.twitter.com/PYYmuZPzEj
— Joe Smith (@JoeSmithNHL) December 31, 2023
– I am not aware of the situation, but it is totally unacceptable on the part of the coach.
This is unacceptable behaviour from Josh Holden, who twice grabs and yanks Tomas Jurco during the Spengler Cup. pic.twitter.com/yCV2XALcA7
— Scott Wheeler (@scottcwheeler) December 31, 2023
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#Mike #Matheson #CHs #secondhighest #scorer
