“Allen, Allen, Allen”. In the third period on Monday, Canadiens fans chanted the name of Jake Allen before applauding him again during the commercial break.
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Allen hadn’t stolen that dose of love. At that time, it was 2 to 1 for the locals. But there was still a little too much time for the perfect scenario. The Boston Bruins spoiled this great outing from number 34 by winning 3-2 in overtime at the Bell Center.
“That’s pretty cool,” Allen said of the standing ovation received by the team faithful. I came to see Carey [Price] when I was 17 or 18. Just to play for this team is an honor. I would have liked to win better, but it was unique to live a moment like that. »
Merchant again
Brad Marchand scored his second goal of the game in the three-on-three period. He beat Allen with a nice feint to score his 27e fillet of the season. On this play, Cole Caufield missed his pass into opposing territory in the direction of Nick Suzuki, Jeff Petry had already ventured too far into the back of the territory and Suzuki did not skate hard enough to get back into action.
“He had taken out the mitt, exaggerating a little against me at the end of the second period, recalled Marchand. I was even happier to beat him in overtime. »
Marchand hit the target for a 17e times in overtime since his NHL debut. He shares fourth place in history with Ilya Kovalchuk.
no nervousness
In his third start since returning from a lower-body injury that forced him out for two months, Allen was duly named second star of the night. He stopped 43 shots.
Marchand and Connor Clifton, the scorer of the tying goal, received the other two stars.
The Oilers and the Maple Leafs have chosen to continue the adventure with the same goaltenders. Ken Holland and Kyle Dubas probably would have had an interest in courting Kent Hughes to acquire an experienced goaltender like Allen.
This possibility of leaving Montreal, however, never crossed the mind of the sympathetic 31-year-old goalkeeper.
“I never had any stress even though we had four goalkeepers in the formation [Allen, Samuel Montembeault, Andrew Hammond et Price]. Carey should be back soon. Sam also did a good job. I was confident, I didn’t want to be traded. I’m happy to stay here. »
Hammond is ultimately the one who packed his bags for New Jersey.
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Allen
Jake Allen had a win and lost two overtime games since returning He was clearly the best player on the team against the Bruins
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Suzuki
Nick Suzuki had a rare ordinary game He looked bad on the game-winning goal in overtime, he didn’t fire a single shot and he won just 25 of his face-offs
First period
1-Bos: Brad Marchand (26)
(Haula, Clifton)9:21
Penalties: Romanov (Mon) 0:55, Marchand (Bos) 7:08, Savard (Mon) 13:54
Second period
2-Mon: David Savard (2)
(Romanov, Byron)8:49
Penalties: Grzelcyk (Bos) 13:59, Romanov (Mon) 19:19
Third period
3-Mon: Joel Armia (4)
(Without help)DN-1:13
4-Bos: Connor Clifton (2)
(Smith, Coyle)17:01
Penalties: Caufield (Mon) 9:59, McAvoy (Bos) 19:42, Evans (Mon) 19:42
Prolongation
5-Bos: Brad Marchand (27)(Haula)0:34
Punishments: No punishment
Shoot to the net
Boston 14 – 14 – 17 – 1 – 46Montreal 8 – 15 – 5 – 0 – 28
Guardians:
Forest: Jeremy Swayman (G, 18-8-3) Mon: Jake Allen (PP, 6-16-4)
Numerical advantages:
Bos: 0 in 4, Mon: 0 in 2
Referees:
Michael Markovic, Ghislain Hebert
Linesmen:
Shandor Alphonso, Michel Cormier
ASSISTANCE:
20 922
What we noticed…
Dolphin’s Return
With the departure of Artturi Lehkonen for Denver, Laurent Dauphin regained a place among the team’s 12 forwards. In the stands during Saturday’s 5-1 win over the Senators in Montreal, Dauphin skated to center Rem Pitlick and Mike Hoffman against the Bruins.
The 64 in confidence
Corey Schueneman doesn’t just want to establish himself as a regular defenseman in the NHL. He also takes all the means to achieve it. Number 64 played another very good game against David Pastrnak’s gang with a game time of 18 min 57 s. In the third period, he made a good incursion into the enemy zone and he fired a shot directly at the post. A game worthy of a confident player.
Savard scores on his return
In theory, David Savard was to return to play on Thursday against Ben Chiarot and the Florida Panthers. With the departure of Brett Kulak for Edmonton, Savard finally returned to action a little more quickly. Returning to action after a 20-game absence with an ankle injury, he scored his second goal of the season. He surprised Jeremy Swayman with a backhand shot into the top of the net.
A 18e Victoire
Jeremy Swayman or Linus Ullmark? Bruce Cassidy probably hasn’t made his choice for his trusted playoff goaltender yet. Swayman has good numbers with a 2.09 average and a .925 save percentage.