NHL: Canadian wants rebound against St Louis Blues

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Montreal – IN Canadians He put together a seven-game losing streak by defeating St. Louis Blues 5-4 on Saturday at the Bell Center. The following is a summary of the meeting in five notes.

No goal but relief for Darwin

Jonathan Darwin He’s never been considered a prolific marksman, but it’s all too easy to imagine it could be too much of a burden for a creative player like him to find himself without a single goal on his record as the season begins three long months already.

Drouin believed he had ended his drought by scoring the winning goal midway through the third period during a two-to-one inning during which Quebec first attempted to return the puck to a teammate. Josh Anderson. But after throwing himself onto the icy surface to block Drouin’s delivery to Anderson, Blues defender Stephen Santini – playing his first game of the season – pucked the puck back onto Drouin’s blade which he promptly handed back to Bennington. However, it was Josh Anderson who scored the goal when he pushed the ball – which was already on the red line – into the back of the net.

Home announcer Michel Lacroix announced the goal first for Drouin, who was highly praised by the Bale center believers, but Kipker still had to wait to put an end to his shortfall. Regardless, you can feel Drouin’s relief when he returns to the bench for players with Anderson.

Jeremiah loves her

After failing to find the net in his first 26 games this season, which prompted coach Martin St. Louis to concede him Tuesday to the Nashville Predators, Joel Jeremiah He finally scored on his return to action on Thursday against the New York Rangers.

Perhaps it’s an exaggeration to write that Finn took any message, except that he rocked the ropes for a second meeting in a row, taking advantage of a fall from his roof by Jack Neighbors to head into the pocket before surprising Jordan Bennington with a high-pitched ecstasy. shooting. Then he returned it in the middle of the third goal by adding a second goal.

Moreover, the trio formed by Jeremiah is accompanied byEvgeny Dadonov And Jake Evans He wasn’t naughty at all, unlike JSlavkovsky OrageAnd Christian Dvorak And Josh Anderson, who was present on the ice for the first two goals scored by the Blues.

Injured or not, the Suzuki is still shining

Some veteran observers have pointed out that the Habs captain has been playing through an injury due to his lack of productivity for some time. In his last 10 meetings, Nick Suzuki Scored one goal and made two assists. With CH going from 1-8-1 through this line, the philosophers then concluded that this explains it.

At the same strength, things look really complicated for Suzuki, who can no longer take advantage of the split second that allowed him to be a dominant player at the start of the season. But the 23-year-old can still be dangerously effective when opponents give him space as they do with their power play.

And so Suzuki had all the time in the world to get to know him Kirby Dashwho came like a train in front of a net Jordan Bennington The match was tied at 2-2 at the end of the second period. Suzuki also looked great at the top of the third car, handing the disc over Cole Cofield After pushing it with the blade end of his wand. Then Caufield put on his 23rd.

Savard is more and more focused on attacking

Canadian Defender David Savard He was playing his 7,000th NHL game tonight, a landmark the 32-year-old veteran would have apparently achieved earlier had he not missed 13 games earlier this season with an upper body injury.

As he has done regularly in the three matches since his return to action on Tuesday, Savard continued to attack and got his team’s first two shots on goal. His second throw was also successful after a gentle climb during which he frustrated a few players.

It’s all very charming, but it took 7:38 into the first half before another CH player — Kristian Dvorak — shot in the direction of the Blues’ goalkeeper. Dvorak also had a good first period with three shots on goal.

In the absence of veterans, Alexandru stands out

Like the Canadians’ infirmary, the Blues’ infirmary is currently overflowing. Only since December 27 have the names of Tore Krug, Vladimir Tarasenko and Ryan O’Reilly been added to the list of injured. That veterans Brandon SaadAnd Brayden Shane And Ivan Barbashev Now taking more on their shoulders is therefore not a real surprise.

But the absence of Krug, Tarasenko and O’Reilly means coach Craig Berup must have faith in young players, including Neighbor Jack And Nikita Alexandrov. Both athletes played games with the Blues earlier this season and were most recently called up from the Springfield Thunderbirds of the American Hockey League.

Alexandrov had a game he will probably remember for the rest of his life as he took the opportunity to score his first NHL goal. The German was also complicit in the goal he scored Alexei Toropchenko In second place.