You gotta see what the Montreal Canadiens did last night
Tabarnac, what a game! If you went to bed early, you missed quite a show. The Montreal Canadiens went down to Raleigh and absolutely lit up the Carolina Hurricanes, winning 6-2. It started a bit shaky with Sebastian Jarvis scoring for Carolina just 33 seconds in, and I swear I nearly choked on my poutine at home. But then, *poof*, Cole Caufield answered right back less than 30 seconds later, off a beautiful play from Juraj Slafkovský and Nick Suzuki. Then the floodgates opened! Philip Danault, Alexandre Texier, and Ivan Demidov all scored in that first period. C'était fou!
Honestly, the first period was a blur, four goals for the Habs in just over 11 minutes. Carolina got one back from Ethan Robinson in the second, but Juraj Slafkovský, who was absolutely flying, sealed the deal with two more goals in the third period – one at 7:05 and another at 17:32. Suzuki and Caufield were setting him up all night. The Montreal Canadiens only put 22 shots on net, but they made every single one count. We didn't exactly dominate the shots, 22-27, but sometimes, it's about quality, non?
* **P1 Goals:** Caufield, Danault, Texier, Demidov * **P3 Hero:** Juraj Slafkovský with two goals * **Key Assists:** Nick Suzuki and Cole Caufield
This win, it's massive. We're now sitting at 48-24-10, 106 points, third in the Atlantic. And let me tell you, that streak of 7-3-0 in our last 10? It feels good. It feels like we’re building something solid. It feels like the old ghosts in the Bell Centre rafters are maybe, just maybe, starting to smile a little. The city, it’s buzzing this morning, you can feel it even walking down St-Laurent. A win like that on the road, against a good team like Carolina, it tells you something. It tells you the Montreal Canadiens are here to play, and they're not backing down.
Allez Les Canadiens — Go Habs Go. This is Amélie Boisvert.
My buddy Keith, he’s going to be talking about Slafkovský all morning, go check out his show live at mornings.live.