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Thatcher Demko won his fourth straight start,
turning away 29 shots and all three of the Canadiens shootout
attempts. Carey Price was tagged with the loss in the Montreal
net, making 28 saves.
The Canucks made a costly early error. Caught with too many men
on the ice, they were forced into a penalty kill, and at 4:37 of
the first period, the Canadiens capitalized. Petry lofted the
puck from the point and it found its way through traffic and
over Demko's shoulder.
The Canadiens gave up a five-on-three power play for 1:24 late
in the first period when Corey Perry took a penalty for tripping
and Paul Byron was charged with goaltender interference for
crashing into Demko. Montreal didn't allow many opportunities
while two men down, and Price easily managed a shot from Jake
Virtanen and a deflected attempt by Nils Hoglander to kill the
second penalty.
The Canadiens shut the Canucks down through much of the game,
holding them to only six shots in the second period. J.T. Miller
bounced one off the post on an attempted wraparound shot at 8:28
to log the Canucks first shot of the middle frame.
Gaudette finally solved Price at 19:19 of the third. Wide open
to the goalie's left, Gaudette blasted a pass from Horvat to tie
the score at 1-1 and force overtime.
The five-minute three-on-three solved nothing, and the teams
went to a shootout.
Price stopped Brock Boeser and Miller but got thrown off by
Horvat slowly bringing the puck into the slot. Price covered the
5-hole but Horvat went high blocker side for the win.
Demko stymied Nick Suzuki, Jonathan Drouin and Tomas Tatar.
--Field Level Media
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