SCORING SUMMARY
1ST PERIOD
14:53 MTL PPG – Brendan Gallagher (18) Tip-in – ASST: Alex Galchenyuk (16), Tomas Plekanec (21) 1 – 0 MTL
15:53 CBJ SHG – Derek MacKenzie (8) Wrist shot – ASST: Mark Letestu (20) 1 – 1 Tie
PENALTY SUMMARY
1ST PERIOD
10:06 MTL Max Pacioretty Holding – 2 min against Fedor Tyutin
13:37 CBJ Ryan Johansen Boarding – 2 min against Alexei Emelin
15:34 CBJ Ryan Johansen Cross checking – 2 min against Brendan Gallagher
18:02 MTL Max Pacioretty Fighting (maj) – 5 min against Ryan Johansen
18:02 CBJ Ryan Johansen Fighting (maj) – 5 min against Max Pacioretty
In a game that has a playoff vibe, the Canadiens‘ attention to detail in their own zone and off of faceoffs has been extremely lacking. They got off to a good start, but the Blue Jackets have been afforded far too many easy scoring chances through bad reads and flat out bad plays.
The worst of which have come from David Desharnais, who seemed to only bother showing up for one shift, near the end of the period. Desharnais not paying attention on the powerplay caused an icing, and his soft play on the ensuing faceoff led to the Jackets getting a shorthanded goal to tie the game.
Carey Price has been astounding, otherwise this game would be ugly.
