Category: Habs Hot Wire

[Highlight] Jesperi Kotkaniemi runs his goal-scoring streak to three games

By Justin Blades | Feb 5th 2019 | 1 min read |

Jesperi Kotkaniemi has a goal in each game since the bye week, his latest earning his team a comfortable 2-0 lead on the Ducks. The Finnish contingent...

[Highlight] Brendan Gallagher starts things off with his 20th of the year

By Justin Blades | Feb 5th 2019 | 1 min read |

Holding the edge in play to start the game, the Canadiens find the opening goal off the stick of Brendan Gallagher. Josh Manson has his pocket picked ...

[Highlight] Jonathan Drouin skates the length of the ice for the OT-winner

By Justin Blades | Feb 4th 2019 | 2 min read |

Connor McDavid nearly ended the game earlier in overtime, but a good backcheck and two important saves from Carey Price kept the Canadiens in it. Oh m...

[Highlight] Shea Weber opens the scoring on the power play

By Justin Blades | Feb 4th 2019 | 1 min read |

Getting a power play in the opening minutes of the games, the Canadiens weren’t about to let the opportunity pass them by. A slapshot from Shea Webe...

[Highlight] Jesperi Kotkaniemi calmly flips the puck top shelf to tie the game

By Justin Blades | Feb 4th 2019 | 1 min read |

The Canadiens were struggling to get anything going in the third period, down 3-2 to the Oilers. But a good job by Tomas Tatar to keep the play alive ...

[Highlight] Max Domi wraps the puck in restore the lead

By Justin Blades | Feb 4th 2019 | 1 min read |

Max Domi’s wraparound attempt in the first period was thwarted by a team effort from Kris Russell and Darnell Nurse, but another chance early in sec...

[Highlight] Phillip Danault tips Jeff Petry’s shot to put Montreal back on top

By Justin Blades | Feb 3rd 2019 | 1 min read |

After a decent power play from Montreal, they followed up against a tired Devils team with another good shift, and it was Phillip Danault who got the ...

[Highlight] A strong shift from the Finnish Line results in Jesperi Kotkaniemi’s seventh goal

By Justin Blades | Feb 2nd 2019 | 1 min read |

Some good work from Jesperi Kotkaniemi, Artturi Lehkonen, and Joel Armia kept the puck in the Devils’ end for several seconds, with a few missed cha...

[Highlight] Mikey Reilly puts Montreal back on top

By Justin Blades | Jan 23rd 2019 | 1 min read |

Jeff Petry took the puck for a ride around the offensive zone, mesmerizing the Arizona defenders in the process. That left Mikey Reilly with plenty of...

[Highlight] Jonathan Drouin scores on Montreal’s first power play of the night

By Justin Blades | Jan 23rd 2019 | 1 min read |

Getting the game’s first power play, the Canadiens immediately went to work in the offensive zone. After several great chances, it was Jonathan Drou...