The Montreal Canadiens will want to move on quickly after being beaten 9-5 by the Florida Panthers on Thursday at the FLA Live Arena.
Martin St-Louis’ men, who had just ended a seven-game losing streak, were down 3-7 after just 20 minutes of play.
Samuel Montembeault was even knocked out after just over six minutes but was sent back into the fray in the second half after seeing the hosts manhandle Jake Allen.
Mike Matheson had opened the scoring after just 16 seconds of play against the team that drafted him. He later made himself an accomplice to Rem Pitlick in a massive attack.
Anthony Richard, Michael Pezzetta and Rafaël Harvey-Pinard also benefited from Sergei Bobrovsky’s generosity in the defeat.
Almost every Panthers player has scored a point in this offensive festival. Matthew Tkachuk (one goal, three assists), Carter Verhaeghe (two goals) and Aaron Ekblad (two goals) had particularly good times.
Colin White, Sam Reinhart, Ryan Lomberg and Gustav Forsling were the other scorers for Team Florida.
Elsewhere, captain Nick Suzuki was knocked out of the game with 2 minutes 51 seconds. to do over a cross check he slapped Anton Lundell in the face.
The CH visits the Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday.