LAS VEGAS | After giving way to Jake Allen in the last encounter, Samuel Montembeault took his place in front of the Canadian’s net. He wasn’t very busy in the second and third periods, and just smoked during overtime.
He first had to fend off a penalty shot from Jack Eichel.
“It was a big moment. We had played a good game, so I didn’t want to score and suffer defeat,” said the Bécancourois, who just celebrated his 27th birthday.
Then he frustrated Alex Pietrangelo with a breakup that left Cirque du Soleil gymnasts green with envy.
“We played a whole game. But against teams like this, there will never be a game where a goalkeeper doesn’t have to make big saves. He did it tonight,” praised Martin St-Louis.
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A gift from Adin Hill
The piss-takers will say that this game never would have gone to overtime if Adin Hill hadn’t suffered a brain cramp when he put the puck right on Sean Monahan’s stick.
“He’s a lucky guy, but we’ll take him,” Monahan said. We worked hard the whole game. »
It was Monahan’s fifth goal of the season, a team high. In particular, none of them were recorded in equal strength (three in numerical superiority, two in numerical inferiority).
A good performance from the captain
Nick Suzuki played the 300th game of his career. He celebrated this weapon feat by scoring the tying goal in the 2017 draft against the team that selected him in the first round (13th overall).
After a worrying start to the season, the captain has now picked up at least a point in each of his last three games.
He was a key player in the Habs’ last two comebacks. He scored three points against Columbus. On Saturday he was involved in a goal and also scored the winner in the penalty shootout.
“We played well for 65 minutes. We deserve a better fate. “We had our chances,” said the captain. But the Golden Knights are a good team, so they found a way to win. »
However, a point against the Golden Knights is nothing to worry about.