About Last Night: The Devils are defeated by youthful goal scorers
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On Wednesday night at Prudential Center, Joshua Roy scored his first NHL goal as the Montreal Canadiens defeated the New Jersey Devils 3-2.
It was Montreal’s second consecutive victory in regulation. Sam Montembeault made 28 saves while starting in goal. His season save percentage increased to.910 thanks to the performance.
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You are occasionally reminded of how young this Habs team is. As an example, the goal scorers from last night were 19, 20, and 23 years old. In addition to scoring his first goal in the NHL, Roy, 20, also took five shots at Devils goalie Nico Daws. They’ll make room in the lineup for him if he’s up to the challenge, just like they did for Jayden Struble before him.
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Roy and Slafkovsky are the first teammates in the Canadiens who are 20 years of age or younger to score in the same road game since Alex Galchenyuk and Brendan Gallagher in 2013, according to Sportsnet Stats.
The only goal of the first period went to Slafkovsky, but to be honest, the best play of the game was when Caufield mid-air bunted the puck in front of Slafkovsky from behind the net. One goal in, Habs lead 1-0.
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In the second, after the Devils’ disastrous line change and Simon Nemec, Slafkovsky’s Slovakian draft classmate, lost possession of the puck, Roy made Habs history with a play. Roy received his first of two assists of the evening from Sean Monahan. Additionally, Joel Armia received his first assist of the year.
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Nick Suzuki was given a high-sticking double minor with 44 seconds remaining in the middle frame. The Devils punished him in the third period on a new piece of ice. Luke Hughes was first to fire, beating Montembeault with a shot through traffic to put New Jersey on the scoreboard.
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Article content Suzuki had to serve for a minimum of two minutes after that goal, which occurred 47 seconds into the game. The Devils used their man-advantage to score again at 1:38 of the third quarter. Nemec corrected his earlier error by feeding Alexander Holtz with a flawless one-time pass, and Holtz tied the score at two
