In Montreal, the Arizona Coyotes’ Jakob Chychrun struck for a power play goal with one minutes left on the clock in the third period to defeat the Canadiens, 3-2, on Monday night.
“We had a tough start,” Chychrun said. “But we stuck together, hung in there, and we ended up having a pretty good game.”
Derek Stepan had a goal in the Coyotes’ win in Montreal – file photo by Lewis Bleiman
Antti Raanta made 26 saves in the win.
“When the guys are taking the seam passes away they kind of have to be on the outside all the time,” Raanta said. “… I think the PK was the biggest thing for us, it gave us a chance to win the game.”
One minute was the theme of the night as Jake Evans and Brendan Gallagher scored 61 seconds apart in the opening frame to give the Habs an early 2-0 lead.
“It was one of the first shifts so we had a lot of energy and we wanted to have a good forecheck going,” Evans said.
Derek Stepan and Taylor Hall helped the Coyotes climb out of the hole with goals.
“You can’t score two goals in one shot,” Hall said. “It’s about gaining momentum, getting to your game, and the best part about it was we had 50-plus minutes to gain control. And eventually we had a lot of chances, the shot clock looked pretty good for us there, and we were able to capitalize on a few and hold them in the third when they had some good shifts.”
The Habs were penalized six times in the game.
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Carey Price made 31 saves in the loss.
“Obviously you can’t take that many penalties, put that much work on your penalty kill and on Carey to make those kinds of saves,” Canadiens defenseman Ben Chiarot said. “It’s going to be a tough night when you’re shorthanded that much.”
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