It’s tough playing without him.
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Gallagher has appeared in 166 consecutive games, last missing a game in November 2013 (flu).
Gallagher, who is tied for second on the team with 19 points, is scheduled for surgery Monday and is out indefinitely, per All Habs Hockey Magazine.
Goalies_N.Y. Islanders, Greiss 5-3-2 (26 shots-23 saves). He has been productive this season with nine goals and 10 assists for first-place Montreal.
Halak, on the other hand, is having one of his best full seasons since the 2011-2012 campaign. “You try to stay positive and work hard”. “He’s a smart player and I can’t believe that he came here on a tryout”.
David Desharnais also scored on the power play for his seventh goal and Tomas Fleischmann added his seventh this season for Montreal.
The Canadiens finished 3-for-5 with the man advantage.
Captain John Tavares and Anders Lee scored for the Islanders (10-8-3) while Thomas Greiss stopped 20-of-23 shots in defeat.
Near the midway of the period, Montreal gained an opening power play where they were fighting against a strong PK.
Fleischmann gave the home team the lead on a great individual play with 5:51 left in the second. “I saw a guy back-checking too so I wasn’t sure if I gave it to him, if he was going to knock it off so I just kept it”.
Recalled from the AHL’s St. John’s IceCaps, 22-year-old Sven Andrighetto made his season debut.
NOTES: Pacioretty got his 300th career point….
When Therrien was asked if he could see an improvement from Price over his first game Friday in Brooklyn, Therrien said: “I thought Friday was good”.
When the Canadiens shifted Alex Galchenyuk to center at the start of training camp, they knew that he’d need a few time to adjust to his new defensive responsibilities.
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The Canadiens are now without Gallagher, right winger Devante Smith-Pelly, center Torrey Mitchell (lower body) and defenseman Alexei Emelin (lower body).
