Carey Price made 38 saves for his second shutout in his last three starts and Alex Semin scored his first goal as the Montreal Canadiens defeated the St. Louis Blues 3-0 on Tuesday night.
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Semin is best known as a sniper with a string of 20-goal seasons before slumping last season in Carolina. The Blues were shutout for the first time this season.
In their two losses this season, the Blues outshot their opponents in both games. Blues Alex Pietrangelo watches rear.
Predators forward Filip Forsberg (0-2-2) had the lone assist on James Neal’s tying goal at 14:30 of the third period and then scored the only goal in the shootout to help his team overcome a trio of one-goal deficits (2-1, 3-2 and 4-3) and earn their fifth straight home win against the Tampa Bay Lightning dating to December. 15, 2009 (Tampa Bay: 0-3-2).
On the end of a long, successful road trip, the Blue couldn’t cool off Carey Price and the Montreal Canadiens on Tuesday. “We have to be better in the first period”.
The Blues have a decided size advantage over the Canadiens and were credited with 46 hits to 25 for Montreal. They went unbeaten (7-0-1) in eight games to start the 1961-62 campaign and have a chance to match that when they play the Sabres in Buffalo on Friday night. What’s different this year is Montreal’s play in front of Price.
Nikolay Kulemin gave the Islanders the lead late in the first period, and Thomas Hickey, Cal Clutterbuck and John Tavares all scored in the third period. Vladimir Tarasenko of the St. Louis Blues was the third star. 7, 2013 (7-0-0).
And the Canadiens aren’t backing off after taking the lead. The Blues are tops in the Western Conference, but they’re not tops in the league.
Devante Smith-Pelly assisted on Mitchell’s goal and Pacioretty noted that the bench recognized his contribution by jumping up to congratulate him.
Therrien said the ability to roll four lines has had a huge impact on his team’s play. “Sometimes that’s not about the coaching; I think that’s more just the guys on the ice making sure that they’re doing the right things”.
Price is a ideal 6-0 this season.
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“We see one game at a time”, said Therrien.
