[Recap/Boxscore](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2022020633)
###Boxscore
|Teams|1st|2nd|3rd|Total|
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|[](/r/stlouisblues)|1|1|2|4|
|[](/r/habs)|0|2|3|5|
###Team Stats
|Team|Shots|Hits|Blocked|FO Wins|Giveaways|Takeaways|Power Plays|
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|[](/r/stlouisblues)|22|12|10|55.6%|16|5|1/3|
|[](/r/habs)|27|21|12|44.4%|16|3|1/4|
###Goal Summary
|Period|Time|Team|Strength|Description|
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|1st|19:25|[](/r/stlouisblues)|Even|Brandon Saad (12) Wrist Shot, assists: Brayden Schenn (23), Ivan Barbashev (13)|
|2nd|01:43|[](/r/habs)|Even|Joel Armia (2) Snap Shot, assists: Jake Evans (8), Evgenii Dadonov (7)|
|2nd|06:59|[](/r/stlouisblues)|Even|Alexey Toropchenko (2) Wrist Shot, assists: Tyler Pitlick (2), Nikita Alexandrov (2)|
|2nd|16:15|[](/r/habs)|Power Play|Kirby Dach (6) Snap Shot, assists: Nick Suzuki (18), Christian Dvorak (10)|
|3rd|00:36|[](/r/habs)|Even|Cole Caufield (23) Backhand, assists: Nick Suzuki (19)|
|3rd|02:29|[](/r/stlouisblues)|Even|Nikita Alexandrov (1) Snap Shot, assists: Calle Rosen (5), Tyler Pitlick (3)|
|3rd|04:42|[](/r/stlouisblues)|Power Play|Pavel Buchnevich (13) Snap Shot, assists: none|
|3rd|07:20|[](/r/habs)|Even|Joel Armia (3) Wrist Shot, assists: Jake Evans (9), Evgenii Dadonov (8)|
|3rd|11:30|[](/r/habs)|Even|Jonathan Drouin (1) Backhand, assists: Johnathan Kovacevic (5)|
###Penalty Summary
|Period|Time|Team|Type|Min|Description|
|:–:|:–:|:-:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|1st|14:58|[](/r/habs)|Minor|2|Michael Pezzetta Tripping against Steven Santini|
|2nd|07:14|[](/r/habs)|Minor|2|Johnathan Kovacevic Delaying Game – Puck over glass|
|2nd|08:47|[](/r/stlouisblues)|Minor|2|Justin Faulk Holding against Josh Anderson|
|2nd|12:44|[](/r/stlouisblues)|Minor|4|Ivan Barbashev Hi stick – double minor against Kirby Dach|
|2nd|17:16|[](/r/stlouisblues)|Minor|2|Nikita Alexandrov High-sticking against Jonathan Drouin|
|3rd|02:53|[](/r/habs)|Minor|2|Michael Pezzetta Holding against Noel Acciari|
by HockeyMod
30 Comments
Fans at the Bell Centre are the winners today, what an electric and fun game!
W St. Louis, L St. Louis
I love the Bell Center, felt like a playoff win 🤣
Slafkovsky with another successful 15 minute cardio session 🤩🤩🤩🤩
We won?
The Dad-Evans-Armia line was great
Yay the earned this one, armia on fire streak 🔥
Armia may never not score again.
Great game from him in general, including in the closing minute without his stick.
Fully on team tank but you need wins like that sometimes
Can’t lose them all.
It’s nice to see them be hungry for a change. Great game
The bad news is that with this win, the Habs have yet to fulfill their annual 8 game losing streak quota
You know what’s worst than an NHL player with no skill? A NHL player that has all the skill in the world but chooses to only use it after he has been benched and his job was in danger. Welcome to the Armia show
Games like that are objectively good for the development of young players.
Damnnnnn it woulda been huge to lose that one especially with Columbus winning today… buuuut, I do thinking getting a W on the home ice on a Saturday night after a 7 game skid is important for the young guys. I’ll take it.
4 goals against streak continues!
Entertaining game! Glad the fans in attendance got to watch some good hockey:)
*GOOD*
– Really really strong game from Drouin. Take away the goal and even then you have an extremely good game. Noticed him on the back at the powerplay working the line really well with good passes. Skated well.
– Armia is on that little annual god mode where he has a few games where he just goes absolutely ham. Good to see, he’s needless to say had a tough year.
– Suzuki line has been good and even Suzuki himself looked better and good tonight. Always great to see Caufield score. Still funny how he fell that far in the draft and is a potential 50 goal scorer.
– In general, a far more exciting game even if they didn’t come out on top at least we had something to watch.
– Dadonov looked like super motivated or something tonight. Kinda like looked fast and made a number of really solid plays.
– Thought Evans quietly worked his ass off.
– Powerplay looked decent?
– Anderson really solid. Multiple good plays.
*BAD*
– Defensive coverage was suspect at times but Allen didn’t play great. Two things can be true at once.
– Rare Xhekaj off game. No worries of course dude is a stud I don’t have to say that but a bit sloppy tonight. All part of the development.
– Pezzetta was bad with some penalties but even beyond that unfortunately this is a player that regrettably just isn’t NHL quality. Don’t mean to rip or dunk on the guy, because I do like the energy but yeah.
Solid power play effort tonight from the boys!
Wasn’t St Louis first win last year vs St Louis too? Maybe we’re back on track for a .500 pace for the rest of the year? Just kidding, but sure is nice seing some positive vibes for once
All our struggling players had a great game today, Dad, Dru and Armia all played fantastic
Fun game! Finally!
I’d be curious to know how many kids have scored their 1st NHL goal against the Habs. I feel like there’s a lot.
Drouin, Dadonov and Armia values goes up.
The Dadonov-Evans-Armia lines was pretty good !
50 goals for Caufield.
Suzuki with 2 assist.
Goal for Dach.
Finally a win.
It was a good game after all.
RIP Drouin 1st goal.
Happy for Drouin. I hope that his last few months as a Hab are successful enough to land him on a good team with a chance to renew his career. Sometimes you just want good things to happen to people who could use a break.
Not really relevant to the game but how are the 400 level seats at the Bell Centre? Worth going or should I spend more for better seats?
So Suzuki is now out of the ghost mode ? He seems to be in this ghost mide once or twice in a season.
Armia has all the skill in the world. I am convinced that he could’ve been a superstar under the right mentality and coaching.
Joel Armia is either going to
a)go on a heater and score 40 this year
b)go on a heater and score 50 this year
###### c)never score again (most likely)
First win of 2023.
Let’s keep marching on.
Caufield is elite!!! I dont care how the rest of the season goes, l just want to see Cole score goals!