2023020005
[NHL.com Boxscore](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023020005)
|Teams|1st|2nd|3rd|OT|SO|Total|
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|[MTL](/r/habs)|1|1|3|0|0|5|
|[TOR](/r/leafs)|0|3|2|0|1|6|
|Team|Shots|Hits|Blocks|FOW%|Giveaways|Takeaways|Power Play|PIM|
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|[MTL](/r/habs)|24|37|15|51.9%|10|8|2/4|25|
|[TOR](/r/leafs)|42|27|13|48.1%|13|10|2/4|15|
|Period|Time|Team|Strength|Description|
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|1st|03:01|[MTL](/r/habs)|Even|[Jake Evans (1) wrist shot, assist(s): None](https://players.brightcove.net/6415718365001/EXtG1xJ7H_default/index.html?videoId=6338867319112)|
|2nd|01:10|[MTL](/r/habs)|Even|[Alex Newhook (1) deflected shot, assist(s): Juraj Slafkovsky (1), Kirby Dach (1)](https://players.brightcove.net/6415718365001/EXtG1xJ7H_default/index.html?videoId=6338868547112)|
|2nd|07:46|[TOR](/r/leafs)|Even|[Noah Gregor (1) wrist shot, assist(s): John Klingberg (1)](https://players.brightcove.net/6415718365001/EXtG1xJ7H_default/index.html?videoId=6338869049112)|
|2nd|14:51|[TOR](/r/leafs)|Power Play|[Auston Matthews (1) wrist shot, assist(s): Mitchell Marner (1), John Tavares (1)](https://players.brightcove.net/6415718365001/EXtG1xJ7H_default/index.html?videoId=6338869850112)|
|2nd|19:15|[TOR](/r/leafs)|Power Play|[William Nylander (1) slap shot, assist(s): John Klingberg (2), John Tavares (2)](https://players.brightcove.net/6415718365001/EXtG1xJ7H_default/index.html?videoId=6338869378112)|
|3rd|04:25|[MTL](/r/habs)|Power Play|[Cole Caufield (1) wrist shot, assist(s): Mike Matheson (1), Nick Suzuki (1)](https://players.brightcove.net/6415718365001/EXtG1xJ7H_default/index.html?videoId=6338872629112)|
|3rd|05:47|[MTL](/r/habs)|Even|[Alex Newhook (2) tip-in shot, assist(s): Arber Xhekaj (1), Kirby Dach (2)](https://players.brightcove.net/6415718365001/EXtG1xJ7H_default/index.html?videoId=6338871631112)|
|3rd|11:55|[MTL](/r/habs)|Even|[Jesse Ylönen (1) backhand shot, assist(s): Rafael Harvey-Pinard (1)](https://players.brightcove.net/6415718365001/EXtG1xJ7H_default/index.html?videoId=6338871856112)|
|3rd|15:27|[TOR](/r/leafs)|Even|Auston Matthews (2) wrist shot, assist(s): John Tavares (3), Morgan Rielly (1)|
|3rd|18:53|[TOR](/r/leafs)|Even|[Auston Matthews (3) wrist shot, assist(s): William Nylander (1)](https://players.brightcove.net/6415718365001/EXtG1xJ7H_default/index.html?videoId=6338872764112)|
|SO|—|[TOR](/r/leafs)|—|Mitchell Marner (0) wrist shot, assist(s): None|
|Period|Time|Team|Type|Min|Description|
|:–:|:–:|:-:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|1st|04:58|[TOR](/r/leafs)|MIN|2|Calle Jarnkrok holding against Jordan Harris|
|1st|10:20|[MTL](/r/habs)|MIN|2|Arber Xhekaj instigator against Ryan Reaves|
|1st|10:20|[MTL](/r/habs)|MAJ|5|Arber Xhekaj fighting against Ryan Reaves|
|1st|10:20|[TOR](/r/leafs)|MAJ|5|Ryan Reaves fighting against Arber Xhekaj|
|1st|10:20|[MTL](/r/habs)|MIS|10|Arber Xhekaj instigator-misconduct against Ryan Reaves|
|2nd|02:51|[MTL](/r/habs)|MIN|2|Nick Suzuki hooking against David Kampf|
|2nd|05:18|[TOR](/r/leafs)|MIN|2|David Kampf hooking against Kaiden Guhle|
|2nd|13:57|[MTL](/r/habs)|MIN|2|Alex Newhook tripping against Max Domi|
|2nd|18:38|[MTL](/r/habs)|MIN|2|Jake Evans holding against TJ Brodie|
|3rd|04:13|[MTL](/r/habs)|MIN|2|Josh Anderson roughing against Tyler Bertuzzi|
|3rd|04:13|[TOR](/r/leafs)|MIN|2|Tyler Bertuzzi slashing against Jake Allen|
|3rd|04:13|[TOR](/r/leafs)|MIN|2|Tyler Bertuzzi roughing against Josh Anderson|
|OT|03:13|[TOR](/r/leafs)|MIN|2|Matthew Knies tripping against Kirby Dach|
* Referees: Francis Charron, Kevin Pollock
* Linesmen: Travis Gawryletz, Derek Nansen
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Whatever. Entertaining game
Ton of positives to take away from this one.
Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory 🙃
If this is a sign of our goaltending… celebrini is ours!
Special teams omf
Yeah we deserve to lose after such a shit OT powerplay
Very fun game where we kept up with an ostensible division leader and made it tough for them despite outmatched firepower. It’s going to be a fun year!
What a game. Entertaining. Good effort. Good coach. Good rebuild.
I vote Xhekaj for Habs MVP.
Fun game despite the loss, indiscipline and our flaccid overtime powerplay cost us.
Newhook-Dach-Slaf was a possession machine, Newhook specifically had some shifty moves to keep possesion on the wall which impressed me.
Lots of good things in that one.
Special teams look like the bug bear again for what seems like the 10th year in a row.
Outscoring a team 4-1 at 5 on 5 should normally mean a regulation win 99/100
For a team that is projected as bottom 10 at best, this was a great showing.
Slaf, dach, Cole, newhook and did I mention juraj Slafkovsky.
Two great kid lines, disappointing performance by Allen and our special teams when down by 1 man.
Slaf was great!
It’s at least going to be an entertainment year.
Was fun, major issues with the man up tho… as is traditon.
Honestly Allen was great but also awful and really the reason we even ended up in OT (where he was really good).
I have a feeling goaltending is going to cost us alot of games this year
Lots of positives, but man, if we really want to move forward with this group, something needs to change with our PP. I really think
Burrows needs to go and Marty brings in his own guy. It’s inexcusable to have that poor of a display 4 on 3 in OT. The guys looked completely lost on what to do that whole PP and we settled for 2 outside shots.
Guy Boucher on one end and Alex fucking Burrows chewing on crayons on the other. Fucking Christ.
That was certainly a game. Our special teams cost us that game imo. The 6v5 and OT was brutal to watch.
Caufield goal, Newhook welcoming party, X fight, one of Slaf’s best games and a dramatic game for a season opener.
Not salty at all. Great game!
At least scoring goals doesn’t seem to be an issue?
Gallagher is the slowest skater out there
We go 3-0 📈. Goal is called back, they go up 3-2, with a terrible 2nd period from us 📉. We go 5-3 at the beginning of the 3rd 📈. They tie the game, OT looking good for them 📉. Allen makes insane saves, we get a PP, 4-3 for 1:30 of OT 📈. We do jack shit on the PP, Suz misses his penalty shot, and we just score none of them 📉.
Emotions were on a ride today, and it ended with a crash at LaRonde
Proud of the boys. Taking a ‘cup contender’ down to the last round of a shootout as a rebuilding team is a win in my books. All the young guns put out a great effort.
Holy smokes that second line is money!
Not Suzukis best game. That line got pinned in our zone a lot
Easily slaf’s best game to date. I hope they staple him to dach this year
Don’t really care about the L. Slaf’s best game so far, Newhook 2 goals, Dach continues to look incredible, and Caufield netted a goal. If we play like this all year we won’t have a top 10 pick.
This year is very whatever but if Monty or Dobes are not it for goaltending, we will have to trade for a decent goalie in the next couple of years lol
I’m still livid about that “tripping” penalty newhook took. Nowhere near domis legs it got him in the middle of the pants. That’s when the game originally got away from us
Newhook-Dach-Slafkovsky is going to be a really, really fun 2nd line as long as they’re together
The Leafs are likely going to be the top team in the East and we just made them fight a claw like crazy for that win. Sure there’s some negatives from the game but overall I seen a lot of positives. Going forward though we need to find a way to improve our special teams. I hate not scoring on a 4 on 3 in OT and we are wayyy to soft when we play a man down. We gave up 3 goals down a man and that can’t happen.
I’ll end it by saying the top 6 played well. Great first game from Slaf.
Lots of positives but the Gally line was useless and the OT power play was inexcusably bad, like they didn’t want to be there
That was messy but fuck this team is fun
Argh games that are so close always sting the hardest. Overall, a good game, even though special teams definitely let us down. Allen looked weak on some goals, but kept us in the game at times, especially in OT.
Newhook great, Dach great, Slaf coming onto his own.
That 6 on 5 was way too passive tho.
EDIT: quick shout out to Suzuki’s improvement in faceoffs, that’s gonna be pretty key for us going forward.
This was fun!
– Slafkovsky was absolutely awesome tonight, that line was our best, and when Dach woke up in the third period, that was something to see.
– Rare bad game against the Leafs from Anderson, but that line needs a change. It doesn’t work at all.
– That third line of Gallagher, Pearson and Monahan is awful. Not enough speed. They need Anderson for sure with them.
– Really didn’t love the game of a few of our d-men, especially Harris who couldn’t make a pass for his life. Xhekaj was awesome tho, the best defenceman tonight.
– Allen is going to keep us in the bottom, so I don’t mind a tank commander.
*BAD*
– you have a two goal lead twice and lose it. You have a two goal lead deep in the third and give up two goals with the other team having an empty net. Needless to say, bad bad bad.
– Way too passive. My best comparison would be a prevent defense in football, not closing down any of the leafs players and giving up the top of the defensive zone way too easily. Not good and overly conservative.
– Allen has to have some of those.
– I don’t like looking too much into the future. But dear god, avert your eyes, Gallagher heart and all, is really bad out there can’t even skate.
– The Pearson, Monahan, Gallagher line wasn’t good.
– Suzuki off night.
– No idea what the idea was on the 4 on 3
– It was a good game but admit it we rly all wanted to beat the leafs badly lol
*GOOD*
– A lot of skilled plays by the Habs tonight. First one that comes to mind is Ylonen goal, how many players take a shot there instead of waiting it out? Perfect poise and then roofs it. Another, Evans opening goal how many just jam that into the pad instead of getting it up in the net. Really good skill.
– Slaf was excellent. Noticeable in the first with some small plays but then the 2nd an absolute sublime assist to newhook with not a ton of room.
– Newhook with two goals. Well that’s good.
– Yeah Habs might lose a lot this year but if Caufield drops Gs all year it’ll be fun af
– Xhekaj absolutely mucking reeves.
– Dach possession monster.
Here’s what I took from the game.
Positives:
-Slaf looked great
-Newhook deuces wild
-Cole gets 1/50
-Xhekaj bounced back well after that misconduct
-Inject Dach/Slaf/Newhook into my veins
Negatives:
-Powerplay (surprise, surprise…)
-Allen looked shaky, though he did get shelled
-Habs still showing their inexperience
We were winning. By 2 goals. Twice… FML
Fuck Auston Matthews, and fuck the Leafs
Fun game, I’ll take it as a nice stepping stone to the season
Was easily the best game by slafkovsky ever.
This was a perfect game when looking at a longer term.
The players we were hoping to have improved did. The momentum shifts were so crazy that rookies typically only learn of those in tapes. This time, they were in one. There are tons of small stuff our players didn’t do right that can be broken down in a video session. And the Leafs had to mount a serious comeback for them to finally win in shoot outs.
This was a good game.
Yeah Gallagher is done guys.
The better team on paper tonight were by far the Leafs and we almost got away with the game. Allen got a decent game with 42 SOG. Not sure about Anderson with Suz and Caufield. Unfortunately, we don’t have a lot of options just yet. We saw good stuff coming from Slaf and Newhook. I love Dach and he looks phenomenal with the puck on the ice.
3rd line is really weird to look at. Gally is getting slower by the year and Pearson is a BIG question mark. It sucks for Monahan to be in this position because he has way more abilites than those guys. We’ll see when or if Dvorak gets back. Pretty solid 4th line. Pezzeta can stay on the side. PP is still our biggest weakness. This season will be interesting and a point is a point.
Wifi kicked Reaves’ ass!
If every game is like this I legit wouldn’t care if we lost 82 this year LMAO
Our D looked inexperienced at times which they are. Guhle especially I hate to say panicked with the puck a few times.
The Dach line looked stellar.
Suzuki won 64.7% of faceoffs.
Cole scored.
Allen kept us in it in OT
Wifi tossed Reeves.
Lots of positives
Dach is our best player hands down.
The one thing that stood out above all else in this game was the look on Reaves face after he fought Jacko.
“Yup, kids the real fuckin deal.”
That was the look of a real heavyweight champ relishing an opportunity to fight a real challenger.
The battle will be legendary.
Great game, but it’s obvious that we will need a goaltender for the long run.
We need a consistent and skilled goaltender. Allen does decent, I don’t buy the Montembeault hype, even though he can be great sometimes.
If Primeau isn’t the guy, we need to find real long-term heir to Carey. Hofer, Wolf, Askarov, Wallstedt, whoever, but we need one.
That’s a game we would have won with a Carey../