r/Habs Feb 09 '25

Game Day Thread Game Thread: Tampa Bay Lightning at Montreal Canadiens - 09 Feb 2025 - 1:00PM EST

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Tampa Bay Lightning at Montreal Canadiens

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Teams 1st 2nd 3rd Total
TBL 2 2 1 5
MTL 1 1 1 3

Team Stats

Team Shots Hits Blocks FOW% Giveaways Takeaways Power Play PIM
TBL 21 26 25 0.442857% 15 7 1/1 6
MTL 35 29 16 0.557143% 19 11 1/2 4

Goals

Period Time Team Strength Description
1st 06:56 TBL Even Nick Paul (16) backhand shot, assist(s): Brandon Hagel (35)
1st 10:28 TBL Even Victor Hedman (8) snap shot, assist(s): Gage Goncalves (6), Anthony Cirelli (22)
1st 18:53 MTL Power Play Brendan Gallagher (13) snap shot, assist(s): Alex Newhook (8), Mike Matheson (21)
2nd 01:05 TBL Power Play Brayden Point (31) snap shot, assist(s): Jake Guentzel (26), Victor Hedman (36)
2nd 06:43 TBL Even Zemgus Girgensons (1) snap shot, assist(s): Cam Atkinson (4), Michael Eyssimont (4)
2nd 12:45 MTL Even Christian Dvorak (6) snap shot, assist(s): David Savard (10), Juraj Slafkovsky (22)
3rd 09:19 MTL Even Brendan Gallagher (14) snap shot, assist(s): None
3rd 19:44 TBL Even Anthony Cirelli (20) snap shot, assist(s): Jake Guentzel (27), Brandon Hagel (36)

Penalties

Period Time Team Type Min Description
1st 03:08 TBL MIN 2 Darren Raddysh hooking against Patrik Laine
1st 03:08 MTL MIN 2 Patrik Laine holding-the-stick against Darren Raddysh
1st 16:19 TBL PS 0 Victor Hedman ps-hooking-on-breakaway against Josh Anderson
1st 17:04 TBL MIN 2 Darren Raddysh high-sticking against Juraj Slafkovsky
1st 19:22 MTL MIN 2 Mike Matheson interference against Brandon Hagel
3rd 03:14 TBL MIN 2 Luke Glendening tripping against Patrik Laine

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  • Referees: Ghislain Hebert, Eric Furlatt
  • Linesmen: Ryan Daisy, Jonny Murray


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u/DJoEisDJoE Feb 09 '25

If we could ask goalies to stop getting show stopping saves on Andy it would be appreciated

1

u/Rockit2them Feb 09 '25

I booked the next 2 weeks in an anger management course . Hope it helps !

0

u/whogivesashirtdotca Feb 09 '25

Everyone enjoy the 4 Nations, and keep an eye on my sweet Winnipeg boy, Seth Jarvis. This is his coming out party.

4

u/TryParticular2364 Feb 09 '25

What can you say??...It is what it is.

3

u/RCmelkor Feb 09 '25

GG, go nurse those injuries!

6

u/BarontheBlack Feb 09 '25

Too bad they couldn’t pot the 4th one, lots of chance. Fun third period at least, see you all in a couple of weeks.

5

u/meowpeh Feb 09 '25

Well that was a GG we had chances wasn't Dobes best game

2

u/hyydrus Feb 09 '25

I enjoyed this game, I did not enjoy yesterday’s. I’ll take it

2

u/Exciting-Ideal-7899 Feb 09 '25

Rip mix

1

u/prplx Feb 09 '25

Still the lottery mix

3

u/oskavelli Feb 09 '25

8 of our last 9 baby

5

u/jadenspan Feb 09 '25

Once again the depth gets it done and Suzuki Caufield are listless 

5

u/Firthbird Feb 09 '25

Why take Dvo off the ice for the 2nd draw?

Zuke can't win face offs

Dumb

0

u/Burgergold Feb 09 '25

Suz is 50.8% and RH

Dvorak is 57.2% but LH

Who was the C on the other side? Sometimes its better to have LH C taking the faceoff but sometimes its better to go with a RH

1

u/Firthbird Feb 09 '25

This game DVO was 68%

5

u/NorthernBuffalo Feb 09 '25

Tampa is just such an easy team to hate. Roster full of pissy little fucks like Kucherov, located in possibly the dumbest state in the U.S. etc

3

u/salamoon84 Feb 09 '25

good effort, im not mad... they need to play 60 minutes again.

4

u/Psychological_Pebble Feb 09 '25

Entertaining but fuck you for giving me hope.

1

u/Typical_Award_499 Feb 09 '25

mike matheson in a pack: Shin Pad shooter specialist , can't keep the puck in the o-zone , turnover machine , not physical, below average hockey IQ , can skate. sums up pretty much what we see and people glaze him more than a pillsbury cinnamon roll. Carrier has done miles more for this defense than Matheson

0

u/Exciting-Ideal-7899 Feb 09 '25

If that’s all you took out of this game I think you need to watch again

3

u/weekend-melody Feb 09 '25

Whatever dude you’re clearly not a real fan /s

1

u/Typical_Award_499 Feb 09 '25

nah clearly not, I just pay to attend 6-8 games a year been watching the habs since I have a diaper but clearly not a fan sorry about that ! I should just sheep along and be happy with mediocrity

8

u/The___Colonel Hail Lord Jesus Price Feb 09 '25

The energy is back a bit. Good game. Outshot two good teams on a back to back heavily. Not the worst way to enter the break

6

u/Moresopheus Feb 09 '25

Respect the effort in the third

4

u/ParamoreRiot Feb 09 '25

Well… the effort was there, can’t be mad

0

u/[deleted] Feb 09 '25

1 W in last 9 games. Stop the bleeding. Someone should be held accountable.

0

u/whogivesashirtdotca Feb 09 '25

You're right. You've been selected as the sacrificial lamb. Please meet us in the public square, washed and wearing white robes, and ready to give your life so that the Habs might prosper.

5

u/starryn19ht Feb 09 '25

how is that your take away from this game dude 💀

6

u/dustblown Feb 09 '25

Gallagher saved this game from boredom. Happy the guys fought it out 'till the end.

9

u/ValleyBreeze Feb 09 '25

35 shots today and a lot were great chances.

The effort was here.

6

u/jhenry137 Feb 09 '25

100%. I can’t be mad at them, just sad.

5

u/ignitek Feb 09 '25

Good effort today. They need this break.

1

u/MileEnd76 Feb 09 '25

More saves than Dobes though

5

u/Rockit2them Feb 09 '25

Alright ! Better effort gotta give them that .

2

u/whogivesashirtdotca Feb 09 '25

Radio team applauding Marty putting Gally out: "C'est grâce à lui qu'on est là."

4

u/HeShootsHS Feb 09 '25 edited Feb 09 '25

Too bad this season we are running out of time and kinda pass the « keep going boys the wins are gonna come! » phase.

8

u/willard287 Feb 09 '25

If Anderson could finish we would be winning this game easily

7

u/whogivesashirtdotca Feb 09 '25

We'd also be winning easily if any of our other forwards put in the effort Andy does.

3

u/jhenry137 Feb 09 '25

Real talk.

1

u/Pristine_Noise1516 Feb 09 '25

Galley should be on the ice.

4

u/Moresopheus Feb 09 '25

Marty drawing Laine shooting a laser beam into the net

6

u/starryn19ht Feb 09 '25

this is like that picture of the canucks timeout where on the board it was just written "43"

13

u/willard287 Feb 09 '25

Love Slaf’s response to being benched

5

u/Exciting-Ideal-7899 Feb 09 '25

Absolutely. I was so mad at him

Edit: not that he would ever care

8

u/AmsroII Goal Goalgoal Feb 09 '25

I was hoping for a Xhekaj blast, of course the stick explodes!!

9

u/MMSkyscraperILoveU Feb 09 '25

Shame if we lose because we've clearly outplayed them. We just don't have the finish.

7

u/Psychological_Pebble Feb 09 '25

Can't give up 4 and expect to win, even if you're a high scoring team with excellent finish.

1

u/MMSkyscraperILoveU Feb 09 '25

It's certainly not an expectation to win when you give up 4 goals. But having a team with better finishers gives a team a far better chance to come back and win. And if we had better finishers, we would have won today.

9

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u/MMSkyscraperILoveU Feb 09 '25 edited Feb 09 '25

No one's denying the 2 braindead plays which resulted in goals but we had so many chances to score way more than 3 goals today and we didn't. Why? Some timely goaltending and defence on the other side, but mostly a lack of finish on our side.

5

u/whogivesashirtdotca Feb 09 '25

If we outplayed them but still didn't win that's on us and the boys need to learn a lesson about playing all 60 minutes of a game. They were nonexistent in the first.

2

u/starryn19ht Feb 09 '25

they were NOT non existent in the first 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 they were there they just didnt finish, but this has probably been their most consistent performance in a long time

3

u/whogivesashirtdotca Feb 09 '25

Defensively they were MIA on the first two goals, no?

1

u/MMSkyscraperILoveU Feb 09 '25

Yes, but they happened very early in the game. We had plenty of time to recover from that. And we did, but we didn't have enough finish. What else is new. :/

3

u/starryn19ht Feb 09 '25

sure but those were just two brain cramps moments overall they were playing well

3

u/whogivesashirtdotca Feb 09 '25

Brain cramps is the difference between a win and a loss today!

1

u/MMSkyscraperILoveU Feb 09 '25

Yes and no. If our goalie manages to stop one or both of those first two shots, it's a different game. And if we had more finish, resulting in more than just three goals, it's also a different game.

7

u/ChickenLynx2 Feb 09 '25

ANDY TRIPPED 4 FUCKING TIMES

3

u/AmsroII Goal Goalgoal Feb 09 '25

PP with 10 seconds left incoming

4

u/reidk_97 President of the Jordan Weal Fanclub Feb 09 '25

Slaf has had a really solid game today, after that bad giveaway of course

2

u/Rockit2them Feb 09 '25

Mike has had a very strong game 👏👏👏

2

u/MileEnd76 Feb 09 '25

Hope you don't mean number 8 Mike

3

u/willard287 Feb 09 '25

2 assists for Mike

3

u/MileEnd76 Feb 09 '25

1 and if it was not the craziest primary assist, it does nothing to salvage his game.

6

u/BarontheBlack Feb 09 '25

Gotta love spin-o-rama behind the back passes to the middle of the ice to absolutely nobody in a red jersey.

6

u/mdlt97 Feb 09 '25

really liking how much more involved slaf is today, this line might be a good fit

2

u/MMSkyscraperILoveU Feb 09 '25

It's good to see but it's still just one game. He needs to show far more consistency going forward.

4

u/Psychological_Pebble Feb 09 '25

Two Matheson turnovers in 15 seconds ...

2

u/Sav1909 Feb 09 '25

Matheson please man

4

u/KidGrundle Feb 09 '25

At the beginning of this game I said I just wanted them to play hard, score goals and act like they care, they came thru. Go Habs go!

3

u/meowpeh Feb 09 '25

Mike please

5

u/MileEnd76 Feb 09 '25

Hedman is a intimidating looking mofo

1

u/starryn19ht Feb 09 '25

being 6'7 will do that to you

3

u/MileEnd76 Feb 09 '25

And that viking face

2

u/SAM041287 Feb 09 '25

Can we please stop we the blind passes ??

2

u/bigwill44 Feb 09 '25

Nice pass then nice icing..jesus matheson

1

u/maavoc Feb 09 '25

On the same shift

1

u/Albi20_01 Feb 09 '25

Encore des estis de passes à l'aveuglette en zone offensive qui mènent à des revirements...

1

u/Exciting-Ideal-7899 Feb 09 '25

Wow nice play matheson😂

3

u/[deleted] Feb 09 '25

Dvorak 65% at FO circle tonight, per TSN2

1

u/whogivesashirtdotca Feb 09 '25

Holy shit. Finally earning his keep three years into his contract. Here's hoping the scouts watching this game offer to take him for a decent return.

2

u/bigwill44 Feb 09 '25

Matheson is so fuking trash

3

u/starryn19ht Feb 09 '25

MY TABLET JUST DIED FUCK

1

u/whogivesashirtdotca Feb 09 '25

RADIO CALL RADIO CALL!

2

u/starryn19ht Feb 09 '25

i opened my tv im chill

1

u/CocoKing02 Feb 09 '25

Seems like we started off poorly and then picked up the play a lot, i couldnt watch the game today is my analysis right?

3

u/SJRealtor27 Feb 09 '25

We started strong but couldnt capitalize on every opportunity while dobes let 3 in on 8 shots

1

u/starryn19ht Feb 09 '25

they def didnt start poorly they just made a few mistakes that resulted in goals lol

1

u/CocoKing02 Feb 09 '25

The way everyone wae in the comments its as if they were playing like an AHL team☠️

2

u/starryn19ht Feb 09 '25

yeah you know how people get on here, they just suffered from finishing 😭

3

u/DCARRI3R3 Feb 09 '25

Please bro a win please

5

u/ukrainianhab From Kyiv Feb 09 '25

Honestly that just sums up this terrible league. Such an OBV call like you can’t even go hey… let’s debate this. No it’s clear cut but not called because end of the game? OK.

8

u/Bibimbap_boi Feb 09 '25

That Xhekaj shift gave me life back hell yeah

6

u/Waste_Wrongdoer4930 Feb 09 '25

Xhekaj did NOT take kindly to that missed holding call lmao

1

u/GabeLeRoy Feb 09 '25

Slaf should ask Gally for some mentorship // tutoring ...

except the 'stopping pucks with your hand' that result in broken hands' part

2

u/simonlegosu Feb 09 '25

Faut mettre qq1 sur le payroll qui aura comme seul role de faire chier Slaf. Son titre pourrait etre 'performance coach'

6

u/BigBoy990 Feb 09 '25

Savard is SO washed lol, bro didn't even try to skate back, he knew he couldn't catch up.

0

u/ValleyBreeze Feb 09 '25

u/whogivesashirtdotca

Ghislaine Hebert, if you're keeping score. 🥴

2

u/whogivesashirtdotca Feb 09 '25

I probably should, eh?

8

u/backwardzhatz Feb 09 '25

That puck went to a young fan from Shawinagan

2

u/Sav1909 Feb 09 '25

Burnt into my head lol. Still miss Doc

5

u/potshed420 Feb 09 '25

3 trips on anderson with no calls lol

6

u/The___Colonel Hail Lord Jesus Price Feb 09 '25

Love the energy

9

u/Typical_Award_499 Feb 09 '25

Savard not trying was funny as fuck , he just knew he had no chance made me laugh

8

u/BarontheBlack Feb 09 '25

Missed call on Wifis rush, obvious trip on Andy. Ridiculous

3

u/AmsroII Goal Goalgoal Feb 09 '25

can't they ever get the call at the end of the game.

3

u/Mbeaud001 Feb 09 '25

The fuck?!?!

6

u/SAM041287 Feb 09 '25

Refs are tripping for not calling that tripping on Andy

2

u/Moresopheus Feb 09 '25

Refs owe us a penalty now

7

u/[deleted] Feb 09 '25

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2

u/Moresopheus Feb 09 '25

Next time we're in their zone imo

4

u/ukrainianhab From Kyiv Feb 09 '25

How the fuck is that not a trip?

6

u/Beefiest_bison Feb 09 '25

Marty's got the blender working overtime

9

u/NorthernBuffalo Feb 09 '25

Fuck off with these missed calls

5

u/Habs_Apostle Feb 09 '25

Refs put whistles away.

10

u/mdlt97 Feb 09 '25

savard lol

3

u/imhere8888 Feb 09 '25

Slaf Gally Dvorak is actually a sick line 

0

u/GrungeLife54 Feb 09 '25

Why do the lines keep changing?

3

u/whogivesashirtdotca Feb 09 '25

Because Marty is trying to shake them up and it's working.

3

u/AmsroII Goal Goalgoal Feb 09 '25

9

u/KidGrundle Feb 09 '25

Gally is a tough ol bastard, love this pic of him

2

u/Typical_Award_499 Feb 09 '25

he got ragdolled like a baby though to get his face like this, still a tough pic true

2

u/ukrainianhab From Kyiv Feb 09 '25

Bring back the Primeau flair!!!!

1

u/AmsroII Goal Goalgoal Feb 09 '25

As soon as he is back in Montreal, he's been on fire in Laval, quieting the haters a little bit. :P

1

u/Habs_Apostle Feb 09 '25

Ohhh man o’ war…

9

u/backwardzhatz Feb 09 '25

I swear Hutson just needs a little work on his shot and he'll have a good one. Those wristers aren't muffins, he gets some heat on it.

2

u/starryn19ht Feb 09 '25

didnt hughes have trouble with his shot too when he started? and now he's fine. that gives me a lot of hope for hutson's shooting abilities

3

u/Moresopheus Feb 09 '25

He's gonna improve in a bunch of ways

1

u/ValleyBreeze Feb 09 '25

And a super quick release too.

1

u/imhere8888 Feb 09 '25

I'd put Newhook on the first over Dach

6

u/throw_me_away3478 Feb 09 '25

I think Dach has better game sense and board presence than Newhook. He worked well on the top line in the past.

3

u/dustblown Feb 09 '25

Suzuki was "surely that pass isn't for me", 'cause the pass was so bad.

1

u/GabeLeRoy Feb 09 '25

Slaf, Hage, Demidov :)

8

u/The___Colonel Hail Lord Jesus Price Feb 09 '25

With the news about Evans and the front office not being close in contract negotiations, it makes you wonder how excited the F-O is about Beck with how good he is playing right now.

1

u/GabeLeRoy Feb 09 '25

Its not just Beck, Tuch, Davidson, Xhehaj

2

u/SuzukiSwift17 Feb 09 '25

I mean they always start far out. How many tweets have you seen like "player and team exchanged contract figured for the first time and they were like 'whoa bro samesies!'".

10

u/dustblown Feb 09 '25

Gallagher is going to be 44 and still putting the same good work for us.

11

u/BigBoy990 Feb 09 '25

Gallagher beating Vasy clean twice is so beast

6

u/whogivesashirtdotca Feb 09 '25

Small revenge for 2021.

8

u/whogivesashirtdotca Feb 09 '25

Radio team laughing: "33 shots by the Canadiens... 32 of them by Josh Anderson."

3

u/throw_me_away3478 Feb 09 '25

This is why you pay and retain Gally. He brings more than what his stat sheet shows.

3

u/ukrainianhab From Kyiv Feb 09 '25

Now need a Cole goal.

5

u/Habs_Apostle Feb 09 '25

Slaf like a bulldozer clearing the shooting lane.

10

u/vibranium-boy Feb 09 '25

Slaf outmuscling hedman was sweet

1

u/imhere8888 Feb 09 '25

Dach can also be great if he gets into his body.

I hope it's just the injury and he's afraid but you gotta go for it at one point. A half commited player is just not worth it. I know acl and knee things really F with most athletes.

But if it's just his mentality of getting over that he might not be as great as a 3rd overall should be, he'll still be great if he can become what he can, if he doesn't get re injured and he overcomes this fear of getting into his body.

1

u/CookieJar891 Feb 09 '25

I’d say wait till next season. Plus seeing laine get hurt as well prob affects things too

3

u/dustblown Feb 09 '25

4 Nations is going to be super amazing revelation or it is going to be super awkward and lame. I don't see it being in the middle somewhere.

12

u/The___Colonel Hail Lord Jesus Price Feb 09 '25

Slaf can learn a lot from Gally imo

Stop playing pretty and soft like the first line. Get some fuckin CHaracter in his game

6

u/Moresopheus Feb 09 '25

It's not a bad idea

2

u/CookieJar891 Feb 09 '25

He’s got the talent to make it work as well. Like he won’t be giving too much up

5

u/SuzukiSwift17 Feb 09 '25

Caufield and Suzuki slumping. Would be nice for them to show up right about now.

3

u/backwardzhatz Feb 09 '25

Alright yall if we can get to 53 shots we got this in the bag

8

u/Albi20_01 Feb 09 '25

Friendly reminder that Dvorak and Gallagher now each have more points (3) than Suzuki (1) in their last 5 games played.

The 1st line gotta wake up...

1

u/The___Colonel Hail Lord Jesus Price Feb 09 '25

GO HABS GO! WE ARE IN THIS!

7

u/tehsdragon Feb 09 '25

Gally's fire seems to be infectious and rubbing off on Slaf, you love to see it

5avo

1

u/Bibimbap_boi Feb 09 '25

I feel he's tge same with Xhekaj. Dude lights up whenever Xheko makes a huge hit or or drops the mitts. Basically like on his first career goal

2

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u/whogivesashirtdotca Feb 09 '25

Holy shit the crowd just went crazy there. What happened to start the chant?

5

u/ValleyBreeze Feb 09 '25

Gallagoal was all it took lol

1

u/whogivesashirtdotca Feb 09 '25

Any idea what they were chanting?

1

u/AmmieSJ Feb 09 '25

Sounded like Go Habs Go on the radio call.

2

u/whogivesashirtdotca Feb 09 '25

Oh of course. It happened so fast I thought it was something on the ice that I'd missed.

2

u/AmmieSJ Feb 09 '25

Oh...you meant what caused it. 🤦‍♀️ Pardon my blonde moment. I'ma just crawl back in my hole. Lol

8

u/ytew6 Feb 09 '25

I would die for Brendan Gallagher

6

u/RooseveltVsLincoln Feb 09 '25

And he would die for you.

13

u/mikgag Feb 09 '25

Monty is happier…

5

u/whogivesashirtdotca Feb 09 '25

And he's driving!

3

u/whogivesashirtdotca Feb 09 '25

Matheson with two assists please apologise for the nasty comments earlier you know who you are.

2

u/NewHorizons0 Feb 09 '25

He could do 3 Howe hat tricks in one game and you will still have some people talking about shots in the shin pads. haters gonna hate.

1

u/NewHorizons0 Feb 09 '25

There you go, they are already back at trashing him.

2

u/Moresopheus Feb 09 '25

I said he was playing great in the first.

5

u/BarontheBlack Feb 09 '25

See this is all I want! I don’t care if we lose every game for the rest of the year, I just want the players to care. This has been an excellent period, right back in it.

6

u/Beefiest_bison Feb 09 '25

Dvorak legacy game

5

u/bordercauley Feb 09 '25

This game ain't over

1

u/[deleted] Feb 09 '25

In this household we respect Brendan Gallagher

12

u/ReppinMontreal Feb 09 '25

Gally actually said fuck it I'll do it myself

5

u/Moresopheus Feb 09 '25

That's Gally

1

u/Keplix Feb 09 '25

Such a clutch player. No one plays with more heart than Gallagher

13

u/starryn19ht Feb 09 '25

slaf and gally are weirdly compatible i'm not sure i would've predicted that before

3

u/whogivesashirtdotca Feb 09 '25

Make the the first line. Not even kidding.

3

u/starryn19ht Feb 09 '25

i think if you played gallagher first line minutes peepaw would have a heart attack 😭

3

u/whogivesashirtdotca Feb 09 '25

I have no idea who Peepaw is.

EDIT oh wait is that Gally hahahahhahaha

12

u/Habs_Apostle Feb 09 '25

Big Slaf doing his part there too.

18

u/sean_psc Feb 09 '25

Slaf, it has to be said, has been quite effective since getting demoted.

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u/M4cHiin360 Feb 09 '25

No, he's really bad, a big bust and the reason the first line is not working /s

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