Claude Giroux struck twice as the Montreal Canadiens’ offense faltered, and the Ottawa Senators gave fans a 5-0 win at the Canadian Tire Center on Saturday.
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Cole Caufield’s absence was particularly noticeable on this wintry evening in the nation’s capital. Martin St-Louis’ men sorely lacked opportunism throughout the game.
However, we are not taking anything away from Anton Forsberg. In front of the “Sens” cage, the Swedish goalkeeper stood like a wall in front of CH’s 28 shots.
In this tasteless defeat, the Canadian’s fans could at least watch the young Owen Beck at work. The 18-year-old center, who was urgently called off by the Peterborough Petes of the Ontario Hockey League, looked good in 9:48. game but he was removed from the scorer list.
Per National Hockey League rules for such a recall, Beck will report to the Petes on Sunday.
a bad time
Without being spectacular in the first twenty, the CH was not demoted by its big competitors. The chain ended up more in the second third.
The trio of Giroux, Alex DeBrincat and Ridly Greig troubled the Montreal defense and were responsible for DJ Smith’s men’s first three goals.
DeBrincat set the tone for the engagement after 22 seconds of play by defeating Samuel Montembeault with a precise shot during a two-for-one relegation.
With Kirby Dach in jail, Giroux then used a perfect delivery from Greig to double his team’s lead.
The Franco-Ontarian capped his evening’s workday 1m33s later when his pass deflected off Arber Xhekaj’s skate in front of the net.
Mathieu Joseph, in an empty net, and Derick Brassard hammered the final nails into the tricolor coffin at the end of the duel.
Canadians have a chance to take revenge on those senators at the Bell Center on Tuesday.