Call of the Wilde: Montreal Canadiens withstand barrage to take 6-2 win Boston

Tuesday night was the first game for Phillip Danault in the Montreal Canadiens lineup since 2021. He played on a very tight team in Los Angeles for four years. Danault got a very different taste of hockey in this one, as the Canadiens’ talent went to work in a 6-2 win. Wilde Horses The Canadiens tried to win this one with talent, while the Bruins tried to win it with brawn. Samuel Blais had a perfectly placed shot from the side and behind the net off the back of Jeremy Swayman’s head and in. That wasn’t just talent. It was also creativity. There was more talent from Ivan Demidov. He had a breakaway from centre ice with no back pressure to worry about. Demidov made a deke so perfect Swayman wasn’t even close to making the stop. With moves like that, Demidov not being chosen for the shootout needs to stop sooner rather than later. In the third period, the Canadiens took over with talent, while brawn became fatigued. Lane Hutson laid out an absolutely perfect saucer pass to Nick Suzuki. He was stopped, but the rebound went to Zachary Bolduc for the tally. The Bruins made the mistake of choosing to contest the tally for goaltender interference. They lost the obvious decision. Add another penalty or two, add Demidov on the first unit, and the Canadiens pulled away. Cole Caufield made a series of dekes that had Swayman dizzy. Still with a power play, it was Suzuki batting a rebound out of the air waist-high with a beautiful bit of skill, and suddenly it was 5-2. The Bruins’ will was taken from them in humiliating fashion as Hutson made a gorgeous pass for a Slafkovsky one-timer for 6-2. The only sound in the arena in Boston was the footsteps of fans going home, but none of it would have been possible were it not for the first two periods of goaltending from Jacob Fowler, who is looking extremely ready to play in the National Hockey League. Fowler was flashing outstanding technique all night long to keep a Canadiens team that was getting outplayed in the contest. On a cross-crease pass, Fowler slid from one post to the other while keeping his pad flat on the ice to make a terrific save. Anything less than perfect technique and it was an easy goal. On a breakaway where the shooter faked a slap shot, Fowler didn’t bite at all. He was in perfect position to stop the shot when it finally came at a much different angle. Get daily National news Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy . Fowler takes another terrific Goals Saved Above Expected of 1.49. Fowler is third in the league in GSAE per 60 minutes. That’s a fine start to a surely fine career in the NHL. Wilde Goats Most of the games it doesn’t feel like the Canadiens don’t have enough toughness. They seem fine. Most of the games it doesn’t feel like the Canadiens aren’t...

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