The Canadian ends the year on a false note HERE.Radio-Canada.ca

A penalty for having too many players on the rink has offered a golden opportunity for locals to escape with the victory early in the fourth period. They have seized with both hands the opportunity to leave their amphitheatre with two more points in the standings.

Carey Price has saved the furniture so masterful at two times during the numerical inferiority, before Evgeni Malkin hits the target a few seconds later a shot struck him on receipt.

earlier, a late goal by Conor Sheary in the last minute of the game in the third commitment has forced the holding of the extension. The shot from the blue line, Justin Schultz deflected the attacker of the Penguins went on to finish his ride behind the goalie of the Habs.

both courses have offered a great show to end the year 2016. Price has been one of the main actors of this meeting exciting with a total of 37 stops, 5 of which are at the expense of the gunslinger Sidney Crosby.

” He deserved probably to win, ” said coach Michel Therrien about Price. He has made big stops throughout the game to allow us to stay in the game. He has not been lucky on the third goal, the shot deflected off a player in front of him. And the winning goal, it was a throw, perfect. “

Paul Byron has scored a goal and an assist, while Alexander Radulov and Brian Flynn have written other threads on the Canadian, who now has a record of 1-1-2 since the beginning of his trip of seven games of the season.

Patric Hornqvist and Phil Kessel have been the other two markers in the camp pennsylvanian, who has signed a fourth consecutive win. In the same way as his counterpart, Marc-Andre Fleury has had an encounter very busy with 37 stops and 40 pucks sent in his direction.

” We had a big challenge in front of us and I liked the way we responded, ” noted Therrien. We have collected four points on six [from the Christmas break]. We must be satisfied with it. “

After the match, the Canadian gave Sven Andrighetto in IceCaps de St-Jean (Terre-Neuve), in the american hockey League.

The Blue-white-red will continue its journey away from the Bell Centre, with a stop in Nashville, on the 3rd of January next. Everything indicates that P. K. Subban, the victim of an injury to the upper body, will not be able to face his former team.

At the end of the confrontation in the face of Predators, there will be stops in Dallas, the next day, and at Toronto, 7 January, before the players of the Habs return to Montreal.