MONTREAL, Canada —
Anaheim scored three first-period objectives, Trevor Zegras scored twice within the second interval, after which the Geese held off the Montreal Canadiens for a 5-4 win on Thursday night time.
Zegras’ first purpose was the fourth lacrosse-style purpose in NHL historical past. He carried the puck behind the Canadiens’ web earlier than scooping it up along with his stick blade and placing it over goalie Sam Montembeault’s proper shoulder.
“Truthfully, I simply tried to take the gang out of it,” Zegras mentioned, jokingly, since there have been no followers earlier than of COVID-19 restrictions. “It was a giant purpose for them, the environment was fairly loopy tonight, it was a kind of issues the place I attempted to take the gang out of it.”
The Geese’ bench got here to its toes as Zegras tried the transfer. That included Adam Henrique, who was again from lacking 20 video games with a lower-body harm.
“Zegras’ talent stage is so excessive and he brings that additional side to his total recreation,” Henrique mentioned. “He can pull off performs like that and make them work. If I attempted one thing like that I might simply pitchfork it to the nook and if I began over I’d most likely get yelled at on the bench.”
Sam Carrick, Troy Terry and Cam Fowler had first-period objectives for Anaheim, and Anthony Stolarz stopped 35 pictures.
Jake Evans scored twice for Montreal, whereas Artturi Lehkonen and Laurent Dauphin, on a penalty shot, had the opposite objectives. Cayden Primeau allowed three objectives on eight pictures and was pulled on the finish of the primary interval. Montembeault made 13 saves in reduction.
“We at all times thought that we may come again on this recreation and it got here shut on the finish,” Montreal head coach Dominique Ducharme mentioned.
The Geese took benefit of Dauphin’s double-minor for high-sticking Ryan Getzlaf by scoring twice. Getzlaf didn't return to the sport. Geese assistant coach Mike Stothers, who stuffed in for head coach Dallas Eakins due to COVID-19, didn't have an replace on the harm after the sport.
Fowler and Terry put Anaheim up 3-0 with power-play objectives at 15:12 and 17:06, respectively.
Evans minimize Montreal’s deficit to 3-1 at 1:15 of the second earlier than Zegras countered impressively. He scored a lacrosse purpose from behind the Montreal web, beating Montembeault to make it 4-1 at 1:25.
Montreal scored on the facility play when Mike Hoffman left the puck for Lehkonen within the slot and he recorded his sixth of the season at 9:54.
Zegras scored his second of the sport from the excessive slot at 14:04 to provide Anaheim a 5-2 lead.
Evans added his second of the night time at 1:24 of the third to chop Anaheim’s result in 5-3. Dauphin was awarded a penalty shot when Hampus Lindholm hooked him on a breakaway.
He transformed at 14:02 to make it a 5-4 contest.
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