PITTSBURGH | Two consecutive losses, but above all 14 goals allowed. This is the bleeding that the Canadian will try to slow down this evening against the Penguins.
The meeting will be presented from 7 p.m. on TVA Sports.
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This will also be an opportunity to see if the electroshock given by Martin St-Louis with his punishing training on Friday has reanimated the blue-white-red body.
“After a match and training like that, we have no choice in responding. We have to make sure we are ready, declared David Savard. We have to do it, and not just for one match.”
The defender is certainly an example to follow for anyone looking for him in the Montreal locker room. Despite trailing by three goals and with barely two and a half minutes left in the game against the Capitals, Savard blocked three shots, including two from Alex Ovechkin.
As a result, he benefited from a day of treatment with an ice pack on his right leg while his teammates shouted under the whistles of St. Louis.
“For me, the match wasn’t over yet. Our goalkeeper was still in the net and I consider it important to do it for him. The score doesn’t matter,” said the Maskoutain.
“Savvy will always have a long leash with me. He does honest, strong actions. And he always takes care of the team,” praised St-Louis.
Montembeault and Xhekaj
Still led by Sidney Crosby, Kristopher Letang and Evgeni Malkin, the Penguins are no longer the threat they once were. They have won only one of their last seven games. Moreover, their record (4-7-1) is practically identical to that of the Canadian (4-6-1).
Except that during the last confrontation between the two teams, on October 14, the Habs suffered a 6-3 defeat.
Samuel Montembeault will find the net again. This will be a first game away from the Bell Center this season for the man who has been shown the way to the showers twice in his last three outings.
“As a team, we need to be on the road. Individually too, indicated the Canadian head coach. We’ve been at home a lot lately. When you’re at home, everyone has their other lives. On the road, we are a team.”
Only one other change is planned to the training. Arber Xhekaj will take Justin Barron’s place on the blue line.
