The big guns of the Montreal Canadiens finally woke up this Memorial Day.
Nick Suzuki collected no less than four points, including two goals.
Cole Caufield scored twice, Kirby Dach was credited with two assists while Juraj Slafkovsky had three assists.
The Slovakian is still just one short goal away so far this season, but there’s really no cause for alarm.
Although many saw him scoring 25 goals this season, or even 30, his slow start in this regard is possibly the only negative point of his season, considering the CH situation.
He feeds his teammates wonderfully, as his 10 assists in 13 games prove.
In addition, he is the only Habs player not to be in the negative for goal differential.
Indeed, all the other CH players who have played at least one match are below 0.
It’s still surprising, considering the fact that the CH has the worst differential in the entire NHL, in addition to the greatest number of goals allowed, even after this afternoon’s game.
On the other hand, it’s not like it’s a shiny statistic.
And as we well know, the differential greatly reflects the performance of the team in general.
We can simply deduce that Slavs is the least worst in this regard.
With the game against the Buffalo Sabres, the Slovak now has 11 points in 13 games.
Interestingly, his three points in the game surpass the total points that Shane Wright has amassed since the start of the season (15 games).
Definitely, the choice of Slafkovsky in the very first row is proving more and more profitable.
In burst
– Interesting.
– Matvei Michkov collected a (very) nice pass on the power play.
– Erik Johnson didn’t deny it for long. He wants his Gordie Howe hat trick.
