Sam Montembeault made 20 saves for his fifth career shutout and fourth of the season, while Patrik Laine and Nick Suzuki each had a goal and two assists in the Montreal Canadiens' 4-0 win over the visiting Carolina Hurricanes on Tuesday night.
The Sharks are generating only 2.56 goals per game, 31st in the NHL this season.
The Montreal Canadiens won consecutive games for the first time in a month with a 4-0 win against the Carolina Hurricanes at Bell Centre on Tuesday. Sam Montembeault made 20 saves for his fourth shutout,
The Montreal Canadiens shut out the visiting Carolina Hurricanes on Tuesday, potentially suffering an injury to Josh Anderson in the process.
He nearly guided it to a shootout, but Evan Bouchard tallied at 4:53 of overtime to end Montembeault's heroics. The 28-year-old netminder's four-game winning streak came to an end, and he's now at 22-21-4 with a 2.
The Oilers are generating 3.2 goals per game in 2024-25, 11th in the NHL.
Montembeault stopped 33 shots in Monday's 4-3 overtime win over the Sabres. The Habs looked like they would run away with the game after grabbing a 3-0 lead in the first period, but Montembeault did well just to get the game to OT after Buffalo out-shot the home side 27-11 over the final two frames.
Montembeault stopped 23 shots in Thursday's 4-3 overtime win over the Sharks. The Habs came out a little flat and poor defending led to two San Jose goals in the first period, but Montembeault kept his focus and got rewarded by Cole Caufield in OT.
The shutout was the third of the season for the 28-year-old goalie, who came into 2024-25 with only one career clean sheet, and the victory was his 20th of the campaign. Through six outings in February,
Nick Suzuki and Patrik Laine each had a goal and two assists, and the Montreal Canadiens beat the Carolina Hurricanes 4-0. Juraj Slafkovsky and Lane Hutson also scored for Montreal, and Sam Montembeault made 20 saves for his fourth shutout of the season and fifth of his career.