Montréal Canadiens vs Calgary Flames
Regular season · Friday, December 22, 2017 · Scotiabank Saddledome
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Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Calgary Flames 3-2 on Friday, December 22, 2017 at Scotiabank Saddledome. The Canadiens outshot the Flames 35-23.
Goals came from Byron Froese, Nicolas Deslauriers, Brendan Gallagher, Micheal Ferland and Matthew Tkachuk.
Carey Price made 21 saves on 23 shots for the win; Mike Smith stopped 32 of 35.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Byron Froese (1)Jordie Benn (6), Alex Galchenyuk (12)1–010:45 MTL
2nd period
Nicolas Deslauriers (4)Byron Froese (6), Daniel Carr (7)2–008:44 MTL
3rd period
Brendan Gallagher (14)Artturi Lehkonen (4), Tomas Plekanec (12)3–003:10 MTL
Micheal Ferland (14)Michael Frolik (8), Sean Monahan (15)3–109:42 CGY
Matthew Tkachuk (8)Mikael Backlund (14), Johnny Gaudreau (28)3–218:07 CGY · PPG
Team stats
MTLCGY
35Shots on goal23
52%Faceoff %48%
0/1Power play1/3
6Penalty minutes2
5Hits25
21Blocked shots7
12Giveaways15
10Takeaways7
Penalties
- 1st 14:35
Andrew Shaw · tripping2 min - 2nd 19:26
Bench · too many men on the ice2 min - 3rd 17:28Paul Byron · high sticking2 min
- 3rd 19:59Andrew Shaw · slashing2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 42Byron FroeseC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 5 | 14:32 |
| 11Brendan GallagherR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 7 | 14:44 |
| 14Tomas PlekanecC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16:31 |
| 20Nicolas DeslauriersL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 13:08 |
| 27Alex GalchenyukC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 12:18 |
| 43Daniel CarrL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12:18 |
| 62Artturi LehkonenL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 13:48 |
| 8Jordie BennD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 20:47 |
| 24Phillip DanaultL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:40 |
| 41Paul ByronL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 16:43 |
| 65Andrew ShawC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 13:34 |
| 67Max PaciorettyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 20:28 |
| 92Jonathan DrouinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:09 |
| 21David SchlemkoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 22:21 |
| 22Karl AlznerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 22:05 |
| 26Jeff PetryD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24:33 |
| 28Jakub JerabekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:32 |
| 45Joe MorrowD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:09 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Carey PriceG | W | 23 | 21 | 2 | .913 | 60:00 |
| 37Antti NiemiG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Calgary Flames
| 11Mikael BacklundC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 4 | 19:58 |
| 13Johnny GaudreauL | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 2 | 19:15 |
| 19Matthew TkachukL | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 19:32 |
| 23Sean MonahanC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16:48 |
| 67Michael FrolikR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 16:25 |
| 79Micheal FerlandL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 14:44 |
| 18Matt StajanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:52 |
| 21Garnet HathawayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 14:46 |
| 25Freddie HamiltonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 07:30 |
| 36Troy BrouwerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:40 |
| 77Mark JankowskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 17:07 |
| 93Sam BennettC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 16:20 |
| 5Mark GiordanoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23:54 |
| 7TJ BrodieD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 22:10 |
| 26Michael StoneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 21:42 |
| 27Dougie HamiltonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23:49 |
| 44Matt BartkowskiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:03 |
| 61Brett KulakD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 13:56 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33David RittichG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 41Mike SmithG | L | 35 | 32 | 3 | .914 | 57:29 |