Vancouver Canucks vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Sunday, January 7, 2018 · Centre Bell
SN · RDS
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Vancouver Canucks 5-2 on Sunday, January 7, 2018 at Centre Bell. The Canadiens outshot the Canucks 45-36.
Goals came from Karl Alzner, Alex Galchenyuk, Daniel Sedin, Michael Del Zotto, Brendan Gallagher, Paul Byron and Max Pacioretty.
Carey Price made 34 saves on 36 shots for the win; Anders Nilsson stopped 40 of 44.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Karl Alzner (1)Unassisted0–109:39 MTL
2nd period
Alex Galchenyuk (10)Jeff Petry (11), Jonathan Drouin (14)0–202:12 MTL · PPG
Daniel Sedin (9)Alexander Edler (9), Henrik Sedin (26)1–213:04 VAN
3rd period
Michael Del Zotto (2)Brock Boeser (18), Daniel Sedin (18)2–202:47 VAN
Brendan Gallagher (16)Karl Alzner (6)2–308:44 MTL
Paul Byron (11)Brendan Gallagher (7)2–418:45 MTL
Max Pacioretty (10)Phillip Danault (15), Jeff Petry (12)2–519:01 MTL · EN
Team stats
VANMTL
36Shots on goal45
49%Faceoff %51%
0/3Power play1/3
6Penalty minutes6
31Hits22
24Blocked shots13
14Giveaways8
10Takeaways14
Penalties
- 1st 11:10
Troy Stecher · hooking2 min - 1st 13:41
Jakub Jerabek · tripping2 min - 1st 19:32Andrew Shaw · tripping2 min
- 2nd 00:33Derrick Pouliot · hooking2 min
- 2nd 03:49Tomas Plekanec · slashing2 min
- 2nd 16:30Nic Dowd · slashing2 min
Season series
Vancouver Canucks
| 22Daniel SedinL | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 4 | 15:02 |
| 6Brock BoeserR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 5 | 18:50 |
| 33Henrik SedinC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15:17 |
| 4Michael Del ZottoD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21:26 |
| 23Alexander EdlerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 5 | 22:04 |
| 17Nic DowdC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15:32 |
| 18Jake VirtanenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:26 |
| 21Loui ErikssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:51 |
| 26Thomas VanekL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 | 15:10 |
| 45Michael ChaputC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:00 |
| 47Sven BaertschiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:34 |
| 50Brendan GaunceC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:09 |
| 60Markus GranlundC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19:38 |
| 89Sam GagnerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 15:59 |
| 5Derrick PouliotD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 17:28 |
| 27Ben HuttonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:30 |
| 44Erik GudbransonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:38 |
| 51Troy StecherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 22:11 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25Jacob MarkstromG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 31Anders NilssonG | L | 44 | 40 | 4 | .909 | 59:36 |
Montréal Canadiens
| 11Brendan GallagherR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 5 | 13:22 |
| 22Karl AlznerD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 2 | 15:37 |
| 26Jeff PetryD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 4 | 22:31 |
| 24Phillip DanaultL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 16:56 |
| 27Alex GalchenyukC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 18:11 |
| 41Paul ByronL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 13:56 |
| 67Max PaciorettyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 6 | 19:54 |
| 92Jonathan DrouinL | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 18:10 |
| 14Tomas PlekanecC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 5 | 12:56 |
| 20Nicolas DeslauriersL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:09 |
| 25Jacob de la RoseL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 09:44 |
| 54Charles HudonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 17:07 |
| 62Artturi LehkonenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 14:52 |
| 65Andrew ShawC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | 12:44 |
| 8Jordie BennD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:28 |
| 21David SchlemkoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 20:05 |
| 28Jakub JerabekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:31 |
| 45Joe MorrowD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:47 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Carey PriceG | W | 36 | 34 | 2 | .944 | 60:00 |
| 37Antti NiemiG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |