[Recap/Boxscore](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2022020209)
###Boxscore
|Teams|1st|2nd|3rd|Total|
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|[](/r/canucks)|0|0|2|2|
|[](/r/habs)|3|1|1|5|
###Team Stats
|Team|Shots|Hits|Blocked|FO Wins|Giveaways|Takeaways|Power Plays|
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|[](/r/canucks)|33|16|8|52.8%|8|5|0/2|
|[](/r/habs)|29|9|15|47.2%|18|4|1/4|
###Goal Summary
|Period|Time|Team|Strength|Description|
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|1st|00:55|[](/r/habs)|Power Play|Nick Suzuki (9) Wrist Shot, assists: Jonathan Drouin (3), Cole Caufield (7)|
|1st|08:47|[](/r/habs)|Even|Arber Xhekaj (2) Wrist Shot, assists: Sean Monahan (5)|
|1st|12:23|[](/r/habs)|Even|Kirby Dach (3) Wrist Shot, assists: none|
|2nd|13:01|[](/r/habs)|Even|Mike Hoffman (4) Wrist Shot, assists: Johnathan Kovacevic (1), Christian Dvorak (3)|
|3rd|04:45|[](/r/canucks)|Even|Luke Schenn (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Brock Boeser (6)|
|3rd|08:57|[](/r/canucks)|Even|Nils Hoglander (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Elias Pettersson (12), Quinn Hughes (12)|
|3rd|15:02|[](/r/habs)|Even|Kirby Dach (0) Wrist Shot, assists: Nick Suzuki (8)|
###Penalty Summary
|Period|Time|Team|Type|Min|Description|
|:–:|:–:|:-:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|1st|00:43|[](/r/canucks)|Minor|2|Tanner Pearson Hooking against Joel Edmundson|
|2nd|03:41|[](/r/canucks)|Minor|2|Tanner Pearson Cross-checking against Johnathan Kovacevic|
|2nd|06:56|[](/r/canucks)|Minor|2|Tyler Myers Tripping against Evgenii Dadonov|
|2nd|09:19|[](/r/habs)|Minor|2|Brendan Gallagher Roughing against Oliver Ekman-Larsson|
|2nd|09:19|[](/r/canucks)|Minor|2|Oliver Ekman-Larsson Roughing against Brendan Gallagher|
|2nd|09:19|[](/r/canucks)|Minor|2|Thatcher Demko Minor against Brendan Gallagher served by Nils Hoglander|
|2nd|17:09|[](/r/habs)|Minor|2|Arber Xhekaj Slashing against Jack Studnicka|
|3rd|11:38|[](/r/habs)|Minor|2|Kaiden Guhle Holding against Conor Garland|
39 comments
Guys I’m starting to think we might not be a lottery team 🤔
KIRBY
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I thought Dach was supposed to be bad 🤷🏻♀️
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Gally second star !!
Demko moved out of the way for Dach at the end
Caufield shoot that puck boi!
Our elite top line 🥵🥵
> Dach is already an NHL player with top 6 potential.
“You and Montreal’s management group are the only people that see that. The guy is ineffective. He’s Kotkaniemi 2.0”
Just one of the comments I saved after we traded for him
Bought tickets for the kirby dach show, verdict,
Would recommend.
Super proud of the Habs for getting through a game without anyone getting suspended
So which playoff spot are we taking this year?
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The Dach trade is looking better and better by the day. It’s almost impossible to find 6’4 players with skill who can skate, and to top it off he’s younger than Caufield.
I don’t know what this team would be without Gallagher. It must be so inspiring for these guys to go to battle with him every night.
I caught myself worrying about Caufield not scoring in a while and had to check his stats.
It’s been literally just 2 games without a goal but I’m so used to him scoring that it felt like forever lmao
*GOOD*
– Another win for the Habs. Vancouver also played last night but still getting two wins back to back is difficult.
– Dach was and is outstanding. Smooth on his feet, big, talented, strong finishing ability and slots in nice on that top line.
– Caufield didn’t score but was good. Oddly, for a little goal scoring hobbit he is lowkey rly good on the boards.
– I liked Monty again in net.
– Suzuki always in the good of course. Another goal thanks to Demko but eh Suzuki is racking up the points.
– Dadonov best game as a hab so far.
– Gallagher another engaged good game.
– Hoffman continues the hot streak. That’s four goals on the year now.
*BAD*
– They were two posts away from being down only one goal after being down 4-0.
– Drouin again idk. Yes the goalie made the save on the somewhat empty net but just isn’t engaged at all. Nobody really played bad, but he still stands out as floating and even with the puck it’s kinda meh.
– a lot of these goals were just awful from Vancouver. Demko was cheeks.
The kids are happy. Hopefully we find a way to pay every one on our next cup run!
Ive been watching the habs for the past 15 years…first time we have a real first line with ppg players. What a time to be alive
Primary scoring, secondary scoring, solid d and great goaltending! Can’t complain about tonight!
Kirby Dach is a Montreal Canadiens.
And it feels good.
I haven’t even hated Dadonov’s play as much as others, but how the fuck did this guy put up 43P just last year?
#BE SCARED, HOFFMAN HAS AWOKEN
Just basically watched 60 minutes of Caulfield abusing Myers on the forecheck.
I think we probably put the nail in the canucks coffin with this one, folks. Good luck to Bruce and good luck to the members of that core that will be playing for other teams in the very near future.
Big fuckin yikes and go fuckin habs.
After we went up 3-0 I feel like a lot of the team completely lost urgency for a long stretch. Which, I get, the mind starts to shift to playing to not-lose with a lead like that. That gave the Canucks some room to mount a bit of a comeback in the third, but the top line crushed that momentum with Dach’s second goal.
Monty is quietly rocking an excellent save percentage for this season.
The crowd’s cheer for Hoffman’s third star tonight was tinged with an apology from the bell centre fans
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Can’t believe they actually ended up outshooting us. We need to tighten up our 2nd and 3rd periods.
Also, ALLEZ, ALLEZ ALLEZ, ALLEZ MONTRÉAL
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Dach is just shy of half his career high for both goals and points, in only 14 games.
No one got suspended Yaaaaaaayyyy!
Sloppy third period, but good game overall.
Dach to Dach wins! LFG
The Dvorak line played really well. Montembault was solid. Guhle and Harris were great. Dach is making it his life’s goal to make me eat shit isn’t he?
Suzuki is now tied for 10th in points, and 5th in goals
That top line of ours is just OOZING with skill and even more potential. So exciting to watch them play together. They are all starting to look like scoring threats AND great passers (especially Caufield?! dude has like 7 assists already) I feel like I could write an essay about how awesome they all are.
Monty also looked crazy good and the defense was solid, as usual. What a bright and exciting future we have as fans.
Suzuki is really what we hoped for. A defensively-responsible 1C. I don’t think the sample size is too small anymore, he’s a real star.
Xhekaj continues to impress. Caufield’s moustache does not, but an A for effort. Gallagher [fighting](https://twitter.com/drakemt/status/1590524806901862400?s=21&t=oHjspElJ3pnFIZTVc88hvg) a goalie and somehow drawing a penalty is hilarious.
Carolina. Hoffman. Do it.