Having lost their previous two games, and not playing particularly well in either of them, the Montreal Canadiens hit the road once again, this time to take on the New Jersey Devils . Carey Price was given a rest after starting the team’s last four contests, turning the reins over to Al Montoya on the first night of a back-to-back.
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The Noon Number: Throwing Away Their Shot
That checks in as the highest shot total in a loss since suffering a similar 2-1 defeat at the hands of the Sabres in November 2014, and the 14th-highest shot total in a loss since the start of the Alex Ovechkin era. It’s also just the tenth time over that span in which they’ve had at least 44 shots and just one goal .