MONTRÉAL – Martin St-Louis may have felt like a teacher after the game, as he repeated the same message to his players, his young team is struggling to get the message at the moment.
This year, the Canadiens coach did not hesitate to insist that his team is making the same mistake too often, that of not making the right decisions by “forcing” the game.
This shortcoming was reproduced against the Penguins in the first period, but it was especially accentuated in the following period. This carousel allowed the visitors to turn the tide and eventually win.
“It’s a bit of awareness, of really grasping the team’s pulse in the game. When you’ve just had two or three bad appearances, you just have to simplify your game to breathe better. The opposing team doesn’t make it easy for you either. You have to understand that opponents smell blood, just as we can when we play well. These are learning errors and it’s also a bit of youth,” St-Louis described.
“We have trouble moving on to the next stage. Overall, we played a good game, but we gave them opportunities on a silver platter, they didn’t have to beat our system,” pinpointed the coach.
No need to have a hockey background leading to the Hall of Fame, like St-Louis, to understand that the Canadiens had a perfect example to study in front of them.
(Sidney) Crosby is still an excellent player. There aren’t many turnovers in his game and he’s a star player. He’s a good example to help us manage things better. He respects the game when he doesn’t have too much space,” noted the coach of the CH.
In the Canadiens’ locker room, it felt like turnovers were bothering the group.
“I think it’s mostly bad decisions, we should have made better reads and played smarter by completing more small plays to counter their forecheck,” commented David Savard frankly.
“We never want to give up a two-goal lead, it would have been a big win for our team. A point wasn’t bad, but it was our game,” added Kaiden Guhle, knowing that he himself had been victim of a few turnovers.
Jayden Struble, who plays a fairly cautious style, avoided having his name appear in the turnover column. He explained the bad second period of his team as follows.
“We gave them things during that period and they gained momentum. We need to minimize these errors and stick to our plan throughout the game,” summarized Struble, who continues to gain points.
Let’s end on a different note, the Canadiens’ defensemen continue to produce at an astounding rate. The CH’s defensive brigade is even at the top of the NHL with teams like the Colorado Avalanche in this regard.
“It surprises me, for sure. It’s related to our philosophy about how hockey evolves, you attack with four and sometimes with five. Our defensemen are a big part of our concepts in the offensive zone. It’s positive,” expressed St-Louis.
In this game, Savard and Struble scored to raise the total to 22 goals for the Tricolore’s defensemen against 42 for all the group’s attackers.
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