Three unanswered goals from the Montreal Canadiens allowed the team to win 4-3 and push the Pittsburgh Penguins to the brink of the abyss in their qualifying series on Wednesday in the “bubble city” of Toronto.
With this delay of two games to one, that is to say that the band at Sidney Crosby will face elimination from game number 4, Friday afternoon.
Shea Weber was heavily involved in this game, for better or for worse. In terms of his good shots, the great defender collected three points, including the first goal of the game after five minutes.
The indiscipline cost the hospital dearly thereafter. With Ben Chiarot in the dungeon and another penalty called against Weber, Patric Hornqvist took advantage of a superb pass from Evgeni Malkin to put the Penguins in the scoring.
What had to happen happened and Jason Zucker scored a minute later as the Habs captain reflected on the penalty bench.
The start of the second period was also the case for Pittsburgh, which hit Carey Price from all sides. By dint of insisting, the Penguins ended up scoring a third consecutive goal. The Habs goalkeeper had a superb trip to frustrate Zach Aston-Reese, but Teddy Blueger scored on the return.
Well positioned in the slot halfway in the second period, Jonathan Drouin deflected a pass from Ben Chiarot to bring the Canadian back into the match and start the comeback of three goals. Affected by injuries in 2019-2020, it is the first net for the Quebecer since October 31.
Paul Byron and Jeff Petry put the CH in front for good with good individual efforts, the first by his speed and the second by his shot as precise as lightning.
The only change in the formation of Claude Julien was to place Jake Evans in the center of the fourth line to replace Jordan Weal.
Evans was welcomed to his first playoff game with a check from Brandon Tanev midway through the second. Completely stunned, it took a few minutes before getting up and leaving the rink. He did not return to the game afterwards.
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