Laine stays hot, Canadiens edge Ducks in shootout

Dach had gone 19 video games with no purpose and 9 with no level. Slafkovsky, who has two objectives in 25 video games, had gone 4 video games with no level.

“I used to be joyful as a result of I really feel like if you rating a few objectives you get your confidence again, and just about that’s what he wants. That’s what I want,” Slafkovsky mentioned.

Jacob Trouba was paired with Fowler and performed 22:35 with one shot on purpose and 5 hits in his Anaheim debut. He was acquired in a commerce with the New York Rangers on Friday.

“I imply, he’s all the time laborious to play towards,” Terry mentioned. “You recognize he’s this large bodily man and he’s good defensively. I assumed he was up within the play loads tonight offensively. It felt like a couple of instances at any time when I received house within the offensive zone he was in a great spot for a move or an opportunity to attain. So, I assumed he was nice.”

NOTES: Lane Hutson received the secondary help on Laine’s purpose to increase his help and level streaks to seven video games (eight assists), every of which is a document for a Canadiens rookie defenseman. … Hutson has 21 assists in his first 30 video games, turning into the eighth NHL defenseman to perform the feat. Solely Larry Murphy (5 objectives, 27 assists), Nicklas Lidstrom (4 objectives, 23 assists), Brian Leetch (seven objectives, 22 assists) and Quinn Hughes of the Vancouver Canucks (two objectives, 22 assists) have had extra assists by their first 30 video games. … Suzuki has 10 factors (three objectives, seven assists) throughout a seven-game level streak.