Canadiens Highlights: Mr. Saturday Night Stars In Pivotal Win
David Kirouac-Imagn Images The Montreal Canadiens hosted the New York Islanders on Saturday night, with both teams looking to improve their odds in the tightly contested playoff race in the Eastern Conference The Habs were powered by their first line, a recurring theme over the course of the last few seasons. Against the Islanders, the trio scored four goals, driving the charge in the pivotal 7-3 victory. With the win, Montreal’s playoff odds rose to 84 percent, a fairly healthy situation, all things considered.
Let’s dive into the highlights! Power In The Play The Canadiens broke the ice by scoring on the powerplay, an encouraging sign considering they haven’t capitalized on all their man advantage opportunities in the recent stretch of games. It was Juraj Slafkovsky who scored, which shouldn’t come as a shock since he leads all Canadiens players in powerplay goals this year, and by a decent margin, too.
Slafkovsky has scored 14 times on the powerplay, while Nick Suzuki serves as the only other Habs player to reach double-digit goals (10) with the man advantage. Slaf obtient un point dans un sixième match de suite! Six-game heater for Slafkovsky!
#GoHabsGo pic. twitter. com/qbaRWRhuT0 — Canadiens Montréal (@CanadiensMTL) March 21, 2026 Secondary Scoring In Play The Islanders would go on to score the next two goals, including one from former Hab Emil Heineman, his 20th of the year.
In response, Alex Newhook unleashed an excellent one timer to tie the game, assisted by Kaiden Guhle and Oliver Kapanen. It was Newhook’s 10th goal of the year, and it could not have come at a better time. Le 10e de la saison d'Alex Newhook?
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