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Old 12-04-2016, 04:33 PM   #33
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Montreal Canadiens (13-11-1) at San Jose Sharks (9-13-2)

Montreal are playing on back to back nights and hoping that they can get back on the winning track. Montreal has sent down G Steve Burris and recalled G Richard Day with the intent to get another NHL start/experience for Day while giving G Mike Blackshear the night off on back to back games. The 19 year old Day has 12 wins in 18 games for the AHL IceCaps while recording a 2.55 GAA and .911 save %. In his one and only start with Montreal this season, a win he stopped 21 of 23 shots.

San Jose is 5th in the Pacific, currently 4 points behind the 3rd place Anaheim Ducks in the race for a guarenteed playoff spot. The Sharks are last in goals against in the NHL with 92 against and 3.83 per game.

San Jose's top player is C Ben Yaremovich. The 31 year old has 5 goals and 24 points in 24 games. The 2-time All-Star is primarily an offensive player and great in the faceoff dot. In his 3rd season as a Shark, he has 63 career goals, 84 assists for 147 points with 162 PIMs and a -7 rating.

On RD is Quebec born Renaud Larouche. The 33 year old has a goal and 6 points this season in 24 games. Larouche has a great shot from the point but his plays a solid defensive game. He has played his whole career in a Sharks jersey, a total of 188 games. He has scored 19 times, has 66 career assists for 85 points with 70 PIMs and a +5 ratiing the NHL.

Young Gordie Selkirk patrols the LD position. The 20 year old has 1 goal and 11 points so far in 24 games. A smart offensive player with good passing skills and shot, he has a lot of strong phyiscal characteristics in that 6'3" frame. In his 2nd year as a Shark, he has 8 goals, 46 assists for 54 points with 193 PIMs and a +11 rating in 106 career NHL games. Selkirk was the 1st round, 2nd overall pick of the Sharks in the 1981 NHL Entry Draft after he finished his junior career with the Spokane Chiefs of the WHL.

Montreal will start G Richard Day who won his only NHL start, he has a .913 save % while the Sharks will start G Zbynek Vitek. Vitek has a .891 save % in 9 starts with 2 wins.

Montreal opens the scoring at 7:28 when C Chris Hughes gets his 15th on the PP. San Jose holds the momentum though out shooting Montreal 11 to 3 at the mid-point of the period. The final shots are 13 to 8 for San Jose but Montreal leads 1-0.

Montreal starts the 2nd with a better defensive effort, San Jose got their 1st shot of the period just shy of 9 minutes in. Montreal capitalized on another PP when RW Al Ladd got his 7th of the year at 10:15 for a 2-0 lead. Shortly after, RW Yevgeny Ronov gets his 3rd of the year and it is 3-0 Montreal at 11:04. The period ends with Montreal out shooting San Jose 10 to 7 in the 2nd. Montreal is 2 for 4 on the PP while San Jose is 0 for 2.

San Jose puts Montreal on the PP at 12:42, the Habs have a chance to salt this one away. Taking mostly a low risk stance, Montreal only gets one shot on the PP. I reward the 2nd line of Bohm, Wright and Ronov with some extra ice time late as they are having a strong game. C Dave Wright takes a hooking penalty with 10 seconds left, to give the Sharks one last chance to break the shut-out. C Jim Rutgers wins the draw and clears the zone so the G Richard Day can get his 1st career shutout.

No surprize rookie G Richard Day is named the first making 32 saves in his 1st career shut out. The 19 year old now has 2-0-0 record in 2 starts with a 0.98 GAA and .964 save %.

Montreal 3 San Jose 0

PER TEAM GOAL # ASSIST ASSIST
1st MTL Chris Hughes (PP) 15 Yegor Berestnev Dave Wright
2nd MTL Al Ladd (PP) 7 Tom Gaskell Dave Wright
2nd MTL Yevgeny Ronov 3 Jiri Bohm Matej Ouhrabka
3rd
No Scoring



TEAM GOALIE SA GA
MTL Richard Day 32 0
SJ Zybnek Vitek 23 3


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