Canadiens not satisfied after good effort still falls short

On Nov 6, 2024

MONTREAL — Matt Coronato wound up and delivered two intestine punches to the Montreal Canadiens, scoring late within the third and early in time beyond regulation to provide his Calgary Flames a comeback win.

Ouch.

It might sound harsh to recommend the Canadiens have to expertise this ache proper now — after an eighth loss of their final 10 video games and a fourth in a row — however you actually don’t need them basking within the ethical victory of a robust efficiency that finally wasn’t rewarded.

That is a part of the method. It’s an necessary half that hopefully leads the Canadiens to a greater place than the one they have been in over the two-and-a-half seasons previous to this one — when the outcomes have been secondary.

The Canadiens might’ve had one on their aspect towards the Flames on this night time had they capitalized on not less than one of many 17 pictures they took in a primary interval they largely dominated. They might’ve gained this recreation had the objective they scored with six minutes left held up as a substitute of being overturned for offsides. They need to’ve closed it down after defending properly sufficient for 57 minutes.

However it’s higher the Canadiens don’t get slowed down in might’ve, would’ve, ought to’ve.

In the event that they’re going to maneuver ahead, they’re going to want to digest this recreation in a different way.

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Canadiens coach Martin St. Louis had a phrase for a way he’d like his gamers to really feel about it.

“Hungry,” he mentioned. “I want them to leave this game hungry. If I was in their shoes, I’d wish we played tomorrow. That’s what I would want to feel like. That’s what I want it to be like.”

That’s what it should be like, so the Canadiens are pushed to play not less than as properly and are available out on the successful aspect towards the New Jersey Devils on Thursday.

The Canadiens did plenty of good towards the Flames. Calgary goaltender Dustin Wolf was the most important cause Montreal didn’t take a wholesome lead — or a lead in any respect — into the primary intermission. When the Canadiens bent within the second interval, they actually didn’t break.

And even when the Canadiens had some miscues that led to Coronato’s first hook into their stomach, it wasn’t as in the event that they gave this recreation away like they did in gifting the Washington Capitals a victory 5 days in the past.

St. Louis repeated a number of instances that night time the Canadiens threw up throughout themselves.

On Tuesday, after the heartbreaker towards the Flames, he mentioned, “We didn’t throw up on ourselves tonight, but still feel a little sick to our stomachs.”

Once more, that’s not essentially a nasty factor.

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Granted, it makes the climb the Canadiens are hoping to make within the standings a bit of steeper. However it additionally retains them trying to find a greater model of themselves.

With urgency.

“Right now, we’re obviously fighting, we’re searching for results, we’re working hard, it’s just not easy,” mentioned Brendan Gallagher, who scored one objective and had one disallowed. “Tough league. But once we figure it out, we’ll be better off. Just don’t want to let too much time go by.”

There could also be 69 video games left within the season, however Gallagher is aware of the Canadiens can’t waste too many extra alternatives proper now to get themselves again within the combine.

It’s why he wasn’t about to begin singing their praises after a recreation that was a transparent step in the fitting route for all of them.

Positive, Gallagher favored a number of features of his group’s recreation, together with the engagement up and down the lineup, and the best way Samuel Montembeault performed to provide the Canadiens an opportunity to bust their hunch.

However he didn’t stand within the locker room after speaking like somebody who was satisfied by a good effort.

“I think there’s still some areas where we need to get better, we need to improve, and it’s been long enough into the year now that we can hold ourselves accountable to that standard,” Gallagher mentioned. “It’s just a matter of it being a slim margin between winning and losing in this league, and you saw that tonight. Through 40 I thought the game probably deserved to be tied, and when you have a lead in the third at home, it should be a situation where you’re able to lock it down.”

The Canadiens ought to be upset they didn’t, even when Coronato deserves a few of the credit score for making them really feel that manner.

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