The <a href="https://bolavip.com/en/topic/montreal-canadiens">Montreal Canadiens</a> secured a commanding 3-0 victory over Connor McDavid’s Edmonton Oilers, with goaltender Sam Montembeault stealing the spotlight. Montembeault delivered a stellar performance, making 30 saves to earn his second NHL shutout of the season.



Jake Evans and Kaiden Guhle lit up the scoreboard for the Canadiens, while Brendan Gallagher added an assist. On the other side, Calvin Pickard made 22 saves for the <a href="https://bolavip.com/en/topic/edmonton-oilers">Edmonton Oilers</a> but couldn’t stave off defeat.



Montembeault stood tall in net, delivering key saves that kept the Oilers’ high-powered offense at bay. His confidence and composure were critical to Montreal’s success.



“Going into the game, you know these guys can make you pay if you make a little mistake,” Montembeault told NHL.com. “I’m pretty proud of everybody’s job today. We blocked some shots—(David) Savard got a few big blocks in the third. Guhle, too, in the first, and then he came back and scored a big goal in the third.”



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Montembeault praised his team’s recent improvements: “I’m just really proud of the way we played tonight. The last few games we’ve taken a really good step in the right direction defensively, and now we’ve just got to be consistent with it.”


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<h3>Oilers’ Offensive Struggles Continue</h3>



Despite their dynamic duo of <a href="https://bolavip.com/en/topic/connor-mcdavid">Connor McDavid</a> and Leon Draisaitl, the Oilers failed to generate offense. The Canadiens’ defense delivered a disciplined performance, shutting down Edmonton’s scoring chances.



“We’re obviously not scoring at the rate that we usually do now,” Oilers defenseman Mattias Ekholm admitted. “And when you don’t, and things aren’t going your way, that’s when you’ve got to go back to your fundamentals and just play it simple.”



The loss snapped a positive streak for the Oilers, but with plenty of games left in the <a href="https://bolavip.com/en/nhl">NHL</a> season, the team has opportunities to bounce back.

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The <a href="https://bolavip.com/en/topic/montreal-canadiens">Montreal Canadiens</a> suffered an embarrassing 8-2 loss at the hands of the Seattle Kraken. The Habs fell to a 4-5-1 record as they near the bottom of the Atlantic Division. After the clock hit zeros, the Canadiens goaltender Sam Montembeault was visibly frustrated and dropped a harsh admission on the pathetic defeat.



The Canadiens are struggling to get their 2024-25 <a href="https://bolavip.com/en/nhl">NHL</a> season going, and the competitive division offers little hope for fans in Montreal. The team’s struggles are evident in these blowout losses. Although they’re only 10 games into the season, this was already the Habs’ second loss by 5 or more goals. And both were on home-ice.



Sam Montembeault had a particular rough night. The 28-year old was given the nod in net but he was pulled in the second period, in favor of Cayden Primeau. Montembeault allowed five goals on ten shots with a save percentage of .500. After the game Montembeault made an honest statement on the team’s effort.



“I don’t have the words — it’s embarrassing. It’s a game to forget, it goes straight in the trash,” Montembeault told reporters. “We don’t want to play games like this at the Bell Centre in front of our fans. We’ve gotta come out stronger and I have to make stops.“



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<h2>Canadiens last Division titles</h2>



The Canadiens have been crowned divisional champions in 24 opportunities. However, only four of those came in the 21st century. The last time Montreal was crowned in the Atlantic Division was in the 2016-17 season. 


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<h2>When was the last time Montreal made the Stanley Cup Playoffs? </h2>



The Habs have failed to make the Stanley Cup Playoffs in each of the last three seasons. The last time they made the postseason party in 2020/21, they reached the Stanley Cup Final but fell to Tampa Bay in five games.



However, that season was shorten due to Covid-19. So was the 2019/20 campaign in which the Habs lost in first round to the Flyers. The last time Montreal reached the playoffs in a full 82-game season was in the 2016/17 season.

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The <a href="https://bolavip.com/en/sports/25-amazing-nhl-records-that-wont-get-broken-so-easily-20200925-0003.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Montreal Canadiens</a> have been short on good news this season in the <a href="https://bolavip.com/en/soccer/nhl-all-time-stanley-cup-winners-by-year-20210628-0005.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NHL</a>, the Canadiens sit last in the Atlantic division with a dismal 8-29-7 record and have lost their last six games. Still a bit of good news did come in the way of the return of Carey Price to training, who in a press conference has committed his future with the team.
In the press conference Carey Price stated, “I was in a position where I definitely needed to reach out. It was a trying time, for sure, but at the end of the day, it was one that I knew that had to be made and ultimately it was one that was successful, and I’m very thankful for the help that I got”, Price entered the NHL player assistance program in early October, before that he had surgery on his knee in the off season.
Price, the <a href="https://bolavip.com/en/betting/how-to-bet-on-nhl-hockey-a-helpful-guideline-20200928-0003.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NHL</a>, and Montreal Canadiens have not released why Price entered the program, but the star goaltender wanted fans to know “I’m doing well” and is rehabbing his knee to get on the ice as soon as possible. Here is more from Carey Price’s press conference
<h2>Carey Price press conference quotes</h2>
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On playing this season: “It’s definitely an objective for me this season. It’s always been my goal ever since I got back here”
On playing for the Canadiens: “It’s a big part of my identity … being a goaltender for the Montreal Canadiens has been my life for over a decade… I just want to be able to get back in there and just continue playing. And to be able to put that sweater on again is something that is keeping me motivated at this point.”
The Montreal Canadiens dismal season has seen the team fire general manager Marc Bergevin for their poor run of form and are building towards next season.
 
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