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Everyone may have come to Montreal Canadiens Vooruit Ivan Demidov, but a few other Habs for views could be the tide instead on Monday evening instead. Firstly, goalkeeper Jacob Fowler’s 2-1 shootout victory of his team on the visiting Pittsburgh Penguins to open the pre-season schedules of both teams.

Summary

After Oliver Kapanen placed the Canadiens 2-1 lead in the shootout, Fowler Avery Hayes stopped to win the victory with the same score. Sean Farrell had scored the first marker in the shootout in the third round after goalkeeper Sergei Murashov, who would otherwise be fantastic in the game, and made 19 saves on 20 shots, brought the puck in the first shot.

Penguins Vooruit Tristan Broz responded immediately afterwards to the perfect night of unofficially Sully Fowler. A completely different scoreless round followed before Kapanen went on a Deke Backhand to score the last count of the evening.

For his part, Broz, a second round pick from 2021, had one of the better impressions of everyone at night. He showed fast hands and an even faster release to get it past Fowler in the shootout. He also opened the score in the first period, on a power play give-and-go with Valtteri puustins.

Canadiens-Starter Sam Montembeault allowed the goal to be a flawless 20-save version, because he kept his flat feet early. The match may have ended with only three-shot-on-goal difference (34-31 Penguins), but during half of the game of Montembeault, the habs were poorly surpassed and from the outchaned, only really to life in the second after a fight between Jared Davidson and Murashov, with the guise, with Murash, with-REMAAL,, with-REMAALS, with-REMAALS, with-REMAALS,, with-REAALT, with-REAALT, with Murassov, with Muralash, and-Ealash, with Muralash, and-Real, with Muralash, and-Real, with Muralash, and-Rail, with Murad, with Murad, with Murad, with Murad, with Murad, with Muralash, and-Railing, with Muralash, and-Real, with Murad, with Murad, with Murad, and-Real. Murashov, with Murashov, with Murashov, with Murashov, with Murashov, with Murashov, with Murashov, with Murashov, with Murashov, with Murashov, with Murashov, with Murashov, with Murashov, with Murashov, with Murashov, with Murashov, with Murashov, with Murashov, with Murashov, with Murashov, with Murashov, with Murashov, with Murashov, with Murashov, with Murashov, with Murashov, with Murashov, with Murashov Murashov, with Murashov, with Murashov revision on the part of things).

Around 17:00 from the second, Canadiens Brendan Gallagher and Jake Evans strived. It cost a few shots up close to Murashov early in the third, for potential Rookie Owen Beck to get the habs on the board. Technically, the Canadiens had simply had their second two-man benefits waste of the night, where Beck only scored a few seconds after Ryan Graves had left the penalty box (before holding kapanen) to even record things. When recording four shots on Doel, two blocked shots and three hits (and the goal), Beck promoted his business to make the team, with ironically enough, kapans in the way.

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Despite the fact that Demidov is the most attention on its way to this on its way with top-line ice age and a good shot to do the Canadiens for a second Calder Memorial Trophy (Lane Hutson), he was quiet for most of the night. That is if you ignore the noise that the crowd has made understandable when the 2024 fifth hit the puck everywhere.

The best chance of Demidov came in the dying seconds of overtime, when Outside the season-acquisition Noah Dobson Handed him the puck for a one-timer on which Murashov got a path, which led to the shootout (which he even opened to be stopped by Murashov), and eventually a happy home crowd. After all, they achieved the victory and impressive versions of different Habs prospects, even if none of them was called Demidov.

The Canadiens will continue on Tuesday with their preseason schedule, while organizing the Philadelphia flyers. The Penguins are then on the Columbus Blue Jackets on the road on Wednesday.