• The Canadiens could not have started the game much better, and the players appeared to embrace Claude Julien’s message of taking pucks to the net. Montreal led 14-2 in shots on goal midway through the first period, with half of those coming on a single shift by Jonathan Drouin, Max Pacioretty and Brendan Gallagher. They, along with the pairing of Shea Weber and Victor Mete, were credited with seven shots in a span of 51 seconds from 3:13 to 4:04 of the first period. The Canadiens were flying and the Blackhawks’ tired legs were showing following their game in Toronto 24 hours earlier.
Three things we learned against Chicago
