Montreal Canadiens head coach Claude Julien said he put Jacob de la Rose between Alex Galchenyuk and Paul Byron because he didn’t want to mess up the chemistry on his other lines. It worked out better than anyone could have thought.
In the two games versus the Red Wings he played between two of the Habs’ most skilled forwards, de la Rose controlled 61.3% of the shot attempts, was on the ice for four goals for and just one against, and accumulated one goal and three assists.