An ECHL level goalie (due to a passport issue) making his NHL debut - if only in the lineup - in Emil Larmi? A NHL debut by a forward in Thomas Di Pauli? Several key players out? Four different Penguin players with a jersey number in the 50’s? Are we sure this isn’t a preseason game?
For their part, the Canadiens are also icing a weaker than possible lineup in several regards. Misery loves company.
Early on, Marcus Pettersson gets nabbed for hooking so Montreal gets the old avantage numerique (power play).