The Canadiens lost 0-4 to the Sharks and suffered a blackout.

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The San Jose Sharks made the most of their limited chances by beating the Canadiens 4-0 at Bell Center on Tuesday night.

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San Jose had 24 shots on goal, but three of their first 15 shots came behind Jake Allen. Jake Allen is back in the net after Sam Montembaugh recorded back-to-back road wins in Columbus and Chicago.

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Allen didn’t get much support from his teammates.

The Canadiens are not good at power plays. In the NHL he is ranked 29th. The Canadiens went 0-for-6 on a power play, and during a 5-3 advantage he failed to score for 55 seconds to start the third period. The Canadiens aimlessly passed the puck for 43 seconds before Cole Corfield fired a blocked shot.

Shortly after the Sharks’ penalty expired, Thomas Hertl scored to make it 2–0, followed by Logan Couture with his team-leading 13th goal of the season. Hertl has completed scoring into an empty net.

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The Canadiens were lucky to end the first six minutes 1-0.

Allen stopped Alexander Balabanov on a wraparound attempt, but the puck was at his feet when Matthew Nieto pushed the rebound across the goal line to open the scoring at 1:33.

Coach Martin St. Louis challenged the goal for an offside violation, and the Canadiens were issued a minor penalty for delaying the game when Toronto’s Situation Room ruled the play was onside.

The Canadiens killed a penalty, but four seconds after the team returned to full strength, Montreal again short-handed when Jonathan Kovacevic put the puck on the glass and received a penalty for delaying the game. became. Allen had a chance to settle down with five saves as the Canadiens killed both penalties.

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Montreal made two power plays in the second half of the first period, with goalkeeper Capo Kakonen getting a lot of help from his teammates. San Jose in that period he blocked 13 shots, seven of which he was playing shorthanded. Montreal could only manage two shots with an extra man. Both were by Corfield.

Kakonen made 28 saves for the shutout.

The Canadiens thought they had scored the equalizer in the fifth minute of the second period when Christian Dvořák struck a downed Kakonen, but Evgeny Dadonov was found guilty of pushing Nick Ciczek into the goalkeeper. As a result, the goal was quickly shaken off.

Montreal’s penalty kick continued to be a bright spot. The Sharks took chances and he won 5-0 and his penalties for the Canadiens made it into the top 10.

Apart from the goal change, the Canadiens had one more change, with Jordan Harris substituting for Arbor Zekai.

The Canadiens head to Calgary to play the Flames on Thursday. It’s the start of his four-game western road trip following games in Edmonton, Vancouver and Seattle.

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