MTL@ANA: Game recap

ANAHEIM – A late third-period goal from forward Alex Newhook gave the Canadiens a 4-3 victory over the Ducks in Anaheim on Wednesday night. 

The win put an end to a four-game losing streak for Montreal. 

A trio of Habs were celebrating milestones tonight. First, defenseman Jayden Struble made his dream of playing in the NHL come true as he made his Big League debut.

While the 22-year-old blue-liner is just getting his feet wet with the Canadiens, veteran forward Sean Monahan celebrated 700 games in the NHL.

Finally, defenseman Johnathan Kovacevic took part in his 100th NHL game.

Tonight’s lineup featured a couple of new line combinations. For his first game with the Habs, Struble was paired with Gustav Lindström.

Goaltender Samuel Montembeault made 30 saves. For more stats, check out the NHL’s Gamecenter summary here.

Montreal goals

P1 05:59 [1]-0 Newhook (Pearson, Gallagher)

P1 06:37 [2]-0 Guhle (Ylönen, Evans)

P2 01:49 [3]-1 Matheson (Suzuki, Barron)

P3 16:40 [4]-3 Newhook (Evans)

Anaheim goals

P2 00:53 2-[1] McTavish (Carlsson, Mintyukov) - PPG

P2 06:00 3-[2] McTavish (Vatrano, Luneau)

P3 11:33 3-[3] Vatrano (McTavish, Fowler) 

What’s next

The Canadiens are back in action on Friday when they take on the San Jose Sharks at SAP Center at 3:30 p.m. ET.