Habs Blank Hapless Penguins, 4-0

The Penguins’ plummet continued last night at the Bell Centre in Montréal. Taking full advantage of black-and-gold blunders, the Canadiens blanked the locals, 4-0, behind a 31-save shutout performance by rookie Jacob Fowler to extend our losing streak to eight games (0-4-4).

Add horrible puck management and decision-making to our ever-growing list of woes. Perhaps in an effort to manufacture offense, we committed a staggering 19 giveaways according to NHL.com, including 11 in the opening 20 minutes. Thirteen by the forwards and another half-dozen by the defense. In the process, leaving goalie Stuart Skinner virtually awash in a sea of odd-man breaks and scoring chances against.

Our special teams, until recently a strength, were anything but. The power-play was 0-for-3 and coughed up a second-period shorty to Josh Anderson for good measure. The penalty kill yielded a first-period goal to hulking Juraj Slavkovsky on the Habs’ only opportunity.

In a virtual replay to their loss to the Sens on Thursday night, the Pens did manage to carry the play over the final 20 minutes, right down to yielding the only goal of the period (an empty-netter to Anderson).

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