Montreal Canadiens – Daily Links – October 17th

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The Montreal Canadiens do ceremony like no one else and the club didn’t disappoint in their home opener with 21,000+ back in the Bell Centre for the first time in 585 days

Jonathan Drouin and Jake Allen stood out for the Montreal Canadiens in a 3-1 losing effort to the Rangers. See who else did and didn’t in Jon Still’s player ratings

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Montreal Canadiens fans were worried about their team’s 0-3 start to the season and voiced their concerns on the Post-Game show after Jonathan Drouin, Nick Suzuki and head coach Dominique Ducharme met the media

Down on the farm, centreman Ryan Poehling was injured and did not return in the Laval Rocket’s 5-2 loss to the Belleville Senators

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It was a fight-filled affair in the Battle of Alberta between the Flames and Oilers with Calgary coming out on the losing end in their 12th straight season opener 

The Toronto Maple Leafs bested the Ottawa Senators in the Battle of Ontario

Down South

He may be the bane of Montreal Canadiens fans existence, but Brad Marchand drove the bus for the Bruins in their season-opening win

Penguins head coach Mike Sullivan became the franchise’s all-time winningest head coach

Who had the Red Wings starting their season with three out of four points?

Saint-Jerome native Jonathan Huberdeau hit a career milestone and Sam Bennett scored a hat trick as the Panthers topped the Islanders

Was it a kick, was it not a kick? You decide whether Tyson Jost’s equalizer should have stood in the Avalanche loss to the Blues

As Vegas waits on the health of captain Mark Stone, Max Pacioretty became the latest Golden Knight to hit the IR