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Habs Daily: Dobes Dream Season Continues, Demidov Highlights

Here are the Montreal Canadiens news items, highlights, and stories you may have missed on Thursday.
Montreal Canadiens News
There’s no stopping Jakub Dobes. The rookie goaltender secured a fourth win in a row, beating the high-flying Dallas Stars, saving 32 of the 33 shots he faced, including almost a dozen high-danger scoring chances at 5v5. Juraj Slafkovsky, Patrik Laine, Joel Armia, and Alex Newhook also stood out in the 2-1 win versus the Stars. [Habs Highlights: The Jakub Dobes Show, Slafkovsky, Laine]
The most notable aspect of Dobes’ great play is how little daily he offers to shooters. He covers so much of the net that forwards are starting to overthink their shots, and even when he’s at a disadvantage due to an odd-man rush, Dobes still manages to make saves look easy.
Another great save by Jakub Dobes. He shuts down the 2v1 with ease. #GoHabsGo pic.twitter.com/RxMZcVtoEw
— Marc Dumont (@MarcPDumont) January 17, 2025
Top prospect Ivan Demidov was given over 20 minutes of ice time for the first time all season, and he responded with a three-point game, pushing his season totals to 15 goals and 2o assists in 44 games.
His goal was yet another beauty, a great example of his agility, hand-eye coordination, and offensive instincts.
Demidov’s coach actually complimented him, though given that Tony DeAngelo is no longer playing for SKA, it’s probably a good idea to send some well-deserved praise Demidov’s way. SKA will need him at his best if they’re to make any noise in the playoffs.
SKA head coach Roman Rotenberg said that Ivan Demidov “has reached a new level, no external pressure affects him.” He said that other players his age are not as mentally strong in the face of pressure.
— Andrew Zadarnowski (@AZadarski) January 16, 2025
It’s going to take a lot of work to qualify for the playoffs, but there’s no denying the Habs are in the midst of a special stretch.
The Montreal Canadiens have the best record of any team in the league over the past month (11-2-1). Includes road wins in Florida, Tampa Bay, Vegas, Colorado, Washington and tonight in Dallas.
— Mike Kelly (@MikeKellyNHL) January 17, 2025
Have another look at Laine’s great 5v5 goal from Tuesday night.
Babe wake up, the Habs just won the Hyundai Canada Electric NHL Goal of the Week 😎
— /r/Habs (@HabsOnReddit) January 16, 2025
National Hockey Now Network
Pittsburgh Penguins forward Evgeni Malkin suffered a home burglary while he was at the arena during his team’s game against the Ottawa Senators on Saturday. Notably missing were his three Stanley Cup rings. [Pittsburgh Penguins]
After Tuesday’s loss to San Jose, the Detroit Red Wings got what they were looking for Thursday night in the first game of a four-game road trip. [Detroit Red Wings]
Even though the Florida Panthers only had one shot on goal through the first 13 minutes of Tuesday’s game against the New Jersey Devils, coach Paul Maurice “loved” the way his team was playing. [Philadelphia Flyers]