CHI@MTL: Game recap

MONTREAL – Zachary Bolduc scored his first two goals as a Hab at the Bell Centre, leading the Canadiens to a 4–1 win over the Chicago Blackhawks on Thursday.

It took Bolduc 19 games to find the back of the net in Montreal, but as he put it afterward, “it was worth the wait.”

Lane Hutson recorded three assists to push his season total to 26. In the process, he became the first defenseman in Canadiens history to reach 60 assists in a calendar year.

Noah Dobson scored his fifth goal of the season, while Nick Suzuki added his ninth — an empty-netter — to put the game away.

Jakub Dobes turned aside 14 shots as Montreal held Chicago to just 15 shots on goal.

For more stats, check out the NHL’s Gamecenter summary here.

Roster

Montreal goals

P1 14:23 1-[1] Bolduc (Caufield, Hutson)

P3 00:20 1-[2] Bolduc (Hutson, Suzuki)

P3 10:00 1-[3] Dobson (Demidov, Hutson)

P3 16:29 1-[4] Suzuki (Unassisted) – EN

Chicago goal

P1 07:27 [1]-0 Nazar (Grzelcyk, Burakovsky)

What’s next

The Canadiens host the Pittsburgh Penguins in the first leg of a home-and-home series on Christmas at the Bell Centre presented by Tim Hortons. For tickets, click here.