While the 32-year-old netminder was pleased with his performance, coming out on the wrong side of the scoresheet left him dissatisfied.
"At the end of the day, it doesn't matter [if you play well]," mentioned Montoya. "It's a loss, another loss in the column."
Things started off on the right foot for the Canadiens when Paul Byron scored his first goal of the season to open the scoring at the 10:31 mark of the first period, but then it was all Kings the rest of the way. Former Habs forward Michael Cammalleri scored twice and young gun Adrian Kempe registered a hat trick to pace John Stevens' squad to its third straight win.
"I think it's too bad for Monty because he played really well for us. He gave us a chance to win the game. It's definitely not his fault," explained Julien. "Our goaltender was good. We skated well. But, in the third we made some bad decisions that really hurt us. When you look at the situation we're in right now, you give up a bad goal and another after that, and things just go downhill. That's what we have to improve."