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Montreal Canadiens: Looking back at first goals in a Habs uniform

By Omar L

MONTREAL, QC - JANUARY 14: Max Pacioretty #67 of the Montreal Canadiens, celebrates with teammate Josh Gorges #26, after scoring a goal against the New Jersey Devils in the first period during the NHL game on January 14, 2014 at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. (Photo by Francois Lacasse/NHLI via Getty Images)
MONTREAL, QC - JANUARY 14: Max Pacioretty #67 of the Montreal Canadiens, celebrates with teammate Josh Gorges #26, after scoring a goal against the New Jersey Devils in the first period during the NHL game on January 14, 2014 at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. (Photo by Francois Lacasse/NHLI via Getty Images) /
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Brendan Gallagher

The New Jersey Devils appear once again as Gallagher scored his first goal on them during the 2012-13 season back when he wore 73. The then 20-year-old debuted with the Habs in the second game of the year and found himself on the receiving end of an Alex Galchenyuk cross-crease feed two games later.

Tomas Plekanec

The 35-year-old played his first full season with the Montreal Canadiens all the way back in 2005. Ironically, his first goal came against the Toronto Maple Leafs who he would be traded to 13 years later. A backhand pass down low from Mike Ribeiro found Plekanec right at the left circle blasting a shot past Ed Belfour to tie the game up at two. The Czech native would go on to add another 231 goals to that total.

Jeff Petry

The 2015 Trade Deadline saw the Montreal Canadiens acquire Jeff Petry from the Edmonton Oilers in exchange for a 2015 second-round and conditional fifth-round pick. It was a good move by Marc Bergevin to further bolster the blueline with more offence and mobility. It took 14 games for Petry to score his first with the Habs and it’s still no nice to watch.

Coming off a faceoff win in Tampa’s zone, Petry sent a wrist shot from the point that got through cleanly beating Ben Bishop over the glove.

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Andrew Shaw

This goal summed up what Montreal Shaw was looking for in Andrew Shaw. It started with hard work on the forecheck allowing the Habs to get possession in the offensive zone. Then the chaos began. Shaw got the puck from the side of the net, turned, and fired but was stopped by Robin Lehner.

However, the rebound came to him in the slot, and he sent another shot, this time on the backhand, to the net. Bodies were falling everywhere, but Shaw’s second shot squeaked by Lehner for the goal to give the team a 4-1 lead in the first game of the 2016-17 season.

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