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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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Paul Byron

Paul Byron is known now in Montreal for his breakaways. That’s made him a threat shorthanded as all he needs is a small window, and he’s gone. It all started with his first set of games with the Habs after being claimed off waivers from Calgary (the irony will come in a second).

The Montreal Canadiens were up 4-2 in the game, and the Flames had a chance to cut into that lead with a power play opportunity in the third period. Byron was given shorthanded minutes in order to kill the penalty along with Torrey Mitchell where his clearing attempt got past Mark Giordano. The speedster took off scoring goal number five for the Habs.

Phillip Danault

The trade to acquire Phillip Danault from the Chicago Blackhawks will always be one of Bergevin’s most memorable. He was able to turn a fourth-line player in Dale Weise and a PTO-turned signing Tomas Fleischmann into a young centre with potential and a 2018 second-round pick that later became Alexander Romanov.

Danault brought minimal offence to the lineup upon his first arrival to Montreal but chose to have his first goal be an important one. A point shot from Greg Pateryn and bounced off perfectly to the side of the net. Recognizing this, Danault headed to the round backhanding the puck in behind Kari Lehtonen for the 3-2 lead in the second period.

Artturi Lehkonen

Your first NHL goal isn’t always going to be on a highlight reel. After making the 2016-17 squad out of training camp, Artturi Lehkonen was looking to find a role for himself on the team. Game two of the year saw the Montreal Canadiens down 2-1 in the third period. Montreal needed a response to either take the lead or force the game to overtime and Lehkonen provided them with an answer.

Danault had the puck behind the net and put it on net leaving the rookie to streak in and get a couple of jabs at it before it was behind Craig Anderson.

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