Brendan Gallagher
The Canadiens looked good in the first period, despite trailing when the buzzer sounded, but the team’s longest tenured line looked terrific.
Gallagher, Danault and Tatar have been a line for most of the two seasons prior to this one and they were undoubtedly the Canadiens best trio for each of those years. The Habs have added plenty of depth this season with Tyler Toffoli and Josh Anderson joining the team and Jesperi Kotkaniemi and Nick Suzuki taking huge steps forward in their development.
The Gallagher line gave us a reminder of how good they can be as well. They completely dominated the entire first period, firing attempting nine shots on goal in the first period alone, while allowing the Sens just one shot attempt that whole period.
It was Gallagher who got the Habs on the board and gave them a 1-0 lead midway through the period. He crashed the net like he always does and a rebound landed right at his feet. He knocked in the loose puck for his 5th of the season.
It wasn’t pretty, but it was very Gallaghery.