nhl Game Recap
Montreal Ices Winnipeg 5-3 - Recap
The Jets came up short Wednesday against the Canadiens, falling 5-3.
Montreal was an underdog by +129 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went OVER the consensus closing total of 5.5.
Montreal got goals from Jake Evans, Jesperi Kotkaniemi, Brendan Gallagher, Eric Staal, and Nick Suzuki in the victory. Kotkaniemi opened the scoring at 3:30 of the first period.
Carey Price stopped 27 of 30 Winnipeg shots in the victory.
Adam Lowry, Derek Forbort, and Kyle Connor scored for the Jets, finding the net behind Carey Price.
Winnipeg got a 28-stop effort from Connor Hellebuyck in the loss.
Montreal scored 1 times on 4 chances on the power play, while Winnipeg went 0-for-3 with the man advantage.
Winnipeg lost the shots on goal battle to Montreal by a margin of 33-30.