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HC Martin St. Louis makes his feelings known after Montreal Canadiens 9-2 thrashing by Pittsburgh Penguins

Modified Dec 13, 2024 05:55 GMT

The Montreal Canadiens suffered a disappointing 9-2 loss against the Pittsburgh Penguins on Thursday night at Centre Bell. The lopsided defeat dropped the Canadiens' record to 11-15-3 on the season as they remain in last place in the Atlantic Division with just 25 points.

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The Canadiens allowed six third-period goals to the high-powered Penguins offense. Nick Suzuki and Joel Armia scored for the Canadiens. Goaltender Sam Montembeault allowed six goals on 26 shots in the third period. He was subsequently replaced by Cayden Primeau, who let in three goals on nine shots in relief.

After the game, Canadiens head coach Martin St. Louis did not mince words, acknowledging his team's poor performance while preaching growth through adversity:

"I think every every play matters in this league, there's not one action on the ice that can't affect the outcome of the game. Those actions got away from us in the third," St. Louis said via NHL.com.

"I think we've come a long way but every now and then we have these moments, I think it's just part of, unfortunately, I just, you know, sometime I feel it's part of our growth and we hope that these moments happen less and when they happen they can't happen consecutive times," he added.

For Pittsburgh, Bryan Rust recorded a hat trick while Rickard Rakell netted two goals. Kris Letang, Noel Acciari, Anthony Beauvillier and Matt Nieto also scored for the Pens. Tristan Jarry was solid in net, stopping 21-of-23 shots.

Martin St. Louis describes his emotions as the game slipped away

Martin St. Louis was candid when explaining the emotions he felt after Thursday's game against the Penguins slipped away in the third period:

"I don't know if it was anger, you know,to me it was more disappointed, I think anger is an emotion, disappointing is a feeling," St. Louis said.

The Canadiens took two early penalties which made it hard to gain momentum for St. Louis' team. As the game started to slip away in the third period, he felt disappointed more than anything.

"I think I was little angry maybe you know on the fourth goal, fifth goal maybe, but after that like you're just more disappointed than angry," he added.

The Habs will look to rebound from this lopsided loss when they face the Winnipeg Jets on Saturday night.