With the Chicago Blackhawks sending few regulars to Montreal, it looked like the Canadiens had an opportunity to tune their offence against a punchless opponent. It became fairly obvious from the get-go that the Habs would be the ones getting tuned up.
The 'Hawks opened the scoring near the middle of the first, With Ryan Garbutt tipping a David Rundblad shot by Carey Price. Garret Ross and Kyle Baun each had a goal and an assist in the five minutes that followed to put the IceHogs Blackhawks up by three.