The Habs gave up an early lead, less than five minutes into the first period, with Martin Hanzal redirecting a shot from the point by Michael Stone. Mike Condon was completely screened on the shot, which was the Coyotes' third of the game to that point.
Jacob de la Rose showed some serious poise, carrying the puck from the offensive blue-lin, along the boards then behind the Coyotes net before leaving a perfectly tricky drop pass for Dale Weise who only had to tap it into a wide open net for his thirteenth goal of the season.