Game One didn’t quite go as expected for a lot of reasons, most of them plainly visible on the scoresheet, the spreadsheet, and the eye-test. A lot simply did not go right for the Montreal Canadiens on the night. Here, we’ll highlight a few things to make a note of going forward.
Weber vs. Kreider: Weber wins Round 1
Going into the matchup, I highlighted Shea Weber vs. Chris Kreider as an important matchup. In Game One, Claude Julien chose to deploy Weber and Andrei Markov along with the Tomas Plekanec line to face off against Kreider.