Talk about a dramatic way to lose your first game of the season. The Canadiens got shelled 10-0 by the Columbus Blue Jackets on Friday night. Safe to say, the box score resulted in some interesting numbers.
– Al Montoya allowed all 10 goals on 50 shots, dropping his save percentage from a pristine .955 to just over .900 at .908. His GAA jumped from 1.47 to 3.15. Ugly.
– Perhaps, most sad for Canadiens fans, it’s the first time the club gave up at least 10 goals since the infamous Patrick Roy/Mario Tremblay trade-game.
Now 10-0 CBJ over Montreal. First time since the Roy incident, 17th time in franchise history the Habs have given up 10. pic.twitter.com/ZHioCZck6c
— Steve Lloyd (@TSNSteveLloyd) November 5, 2016
– Cam Atkinson took seven shots on net, a team high, and didn’t record a point.
– Look how sad Montreal’s Twitter account was 🙁
10-0…
— Canadiens Montréal (@CanadiensMTL) November 5, 2016
…and hope happy Columbus was!
.@SportsCenter ok is THIS enough to make the show tonight
— Columbus Blue Jackets (@BlueJacketsNHL) November 5, 2016
– Despite six goals at even strength, Shea Weber, Torrey Mitchell, Alexei Emelin, Bryan Flynn and Phillip Danault all recorded plus/minuses of 0.
– The Blue Jackets set a franchise record with their ninth goal of the game.
NINE! pic.twitter.com/DiWomzDmFY
— Columbus Blue Jackets (@BlueJacketsNHL) November 5, 2016
– Andrei Markov and Jeff Petry weren’t so lucky, both posting a -4 rating.
– 173, the number of cigarettes former Penguins defenseman Ryan Whitney predicts for Michel Therrien.
Over under Therrien cigarettes tonight 173
— Ryan Whitney (@ryanwhitney6) November 5, 2016
– The Canadiens gave up more goals tonight (10), than the Canucks have scored in their last nine games (nine).
– For advanced stats followers, Al Montoya might have posted the worst game score ever.
al montoya’s game score of -4.8 tonight is i’m pretty sure the worst i have on record
— dom 📈 (@domluszczyszyn) November 5, 2016
And then there were jokes.
Crap. I had Canadiens +9.5.
— The Pickle (@sportspickle) November 5, 2016
https://twitter.com/davelozo/status/794714187977097216
The Canadiens have given up 10 goals tonight. P.K. Subban has been on the ice for zero of them!
— SB Nation NHL (@SBNation_NHL) November 5, 2016
BREAKING: to keep up with the pace of Blue Jackets goals v Habs tonight, the cannon has now been replaced by a machine gun.
— Stanley Cup of Chowder (@cupofchowdah) November 5, 2016
Ok when does the 'mercy rule' come into effect? 😂 #habs
— Genie Bouchard (@geniebouchard) November 5, 2016
https://twitter.com/AnthraxJones/status/794715761390612480
To make things simpler I put all the Habs highlights in one file: pic.twitter.com/QmrrENewp3
— Marc Dumont (@MarcPDumont) November 5, 2016
Congrats Blue Jackets fans.
