Dec 15, 2025
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Canadiens coach Marta St.D'Canadie must learn from everything that happened.
Manhattan - it was a sad night for the Montreal Canadiens, and not just because they suffered a second loss in a 5-4 loss to the New York Raiders.
No, what was even worse was that some Canadians saw it as a game they had won but lost.
The truth is, they deserve to lose.
The Canadian team got off to a poor start, despite what Zachary Bolduc later called a "good start".They mishandled the puck from second down at center ice, allowing the skilled Rangers to set up camp in their own zone.And despite not being able to make a shot in the first 12:40 of the game, they missed opportunities multiple times to fall behind.
Bolduck's "good start" was confused and scored the first straight goal between 12:41 and 16:11 and 16:18.He would immediately take the lead, take the lead before the lead, and disappear before the end of the first quarter.
And Josh Anderson said the Canadiens were "on the right track" when his goal came in the fourth minute of the second period and before the Rangers scored three goals in a game that should spoil the team's reputation.
Can Canadians grow as much as they need to if they don't honestly evaluate themselves after such a performance?
Canadiens coach Martin St. Louis didn't mince his words about the loss, citing a lack of maturity in his first few minutes in French before detailing in clear English what was immature about his team's performance.
"It's just a matter of being aware of where we are in the game, making the play decisions and where we are on the ice," St. Louis said. "It's not one thing. It's just being aware of where you are in the game."
Here's a look at what Canadians should have started with - before the last six games.
Instead, the Canadiens tried to run it through a Rangers team that flew out of the gate and put all kinds of pressure on them.
In some cases, they just force us in some cases, Lane Hutson said, "They weren't."
At least he was lucky enough to actually see the team start.
But the 21-year-old will be experienced with all 120 League games, if not the only one.
And a 31-year veteran of more than 700 games in the league like Anderson can't say things like, "I think we were just playing, playing our kind of hockey, and I thought everybody was going to go tonight," after a game like that.
In nearly 63 minutes of play, the Canadiens took just 17 shots and committed nearly as many turnovers.
SportLogiq's game report says they spent nearly four minutes less than the Rangers in the offensive zone.It said they gave up 15 turnovers, 16 from the cycle and 18 from the high-danger zone, which was far more than they generated in all those situations.And he said they won just 36.2 percent of puck battles.
We doubt that over the years it will bring you doubt, we know that loss is difficult, he always shoots directly.We protest that he will get his Canadiens Provadiens and did not like tonight - J.t.Miller's winner came with Jake Force sitting in the slot box, and we'll look at who didn't have a chance before speaking.
But if he looked at it and still thought the Canadiens “played the right way,” “played simple” and “kept doing everything,” it would be a shock.
And it may be that Anderson's thinking can be used to take care of this game, which is better than many of his peers.
He was able to score,
But there have been players who have spent much less ice time than Anderson's 11:49, and they should look themselves in the mirror after a game like this and appreciate the value of that stat.
"I'm excited to play tomorrow and we're going to have to play a very mature game," St.Louis said of Sunday's contest against the Edmonton Oilers at the Bell Centre.
We asked him how important it was for his team to come to the same conclusion as him.
"Obviously, it's got to be a group decision," Saint said, "We try to send them, and at the end of the day it's a group decision."
Canadians better decide to learn from what happened at Madison Square Garden on Saturday, because they deserved what they got from start to finish, and that's what they'll get more often than not if they don't face the facts and make amends.
