Call of the Wilde: Montreal Canadiens follow up wins with 6-2 loss to Ottawa
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After wins over strong clubs Colorado and New Jersey, the Montreal Canadiens had a weaker opponent to face Thursday night in Ottawa. Brian Wilde has more.
The Montreal Canadiens are not making a charge to a high draft pick so many experts in the hockey world had predicted. They are, instead, making a charge toward a playoff spot in mid-January.
After wins over strong clubs Colorado and New Jersey, they had a weaker opponent to face Thursday night in Ottawa. Strangely, though, it is the weaker teams that are giving the Canadiens trouble this year.
Sure enough, it was the same script as all season, as Montreal went down against weak Ottawa, losing 6-2.
When Cole Caufield’s shooting percentage dipped to six per cent this season, it was shocking. Caufield had a shooting percentage of 16.5 per cent last year, and over the course of his career his reversion to the mean number had been 12 to 13 per cent.
His shooting had to improve. Caufield’s shot is far too good to settle at seven per cent. The shot has so much velocity. He has such accuracy, as well. It simply could not continue that Caufield would be so snakebitten. Finally, it hasn’t.
Caufield is suddenly on fire, scoring in four straight games and 11 goals in his last 15. Caufield got the Canadiens on the board with a 20-footer that Joonas Korpisalo got a piece of, but could not stop completely, as it flipped over him into a gaping net. It just barely made it over the line.
They all count, and for Caufield that is now 15 goals on the season. Caufield is now on pace for 27 goals on the season. It’s not the 40 that fans were hoping for to be the first Canadiens player to get 40 since Vincent Damphousse in 1994, but at least he’s not struggling.
He also has his shooting percentage back up to a more respectable nine, and if it continues to track toward his usual 12, then Caufield may hit 30 on the season in the end. That would be a strong goal total on a low scoring team.
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