The Islanders fall to the Canadiens 4-3, 1/25/24

January 25, 2024

The Islanders fall to the Canadiens 4-3, 1/25/24

une belle soirée, ça ✨

a feel-good win#GoHabsGo pic.twitter.com/WfpheA93Ha
— Canadiens Montréal (@CanadiensMTL) January 26, 2024

*Sorry for the lack of photos! Hoping to get permission eventually.*

The Islanders visited the Montreal Canadiens and unfortunately lost 4-3 on Thursday, January 25th. It was a close win for either of the two teams and both played great!

Islanders lineup against the Canadiens:

Lee - Horvat - Barzal

Fasching - Nelson - Palmieri

Holmstrom - Pageau - Gauthier

Martin - Engvall - Clutterbuck

Romanov - Dobson

Pelech - Aho

Bolduc - Mayfield

Varlamov

Sorokin

Canadiens lineup against the Islanders:

Caufield - Suzuki - Anderson

Slafkovsky - Monahan - Armia

Pearson - Evans - Gallagher

Pezzetta - Condotta - Harvey-Pinard

Matheson - Guhle

Struble - Savard

Khekaj - Kovacevic

Montembeault

Allen

Nick Suzuki gets one past Semyon Varlamov on the power play, scoring his 13th goal of the season. Suzuki finished off a passing play with Monahan and Slafkovsky. Cole Caufield made it a 2-0 game, tucking a shot past Varlamv glove side. Sean Monahan scores his 12th of the season on the power play.

Getting the Islanders on the board, Bo Horvat scored his 20th goal on the power play to cut it to 3-1 early into the middle frame.

Mat Barzal cut the lead to 3-2 with a great shot over Samuel Montembeault's left shoulder at a sharp angle. Barzal scored the second power-play goal for the New York Islanders. Tying up the game 3-3, Kyle Palmieri scored on the left side of the net. Palmieri had redirected a shot by Noah Dobson from the point. Sean Monahan scored and made it a 4-3 final score. Monahan shot the puck from the high slot, a feed from Josh Anderson.