{"id":10103,"date":"2025-11-05T04:34:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T09:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/?p=10103"},"modified":"2025-11-05T06:38:50","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T11:38:50","slug":"sam-montembeault-battles-back-as-montreal-canadiens-fall-in-shootout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/sam-montembeault-battles-back-as-montreal-canadiens-fall-in-shootout","title":{"rendered":"Montembeault Battles Back as Canadiens Fall in Shootout"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"380\" height=\"250\" src=\"http:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/sam-montembeault.jpg\" alt=\"Sam Montembeault\" class=\"wp-image-9581\" style=\"width:300px\" title=\"Sam Montembeault Battles Back as Montr\u00e9al Canadiens Fall in Shootout\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Summary:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Montreal goalie Sam Montembeault rebounded from a rough start, making 38 saves in a 5\u20134 shootout loss to Philadelphia.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Canadiens erased a 3\u20130 deficit with four goals in the second period before the Flyers tied it late.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Head coach Martin St. Louis praised Montembeault\u2019s resilience, saying it could be the kind of game he needed to bounce back.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sam Montembeault<\/strong> experienced the full range of emotions that come with playing in Montreal on Tuesday night in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/hockey\/nhl\">NHL<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once the <strong>Canadiens fell behind 3\u20130 during the first period<\/strong>, the crowd at Bell Centre was quick to pull out the <strong>sarcastic cheering and clapping as Montembeault stopped an easy dump-in<\/strong> from center ice.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, by the third period, those same fans were chanting his name, \u201c<em>Mon-ty! Mon-ty!<\/em>\u201d, as he helped drag his team back into the game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">MONTY!!!<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GoHabsGo?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#GoHabsGo<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JkdHORjv1c\">pic.twitter.com\/JkdHORjv1c<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Canadiens Montr\u00e9al (@CanadiensMTL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CanadiensMTL\/status\/1985887602751185283?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 5, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Montreal ultimately fell 5\u20134 in a shootout to the Philadelphia Flyers, but the <strong>goalie\u2019s 38-save performance helped them salvage a point<\/strong> after what could have been a disastrous start.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"montembeault-the-best-ive-felt-technically\">Montembeault: \u201cThe Best I\u2019ve Felt Technically\u201d<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8220;Not the start I would have liked. But after, I was happy that I was able to stay in the game and battle through it. And honestly, after that, getting a lot of shots, it\u2019s probably the best I\u2019ve felt technically since the beginning of the year.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Head coach <strong>Martin St. Louis<\/strong> praised Montembeault for keeping his composure despite the early struggles and the fans\u2019 quick swings in mood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>That&#8217;s kind of the market, right? Highs and lows. Sometimes you have to deal with lows because on the other side, the highs are so high. When I hear that, I definitely have empathy as a coach, and I hope he&#8217;s able to trust his training and stay in his bubble. It&#8217;s not easy.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"st-louis-he-played-a-hell-of-a-second-period\">St. Louis: \u201cHe Played a Hell of a Second Period\u201d&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The 29-year-old goalie was one of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/sam-montembeault-sets-new-nhl-record-for-saves-in-season-opener-against-the-toronto-maple-leafs\">Montreal\u2019s most reliable players last season<\/a> but has had a rocky start this year, posting a 3.67 goals-against average and an .855 save percentage through seven starts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His backup, <strong>Jakub Dobes<\/strong>, has been perfect at 6-0-0 with far better numbers. Still, St. Louis stood by his starter before the game, saying he expected Montembeault to handle the bulk of the workload once he found his rhythm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That rhythm didn\u2019t come right away, as the Flyers scored three goals in the first eight minutes, including two on a 5-on-3 power play. Montembeault said his \u201c<em>head was spinning<\/em>\u201d, but St. Louis chose to leave him in, hoping he\u2019d settle down, and he did.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Montreal roared back in the second period with four goals to take the lead, while Montembeault shut the door at the other end. \u201c<em>He played a hell of a second period<\/em>\u201d, St. Louis said. \u201c<em>It may be the kind of game Monty needed to bounce back.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Flyers tied it late and won in the shootout, but Montembeault\u2019s resilience stood out. \u201c<em>He faced a lot of shots and battled for us<\/em>\u201d, said defenseman <strong>Lane Hutson<\/strong>. \u201c<em>We wish we got the result for him<\/em>\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For continued <a href=\"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/hockey\/odds\">odds on the latest Hockey games<\/a> checkout our selected sportbooks throughout the season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Summary: Sam Montembeault experienced the full range of emotions that come with playing in Montreal on Tuesday night in the NHL. 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