{"id":272716,"date":"2025-11-09T20:05:14","date_gmt":"2025-11-09T20:05:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/272716\/"},"modified":"2025-11-09T20:05:14","modified_gmt":"2025-11-09T20:05:14","slug":"the-surprising-stat-fans-noticed-after-the-canadiens-6-2-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/272716\/","title":{"rendered":"The Surprising Stat Fans Noticed After the Canadiens&#8217; 6-2 Win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/612830.webp.webp\" style=\"width:100%;\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Montreal Canadiens vs. Utah Mammoth\" title=\"Montreal Canadiens vs. Utah Mammoth\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Photo credit: All Habs \/ NHL<\/p>\n<p>An important win for the Montreal Canadiens at the Bell Centre, with several great plays and an incredible atmosphere (like every Saturday night).<\/p>\n<p>But there&#8217;s also a surprising detail that&#8217;s getting people talking today.<\/p>\n<p>The Montreal Canadiens recorded a 6-2 win that felt good. Really good!<\/p>\n<p>You could feel a confident Habs team, playing together with speed and constant support.<\/p>\n<p>It was the kind of game where almost everything seems to click. I thought the team play was smooth.<\/p>\n<p>The puck was moving well, and the opponent seemed short on answers.<\/p>\n<p>This kind of performance often creates a real buzz in the locker room. Truly a memorable night!<\/p>\n<p>But after the game, a particular discussion started spreading off the ice.<\/p>\n<p>Joe Veleno finds his role on the Montreal Canadiens&#8217; fourth line<\/p>\n<p>Despite the clear win, several observers noticed that Joe Veleno finished the game with a -2 rating.<\/p>\n<p>For many, that really stood out.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s unfortunate to say, but he somehow found a way to play poorly in a 6-2 win.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Only player that played less than <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markerzone.com\/hockey\/stats\/nhl\/player\/Ivan-Demidov-69097\" class=\"lien_marqueur\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"Ivan Demidov profile and hockey stats\">Ivan Demidov<\/a> tonight was Joe Veleno.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s not good.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Marco D&#8217;Amico<\/p>\n<p>Of course, the goal isn&#8217;t to point fingers for nothing, but to highlight the contrast.<\/p>\n<p>When the team plays well but one player ends up with a negative impact on the scoresheet, it shows immediately.<\/p>\n<p>Several fans even brought up calling up <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markerzone.com\/hockey\/stats\/nhl\/player\/Jared-Davidson-60427\" class=\"lien_marqueur\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"Jared Davidson profile and hockey stats\">Jared Davidson<\/a> from Laval. I have to admit, I like that idea!<\/p>\n<p>They think he could bring more energy and movement to the fourth line.<\/p>\n<p>People also keep coming back to Veleno&#8217;s decisions with the puck.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s like he keeps choosing the same option when he&#8217;s under pressure.<\/p>\n<p>At this level, that becomes predictable fast.<\/p>\n<p>That doesn&#8217;t mean it&#8217;s over for him.<\/p>\n<p>But I think that, on a team looking to move forward, every shift on the ice matters.<\/p>\n<p>Personally, I believe this situation can serve as motivation for him, and it also opens the door for those knocking to get in.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPOLL<\/p>\n<p>3 HOURS AGO\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0|\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0328 ANSWERS<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Get Him Off My Team&#8217;: The Surprising Stat Fans Noticed After the Canadiens&#8217; 6-2 Win<\/p>\n<p>Should the Canadiens recall Jared Davidson instead of Joe Veleno?<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Photo credit: All Habs \/ NHL An important win for the Montreal Canadiens at the Bell Centre, with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":272717,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[49,48,10396,124980,9153,8467,10397,743,82],"class_list":["post-272716","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-ivan-demidov","tag-jared-davidson","tag-joe-veleno","tag-kent-hughes","tag-martin-st-louis","tag-montreal-canadiens","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272716","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=272716"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272716\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/272717"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=272716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=272716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=272716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}