“He’s just a good player, smart player,” coach Claude Julien said about Kucherov before the Canadiens’ optional morning skate Saturday. This will be the third of four games between the Canadiens and Lightning this season. “We’ve been playing well against them, but we can’t find that little extra step to win that game,” the Canadiens’ Jonathan Drouin said after practice Friday. Like I said, we don’t want to get in a run-and-gun game and play a 6-5 game or whatever it was. The Canadiens will fly to Fort Lauderdale after Saturday night’s game and will play the Florida Panthers on Sunday (7 p.m., SN, RDS, TSN 690 Radio).

Source: National Post February 16, 2019 18:44 UTC