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The Canadiens’ second and final scrimmage of training camp got off to a great start Sunday night at the Bell Sports Complex in Brossard.
The Red vs. White game had what will most likely be the Canadiens’ opening-night lineup in rouge, while the rest of the players invited to training camp were in blanc.
Only 58 seconds into the scrimmage, Jonathan Drouin scored a power-play goal as the Red team went on to win 4-1. Paul Byron (short-handed), Jesperi Kotkaniemi and Nick Suzuki (empty-netter) also scored for the Red team, while Corey Perry scored the only goal for the White team on a power play, deflecting a point shot past goalie Carey Price.
Drouin and the power play are two things the Canadiens will be counting on heavily when the regular season starts Wednesday night in Toronto against the Maple Leafs (7 p.m., SN, TVA Sports, TSN 690 Radio).
Drouin had a disappointing regular season last year, limited to 27 games because of a wrist injury that required surgery while posting 7-8-15 totals. The Canadiens’ power play also struggled with a 17.7 per cent success rate to rank 22nd in the NHL. A healthy Drouin played much better in the postseason with 1-6-7 totals in 10 games, but the power play was even worse in the Toronto bubble with a 15.2 per cent success rate.
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