‘Relentless’ Newhook scores 2, fires up Canadiens in Game 2 win
Especially from Newhook who, just five days earlier, scored the series-winning goal in the third period of Game 7 that gave the Canadiens a 2-1 victory to eliminate the Tampa Bay Lightning in the first round on Sunday.
Almost a week later, the St. John’s, Newfoundland native was at it again.
“He’s a funny guy before games,” teammate Jake Evans said. “You don’t really talk much to him and then he gets the lineup and he’s quite vocal. That lineup read depicted how he played tonight. He was relentless the whole night and had to be the fastest guy on the ice out there. He’s just a really good playoff player.”
He’s not alone when it comes to the Canadiens.
In fact, Montreal’s resiliency is symbolized by their trend of not having lost two games in a row in the 2026 Stanley Cup Playoffs.
But it goes even further than that.
The Canadiens haven’t been lost consecutive games since coming out on the short end of decisions to the San Jose Sharks and Anaheim Ducks on March 14 and 15. And in their minds, they weren’t going to let it happen this time either after dropping Game 1, 4-2, a contest in which coach Martin St. Louis felt his team didn’t play poorly in aside from surrendering a couple of early goals.
