Fowler stops 46 as Canadiens blank Blues 2-0 in St. Louis

Jacob Fowler turned aside 46 shots, and the Canadiens beat the Blues 2-0 at Enterprise Center. Fowler earned the shutout and a Chirp Rating of 8.6 as the player of the game. Montreal improved to 7-3-2 and 16 points.

Neither team scored in the first period. The game turned at 8:37 of the second, when Zachary Bolduc snapped a shot home for his fifth goal of the season. Mike Matheson and Alexandre Texier had the assists, and it made the score 1-0.

Florian Xhekaj doubled the lead 2:17 into the third. He tipped in a shot for his first goal of the season, set up by Matheson and Kirby Dach. Matheson finished with two assists, both in the final two goals.

From there, Fowler handled the rest. St. Louis never got on the board and fell to 5-6-1 with 11 points.

Chirp's Sim gave Montreal 52% over 10,000 simulations before the game. It called this one.