Dobes Pays the Price as Canadiens Leave Him Out to Dry

Jakub Dobes did not get much help, and that is the kind of night that sticks with a young goalie long after the final horn. The Canadiens put him in a spot where the margin for error vanished fast, and in this league, that is usually a brutal way to learn on the job. There are nights when the crease looks bigger, the lanes look wider, and every rebound feels like a setup, and this was one of them.