In a match of the regular championship of National hockey League (NHL) “Montreal Canadiens” on the home ice of the arena “bell center” lost the team “Chicago Blackhawks” with a score of 1:4 (0:2, 1:1, 0:1).

the winners of the double scored Zack Smith (6th, 9th minute) and scored Alex Debrincat (32) and Drake Kagula (52), and the home team the only goal in the 21st minute was scored by Phillip This.

the Russian forward of “Canadiens” Ilya Kovalchuk spent on the ice 20 minutes, 57 seconds and scored one successful transmission. Now on account of the 36-year-old striker 14 (4+10) points in 23 games of the season and 864 (437+427) points in 903 games in the League.

“Chicago” won the third victory in a row with 50 points and is in tenth place in the Western conference, while Montreal is located on the 13th place in the East with 47 points.

In the next match of the regular championship of NHL “Blackhawks” on Sunday, January 19, on departure will play with “Toronto maple leafs”, and “Canadiens” two days earlier to meet with “Philadelphia”.