About last night: The Hubs will be out of the Super Bowl on Sunday

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The Canadiens gave up three power-play goals to the St. Louis Blues in a 7-2 loss at the Bell Center on Super Bowl Sunday.

The Blues went 3-for-5 with the man advantage. Torey Krug had five assists to lead his club offensively.

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After losing Rafael Harvey-Pinard to injury on Saturday, Jordan Harris lost his balance and Sammy Blais hit a shot along the end boards at the same time, he sat out Sunday's game. Kaiden Goulet also left the game late after taking a shot off the board near the corner.

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Cole Caufield's 11-game hitting streak has ended.

St. Louis had it sewn up from the start. Jayden Struble doesn't get hit often, but he put the Blues up 1-0 on Alexey Toropchenko's crucial goal 25 seconds into the game.

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The Blues took a 2-0 lead at 5:05 of the first when a pass from Colton Parayko was deflected in by Brayden Schenn.

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Harris then took a terrible hit along the end boards. When Blaise went in to check, he lost his footing. Blaise took five minutes and broke the game. A trainer came out to help Harris, who was cut along the chin. Montreal didn't score on the power play, but they lit the lamp as time expired. Juraj Slafkowski made a nice plate pass to Nick Suzuki, who beat Jordan Binnington with a one-timer to put the Habs on the board 2-1.

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Then began the penalty-killing woes for the Habs. Just six seconds into Struble's penalty, a resurgent Jordan Kirou scored his first two goals of the night. The period ended with the Habs up 3-1.

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At the first intermission, the team officially announced that Harris' night was over. There was just one goal in the second, courtesy of Nathan Walker, who spun and fired to beat Jake Allen through a conversion. 4-1 Blues.

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The Habs were upset to end the second period, but that allowed Robert Thomas to counter with another power-play goal 31 seconds into the final frame. 5-1 Blues.

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Someone not in the top line was pulled for the Canadians. David Savard fired a shot into the back of the net, which was deflected off Joel Armia before hitting the back of the net to make it 5-2.

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The Blues went on the power play again and Jake Neighbors plucked the puck out of the air and chipped it over Allen to give St. Louis their third power play goal of the night.

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Finally, a goal to give the Blues an extra point in their touchdown. Kiru's kick hit the end boards, rebounded, hit Allen and crossed the goal line for a 7-2 lead.

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In the dying moments of the game, Jonathan Kovacevic threw down the gloves with the “Neighbors” and disappointed them with several shots. The Habs scored early in the contest, but after going up and preventing this never-ending game from ending, it was no-goal off the ice. The game ended 7-2 in favor of the road team. In the end, Guhle also went down on Marco Scandella's board, leaving the ice in considerable discomfort. The Habs could lose two point guards due to the projections.

From start to finish, this game was a brutal watch. Not to bash poor Struble, but he had a game to forget. Allen did the same against his former club. The Habs' power play ended 0-3, but the first special teams unit showed flashes of potential when Suzuki's goal came with seconds left to count as one, and Alex Newhook was set up as a bumper. The second unit features the Bad News Bears.

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After such a raucous conversation, the calls came out on call center booths and Liveblog comments, and deservedly so. It was pretty ugly, and after going 0-fer this weekend, one can only look at the standings and wonder if it was only a matter of time before the Sabers and Senators moved above the Habs in the Atlantic Division standings. Losing Harris and Goulet for an extended period of time could accelerate Montreal's slide toward the bottom of the East. At the very least, it could ensure that Hekage, who was a healthy scratch on Sunday, remains in the lineup for the foreseeable future.

3. “The Canadians learned from a better and bigger team,” Ryan Katz

2. “I think I'll win the battle goal.” – Michael Way

1. “It's hard for MSL to pin this on their favorite target.” – Michael Paul

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