Joel Armia's impressive performance continues as he scores his 15th and 16th goals of the season for the Montreal Canadiens. Despite missing games, Armia ranks third in goals for the team, tied with his career high. Armia's resilience and success have earned him a nomination for the Bill Masterton Trophy.
Joel Armia had authored one of the most improbable and inspiring stories of this NHL season, and he deserves the recognition @ThePHWA’s Montreal chapter voted to give him as the Canadiens’ nominee for Bill Masterton Trophy👇🏻 https://t.co/XqDIhdRZXC
Instead of sulking, Joel Armia made the most of his time in the AHL. The Canadiens forward was rewarded for his impressive climb back by being named the club's Bill Masterton Trophy nominee. (@EricEngels) https://t.co/pzEPI6gEYt
Slafkovsky is back on the ice for Habs
#Habs Juraj Slafkovsky had two goals in his first 31 games this season. He has 14 in the last 44. Fourteen goals in 44 games is a pace for 26 in a full 82-game season. #HabsIO
With seven games left in season after tonight would be nice to see #Habs Juraj Slafkovsky hit the 20-goal mark. He needs four more. #HabsIO
As impressive as #Habs Joel Armia has been recently scoring goals, he has been even better on the PK
With 16 goals Joel Armia has tied the career high he set in 2019-20 with #Habs #HabsIO
Despite missing 16 games, Joel Armia now ranks third on the Canadiens in goals with 16, trailing only Nick Suzuki (32) and Cole Caufield (21) and one ahead of Juraj Slafkovsky (15). #HabsIO
Joel Armia with his second goal of the game and his 16th of the season as #Habs tie it up 2-2 with Lightning. The same guy who started the season in AHL with Laval Rocket. It's actually not really the same guy. #HabsIO
Joel Armia has his 16th goal now. 2-2.
Juraj Slafkovsky has decided that he really likes standing in front of the opposing net and battling for pucks while using his huge body to his advantage. Only good things can happen from that. #Habs #HabsIO
Joel Armia and Juraj Slafkovsky are now tied with 15 goals each. Armia has played 16 fewer games. #Habs #HabsIO
Armia bats a rebound out of midair and opens the scoring 2:37 into the first to make it 1-0 Montreal.
Joel Armia's remarkable turnaround this season continues as he scores his 15th goal of season to put #Habs up 1-0 on Lightning. #HabsIO
Armia, rebound, 1-0 Montreal