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Canadiens' Joel Armia: Collects two assists in win
Joel Armia notched two assists while adding two hits, two PIM, one blocked shot and a plus-1 rating in Saturday's 5-1 win over the Blue Jackets.The veteran winger has produced two points in four separate games this season, but those are the only times he's gotten onto the scoresheet over 18 contests. Armia's bottom-six role doesn't afford him many opportunities to make a fantasy contribution, and his minus-9 rating has him on pace for the worst performance of his career in that category.
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Canadiens' Joel Armia: Two special teams points in loss
Joel Armia scored a shorthanded goal and had a power-play assist in Tuesday's 3-2 overtime loss to Calgary.Armia set up Brendan Gallagher on the power play in the second period then rifled a shortie past Dustin Wolf to give Montreal a 2-1 lead early in the third. It was the third two-point effort in 13 games for Armia. He's shown a knack when his team is down a man and has at least one shorthanded tally in nine consecutive seasons.
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Canadiens' Joel Armia: Finishes off St. Louis
Joel Armia scored a goal on four shots, logged an assist, blocked one shot and had two hits in Saturday's 5-2 win over the Blues.Armia set up Jake Evans for Montreal's first goal before scoring an empty-netter to seal the win. Armia's goal was his first of the season. He has one goal, two assists, 18 shots, 13 hits, two blocks and six PIM through eight outings in 2024-25.
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Canadiens' Joel Armia: Logs two helpers in loss
Joel Armia recorded two assists, one on the power play, two shots, one hit and two penalty minutes in Thursday's 6-4 loss to Boston.Armia had a hand in both of Brendan Gallagher's goals. He's never delivered on the promise of being a first-round draft pick in 2011, but Armia is coming off a career-high 17-goal season and has been handed a top-six role while skating on the second power-play unit to open the season.
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Canadiens' Joel Armia: Skating on second line
Joel Armia skated on the second line during Monday's practice, Stu Cowan of the Montreal Gazette reports.Armia is getting first crack at the wing spot made available by Patrik Laine's knee injury, which is expected to keep him out 2-3 months. Armia, who scored a career-high 17 goals last season, is also expected to line up on the second-unit power play when the puck drops on Montreal's regular season Wednesday at home against Toronto.
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Canadiens' Joel Armia: Gets two points Tuesday
Joel Armia had a goal and an assist in a 9-3 win over Philadelphia on Tuesday.Armia is up to 17 goals and 24 points in 62 contests this season. Although he's never recorded more than 30 points in a single campaign and is unlikely to change that in 2023-24, Armia is ending the campaign on a high note. The 30-year-old has supplied six goals and eight points across his past eight appearances.
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Canadiens' Joel Armia: Tickles twine twice in loss
Joel Armia scored twice Thursday in a 7-4 loss to the Lightning.He opened the scoring when he batted in a rebound at 2:37 of the first period. His second tally knotted the game at 2-2 at 4:42 of the second. Don't look now, but Armia has five goals (six points) in his last five games and 16 markers (24 points) in 59 games overall.
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Canadiens' Joel Armia: On a roll
Joel Armia scored a goal on four shots and had one hit in Tuesday's 5-3 win over Florida.Less than a minute after the Panthers took the lead in the first period, Armia deposited a rebound of a Michael Pezzetta shot into an open side of the net for Montreal's first goal. It was the third tally in four games for Armia, who is enjoying his most productive season since 2019-20. The 30-year-old forward is up to 14 goals through 58 games and needs three more over the final eight games to establish a new career high.
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Canadiens' Joel Armia: Pockets empty-netter
Joel Armia scored a goal on three shots, had an assist and blocked two shots in Thursday's 4-1 win over the Flyers.It was a productive final three minutes for Armia, who logged an empty-net goal then assisted on a second tally with Philadelphia's goalie pulled. It was the second straight game with a goal for Armia, who is up to 13 tallies this season.
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Canadiens' Joel Armia: Pots winner
Joel Armia scored a goal on six shots and had one hit in Tuesday's 2-1 win over the Avalanche.Armia potted what turned out to be the game-winning goal late in the first period after dogged forecheck work by the Montreal Canadiens. He controlled a puck that had gotten behind Justus Annunen and pocketed a wraparound shot for his 12th tally of the season. The goal snapped a nine-game pointless run for Armia, who is still seeing healthy ice time on the rebuilding Habs' second line.