from Pat Hickey of the Montreal Gazette,

The line of Jonathan Drouin, Phillip Danaut and Brendan Gallagher had three goals and seven assists and contributed to every one of Montreal’s goals in Thursday’s 5-2 win over the Winnipeg Jets Thursday night.

So what did they want to talk about after the game?

Their defensive play.

“When you play guys like (Blake) Wheeler and (Mark) Scheifele, you have to be on your toes and we were tonight,” said Drouin, who scored two goals and added two assists.

“It’s a great role, it’s exactly what I’ve wanted my whole life,” added Danault, who has been tasked with shadowing the opposition’s top lines since he arrived in Montreal. “I want to keep going and get better. It’s only the start.”...

“We just worked and skated and capitalized on our chances.,” said Gallagher, who had a pair of assists. “That’s a really good line that we were up against. They’ve done a lot of damage this year and we were excited about the challenge. We knew it wasn’t going to be easy. But I thought we were able to kind of — all five of us, our line and then (Victor Mete) and (Shea Weber) — we were just kind of able to play in the other end, which always helps.”

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