You can only be motivated by sentiment for so long, and what the Knights did Saturday was about returning to hockey and moving beyond the drama of their coach being fired.
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Tomas Tatar and Ilya Kovalchuk scored in the shootout for Montreal, and the Golden Knights lost 5-4 to the Canadiens on Saturday at Bell Centre.
Seven coaches have lost their jobs, and there are more than two months left in the regular season. The league record of 11 coaching changes in a season is in play.
Max Pacioretty made his second visit to Montreal on Saturday since he was traded to the Golden Knights in September 2018. He spent 10 seasons with the Canadiens.