Huge Win; Canadiens 6 Bs 5

Oh. My. God. After dominating the first period, and opening a 2-0 lead early in the 2nd period I thought it would be smooth sailing. How wrong I was. Fatigued from last nights game, Markov just didn’t have the legs to defend against a strong, young, fast Bruins offense. Carey Price didn’t help the cause either looking slow to respond to the Bruins shots. 4 goals later the Bruins were up 4-2. Therrien went with Budaj in the 3rd and it paid off. After an inspiring 3rd period from the Habs including the game tying goal from Andrei Markov with 8.2 seconds left the game went to a shootout. After 5 rounds of no goals, Brendan Gallagher decided enough was enough and put the game winner through the legs of Rask and the Habs regain sole position of 2nd in the East.

The Good: We never gave up. We kept fighting and fighting and it paid off. Peter Budaj came in to the game in the 3rd period and stole the game. Saving 10 of 11 in the 3rd, all four in overtime and all 6 in the shootout, Budaj can be credited for the win. Ryder, Plekanec and Gionta were by far the best line for the Habs. Ryder scored two against his former team and both times he was setup by Pleky and the captain. Giontas play has really been stepped up after a lackluster beginning to his season. Gorges (4) and Bouillon (5) combined for 9 blocked shots. Subban logged a ridiculous 30:39 of ice time leading everyone on either team. He scored 1 and helped on another finishing a +3.

The Bad: Carey Price was off his game looking sluggish and defeated. The powerplay was terrible going 1-6 with 5 shots including no shots on their first four. Emelin did not help finishing a -3 and taking a bad penalty. Eller took 2 bad penalties.

The Ugly: Andrei Markov was dismal in the defensive zone, singlehandedly to blame for at least 3 of the goals. Yes he played 25 odd minutes last night, but hes a professional and needs to be better. As a team the Canadiens won 24 of 70 faceoffs including David Desharnais only winning 4 of 16.

My Three Stars: 1st Ryder, 2nd Bergeron, 3rd BUDAJ

First in the division, second in the conference.

GO HABS GO!

DB