Habs Daily Recap: March 10th

The Canadiens decided to go with back up goaltender Peter Budaj against the Florida Panthers on Sunday night. Ryan White would draw back into the line up due Brandon Prust injuring his shoulder against the Lightning the night prior. As of right now, Prust is listed to be out 10-14 days. Dumont and Pateryn laced up for their second NHL games of the season as well, which meant Kaberle was up in the press box, a place he should be getting used to by now. The game against the Panthers would mark captain Brian Gionta’s 200th match in a Habs uniform.

It was unknown which Habs would show up in the contest; tired and sluggish from the night before or alive with domination. They picked the second one and did not even struggle during the second period, their killer 20 minutes as of late. Desharnais would get the Canadiens on the board early and they kept on pushing for more from then on. Ryder would finally hit the 100th goal mark with the Canadiens after racking up assists since his arrival. In fact, he actually tallied two in the game while tacking on an assist. Markov would hit his 300th career assist on Ryder’s second goal in the third period. Bouillon would score his first of the year in the second, beating out Armstrong, Kaberle and Weber as the next one to hit twine. He also would score on Budaj as well to break the shutout. He is lucky the Habs were up with a comfortable lead at that point. The Habs would win 5-2 and take 8 out of 10 points on their road trip. They have Monday off and will be back at training on Tuesday to prepare for their match against the Sens on Wednesday night. Hopefully some news regarding Bourque and Diaz will be revealed.

The Bulldogs were going for two in a row to try to take 4 points out of 6 on this 3 in 3 weekend. Coach Lefebvre made the decision to put Mayer back in goal after winning Saturday night against Peoria. Unfortunately, the Bulldogs did not have the right kind of luck. They lost the game by a score of 4-1 with Blunden tallying their only marker. They now head out on a 4-game road trip starting on the 15th in St. John’s.

A few points from Dave Stubbs after the game:

Ryan White was great in interview, talking about being a punching bag for his team. Lots of discipline Budaj says he won’t hold up Bouillon for a dinner after Boo snapped Budaj’s shutout with his own-goal Budaj said Bouillon has saved his butt often enough with blocked shots and “these things happen.” Said they’ll laugh about it White: “Yonks is a pretty big dude and you don’t want to get tangled up with him too often.” So he just absorbed the jabs for the team Ryder on recent success: “Once you know the system, it’s a lot easier. You do less thinking and just play your game.” Subban says regardless of his ice time, his goal is “simply to do my job” the time he’s on the rink. 3 assists tonight

Prospect Update:

Archambault had 4PIM and the GWG against Val-d’Or

Didier recorded an assist and was a +1

Vail tallied an assist, 4PIM and a +1 rating

Walsh had a +1 rating and potted a goal