The Canadiens came out of the gate with a slow start, giving up 15 shots on Halak and only getting 7 shots on Luongo in the first period of play. Daniel Sedin and Alexander Edler ut the Canucks up by 2, until Montreal Captain Saku Koivu notched his 10th of the season putting the Habs within 1 late in the first.Henrik Sedin scored the loan goal in the second two restore the Canucks 2 goal lead.Then in the third Ryan Kesler put the Canucks up by 3. Andrei Kostitsyn would add a late goal to put the Habs within 2 but that's as close as the Habs got as they lose 4-2.
Roberto Luongo finished with 25 saves for the Canucks, who have won five of six since snapping an eight-game losing skid a few weeks ago.Jaroslav Halak made 29 saves before he was replaced by Carey Price(Who made 1 save on 1 shot in his appearance).With the win the Canucks have now not lost to the Canadiens for a 11 straight games.Montreal G.M. Bob Gainy will have to start making some deals if he wants his team to win the Cup this season.The Canadiens road trip will continue on Tuesday when they travel to Washington to face the Capitals.
Written By Andrew Di Pardo
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