Last night in Los Angeles, the Canadiens continued there domination against L.A Kings with a 4-2 win and there 4th straight win over the Kings overall. With the win, Montreal now jumps back into 8th."Every point is big for us," Gionta said. "The standings are what they are, so we can't sit back at all. We need to control our own destiny going down the stretch." Montreal haven't lost to Los Angeles since March 8th 2003."The Montreal Canadiens are a very desperate hockey club," Murray said. "They're on the bubble, so you've got to recognize that and know that the intensity is going to be high. They showed it in the first shift, and we weren't ready to match it."
In the victory, Gionta, Moore, Pouliot and Plekanec all scored for Montreal and Halak made 23 saves in the 4-2 victory.As for the Kings,Kopitar and Modin scored for L.A and Quick made 21 saves in L.A first lost in regulation at home since January 19th 5-1 lose to the Sharks."In today's game you need to capitalize on special teams, and we didn't do that," Kings forward Ryan Smyth said. "We need to get back to the basics - pressing and getting the puck to the net. We just needed to simplify the game a bit. We need to play more desperate. We had to play catch-up, and we didn't give a good enough push throughout the game. But give them credit. They played well." The Habs next game on this trip will be tonight against former Montreal Canadiens captain Saku Koivu of the Anaheim Ducks.
Written By Andrew Di Pardo
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