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Sunday, April 11, 2010

PLAYOFF PREVIEW: CANADIENS TO PLAY THE CAPS IN ROUND 1


Today in Philadelphia, the Flyers beat the Ranagers 2-1 in overtime to make the playoffs and finish in 7th which means Montreal has dropped to 8th and will face the Capitals in the playoffs. The Habs are going in as underdogs of course since the Caps finished in 1st and the Habs finished in 8th.But some good news for Montreal is that they won 2 out of 4 meetings this season against the Capitals.."We did well against the top teams in the East, so hopefully that works out," forward Brian Gionta said.

I think the Habs have played good against the Caps all year.I think they will go with Halak due to his great play as of late. But hey never count out Price since he has won 2 games this year against the Caps. But then again, even though Price has played good as of late. The Habs do not play well when he's in net. But when Halak's in net they play better. So I think Halak will get the start.Anyway the biggest key to beat the Capitals is to shut down Ovie. If they do that they will win. If they don't they will lose. Am I right or wrong? You decide.

Written By Andrew Di Pardo

P.s: This series will go to 7 games

2009-2010 Montreal Canadiens vs Washington Capitals

@ Montreal Canadiens
Date Score Game Winning Goal Winning Goalie
10/02/2010 WSH 5 @ MTL 6 (OT) Tomas Plekanec Carey Price
28/11/2009 WSH 4 @ MTL 3 (SO) Nicklas Backstrom Semyon Varlamov
@ Washington Capitals

Date Score Game Winning Goal Winning Goalie
05/01/2010 MTL 2 @ WSH 4 Alexander Semin Michal Neuvirth
20/11/2009 MTL 3 @ WSH 2 Michael Cammalleri Carey Price

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