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Sunday, May 2, 2010

THE HABS TIE UP SERIES WITH A 3-1 WIN


This afternoon, the Penguins were showed that Halak is not a easy goalie to beat. As Jaro Halak Made 38 saves on 39 shots to grab Montreal a 3-1 win. But what I noticed about Halak is that 95 % of his wins come when Montreal is out-shot. I don't know what it is. But he seems cold in net when the Habs control the game. For example, game 1 of this series Montreal controlled the game but Halak gave up 5 goals on just 20 shots. Now lets look at today, Halak only gave up 1 goal on 39 shots. So if I were the Habs, I would just take advantage of a few opportunities and let Halak do the rest."That's what we wanted to do, a series like this, we wanted to get one (in Pittsburgh)," Scott Gomez said. "It's far from over. But we came for one."

But it wasn't only Halak who saved the day for the Habs. As Mike Cammalleri and Brian Gionta scored the goals for Montreal in the win (2 out of 3 were by Cammalleri). Another positive note for Montreal is that they killed all 3 of the Penguins powerplay opportunities, which lead to some frustration by the Penguins. On one play (when the Habs were up 2-1), Crosby took a shot and his stick broke and he threw the broken part that he had in his hand into the boards. "It's nothing to get frustrated about," Penguins forward Bill Guerin said. "We don't have to go and reinvent the wheel. They're a solid defensive team. They're well coached, they know what they're doing and you don't want to get down to teams like that."

" We played a better game than them," Dan Bylsma said." There goalie kept them in and they took advantage of there opportunities and we didn't." Game 3 of this series will be in Montreal on Tuesday at 7:00pm E.t on CBC,RDS and or Versus.

Written By Andrew Di Pardo

Three star selections
1st: JAROSLAV HALAK
2nd: MICHAEL CAMMALLERI
3rd: MATT COOKE

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