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Friday, February 11, 2011

CANADIENS FALL TO THE ISLANDERS IN A SHOOTOUT














Thursady Febuary 10th 2011
 
                       FINAL SO 
GOAL SCORERS

NYI:   J. Tavares (16:35 - 1st) , M. Grabner (17:10 - 2nd) , M. Grabner (04:08 - 3rd) , K. Okposo (00:00 - SO)
MTL:   M. Pacioretty (14:10 - 1st) , B. Pouliot (05:49 - 2nd) , T. Plekanec (18:08 - 2nd)
GOALIES

NYI: M. Koskinen (W)
 MTL: A. Auld (L)





             Last night in Montreal,  the Canadiens returned home from a long night in Boston and took on the Islanders. Max Pacioretty would open the scoring for the Canadiens 14:10 into the first. Then 2 minutes later the Islanders would tie it up with a goal from Tavares. In the second period the Habs would take the lead again with a goal from Pouliot ti make it 2-1.  Then with 2 minutes to play in the second the Islanders would tie it up with a goal from Grabner. Just 1 minute after that the Canadiens would take the lead with a goal from Plekanec. But in the third, the Islanders would tie it up with a goal from Okposo. So they went to O.t and then a shootout.

                     In the shootout, Okposo was the loan scorer for the Islanders as they won the shootout 1-0 and the game 4-3. Miko Kostinen was the story in this game as he stopped 37 shots to lead to his first NHL win."It was awesome," He said."It was one of the best wins of my life. I would like to play every game in front of this kind of crowd. It was fun." In the lose, Auld made 30 saves."It was an emotional game in Boston and it was especially difficult for our older guys on defence," said Martin. "We ask a lot of Roman Hamrlik and Jaroslav Spacek to play back-to-back games.I thought we showed some emotion. (David) Desharnais, (Benoit) Pouliot and (Ryan) White gave us a strong game. The kids have elevated their game and that's encouraging."

The Habs next game will be Saturday against the Leafs.

Shootout
Brian Gionta MTL Save
Rob Schremp NYI Miss
Max Pacioretty MTL Miss
Frans Nielsen NYI Save
Tomas Plekanec MTL Save
PA Parenteau NYI Miss
Benoit Pouliot MTL Save
Kyle Okposo NYI Goal


Written By Andrew Di Pardo

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