GOAL SCORERS
ATL: N. Antropov (08:35 - 3rd)
MTL: R. Hamrlik (12:56 - 1st) , M. Darche (13:07 - 1st) , A. Kostitsyn (EN, 18:40 - 3rd)
Last night in Montreal, the Habs were looking to end there three game scoreless drought.But they were going up a team that shut them out in there 1 out of there three meetings this season (November 26, 2010 in a 3-0 Atlanta win). But the Habs weren't worried, as going into this game Lars Eller said "that you will see goals from our end tonight." With all the hype going into this game the Habs were ready to play. They had chances early on. Including a chance by Gomez as e came right in the zone and went to the left side and took a shot but it was stopped by Pavelec. Then 3 minutes after that, Cammalleri came in on a 1 on 1 and he was stopped by Pavelec. Then with ten minutes to go, the Habs were on the powerplay. In the Dying seconds of the powerplay Wisinewski's one timer went off the left post.
Another missed opportunity for Montreal. Then on the next play, Atlanta had a great opportunity to silence the crowd. As Antropov's shot was stopped and Kane had an empty net but Price got it with the Glove. Just a short time later, Wisinewski played the puck to Hamirlik his shot was stopped, the puck was loose and Hamirlik went around the net and tapped it in. The Habs scored! The drought is over! That was Hamirlik's fifth of the season. Then ten seconds later, Gomez played the puck to Darche and he scored! That's his tenth. When it rains it pours. Montreal has a 2-0 lead. That would be your score through 2 periods as both teams were unable to beat the goaltenders.
In the third, Boulton high sticked Gill right beside the eye no call and then Antropov scored. Gill was bleeding and complaining to the refs for a big missed call that broke the shutout for Price. But Kostitsyn would score an empty net goal as the Habs win 3-1 is the final."I got a nice pass and I should have scored on the shot, but the rebound was there," said Hamrlik after his fifth of the season. "I don't score a lot of goals, so it was nice." In the win, Price made 27 saves on 28 shots. As for the Thrashers in the lose, Pavelec made 28 saves on 30 shots."It was a big monkey off everybody's back when we popped that first one," said Habs goaltender Carey Price about Hamirliks goal. "It seemed that even to the bitter end it didn't want to go in.
"It took us about 10 whacks to get in there, but we finally broke the eggshell." Both teams had played well in this team but Montreal came out on top and are now 4 points ahead of the Sabres (Who are in 8th in the East) and 2 points ahead of the Rangers (Who now sit in 7th). The Habs have another big game and that game is tonight against the Hurricanes on TSN and RDS.
Written By Andrew Di Pardo
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