CANADIENS WIN THERE 5TH STRAIGHT GAME

Price made 30 saves in the win

Tuesday, 8 March 2011

  4-1  

FINAL 

GOAL SCORERS

BOS:   M. Lucic (13:21 - 3rd)

MTL:   L. Eller (08:21 - 1st) , L. Eller (17:37 - 1st) , B. Gionta (PPG, 07:15 - 2nd) , J. Wisniewski (PPG, 15:09 - 2nd)

GOALIES

BOS: T. Rask (L)

 MTL: C. Price (W)

                Last night in Montreal, the Canadiens were seeking there 5th straight win. They were playing a defensive style that didn't let the Bruins get a chance to set up in the Habs zone. Early on in the game, Boychuk tried to take out Subban's knee. So Ryan White stepped in and started a fight. The fight would be a draw and White would get a instigating penalty. But the Bruins didn't capitalize on the powerplay. Then with a 11:39 to play in period one. Moen's shot was stopped by Rask but Eller was there to put home the rebound to make it 1-0. Then with 2 minutes to play, Moen would take the puck away from Ryder and Moen would play the puck right to Eller alone in front and Eller would score his second of the game and 7th on the season.

            So it's 2-0 after one. 7 minutes into the second, with the Habs on the powerplay. Gionta came skating in the Boston zone and took a shot that was stopped but seemed to be rolling in the net, but Chara cleared it off the line, but it went right off of his goalie and into the net to make it 3-0. Then with the Bruins on the powerplay, Lucic played the puck to Thorton in the slot and he was stopped by Carey Price. Then 3 minutes after that with the Habs on the powerplay, Cammalleri passed the puck to Wisinewski and he slapped it past Rask to make it 4-0. That was Cammalleri's 200th career assist. Then with 15.4 seconds to go in the period, Max Pacioretty was pushed into the corner of the glass in between the benches by Chara and Pacioretty was knocked out unconscious.

            There was no need for a hit like that, the puck was already dumped in and I know he just wanted to finish his check but it was a delayed hit and it should have never happened. If you watch the replay closly, you will see that extra push of the left arm of Chara that lead Pacioretty into the side of the glass. The league will review that play. Chara had a 5 minute major penalty and a game misconduct. But some good news is that, Pacioretty was moving at the hospital and is awake. So the Habs would go onto win this game though by the score of 4-1 as this was the Habs 5th staright win. This was the first time Montreal has won 5-in-a-row this season. But after the game the big talk was about that hit.

             "I was riding him out and unfortunately, I leaned and bumped him a bit and he hit the extension," said Chara. "Obviously it wasn't my intention to push him into the partition.Things happen fast. That's not my style. I play hard, physical, but I never try to hurt someone. I hope he's OK." Here's what the Habs head coach had to say about it:"It's serious when you see an injury like that," said Montreal coach Jacques Martin. "The league has to deal with those issues.It's not the first time. It seems to be getting worse and worse. It was a dangerous hit."

                       Written By Andrew Di Pardo