GOAL SCORERS
WSH: M. Sturm (01:24 - 1st) , A. Semin (16:19 - 3rd)
Tonight in Montreal, it was a night to forget for the Canadiens as once again they were held off the scoreboard. The Capitals got a quick start with a rebound goal by Sturm which was assisted by Backtrom and never looked back. Price has been great for the Habs all season and he continued in this game as he made 11 great saves on 12 shots in the first. In the first the Canadiens only had 3 shots. Talk about a bad way to start the game. Just 3 minutes into the second, Desharnais had a great chance but he was stopped by Holtby. Just a minute later,Backstrom had a chance in front and he was stopped by Carey Price.
Then with 2 minutes to go in the second, the Habs went on a Powerplay and Plekanec one timed a shot and he was stopped by Holtby. Still 1-0 after 2. Just 6 minutes into the third, Price made a great glove save on the slap shot from the slot by Hendricks. Semin would score a goal with 3 minutes to go to put this game away as the Capitals win 2-0. This was the third straight game that the Habs have been shutout. It was almost like there forwards weren't ready to play as they only had 18 shots and Holtby stopped them all."We're still a good hockey team, we're just struggling," said Price. "In the end, as long as we're in the playoffs and have a chance to win the Stanley Cup is all that matters."
Price is right about that. I always say that no matter who you have on your team or what place you are in, if you make the playoffs you have a shot at the Cup. Look at what happened last season in the playoffs. Everyone expected Montreal to lose aginst Washington in 4 or 5 games and they were able to come come back down 3 games to 1 and win the series in 7 games. Look at round 2 against Pittsburgh, everyone counted them out being down 3 games to 2. But they came back and won the series. So anything can happen.
The Habs are just in a slump right now and will get out of it by next game. The Habs are in the Playoffs by 7 points and are tied for 6th with the Rangers and the Habs are 2 points ahead of Buffalo. So I think the Habs will make the playoffs. They will just half to win 2 or 3 of there last 6 games to make sure of that."Those teams are coming up, but we can't get scared and start gripping our sticks even more because that's not going to help," said Price. "We have to play with confidence.We're a confident group and I've got a lot of confidence in these guys. We're going to get through this. I'm sure of that." The Habs next game will be Tuesday against the Thrashers at 7:38 Pm E.t on RDS. That's a game that Montreal should win for sure.
Written By Andrew Di Pardo
P.S: The Habs Just have 6 Games Remaining.
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