GOAL SCORERS
MTL: Y. Weber (PPG, 09:49 - 1st) , T. Plekanec (SHG, 05:50 - 2nd) , P. Subban (PPG, 18:03 - 3rd)
BOS: J. Boychuk (03:31 - 1st) , M. Recchi (05:33 - 1st) , C. Kelly (09:44 - 3rd) , N. Horton (05:43 - OT)
Last night in Boston, it was Game 7 between the Canadiens and Bruins and both teams battled right to the end. Just 3:31 into the game, Boychuk's shot from the point beat Price and the Bruins took a 1-0 lead. Just 2 minutes later, Mark Recchi got the puck in the slot and he shot it past Carey Price and the Bruins went up by 2 goals. 3 minutes later with the Canadiens on the powerplay, Cammalleri played the puck cross ice to Weber and he scored to put the Habs within 1 goal. Just 1 minute into the second, Gionta's shot was stopped and Thomas slipped and stopped him again. Then with the Bruins on the powerplay just 4 minutes in, Seidenberg gave the puck away right to Plekanec who had a breakaway and he scored blocker side to tie the game.
Under 5 minutes to play in the second, Halpern had a breakaway but he was stopped by Thomas. 10 minutes into the third, Ference's shot was stopped by Price but Kelly put home the rebound to give the Bruins the lead. But this whole play started when Michael Ryder high sticked the puck at center ice (with no call) and it went to Hamirlik and he was speared by Kelly and stayed down and then eventually Kelly would score. The refs missed 2 calls on that play which lead to the goal. But Montreal couldn't think about that as they now had to tie the game. Just 3 minutes later, Kelly again got a breakaway and he was stopped by Price.
2 minutes later, Recchi came in and he shot it and Price robbed him with the glove and he showed it by flashing the leather. Price was doing his job in this game. Then with under 2 minutes to play, Montreal was on the powerplay. On this man advantage, Cammalleri played the puck to Subban and he scored to tie the game at 3-3. So overtime was needed. Just 6 minutes into overtime, Horton would score with a point shot to end the Montreal Canadiens season and to extend the Boston Bruins season. The final score was 4-3.
"We're disappointed with the end result but you have to give credit to the Bruins," Canadiens coach Jacques Martin said. "Yes, we did have some injuries. We missed some soldiers, but the ones that were dressed gave a really good effort." It was a good overall season for the Montreal Canadiens as over the course of the year, the Habs were surprising everyone. Which makes for a great team in the future. The Habs are going to win there 25th Stanley cup soon. They first have to finish this rebuilding proscess. There almost there. Since Montreal's getting better every year you can expect another good Montreal team next season.
Written By Andrew Di Pardo
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