Last night in Boston, it was Game 1 of the NHL Playoff Series between the Montreal Canadiens and the Boston Bruins. The Canadiens had there way with the Bruins the past two NHL regular seasons by having a record of 9-3-0 (4 of those wins are from this season). Would that continue in Game 1 of the Playoffs?" Our record speaks well for what we could do. Then again we are playing the favourite. It's three versus sixth. There at home, there supposed to win and all these things. That season series is what it is but there still the favourite. We got to upset them,"Mike Cammalleri said before the game.
Just 2 minutes into the game, Kaberle gave the puck away behind his own net right to Scott Gomez and he played the puck to a wide open Gionta in front of the net and he scored to make it 1-0. Just a few minutes later, Kaberble played the puck to Sidenberg and he shot it and it was tipped by Marchant and Price made the save. With 6 minutes to go, the Habs went on the powerplay. Just 30 seconds into the powerplay, Subbans one timer was stopped by Tim Thomas. So the score was still 1-0 after 1 period of play. Early in the second, the Bruins would dump the puck in right off of Price and he couldn't control the rebound so Thorton got the rebound but Price was able to make the save.Shortly after that, the Habs defense was blocking several shots. But 1 shot did get through and it was Kelly's shot and it was stopped by Price. The rebound went right to Ference and his shot was blocked by Sopel and after that play Price showing his appreciation to Sopel for that block by winking at him. So the score was still 1-0 after 2. But late in the third, Gomez got the puck in the offensive zone and he dropped it back for Gionta who took a hard slap shot that beat Thomas to make it 2-0. That would be your final as Carey Price made 31 saves for his 3rd career shutout (all 3 coming against the Bruins) and his first playoff win since a 5-0 game 7 win over the Boston Bruins in 2008. This was just Price's second playoff win in six games in Boston. His last win in Boston came in a 4-0 win in Game 4 in 2008.
After the game, Price was asked if his team has the edge in this series because of the 4-2-0 regular season record against the Bruins. He responded: "Things that happen in the regular season don't necessarily happen in the playoffs because it costs a lot more," Price said. "Teams are playing differently." Price also spoke about how his team played in game 1."If we were able to write down on paper how we would have wanted to start the series this would have been it," Price said.
In the win, Gointa had both goals for Montreal. But both were set up by Gomez. So the question going into this series was: "Is Gomez going to step up his game?" I think the answer is yes. If you look at what Gomez did in this game. He was creating turn overs, he was setting up plays. He was doing every thing that needed to be done to get Montreal a win.Game 2 of this series will be Saturday Night at 7:00pm E.t on CBC, RDS, NESN and Versus.
Written By Andrew Di Pardo
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