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Sunday, March 18, 2012

HABS FALL TO THE ISLANDERS IN A SHOOTOUT






















GOAL SCORERS

NYI:   M. Streit (PPG, 02:00 - 2nd) , F. Nielsen (16:05 - 2nd) , J. Bailey (00:00 - SO)
MTL:   A. Palushaj (02:53 - 1st) , L. Leblanc (03:38 - 3rd)
GOALIES

NYI: A. Montoya (W)
 MTL: P. Budaj (L)





                 Last night in Montreal, it was the battle of the basement teams in the Eastern Conference. Who would win, the Habs or the Islanders? Just 3 minutes in, Palushaj centred the puck and it went off the pad of Montoya and in to make it 1-0 Montreal. That was Palushaj's first NHL goal. 2 minutes into the second, former Hab Mark Steit rushed the puck from the Islanders zone and past 4 Habs players and he scored. That was a powerplay goal. But before the puck went in, Streit knocked Budaj down, no call and the goal would stand. Late in the second, Nielsen would score to give the Islanders the lead.

            4 minutes into the second. Budaj played the puck to Subban, he took the puck into the Islanders zone and centred the puck to LeBlanc and he scored to tie the game at 2-2. Thats LeBlancs 4th of the season. This game would go to a shootout. Desharnais scored for the Habs to give them the lead. Nielsen would tie it. Then in the 4th round, Bourque would score. But Moulson would tie the game. Then in the 6th round, Markov came in and slapped a shot off the glove of Montoya.  So Bailey had a chance to win it and he did. 3-2 Islanders was the final."I thought we did some really good things out there today," Canadiens defenseman P.K. Subban said. "On the penalty kill, I thought we did great on limiting their top players' opportunities."

Written By Andrew Di Pardo

Shootout
David Desharnais MTL Goal
Frans Nielsen NYI Goal
Tomas Plekanec MTL Miss
John Tavares NYI Miss
Max Pacioretty MTL Save
PA Parenteau NYI Save
Rene Bourque MTL Goal
Matt Moulson NYI Goal
Lars Eller MTL Save
Kyle Okposo NYI Save
Andrei Markov MTL Save
Josh Bailey NYI Goal

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