Last night in Minnesota the Canadiens took 10 penaltys and did not allow a single goal.On the Canadiens power-play they only converted on 1 out of 6. Francis Bouillon and Andrei Markov scored and Carey Price stopped 28 shots as the Habs beat the Wild by the score of 2-1.
"That's probably the best PK game we've played all year so far," Carey Price said after stopping 28 shots in his team's 2-1 victory Thursday night. "It's going to be pretty hard to top that."
"Our PK was awesome tonight," Canadiens coach Guy Carbonneau said.
"You always have to give some credit to the other team," Wild coach Jacques Lemaire said. "The few good chances we had, Price stopped them. It's not an excuse when you do have three 5-on-3."
Montreal took a 2-1 lead 2 minutes in the 2nd period on Markov's one-timer from the right circle on a 5-on-3 power-play goal after a slashing call on Minnesota's Mikko Koivu.
Minnesota had there share of chances but what they needed to do which was score on the power-play opportunities they could not do it.
"I think that kind of grabbed the momentum for us," Price said. "It kind of took the wind out of their sails."
The Wild were playing so terrible that the fans were booing them.Before losing the night before in Dallas, Minnesota had been the only NHL team without a loss in regulation to start the 2008-09 season.
"In Dallas we had a couple bad bounces to start the game, and this time we had trouble finishing," James Sheppard said. "Our game was there, we just have to learn to capitalize."
With the Canadiens win they improved to a 7-1-1 record.The Canadiens next game will be on Saturday against the New York Islanders.
Written by Andrew Di Pardo
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