Almost all of the Habs fans thought the Canadiens would be in a hole when Montreal netminder Carey Price got a Lower-Body Injury,but that was not the Case as Price's back-up Jaroslav Halak had been making save after save to lead the Habs from a slump back to a Coup contender."We've been playing great hockey and scoring a lot of goals," Halak said after his 23-save performance. "And even when we give up goals, we seem to get one more than the other team.I knew that when Carey went out, I had to step up. It didn't work out the first few games, but then we got on a roll."
Guillaume Latendresse scored the opening goal of the game with just 24 sec. remaning in the first period to put the Habs up 1-0.In the second period Vernon Fiddler tied the game at 1-1.Later in that period Andrei Kostitsyn scored a power-play goal to put the Canadiens up 2-1.Andrei Markov would add a nother in the Period to make 3-1.In the third J.P. Dumont put the Predators within 1.But that would be all the scoring the Canadiens will take this one by the score of 3-2."We try to keep it tight and grind it out, but it didn't work out for us," said Dumont. "They got a few bounces and it cost us the game."Montreal golie Jaroslav Halak made 23 saves in the win.
"I know it was a tough situation for Jaro because we decided to give more games to Carey this year, but he has a lot of character," said coach Guy Carbonneau. "He had a stretch when he struggled, but now he's hitting his stride."The Canadiens next game will be on Saturday in Otawa to Face the Senators at 7:08pm E.T on CBC and RDS.
Written By Andrew Di Pardo
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