BRIAN GIONTA GIVES MONTREAL A POINT WITH 2 GOALS IN A 3-2 SHOOTOUT LOSS TO THE LEAFS

Tonight in Toronto, Montreal was going for their 7th straight win. But it didn't happen as the Habs went past regulation and overtime but they couldn't survive the shootout. Well, at least we Hab fans can say is that with the point we are now tied with the Sens (who Montreal plays next) and the Flyers for 5th in the east. Another good thing to know is that we are 5 points back of Buffalo for 3rd in the east." This is a big point that we got tonight. But we don't think that we played our best hockey in this game," Said Gionta (who scored both of Montreals goals)." This point was better than nothing." In the loss, Jaroslav Halak made 32 saves. But in the shootout he couldn't stop a sigle shot. The first shot by Kessel went off the post and then the other 2 went in. As for Gustavsson (of Toronto), he made 25 saves and stopped 2 out of the 3 shots by Montreal.

Montreal will look to get back on track in their next game on Monday against Ottawa with the return of Mike Cammalleri who has missed 17 straight games.

The Shootout:

Phil KesselTOR post

Andrei KostitsynMTL Goal

Nikolai KuleminTOR Goal

Scott GomezMTL Miss

John MitchellTOR Goal

Brian GiontaMTL Save

Written By Andrew Di Pardo

SCORES TO KEEP A EYE ON:

GAME 1:

FINAL	1	2	3	F
Ottawa	2	1	1	4
Dallas	2	2	1	5

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Goals:
Dallas - Brad Richards (2), Mike Ribeiro, Jamie Benn, Trevor Daley
Ottawa - Mike Fisher, Jason Spezza (3)

GAME 2:

FINAL	1	2	3	F
Philadelphia	1	1	0	2
Atlanta	2	1	2	5

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Goals:
Atlanta - Niclas Bergfors, Colby Armstrong (2), Nik Antropov, Bryan Little
Philadelphia - Dan Carcillo, Blair Betts

GAME 3:

FINAL	1	2	3	F
Buffalo	1	1	1	3
Florida	0	1	0	1

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Goals:
Florida - Byron Bitz
Buffalo - Jochen Hecht, Patrick Kaleta, Michael Grier