THE HABS COME BACK DOWN 3-0 WITH LATE GAME HEROICS

Last night in Anaheim, Saku Koivu was facing his former team the Montreal Canadiens which was expected to be a great game and it was. Early on in the game, the Montreal Canadiens went down 3-0 in the first and it looked like the game was over. But it wasn't even close. The Canadiens made a goalie change right when the 2nd started due to Carey Price giving up 3 goals on 11 shots. So Halak was in net. He was big part of the Habs chances of coming back by making save after save. Montreal responded with a goal by Plekanec on a breakaway to give Montreal a chance at a come back. But it looked unlikely due to Montreal being down 3-1 with just 2 minutes left in the third. But even though it was unlikely Montreal gave it there all. Gionta scored for Montreal with 1:50 to go. And then it was Markov with 10 seconds to go in the game to send it to O.t. It would go to a shootout. Where Getzlef scored to put the Ducks up by 1.

Then it was up to Gionta to keep it alive. But Hiller made the save. But when Hiller opened up his legs the puck went in. They would review it but it was called a goal. After the Ducks missed it was up to Plekanec to win it and he did. The final score was 4-3 Montreal."The way we came out in the first period, up 3-0, we were really confident that we could get the next goal and put the game away," Koivu said. "When you lose that way, it's pretty disappointing -- especially for myself. I've waited for this game for quite awhile. I'm happy it's done now, but I'm not happy with the outcome. I'm disappointed that we lost that point." With the win Montreal now goes up to 7th in the east."We weren't ready to play this game from the start, but we regrouped after the first period and played strong after that," Markov said.


"When the schedule came out, I looked to see when we would play against the old team," said Koivu, who as Habs captain tied Jean Beliveau for the longest player to be a captain in the Canadiens' 101-year history."There's a lot of new players there, but it's the logo with the 'CH' is the same. I did wear that for a long long time. The Canadiens and the fans in Montreal were such a big part of my life for so long and were so great to me. We miss the city, but all those great memories and experiences will always stay with us." The Habs next game will be on Tuesday against the Lightning.

The Shootout
Corey Perry	ANA	Save
Andrei Markov	MTL	Miss
Ryan Getzlaf	ANA	Goal
Scott Gomez	MTL	Save
Teemu Selanne	ANA	Miss
Brian Gionta	MTL	Goal
James Wisniewski	ANA	Miss
Tomas Plekanec	MTL	Goal

Written By Andrew Di Pardo