Last night in Long Island, the New York Islanders beat the Montreal Canadiens in a shootout by the final of 4-3. Due to the loss, the Montreal Canadiens do not clinch a playoff spot. But the Habs might be able to go into there next game clinched as long as the New York Rangers loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs."I was looking at the scoreboard in the third period.I saw the Rangers were down, but we were trying to focus on our game,"Tomas Plekanec said about the Rangers 5-2 loss to the Sabers.
"I thought the Islanders came out and played really hard," Canadiens coach Jacques Martin said. "We knew that they've been playing well lately. I thought we raised our level of intensity and we let the game slip away. They're a good young team and they work hard. We knew it wasn't going to be easy." Brian Gionta, Tomas Plekanec and Maxim Lappierre all had a goal and Jaroslave Halak made 39 saves in the loss. But Halak was unable to make a save in the shootout which lead Montreal to the loss. But I'm not blaming Halak. I never blame the goalies. The Habs lost because they collapsed defensively in the third period. If you look back at the last 5 minutes the Habs gave up at least 8 turnovers. They seemed to be off their game. But like I said the Leafs can get Montreal in with a win over New York which will be on TSN tonight at 7:00pm E.t
| The Shootout | ||
| Matt Moulson | NYI | Goal |
| Maxim Lapierre | MTL | Save |
| Frans Nielsen | NYI | Goal |
| Michael Cammalleri | MTL | post |
Scores to keep an eye on:
Flyers 2-0 Leafs Final
Sabres 5-2 Rangers Final
Written By Andrew Di Pardo
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