Tonight in Washington, the Montreal Canadiens have made history once again with a 2-1 victory over the Caps in Game 7. This was the first time in NHL history that a 8th seed has come back down 3 games to 1 to win a series." The difference was Halak again," Cammalleri (who for the first time this series did not get a point) said." We played a little bit more hang on hockey than we wanted to. But Jaro was solid and we had some gutsy efforts from some guys." What Mike Cammalleri means by "gutsy efforts" is the 42 blocked shots that Montreal had in the win and all the penalties that Montreal has killed (32 of 33 powerplays) against a team who was number 1 in the league in powerplay percentage. But the reason why Montreal won the series was because of Halak who made 41 saves on 42 shots in the win.
"After I got pulled in game number 3 I said to myself whatever happens happens,"Halak (who is 11-0-1 when facing 40 shots and more)said. "Then after we were trialling the series 3-1 I said to myself before game 5, that we have nothing to lose because they are the number 1 team in the league so I just wanted to go out there and have fun and do my best. And it worked." In the win, Bergeron(1st on the powerplay) and Moore (2nd) scored for Montreal. The Canadiens round 2 opponent is the the defending Champs the Pittsburgh Penguins. Game 1 of that series will be Sunday May 2nd 2010 at 2:00 pm E.t on CBC,NBC and RDS.
Written By Andrew Di Pardo
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