Last night in Montreal, the Canadiens finally solves Michael Leighton. 5 times mind you in a 5-1 victory to avoid going down 3-0 in the series."When you're down 2-0 you have to find a way," said Montreal centre Scott Gomez. "But we've still got a long way to go.Being down 2-0's tough, but you have to look at the big picture. They won at home, so we want to win at home. That's the way we were taught. And the next game will be tougher because you can bet Flyers coach Peter Laviolette will have that team going. He's a good coach."The Canadiens scored the first goal 7 minutes into the game off of a shot that missed the net and bounced right to Mike Cammalleri who put it in the net. Then with 4 minutes left in the first, Tom Pyatt scored off a rebound to make it 2-0 going into the break.
11:33 into the second, Dominic Moore made it 3-0 off a centering pass that Leighton never saw it due to the traffic in front of him. So going into the third the Habs had a 3-0 lead but they weren't done there.As exactly 2 minutes into the third Brian Gionta scored on a breakaway to make it 4-0. Then the Flyers got on the board with 12 minutes to go with a goal by Gagne. But it wouldn't matter. As the Habs made it 5-1 with a goal on the powerplay by Bergeron with under a minute to go. But that will be the final (5-1). 4 out of the 5 Montreal goals came with traffic in front of Leighton.
But Lapierre was a big key in why Montreal won. As he had a moter mouth last night. He was getting on the Flyers nerves and made them get to frustrated. But Jaroslav Halak was also a huge key to the win as he made 25 saves on 26 shots.The Canadiens out shot the Flyers 38-26. Which made this win be the first win these playoffs when out-shooting a opponent. "Overall, we moved the puck better, we came up the ice together, with support, we entered the zone better," said Montreal forward Brian Gionta. "With that going, it's easier to get to the net and get opportunities."Game 3 of this series will be Saturday afternoon at 3:00pm E.t on CBC,Versus and RDS.
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Written By Andrew Di Pardo
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