Final
Last night in Montreal, it was the first out of back to back meetings between the Montreal Canadiens and the New York Islanders. The Canadiens started off well. The Canadiens opened the scoring 13 and a half minutes into the first with a shot from the point by Halpern which was tipped in front by Matthieu Darche for his first of the season. Then shortly after that the Habs would add another goal, this time it was shorthanded. It was a 2 on 1 and Plekanec gave a great pass right to Moen who would tap it into the net. But in the final minute of the period the Isl's would get it back on the powerplay with a point shot from the point that was tipped in by Wisniewski to cut the lead in half.
Then 7 minutes into the second the Canadiens would get it back with a goal from Plekanec that was his fourth of the year and all four of his goals were scored at home. Then with the score 3-2 in the third the Habs would get another goal. As Halperns centering pass went off the defenseman and into the net. That would give the Habs a 2 goal lead again. The Islanders wouldn't give up. There Captain Doug Weight scored to put them within one. But the Habs would add an empty net goal from Andrei Kostitsyn as the Habs win this game 5-3. With that goal by Kostitsyn he has now scored 5 goals in his past 5 games.
"It's been most enjoyable to see how our team came together this week," said Halpern. "We're starting to create, and Plek's line is leading the charge." In the win, Carey Price was great as he made 17 saves on 21 shots to presever the win. As for the team that lost this game, Roloson made 30 saves on 34 shots that he faced. In the loss Tavares also scored on the powerplay early in the third. But the Islanders couldn't grab a win in this one as Montreal dominated this game and got the 2 points.
Written By Andrew Di Pardo
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