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| Auld Makes 20 saves in the 3-2 Habs victory (Auld's record is 2-2-0). |
(21-16-2) Montreal Canadiens 3-2 Florida Panthers (16-17-2)
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Today it was New Years Eve and the Canadiens would love to End 2010 with a victory in front of there Home fans which traveled to Forte Lauder dale to see the Habs win.I was in attendance at this game and the arena was packed with Habs fans. I would say over 90 % of the people watching the game were Habs fans and they picked the right day to go watch a hockey game as the Habs beat the Panthers 3-2 in overtime. It all started in the second, when Weiss scored 28 seconds into the period. Then shortly after that when Kullikov scored to make it 2-0 Panthers. But the Habs didn't give up hope. With 9 minutes to go in the second, the Canadiens got a powerplay and Wisniewski slapped one past Vokoun to get his first as a Hab to cut the lead to 1.
Then less than a minute later the Habs went on another powerplay and Brian Gionta would score on a rebound to tie the game at 2-2. There was no scoring in the third so it went to overtime. In overtime with about 1 minute and a half to go Mike Cammalleri came up the right wing and took a shot and it was stopped but James Wisniewski would score on the rebound for his second of the game and the game winner. In the victory, Auld made 20 saves in his 4th game of the season. As for the Panthers, Vokoun made 45 saves in the loss.
With this win the Habs have now snapped there 3 game losing streak."We were all feeling the pressure," Cammalleri said. "We wanted to get out of it and we were able to get out of it. Sometimes to get out of these it takes a game like this where you don't score six or seven goal, but it takes 64 minutes and 48 shots to get it done." The Canadiens ended a tough road trip with a record of 2-7-0 and they will return home to face the Thrashers on January 2nd.
Written & Photo By Andrew Di Pardo
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