Thursday, 24 March 2011
7-0 
FINAL
GOAL SCORERS
BOS: J. Boychuk (01:01 - 1st) , G. Campbell (13:43 - 1st) , N. Horton (PPG, 17:28 - 1st) , N. Horton (04:03 - 3rd) , A. McQuaid (04:29 - 3rd) , T. Kaberle (11:27 - 3rd) , G. Campbell (SHG, 13:35 - 3rd)
Last night in Boston, this was the first meeting between the Habs and Bruins since the Pacioretty injury. But the Habs got off to a bad start. Just 1 minute in, Chara's shot was stopped, but Boychuk scored on the rebound to make it 1-0. Four minutes later, Kostitsyn had the puck in the slot and he took a shot but it was stopped. On the next play, Subban took a slap shot but it was stopped again by Thomas. With seven minutes to go in the period, Chara's point shot was tipped in by Cambell to make it 2-0. Then a few minutes later, Lucic centred the puck to Horton and he scored to make it 3-0.
Ten Minutes into the second, Gomez played the puck to Gionta in front and Thomas made a great save on Gionta and on Gomez on the rebound to keep Montreal off the score sheet. Still 3-0 after two periods. Just a few minutes into the third, Kreji and Horton came in on a two on one and Horton scored to make it 4-0. Then McQuaid had the puck at the point and he took a slap shot and it beat Carey Price to make it 5-0. That was it for Price as he gave up 5 goals on 33 shots. So in comes Alex Auld to finish what was a off night for Montreal.
With eight minutes to go, Kaberle would score his first as a Bruin to make it 6-0. Cambell would add another one as the Bruins win this game 7-0. This was a big win for the Bruins as they now sit 5 points ahead of Montreal for third in the East. It was another shutout for Thomas as he made just 24 saves. But coming into this game, the big story was if something was going to happen based on the Pacioretty injury. Habs coach Jacques Martin said his team was thinking about that."The response is you want to win the hockey game and battle with the Bruins when you are trailing them by three points," Martin said. "I wouldn't say (it was) a lack of emotion -- more a lack of execution."
This was a game that Montreal just simply wasn't ready to play. There forwards had chances but didn't convert, the Habs defense wasn't helping the goalie and I can go on. They just weren't doing the things that would make them win. As for the Bruins, they were ready. They came into this game firing on all cylinders and they played great defense. They played a great game. Thats a positive for the Bruins. The positive for Montreal is that in six games this season against the Bruins they had a record of 4-2-0.Keep in mind that if the Playoffs started today it would be the Montreal Canadiens (6th in the East) aganst the Boston Bruins (3rd in the East).
Written By Andrew Di Pardo
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