Saturday, 12 March 2011
0-3 
FINAL
This afternoon in Montreal, the Canadiens rolled into Pittsburgh to take on the Penguins. Just 18 seconds into the first, Jefferey of the Penguins took a shot that went off the post. 20 seconds later, Plekenec won the faceoff right to Cammalleri who played it back to Plekanec in front and Fleury missed on the poke check and Plekanec took advantage of that and he made it 1-0. Price wasn't that busy in the first as he made 5 saves. Fleury (Pens Goalie) was a little bit more busy as he made 8 saves on 9 shots. It was a slow paced first period as players didn't get many chances. We hoped that it would pick up in the second and it did.
As just 26 seconds into period 2, Gionta brought the puck in over the Pens line and played it right to Moen who would score his 4th of the year to make it 2-0. Then 5 minutes into the second, the Penguins went on the powerplay. Jefferey did a nice toe drag move on Price and took a shot, but Price was down and he made the save with the glove to keep the score at 2-0.
Shortly after that, the Penguins failed to clear the puck. So Halpern had the puck inside the zone and he played it right to Cammalleri in front who would score his 16th of the year to make it 3-0. That goal was Cammalleri's tenth straight game with a goal against the Penguins. That was it for Fleury as he gave up 3 goals on 12 shots.
Then with under 3 minutes to play in the period, Desharnais had a wide open net and he was stopped by Johnnson with the skate to keep the score at 3-0 after 2. That would be your final. As Carey Price earns his league leading 8th shutout of the season by making 26 saves (10 in the third). As for the Penguins in the loss, Johnnson made 8 saves in his replacement session. He only had to make 2 saves in the third as the Habs were playing very defensively."Our goal for the third, was to shut them down defensively," Mara Said." It was very important to to play a defensive third so we could keep the shutout."
After the game, Gomez spoke about Moen's goal." He does so much other stuff that it doesn't matter. He's a heart and soul guy. He does so much on penalty kill. He's a winner," Gomez said." It was a great shot." Gomez even was joking around about how Moen scored." If you ask him if he was aiming there he would say he was. But he wasn't," Gomez joked." Don't tell him I said that." The Habs next game will be Tuesday against the Capitals.
Written By Andrew Di Pardo
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