GOAL SCORERS
MTL: J. Halpern (13:56 - 3rd)
BOS: B. Marchand (04:33 - 3rd) , N. Horton (09:03 - 2nd OT)
Last night in Boston, the series was tied at 2-2, but the Bruins were looking to change that into a series lead. There was no scoring in the first and there weren't many chances for both teams. But in the second, things started to heat up. The ice conditions were getting bad due to the warm weather outside. But the Canadiens wouldn't let that stop them. Just a few minutes into the second, Plekanec came in on a 2 on 1 and he shot it five hole and he was stopped by Thomas. Early in the third now, Chara came in and took a slap shot that was stop and the rebound (shot by Peverley) was stopped as well by Carey Price. 2 minutes later, Kaberle played the puck to Thorton his shot was blocked but it went right to Marchand and he scored to make it 1-0.
With 7 minutes to go, Darche came into the Bruins zone and took a shot and it went off the post. On the next play, Kostitsyn came in and took a shot and it went off Thomas and off the post. But the Canadiens would tie it, on a pass from Eller that went right to Halpern in front of the net and he put it in. So were off to the first overtime. Late in the overtime, Bergeron got the puck all alone in front of the net and Sopel tripped him and he was called for a penalty. But it was a good one because he may had just saved a goal. The Canadiens would kill off the penalty. Which would lead to a second overtime.
5 Minutes into the second overtime, Moen and Gionta came in on a 2 on 1 and Moen had the puck. He played it to Gionta and Thomas came across the crease to make a highlight reel save. The Bruins came back the other way and Ference took a shot and it was stopped but Horton put home the rebound and the Bruins win Game 5 in double overtime. The final score was Montreal one and the Bruins two. "I just saw a shot," Price (who made 49 saves in the loss) said. "It hit my pad ... and they buried it." The Canadiens had a overall good game. But what killed Montreal in this game was that they couldn't clear the men in front of there own net.
The first goal for Bruins came in front of the net and so did the second one. If the Habs are going to tie the series on Tuesday night they are going to have to find a way to get them out of the front of the net. But the Bruins know that based off the Habs history from last year that it's going to be tough to close out the series."I think we experienced that last year,"Boston Bruins coach Claude Jullien said. "You don't want to bring it up, but we know how hard it is. We've got to go to Montreal knowing we've got to be ready. Montreal will come out and play the game of their lives." Game 6 of this series will be Tuesday night at 7:00pm E.t on CBC/RDS/Versus and NESN.
Written By Andrew Di Pardo
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