CANADIENS FALL 3-1 IN PITTSBURGH

GOAL SCORERS

MTL:   B. Gionta (18:24 - 3rd)

PIT:   J. Neal (08:55 - 1st) , J. Vitale (02:38 - 2nd) , A. Asham (05:20 - 3rd)

GOALIES

MTL: C. Price (L)

 PIT: M. Fleury (W)

               Last night in Pittsburgh, Hal Gill played his 1000th game in his career and it came against his former team the Penguins. During the game, the Fans in Pittsburgh gave Gill a Standing ovation for this accomplishment.5 minutes into the game, Darche got a shorthanded breakaway and he was stopped by Fleury. 4 minutes later, Neals shot from the left circle went off the post and past Price to make it 1-0 Penguins lead. Late in the first, with the Penguins on the powerplay, Kunitz shot was stopped by Price and the rebound went right to Sullivan and he shot it, but Price dove to keep it out with the glove. So the score was 1-0 after 1.

               Early in the second, Engellands point shot was tipped in by Vitale to make it 2-0 Pens lead. 5 minutes into the third, the puck went up into the air in front of Price and Asham knocked the puck in out of mid air to make it 3-0 Pittsburgh. With under 7 minutes to play, Michalec had a breakaway out of the penalty box and he was stopped by Price. Late in the third, Gionta would ruin the shutout bid as the Penguins win 3-1. Price made 29 saves on 32 shots and was denied of his 100th win for the fourth straight game."They were first on the pucks, and they're dictating the pace of the game and that's what we have to take back," Gill said.

          Bad news for the Habs, as Gomez left the game with a upper body injury and didn't return. But some good news is that, Mike Cammalleri played in his first game since suffering a cut on his knee against Winnipeg. As for the Penguins, Fleury made 27 saves in the victory."Things are going good, I'm feeling good, the team's rolling," Neal said. "You keep doing the right things, hopefully they'll keep coming." The Habs once again, were able to got shots but barley any goals. They are going to have to find a way  to score if they are going to win. They are also going to have to improve their sloppy defense. As the Habs gave up too many turnovers game in and game out and the defense just isn't clicking with the forwards.

The Montreal Canadiens next game will be Saturday night against the Toronto Maple Leafs.

Written By Andrew Di Pardo