HABS BLOW A 3-0 LEAD AND FALL IN A SHOOTOUT

GOAL SCORERS

VAN:   M. Raymond (SHG, 08:37 - 2nd) , C. Hodgson (04:24 - 3rd) , S. Salo (PPG, 15:20 - 3rd) , C. Hodgson (00:00 - SO)

MTL:   F. St-Denis (04:38 - 1st) , R. Diaz (18:51 - 1st) , E. Cole (02:20 - 2nd)

GOALIES

VAN: R. Luongo (W)

 MTL: C. Price (L)

               The Habs have had their struggles this past week or so, but were looking to put their record of 3-4-3 (in the last 10 games) behind them by picking up a win against the Canucks. 4 minutes into the game, St.Denis point shot slid past Luongo and into the net. That's St.Denis first NHL goal and the Habs had a 1-0 lead. Then with under 7 minutes to go in the first, Raymonds shot from the right circle was robbed by the glove of Carey Price. 5 minutes later, Diaz's shot from the point beat Luongo glove side and the Habs have a 2-0 lead.

               2 minutes into the second, Cole came up the right wing and fired a shot and scored five hole on Luongo and it's looking good as the Habs have a 3-0 lead.   6 minutes after the Habs made it 3-0, Raymond would score to make the score 3-1.So the Habs had a 3-1 lead going into the third, this means that Martin decides to switch his team to playing defense which would prove to be costly. 4 minutes into the third, Hodgson picked up the puck in the slot and fired it past Price to cut the lead to 3-2. 4 minutes later, the Canucks dump the puck in, Price loses the puck to Kesler and Price races back into his net to rob Kesler of a goal with his glove. 3 minutes later, with the Canucks on the powerplay, Salo's point shot beat Price and the game is tied at 3-3.

           This game would go into a shootout.Desharnais was up first and he was stopped by the glove of Luongo. Hodgson was up next for the Canucks and Price went down early which lead to a goal high glove side. That would be the only goal in the shootout as the Habs fall in a Shootout again 4-3 is the final. The Habs have went to Overtime 10 times this season and have only won 3 games. That's a NHL low."At least we're picking up points, but singles aren't helping us right now," said Price, 1-5 in shootouts this season."It's disappointing but when you look at it, it's simple - special teams," Canadiens coach Jacques Martin said. "They scored short-handed, 4-on-4, and on the power play. I think 5-on-5 we played well. It wasn't a lack of effort. It was one of the best teams in the league and we competed with them, but special teams made the difference."

So now the question is, with the Habs poor play as of late should Jacques Martin be fired?

Shootout
David Desharnais	MTL	Save
Cody Hodgson	VAN	Goal
Max Pacioretty	MTL	Miss
Ryan Kesler	VAN	Save
Michael Cammalleri	MTL	Save

Written By Andrew Di Pardo