CANADIENS BLOWOUT THE RED WINGS 7-2

GOAL SCORERS

DET:   J. Hudler (00:21 - 3rd) , J. Hudler (06:07 - 3rd)

MTL:   R. Bourque (05:08 - 1st) , A. Emelin (10:56 - 1st) , D. Desharnais (17:58 - 1st) , T. Plekanec (19:33 - 1st) , M. Pacioretty (01:52 - 2nd) , D. Desharnais (PPG, 04:18 - 2nd) , E. Cole (18:37 - 3rd)

GOALIES

DET: T. Conklin , J. Howard (L)

 MTL: C. Price (W)

                 
              Last night in Montreal, it was the very last game before the NHL All-Star Break and the Canadiens took on the Detroit Red Wings. Just 5 minutes in, Gomez came up the left side and centred the puck and it went off the skate of Bourque and into the net to make it 1-0 Montreal. 5 minutes later, Kostitsyn played the puck back for Emelin at the point and he fired a shot past Howard for his first NHL goal to make it 2-0. 7 minutes later, Desharnais came up the left side and was knocked down, but the puck slid past Howard to make it 3-0.  With under a minute to play, Bourques shot was stopped, but Plekanec knocked home the rebound to make it 4-0 Montreal after 1.

           To start the second, Conklin replaced Howard (who gave up 4 goals on 12 shots) in between the goal posts for the Red Wings. Just 2 minutes into the second, Desharnais shot missed the net and it bounced off the rear end boards right to Pacioretty at the side of the net and he scored to extend the Habs lead. 2 minutes later, with the Habs on a powerplay, Pacioretty played the puck down low for Desharnais he worked his way to the slot and fired a shot past Conklin to make it 6-0 Habs lead. Just 20 seconds into the third, Hudler would break the shutout bid for Price as he scored to cut the lead to 5.

          Hudler would then cut the lead to 6-2, before Eric Cole scored a late goal to put this game away at 7-2. In the loss, Conklin came in and played the second and third and he made 10 saves on 12 shots. In the win, Price made  24 saves."I'm not going to watch any video of this, at all," Detroit coach Mike Babcock said. "I'm going to have a drink. Actually, it is what I'm going to do." This past week, Subban has been in the news. First it started with an argument on the bench with Assistant Coach Randy Ladouceur. Then at practice when Randy Ladouceur yelled at Subban saying, "You've been here for 40 minutes! Wake the F*** Up!"

                And now after taking a elbowing penalty while the Habs were on a powerplay in the first, Subban was benched for the entire second period."It was a selfish penalty he took," said Cole. "We had the luxury of a four-goal lead to let him know you have to have discipline.Especially after the break and heading down the stretch and into the playoffs, you're going to take some runs, take a punch to the head, and you have to stay focused on the task. It was a good opportunity for the coaches to send a message." This was the biggest win of the Habs season so far as they need to go on a massive win streak after the break if they want any chance of making the post season. As of now, the Habs sit in 11th in the East with 47 points and they are currently 8 points out of the 8th and final Playoff spot.

Written by Andrew Di Pardo