HABS FALL TO THE ISLANDERS IN A SHOOTOUT

GOAL SCORERS

NYI:   M. Streit (PPG, 02:00 - 2nd) , F. Nielsen (16:05 - 2nd) , J. Bailey (00:00 - SO)

MTL:   A. Palushaj (02:53 - 1st) , L. Leblanc (03:38 - 3rd)

GOALIES

NYI: A. Montoya (W)

 MTL: P. Budaj (L)

                 Last night in Montreal, it was the battle of the basement teams in the Eastern Conference. Who would win, the Habs or the Islanders? Just 3 minutes in, Palushaj centred the puck and it went off the pad of Montoya and in to make it 1-0 Montreal. That was Palushaj's first NHL goal. 2 minutes into the second, former Hab Mark Steit rushed the puck from the Islanders zone and past 4 Habs players and he scored. That was a powerplay goal. But before the puck went in, Streit knocked Budaj down, no call and the goal would stand. Late in the second, Nielsen would score to give the Islanders the lead.

            4 minutes into the second. Budaj played the puck to Subban, he took the puck into the Islanders zone and centred the puck to LeBlanc and he scored to tie the game at 2-2. Thats LeBlancs 4th of the season. This game would go to a shootout. Desharnais scored for the Habs to give them the lead. Nielsen would tie it. Then in the 4th round, Bourque would score. But Moulson would tie the game. Then in the 6th round, Markov came in and slapped a shot off the glove of Montoya.  So Bailey had a chance to win it and he did. 3-2 Islanders was the final."I thought we did some really good things out there today," Canadiens defenseman P.K. Subban said. "On the penalty kill, I thought we did great on limiting their top players' opportunities."

Written By Andrew Di Pardo

Shootout
David Desharnais	MTL	Goal
Frans Nielsen	NYI	Goal
Tomas Plekanec	MTL	Miss
John Tavares	NYI	Miss
Max Pacioretty	MTL	Save
PA Parenteau	NYI	Save
Rene Bourque	MTL	Goal
Matt Moulson	NYI	Goal
Lars Eller	MTL	Save
Kyle Okposo	NYI	Save
Andrei Markov	MTL	Save
Josh Bailey	NYI	Goal