HABS SURPRISE THE CANUCKS WITH A 4-1 WIN

GOAL SCORERS

MTL:   B. Geoffrion (18:43 - 2nd) , E. Cole (00:13 - 3rd) , P. Subban (PPG, 05:20 - 3rd) , E. Cole (11:02 - 3rd)

VAN:   R. Kesler (11:58 - 2nd)

GOALIES

MTL: C. Price (W)

 VAN: R. Luongo (L)

               Last night in Vancouver, the Habs took on the Canucks with a familiar face returning to the Habs line-up. That player was Andrei Markov who was making his Season debut for the Habs. 12 minutes into the second, Ryan Kesler came up the right wing and fired a wrist shot past Price on the blocker side to make it 1-0 Canucks. The Habs would respond late in the second. LeBlanc centred the puck right to Blake Geoffrion and he scored his first as a Montreal Canadien to tie the game.

           Blake is the 4th generation Geoffrion playing in the NHL. First it was his great grandfather, Howie Morenz (Number 7), then it was his grandfather, Bernie "Boom Boom" Geoffrion (Number 5) and then his father, Dan Geoffrion (Number 20). All of those players played for the Montreal Canadiens and now Blake (number 57) has his shot with the Habs and he gets a goal. 12 seconds into the third, Cole's backhand from the right wing beat Luongo to give the Habs a 2-1 lead. 5 minutes later with the Habs on a powerplay, Plekanec played it to Markov at the point and he played it to Subban and he one-timed a shot past Luongo to extend the Habs lead. Cole would add another goal as the Habs win 4-1.

          "So how does it feel to be back playing in the NHL?,"a reported asked Markov. He replied: "It was awesome," said Markov,who hadn't played since November 2010. "The first few shifts I had to adjust to the speed, but after that I felt good. My job is just to play the game. I don't know how many minutes I'm going to play next game. I'm just happy to be there." So onto Blake Geoffrion now. He just scored a historic goal on the Canadiens and he was asked about how it felt."It's a great feeling because one, it's been a while since I've socred in the NHL, and two, for obvious reasons with my family history to get that goal and help the team to win, Geoffrion said."   The Habs next game will be Monday night in Buffalo against the Sabres.

Written By Andrew Di Pardo

Important Game facts:

1. (MTL) Carey Price makes 32 saves
2. (VAN) Roberto Luongo made 31 saves.
3.  (MTL) Blake Geoffrion scores his first of the season.
4.  1 for 3 on the powerplay (MTL)
5.   0 for 2 on the Powerplay (VAN)
6.  Eric Cole registers 2 goals (MTL)
7.  Subban scores his 7th of the Season (MTL)