Montreal Win 4-3 against Edmonton in OT
At his first game behind the bench, the Montreal Canadiens GM and now coach, Bob Gainey, has won his first game against the Edmonton Oilers. Everyone expected the Habs to have an excellent start with a lot emotion and intensity because of the big boss is right behind them. They would want to prove to him that they have received the message when Bob have fired Guy Carbonneau. They know that they need to start winning now. They would also want to show that they deserve the confidence and ice timing giving to them by their GM.
It is in fact what we have seen in the first period of the game. Even though the shots were only 7-6 in favor of the Habs, we have seen them skate a lot more, more aggressive in the defensive zone, getting the puck out of their zone much faster than before. We have only scored 1 goal, but we had many scoring chances. We could see that there was a lot of energy from the Montreal players.
The second period was very different. Maybe the Habs have spent too much energy in the first period and seems exhausted in the 2nd. We were outshot 17-2 for the Oilers. The Habs have forgotten to do everything they did well in the first. They were terrible defensively and allowed 3 goals. It was the same team that got Guy Carbonneau fired. The team's inconsistency between periods that Gainey was blaming Carbo happened again. The Canadiens only had 2 shots on net and those shots were made on the same presence by Dandenault and Metropolit...our fourth line. Thank god Roloson was weak on Metropolit's goal. We were very lucky to come out of the 2nd period losing by only 1 goal.
Something must have happened during the 2nd intermission. The coaches and the players must have said something or made some modification. Don Lever came down to the bench in the 3rd period and has probably made some suggestions because the Habs played a very strong 3rd period. They were skating again, started to shot more on the net and made excellent passes. The defense was stronger and Carey Price really made excellent saves to keep the Habs in the game. The Koivu line was flying on the ice. I like the chemistry that is building between Tanguay, Koivu and Kostitsyn. I have always hoped that these three players would play together. We had to give our best sniper the two best playmakers in the team. Koivu scored 2 important goals to give the Habs 2 really important points in the standings.
It wasn't an easy win and not a nice one either, but an very important one. The Penguins have won again against the Panthers in the shootout last night. Man, are they on fire recently. They are 9-1-0 in their last 10 games. If we had lost, the Habs would be in the 8th spot.
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At his first game behind the bench, the Montreal Canadiens GM and now coach, Bob Gainey, has won his first game against the Edmonton Oilers. Everyone expected the Habs to have an excellent start with a lot emotion and intensity because of the big boss is right behind them. They would want to prove to him that they have received the message when Bob have fired Guy Carbonneau. They know that they need to start winning now. They would also want to show that they deserve the confidence and ice timing giving to them by their GM.
It is in fact what we have seen in the first period of the game. Even though the shots were only 7-6 in favor of the Habs, we have seen them skate a lot more, more aggressive in the defensive zone, getting the puck out of their zone much faster than before. We have only scored 1 goal, but we had many scoring chances. We could see that there was a lot of energy from the Montreal players.
The second period was very different. Maybe the Habs have spent too much energy in the first period and seems exhausted in the 2nd. We were outshot 17-2 for the Oilers. The Habs have forgotten to do everything they did well in the first. They were terrible defensively and allowed 3 goals. It was the same team that got Guy Carbonneau fired. The team's inconsistency between periods that Gainey was blaming Carbo happened again. The Canadiens only had 2 shots on net and those shots were made on the same presence by Dandenault and Metropolit...our fourth line. Thank god Roloson was weak on Metropolit's goal. We were very lucky to come out of the 2nd period losing by only 1 goal.
Something must have happened during the 2nd intermission. The coaches and the players must have said something or made some modification. Don Lever came down to the bench in the 3rd period and has probably made some suggestions because the Habs played a very strong 3rd period. They were skating again, started to shot more on the net and made excellent passes. The defense was stronger and Carey Price really made excellent saves to keep the Habs in the game. The Koivu line was flying on the ice. I like the chemistry that is building between Tanguay, Koivu and Kostitsyn. I have always hoped that these three players would play together. We had to give our best sniper the two best playmakers in the team. Koivu scored 2 important goals to give the Habs 2 really important points in the standings.
It wasn't an easy win and not a nice one either, but an very important one. The Penguins have won again against the Panthers in the shootout last night. Man, are they on fire recently. They are 9-1-0 in their last 10 games. If we had lost, the Habs would be in the 8th spot.
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