Carey Price kept the Habs in the game as the Sens played an intense first period on Thursday night. The Habs took over for the last 40 minutes of play and were rewarded with a 5-2 road win to sweep the mini-series.
When speaking of lack of experience, the Habs have often been on the wrong side of this discussion since the start of the season. On Tuesday, it was the Habs turn to take advantage of the inexperience on the Ottawa back end as they skated away with a 5-2 win.
Despite one of their best efforts on the season, one where they outshot the opposition 49-22, the Habs were sent to the showers with a 2-1 defeat against Carolina on Tuesday night.
Despite a much improved defensive effort, the Habs dropped their third straight decision on Friday afternoon as they fell 3-2 in overtime to Buffalo.
It took 22 games, but on Wednesday night, the Canadiens looked every bit like the basement dwellers they were supposed to be this season as they fell 5-2 to New Jersey.
Monday was yet another game that was so much fun for the fans to watch. With a 5-4 final score in favour of Washington, it’s obvious that there were plenty of goals, but there were also many highlight quality stops by the goaltenders, plenty of rough stuff, and some solid defensive plays.
In a game where the entire team decided that defence was optional and Carey Price continued to struggle, the bright spot continued to be Montreal’s offence. However, it wasn’t enough as Buffalo prevailed 6-5 in overtime on Thursday night.
The Rangers did to the Habs as the Habs did to the Islanders. All seemed under control at the midway point of the game, but some undisciplined play defensively allowed the Rangers to come back as they beat Montreal 5-3.
An early goal against and some bad passes had Monday’s game looking much like Saturday’s early. However, the Habs settled down, came back to their transition game, and were able to make the comeback, beating the Islanders 4-3 in a shootout.
The Habs came out on top Thursday night as they topped the Capitals 6-4 in one of the most entertaining games in recent Habs memory.