Canadiens’ Lars Eller looks for a deflection in front of
Islanders goalie Dwayne Roloson Friday night. Shannon
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AUDIO: Alex Auld | Brian Gionta | Jeff Halpern | P.K. Subban | Benoit Pouliot
• At a Glance: Different goalie, same result for the Canadiens. With Carey Price getting the night off, Alex Auld picked up the slack in his first start of the season, making 30 saves in a 3-1 win over the New York Islanders. It was Montreal’s second win in 48 hours over the Islander, 5-3 losers in Montreal on Wednesday night. Tomas Plekanec scored his fifth goal of the season during a power play 2:42 into the first period. It stayed that way until late in the second period when Matt Martin scored his first of the season to tie the game 1-1. Benoit Pouliot made it 2-1 Montreal 7:19 into the third period when a pass from Jeff Halpern found Pouliot open in the slot. He promptly fired a bullet over Dwayne Roloson’s shoulder and into the top corner. Travis Moen scored his second goal in as many games to seal the win when he deflected a shot from Brian Gionta with 1:49 to play.
• Key Moments: The Canadiens were able to keep the Islanders off the scoresheet with a man advantage, blanking them on five chances, including a 5-on-3 opportunity.
• What It Means: Montreal has now won four straight games and improves to 7-2-1 for 15 points out of a possible 20 at this point of the season. That leaves the Canadiens alone in first place in the Eastern conference.
• What’s Next: The Canadiens are right back in action Saturday night with a visit to Montreal by the Florida Panthers that will mark the return of defenceman Andrei Markov. Montreal then travels to Columbus for a game next Tuesday and Buffalo on Friday to face the Sabres before coming home to play the Senators on Nov. 6.
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I like this team, nothing flashy just solid efforts with positive results, even have to give JM a little credit here for the call on Auld playing tonight, Price will be fresh for tomorrow night along with a positive team fresh off a win with the “back up” playing solid.
Do you know how many times we will play in one
goal games this year.?? The answer is most of them. The good news is
we come out on top most times this year folks.
Great game again, we are on our way boys and girls. This is going to be a fun ride this year for us.
Maybe Mr. Auld gets the next start.?
Could someone please point out to Auld that the maple leaf logo on the chin of his mask should be green, not blue?
Centre Hice: documenting one fan’s attachment to the Montreal Canadiens.
I’ve observed he’s a dumbass.
Let’s get real: final score, and does Poolio put one in?
I say a 5-4 loss and yes.
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i have observered that you only show up when theres potential for negative
Good road victory. Congrats Auld.
im beginning to dig tony, whenever he posts, the opposite happens
wrong again dumbass
observer is 0-1349583258082348 at trying. gg auld! are the leafs back to being a 500 club like when they had their captain #13? I like their new captain, hes a real winner/team player. world class all the way, i cant believe he didnt goto the olympics last year! what was yzerman thinking?
Another great result for the ‘bleu blanc rouge’. Well done boys! These points are crucial and will be so valuable come March and early April. To think we have had no Markov, who arguably has been our best player over the past few seaons; Gomy is not firing on all cylinders yet; Gionta, plays well most of the time but we know he’s not quite ‘right’ yet; and the PP has been horrible over all since the beginning of the season. Keep it up boys, let’s prove those pundits wrong. Go Habs Go!
Lafleur, coming out rather gingerly on the right side.
either thats self preservation, or its a really really hot day and that monkey wants some lemonade!
interesting strategy… noted
also, i lived in calgary for a bit, cool city…
Ya, I actually had bed bugs in an old apartment here in Calgary, disgusting…
Could be a good way to get those unwanted clinger ladies out however…
maybe the panthers should move to cleveland?
yeah, long island is also notorious for lime disease so thats to be expected, irregardless
most intriguing
Not trying to alarm you even further, but did ya see the glow banner along the boards at Nassau tonight?
Dial-A Bug….uggghhhh gross!
the sale is packed every 10 minutes or so they announce anyone buying such and such item in next 10 minutes pays 10% for it and so on.
http://www.stevessizzlingsteaks.com/map.html
i seen it many times
thats odd considering the anemic skiing options in the area
that’s a whole n’other problem
Wow, it finally looks like Benoit Pouliot is coming around. I was getting sick of Benny Poup.
in the next month there is a huge nyc ski shop that rents the basement at giants stadium and sells all top line ski equipment, accessories, clothes etc at unbelievable prices. if you are a skier check out when that sale is. If you get a chance on Route 17 not far from the Meodowlands complex do yourself a favor and go to this small steakhouse. Doesnt look very big from outside but everyone who I know who ate there said it is the best steakhouse they ever were at and I agree with them.
well aware – he used it yesterday
welcome
haha. thanks for that.
i just hate that word irregardless. i think its because i used to work with a woman who thought she was king shit and soooooo smart and she always used that word.
general knowledge is general