Another Game Blown Away

On the day that I went to go see the Habs, they blew it once again. It wasn't that the effort wasn't there, it was the finishing. Montreal missed injured Mike Komisarek (out for three game road trip with sore hand/shoulder) on the blue line. There were too many holes in the back and the Flyers must have had 4 odd man rushes for the night.
The first period was relatively even, Montreal couldn't capitalize on back-to-back powerplays. Remember last year, the Habs had the number 1 powerplay in the NHL. It's a problem that has to be resolved quickly. However, there was one positive coming out of the period. Big Georges Laraque silenced his critics by utterly destroying J.Gratton in a fight. He landed a few punches, knocking off Gratton's helmet and never slowed down. Gratton never had a chance and, fell down to end the fight.
5:30 into the second, S.Upshall tipped in a shot from M.Richards for the Flyers. This, followed by a breakaway goal scored by J.Carter, were the Flyers only goals in this game. The period ended 2-0 Philly.
The Canadiens came out flying in the third. They had all the possession and were moving the puck around real well. Carbo rotated the first three lines around, putting Lats back on the Koivu and Tanguay line, Higgins with Plekanec and Kovy and A.Kostitstyn with his brother and Lang. This seemed to work out well for the Canadiens. At 9:44 into the game, Tanguay scored in front of the net off a pass by Koivu. At this point, the stadium was ready for another comeback. The Habs were really pressing and created many opportunities and even had a powerplay with just over 3 minutes to go. This was it, Montreal's chance to tie the game, the crowd was ready, I was ready but were they ready for it? Nope, they tanked for the rest of the game and couldn't get any chance to score.
4 losses in the last 5 games, "Ca presse" as they say in Quebec. They better start picking it up, or we could see some very drastic changes real soon.

Notes: Jaroslav Halak played a solid game, making 29 saves... Steve Begin played, having been scratched for the past 4 games... Plekanec, Kovalev and A.Kostitsyn have played three games without recording a point