The Habs start a stretch of 4 games in 6 tonight. The Islanders (8-10-2) will be showing their god-awful jerseys at the Bell Centre tonight in their second faceoff this season. We all remember that the first meeting was the game that Montreal played for 1 period and won the game. Going into the third period, the Habs were trailing the Isles 4-1 only to score 4 consecutive goals in regular time to win it 5-4. Wow, 5 goals. It seems like a long time since I've seen a game with so many goals by Montreal. In fact, they only have 9 goals in 6 games. Funny how the league's top scoring team from last season is having trouble putting the puck in the net. The lack of offense may have something to do with being in 23rd place averaging 15% on the powerplay. Also, their top guns like Kovalev, Higgins and Plekanec have had trouble showing up on the scoresheet of late. However, we do need to remember that tonight, Montreal is playing the New York Islanders who is in a three-way tie for 11th in the conference.
Price is starting in net tonight, altough I'm a little disappointed by this. He has started the past 3 games and although he has played exceptionally well, this is Halak's chance to be between the pipes and to give Carey a break. They are playing Detroit tomorrow and I don't think Halak will start. Higgins is reunited with Koivu and Tanguay and Latendresse and Laraque are scratched.
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