Another convincing win in the homestand for Montreal. I was very impressed by the effort from line 1 to 4, and the discipline from Sergei. A 4-1 win against a team who has won 7 out of their last 9 games is something of an achievement. Carbo should have nothing to complain about at his press conference.3 goals from the Tanguay-Lang-Kovalev line, and maybe some chemistry between these three? D'Agostini maintains his 1 PPG average tonight, by scoring a beautiful breakaway goal. I really thought that I was going to be able to watch the guy when I go see the Bulldogs. I Guess not.
New acquisition Lang really is living up to his $4 million contract. To be honest, I hadn't picked up on his consistency, but with his excellent 3-point performance tonight, he is now 4th on the team with 20 points (10 goals, 10 assists). While Kovalev may not be lighting the lamp, he is helping others do it, he added 2 to total 17 assists for the year.
Halak finally got credited with a win. I have always said that he's started in net in the wrong games but tonight, stopping 32 shots, he got a win. At some point in the near future, Halak will be traded to another team, and will bloom into a starting goaltender, I'm sure of it. It's only a matter of time for Jaro...
A few injuries for tonight. Higgins and Dandenault looked like they got pretty hurt, meaning that O'Byrne and Latendresse will be dressed. They should come into the next game with chips on their shoulders. They were both scratched the last 4 games.
Final verdict: Montreal has racked up 9 out of a possible 10 points in 5 games of the homestand. You can't ask for more than that. Hopefully Higgins and Dandenault's injuries aren't too severe, because god knows we can't afford any more injuries. The Canadiens play Vinny and the Bolts on Thursday. Tampa is bottom of the league, including a record of 1-6-3 in their last 10 games. You know what that means? 11 out of a possible 12 points, that's what!
Notes: With this win, Montreal's record improves to 16-6-5... Markov leads Montreal in points (23), followed by Koivu (22) and Kovalev (21)... Gorges and Koivu lead with a +/- of 12... Laraque, Latendresse and O'Byrne were scratched tonight.
Photo courtesy of The Canadian Press.
2 comments:
You crazy bugger! You can't take anything for granted in the NHL! Sure, Tampa's having a bad season, and the Habs have been great as of late, but you've gotta remember, on any given Sunday, any team can beat any team.
Hey Brad
It's your cousin Christine, my mom told me about your blog, I had to check it out :)
I am going to tell my boyfriend Ryan about it, he loves the Canadians
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