Habs Give A Point Away Late, But Get 2-Habs 2, Bruins 1 (SO)

The Montreal Canadiens finally ended their losing streak against the Bruins with a 2-1 shootout victory. The Habs opened the scoring in the 1st with a goal by Glen Metropolit and held the lead until the Bruins tied it with less than a minute to go in the 3rd. Carey Price sparkled all night and was perfect in the shootout stopping all 3 Bruins shooters. Mike Cammalleri beat Tim Thomas on the Habs first try and that's all they would need. The Bruins carried the play most of the night but Price was the difference making 42 saves. Thomas stopped 25 Montreal shots. The Habs actually appeared to take the lead early in the first, but Metropolit's first goal was disallowed, apparently for Travis Moen being in the crease. With a Bruins defenceman pushing him in there, I'm not sure what he was supposed to do to get out. Another head scratcher came late in the 3rd when Brian Gionta was whistled for an intentional offside, which didn't appear intentional at all. This led to a faceoff in the Habs zone and allowed the Bruins to pull their goalie, eventually leading to the tieing goal. The Bruins also had a goal disallowed as a rebound was poked by Price and slipped under the side of the goal while the net was being lifted. Some other observations:

>The big line was neutralized by that freak of nature Chara. They just couldn't seem to get on track all night.

>The 3 young guys, Matt Carle along with Ryan White and Tom Pyatt (both making NHL debuts) were solid. White picked up an assist for his first NHL point.

>Big Tits had his best game in a while. Threw some hits, set up Metro and was involved all night. Metro was also very good upfront again.

>The defence overall allowed a lot of shots, but didn't coughed the puck up as much. Bergeron struggled in his own end and Spacek didn't seem 100% after crashing into the boards in the 2nd.

So a road win over the Bruins. How ever it happened, I'll take it. Both teams have some injuries so certainly not a true picture of how good either team is. The Silver Wolf Whiskey Hab of the Game on this night is a no brainer. Carey Price was a rock in net, coming less than a minute away from a well earned shut out. Consideration was also given to Roman Hamrlik and Glen Metropolit. Next action is Saturday against the Bolts. Hopefully their French duo doesn't play lights out like they usually do against the Canadiens.