The defending Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh Penguins took advantage of a injury plagued Habs team enroute to a 3-1 victory. The Canadiens played the night before in Montreal and lost yet another player to injury, this time Andrei Kostitsyn, making the lineup even thinner for tonights game than it was before. Despite a good effort, Montreal couldn't put away some excellent scoring chances which could have made it a different game. Max Pacioretty scored the only Canadiens goal mid way through the 3rd to cut the Pens lead to 3-1. Carey Price made 27 saves while Pens goalie Marc Andre Fleury stopped 18 shots. David Desharnais took Big Tit's spot playing his first NHL game. Sergei Kostitsyn was reported to have a sprained ankle and would be scratched, but played anyway. The Canadiens went 0/1 on the PP and killed both Pens chances. Some other observations from the game tonight:>I really like Roman Hamrlik, but he had a pretty bad game tonight. Several giveaways, including 1 that led to the first Pens goal.
>The injury to Big Tits forced some line juggling for most of the night. The Pens did a good job on Pleks and Cammi (and whoever they were out with that shift).
>Not sure what Martin was thinking putting Wyman, Desharnais, Bergeron and Leach on the ice a couple of times together. This led to chaos. Chips again was the low man on the totem pole when it came to ice time...not sure why that is.
A loss, but nothing to hang their heads about. Back to back games ending with the Penguins in Pittsburgh would be tough for any team, especially one with so many injuries. The list of wounded now includes Markov, Gomez, Spacek, Gionta, Gill, D'Agostini, Pouliot and A. Kost. Hopefully some of those guys will be back soon. The Silver Wolf Whiskey Hab of the Game goes to Travis Moen. Moen was great again tonight, hitting guys and blocking shots. Shout out to Pacs and Metro for strong efforts as well. Another tough test next when the Caps come to Montreal on Saturday.
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