So let me get this straight. Less than a week after Ottawa coach Corey Clouston whines about his team never getting the calls and how his team has gone 3 games win which they didn't get a power play (see link attached http://tsn.ca/nhl/teams/story/?id=303315&hubname=nhl-senators) they in turn play an entire game without taking a penalty. Nah...can't be. I sure didn't see that coming. The Ottawa Senators erased an early 2 goal deficit and defeated the Montreal Canadiens 4-2. The loss was the first in five games for the Canadiens on this long seven game roadtrip. The Senators had all 5 power plays in the game and made good on one of those chances. To be fair, the officials blew a call when they disallowed a goal due to apparent goalie interference, but that again was on a power play after a questionable call. Mike Cammalleri (with the franchises 20,000 goal) and Benoit Pouliot (his first in a Habs uniform) scored for the Canadiens. For the first time in a while, the opposition goalie outplayed the Canadiens one as Pascal Leclaire made several big saves among the 29 on the night. Jaroslav Halak stopped 24, with the last goal coming via the empty net. In other news the game looked sweet on my new big screen. Now some observations:>Gomez, Pouliot and Gionta...yes Brian Gionta is BACK....looked good all night. They scored a goal and had 14 shots on net combined. Rumour has it Gionta got flashed by one of the many Habs fans in attendence...female I assume.
>Hey Martin. How about not playing the 4th line with the 5/6 defenceman all night. Ultimatley that combination led to the winning goal for the Sens. Didn't seem to matter as the 4th unit (Dags, Lappy, Lil Tits) was on in the last 3 minutes again.
>Markov made several sick passes, including a couple on the 2 Habs goals. But both him and Spacek had 2 penalties each. Hal Gill was bumbling the puck all night and Bergeron avoided taking a hit and the puck ended up in the back of the net.
Tough loss tonight after a very good start. The Canadiens controlled the play for the most part, but the Sens did a good job after taking the lead of limiting scoring chances. Halak wasn't all that sharp...not bad but just not sharp so I would expect we see Price next game. The Silver Wolf Whiskey Hab of the Game tonight goes to Benoit Pouliot. His first goal as a Canadien and 6 shots on net. If that line can play like they did tonight every game the "secondary scoring" issue will be forgotten. Honorable mentions to Gomez and Markov. Next game is Wednesday versus the Bolts.
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