Special Teams Carry Habs to 3rd Straight Win-Habs 4, Sens 1

The Montreal Canadiens used a strong goaltending performance from Jaroslav Halak and strong special teams to come away with a 4-1 victory over the Ottawa Senators. The win was the 3rd in a row for the Habs and second in as many nights. Despite the game being in Ottawa, the Canadiens fans seemed to outnumber the Sens faithful with several "Go Habs Go" and "Ole" chants. The Sens held the territorial advantage throughout but the game was won and lost with the power play. The Canadiens went 2 for 3 with the man advantage while the Sens couldn't convert any of their 7 chances. Mike Cammalleri, MA Bergeron, Andrei Kostitsyn and Scott Gomez scored for the winners. Tomas Plekanec picked up 3 more assists, while Big Tits and Bergeron both had 2 point nights. Halak ended the night with 45 saves, while Brian Elliott made 23 saves. Jaro Spacek left in the 1st with what appeared to be a foot injury and did not return leaving the Habs short on the backend. Ryan White was recalled from the Bulldogs but was forced to leave as apparently the Canadiens didn't recall him correctly. He ended the night playing around 3 minutes, but all reconrd of him being in the game is now gone. If the Canadiens would have happened to have scored while he was on the ice the goal would not have counted. Some other thoughts:

>The officiating was god awful. The Habs deserved most of the penalties they got, but the Sens should have been called for about 4 or 5 more. A too many men penalty by the Sens late in the 3rd led to a Canadiens goal and the final nail in the coffin.

>Pleks, Moen, Gorges and Gill were once again the most effective unit on the PK, but Gomez, Lil Tits, Hamrlik and whoever he was paired with were execellent as well.

>The big line produced 2 more goals tonight (3 if you include Bergeron's). Pleks and Cammi build more and more chemistry every game and Big Tits appears to be heating up.

Nice to get 2 wins on back to back nights. Props to the Habs fans who turned Scotia Bank Place into the Bell Centre tonight. The game wasn't pretty, but a win is a win. The Silver Wolf Whiskey Hab of the Game tonight goes to Jaroslav Halak. Halak was a rock in net, making several highlight reel saves among the 45 stops. Consideration also given to Pleks and A. Kost. Next up Thursday versus the Pens at the Bell Centre. Hopefully the Habs can keep the momentum going.