St. Louis Leaves Habs Feeling The Blues-Blues 4, Habs 3 (OT)

I guess when you play 23 minutes of a game, you should consider yourself lucky to escape with a point. The St. Louis Blues continued their domination on the road with a 4-3 victory over the Montreal Canadiens. The Canadiens staged a 3rd period comeback to erase a 2 goal deficit, but couldn't finish the deal in overtime. Benoit Pouliot scored twice for the Canadiens, while Mike Cammalleri picked up the tieing goal with 33 seconds to go by tipping in a Jaroslav Spacek blast. Carey Price allowed 3 1st period goals, but was solid the rest of the game minus the winning goal...although it was a pretty good shot. He finished the night with 24 saves, while Ty Conklin made 35 for the Blues. St. Louis scored twice in the first 3:35 and took a 3-1 lead into the dressing room after 1. St. Louis knucklehead Cam Janssen ran Price over in the 1st which led to Price dropping his gloves and trying to pull teammate Roman Hamrlik off Janssen to settle the score himself. The Blues continued to blanket the Canadiens, until a long 5 on 3 late in the 2nd period for the Blues that they could not convert on....and untimately led to a shift in momentum. The Habs owned the 3rd outshooting the Blues 14-5 and had 4 more shots in overtime before St. Louis scored on their first one. The power play was 1 for 4, while the penalty kill allowed a goal on 3 chances. Some other thoughts:

>In a head scratching move, Martin drssed 8 defenceman and played O'Byrne along with Bergeron on the 4th line. Um....wow...just wow.

>Mathieu Darche was recalled from Hamilton and took Dags spot in the lineup and on the 1st line. He was mostly ineffective.

>Pouliot is turning into a god in Montreal. "Pouliot" chants echoed after goal #2. The crowd was very close to turning on Price, but him dropping the mitts with Janssen earned him a "Carey" chant and forgiveness for the first 3 goals.

Another frustrating night, but the team did show some heart with a big 3rd and a nice comeback. But in order to actually qualify for the playoffs, you must win games. Back to back games this weekend against the Devils and the Rangers will be a big test. The Silver Wolf Whiskey Hab of the Game tonight goes to Benoit Pouliot. 2 huge goals and a nice play on the tieing one. Consideration also given to Spacek and Lapierre.