The Ottawa Senators used a hot goalie and a great penalty kill to defeat the Montreal Canadiens 2-0. Brian Elliot got the shutout for the Sens, making 29 saves and the Sens penalty kill was perfect in 5 tries. The Habs had their chances, but just could not put anything by the Sens tender. Ottawa also did a great job on the faceoffs, especially on the penalty kill. Jaroslav Halak got the call in goal for the Habs and made 25 saves in a losing effort. The Habs penalty kill allowed a goal in 2 Sens attempts. Canadiens forward Travis Moen left the game in the 2nd after taking a skate to the face. No word on the severity of the injury, but it look pretty scary. The Habs also played without Mike Cammalleri and Marc-Andre Bergeron despite both being given medical clearance to dress. Some other thoughts:>The defence was above average most of the game, but did give up a pair of 1st period 3 on 1's that Halak bailed them out on.
>Martin shuffled the deck in the 3rd, playing Lil Tits with Gomez and Gionta, while moving Pouliot with Pleks and Big Tits. As you can tell by the score, this did not work.
>The power play needs to start putting the puck on net. The Sens pressured hard the entire night while shorthanded. When the Canadiens did get a chance to throw one on goal they either passed up the chance or missed the net.
Really not a bad effort, just no luck in putting the puck in the net. Hats off to the Sens who did a good job defensively, but the chances were there. The Silver Wolf Whiskey Hab of the Game goes to Brian Gionta. 5 shots on goal and as usual worked his bag off. Consideration also given to O'Byrne and Halak. Next game goes Wednesday in Buffalo.
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