Scott Gomez, whose regular season was abysmal but whose playoff pedigree has yet to diminish, exploited a jumbled Boston defence and found captain Brian Gionta all alone in front. The winning goal came from the two smallest Canadiens. “Our defencemen did a great job of boxing out, definitely … We’re a really good defensive team with a goal advantage.” “We really clamped down, and we really didn’t give them any puck possession time,” Price said. The Canadiens blocked 19 shots - both Andrei Kostitsyn and Travis Moen wobbled off after absorbing shotgun-like blasts from Zdeno Chara, with the bloodthirsty Boston crowd cheering their pain - and employed active and precise sticks in their own zone. For a team that needed miracles from Jaroslav Halak to reach the Eastern Conference final last season, it was a terribly promising sign.Īdd in Montreal’s defensive apparatus, and Boston’s inability to solve it, and that was that. Of his 31 saves few were spectacular, but none were lucky he was a wall with white pads and a logo. He looked nothing like the goaltender who had lost his previous eight playoff games instead he was so square to the puck that he could have been in a geometry textbook. As Price lunged across, Marchand just couldn’t bury the puck. Marchand flat missed on what might have been Boston’s two best chances, the second of which saw him all alone in front with enough net to fit a lawnmower. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Manage Print Subscription / Tax Receipt.
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