Montreal Vs. Ottawa

Coming off their 5 game away game adventure, the Montreal Canadiens faced the Ottawa Senators at the Bell Centre last night. The Senators, sitting at fifth place in the Eastern Conference standings have only won 4 out of their last 10 games. 

• First Period
• The fans were really loud last night, as the Canadiens would finally play at home in over a week. With only 7 minutes gone by into the first, Lars Eller would crash the net and just poke the puck past Sens goaltender, Lehner. 4 minutes later, the Sens would score on the powerplay as Mika Zibanejad would wrist one past Carey Price tying this game at 1-1. 
• Montreal: 17 Shots On Goal
• Ottawa: 13 Shots On Goal
• Second Period
• 6 minutes into the second period, Gallagher would tip in the initial shot from Pacioretty taking back the lead on the powerplay. Coming to the 3 minute mark of the period, the Canadiens would yet again score on the powerplay, as a point slap shot from PK Subban goes through traffic and right past Lehner. The Sens would enjoy a powerplay for the remaining a minute and half of the period, and it would be Alfredsson who would wrist one past Price's shoulder side from the side of the net, with only 1.6 seconds left in the period.
• Montreal: 11 Shots On Goal
• Ottawa: 13 Shots On Goal
• Third Period
• Only 2 minutes into the third, Patrick Wiercioch wrists one past five hole on Carey Price tying this game at 3 a piece. Ottawa would then get a couple of opportunities, but it would be the Canadiens who would dominate the last 10 minutes of the period, having 3 powerplays, but unable to convert as Lehner would make some incredible saves. This game would need overtime.
• Montreal: 13 Shots On Goal
• Ottawa: 3 Shots On Goal
• Overtime
• With no real action in overtime, we would head into a shootout!
• Montreal: 4 Shots On Goal
• Ottawa: 3 Shots On Goal
• Shootout
• Alex Galchenyuk (MTL) - Goal
• Daniel Alfredsson (OTT) - Save
• David Desharnais (MTL) - Save
• Jakob Silfverberg (OTT) - Goal
• Lars Eller (MTL) - Goal
• Kyle Turris (OTT) - Save

With a 4-3 shootout win against the Senators, the Canadiens now have accumulated 40 points in 27 games and are number one in the Eastern Conference standings. They now face the Devils Saturday night in New Jersey.

Another Win On The Road

Continuing their away games, the Canadiens would face the Lightning in Tampa Bay. The Lightning have only won 2 games of their last 10 played.

• First Period
• Starting off the first period, the Canadiens would get the majority of the shots on goal within the first 8 minutes of game play, but the score would remain at 0. The other 12 minutes of the period were the Lightning generating a few good offensive opportunities, but neither team could convert, keeping this game a tie heading into the second.
• Montreal: 7 Shots On Goal
• Tampa Bay: 10 Shots On Goal
• Second Period
• Just 5 and a half minutes into the second, Steven Stamkos would snap one right past Carey Price, through traffic putting the Lighting up by a goal. Only 2 minutes later, Tomas Plekanec receives a pass right in fron of the net and just takes a quick snap shot tying this game at 1 a piece. Only a minute later, Sami Salo would snap one from the point as it beats Price through a crowd. 4 minutes later, the Lightning would score again, but this time on the powerplay as Ryan Malone would tip in a shot from Stamkos in front of the net. 3-1 Lightning at the end of 2.
• Montreal: 9 Shots On Goal
• Tampa Bay: 11 Shots On Goal
• Third Period
• 4 minutes into the third, the Canadiens would score on the powerplay. It was an unusual goal as there was a pile of players lying around in the Lightning net, but the puck somehow found its way to the back of the net, cutting the lead down to 1. Another 4 minutes later, Alexei Emelin would take a slap shot from the point, beating traffic and beating Desjardins tying this game at 3. 5 minutes later, Brendan Gallagher would score one from the side of the net as the net came off, but after the puck had gone into the net. The period would end, as the Canadiens come back in the third period and score 3 goals to win the game 4-3.
• Montreal: 13 Shots On Goal
• Tampa Bay: 2 Shots On Goal

With a win in Tampa last night, the Canadiens now head to Florida to play the Panthers today at 7. This will be the last of the Canadiens away game adventure.