All Entries Tagged With: "Scott Gomez"
Which team would you rather face in the playoffs, Habs fans?
When everyone thought the Montreal Canadiens would lose against Martin Brodeur and the New Jersey Devils on Saturday, Jacques Martin’s team decided to play on of its most inspired road game of the season, winning 3-1 on Mathieu Darche’s two-goal performance. Brodeur made many spectacular saves to keep is hapless team in the game to [...]
Montreal Canadiens: one week, zero goal
Last Monday, the Montreal Canadiens were coming off an 8-1 shellacking against the lowly Minnesota Wild during which rookie PK Subban earned his first career hat-trick. Since then Jacques Martin’s team has not been blanked once or twice, but three times in a row in a week to forget for the Habs. First, Montreal got [...]
Tampa Bay Lightning Week In Review
Game 70: Lightning 6 – Maple Leafs 2 “Ritola Provides Relief” The Tampa Bay Lightning (39-22-9) got just what the doctor ordered Monday night at the Air Canada Centre… a total team effort resulting in a beat down of the Toronto Maple Leafs. Mattias Ritola scored twice in a three minute span of the second [...]
After .500 trip, Canadiens prepare for very important week
Following the Chara-Pacioretty incident that made the news everywhere in North America and even in Europe, the Canadiens took the road to face the St. Louis Blues and former Hab netminder Jaroslav Halak on Thursday, and the Pittsburgh Penguins and Marc-Andre Fleury on Saturday. After taking a 1-0 lead in the 1st period on Jeff [...]
Canadiens beat Canucks 3-2, avoid being swept on Western Canada trip
After losing 4-1 to the hands of the lowly Edmonton Oilers and 4-0 against the Flames at the Heritage Classic in Calgary, the Montreal Canadiens were set to face their biggest test of their annual trip in Western Canada against the Vancouver Canucks, the best team in the NHL so far with season. The last [...]
Canadiens finally win on the road, defeat Hurricanes 3-2
Playing their third game of a seven-game road trip, the Montreal Canadiens took advantage of a 5-minute boarding penalty assessed to Erik Cole in the second period to score two power-play goals and beat the Carolina Hurricanes in Raleigh yesterday night. After losing 3-2 on Sunday in Colorado against the Avalanche and 5-2 on Tuesday [...]
The 10 most disappointing players so far this season
With the Christmas holidays looming, let’s have a look at the 10 most disappointing players so far this season. 1. Ilya Kovalchuk – New Jersey Devils 31 games 8 goals and 10 assists for 18 points and a -21 plus/minus differential. After signing a monstrous 17-year $100 million contract in the off-season, Kovalchuk has been [...]
Canadiens set to face former teammate Ryan O’Byrne
After losing 5-3 to the Philadelphia Flyers on Wednesday and winning 4-3 against the Boston Bruins on Thursday, the Canadiens chartered a plane to Colorado yesterday, where they will visit the Avalanche and former teammate Ryan O’Byrne tonight at 8 PM Eastern time. O’Byrne, who was traded for forward Michael Bournival in early November, has [...]
Habs stumble in Detroit & Toronto; Pacioretty called-up; Boyd waived
The Montreal Canadiens stumbled big time this weekend falling 4-2 in Detroit on Friday before playing one of their worse road game of the season Saturday against their division rival, the Toronto Maple Leafs. Without the services of Scott Gomez, out with a lower-body injury, the Canadiens’ offense was nowhere to be seen against the [...]
Habs beat Senators 4-1, Gomez out with lower-body injury and Subban suffers in silence
Yesterday, the Montreal Canadiens beat the Ottawa Senators 4-1 thanks to three third-period goals to win their third consecutive game. The Habs got tallies from Brian Gionta, Michael Cammalleri, Roman Hamrlik and Jeff Halpern to win their 18th game of the season. Nick Foligno, on the power play, was the lone goal-scorer for Ottawa. With [...]
Habs capture 3 points out 4 in back to back games
After dropping a 3-1 lead to finally lose 4-3 in overtime to the hands of the Edmonton Oilers on Wednesday at Bell Centre, the Montreal Canadiens scored two quick goals yesterday in New Jersey en route to a 5-1 win against the Devils. On Wednesday, Dustin Penner took advantage of a bad play by PK [...]
Constant line juggling is killing the Habs chemistry; weekend recap
24 games into the season, it’s time to have a look at the different forward line combinations used by head coach Jacques Martin to find what’s working or not in Habland. After a .500 weekend where the Habs came out flat on Friday in Atlanta in a 3-0 loss to the hands of the Thrashers, [...]
The 20 most overpaid NHLers making more than $3.5M per year
One month into the 2010-11 NHL season, it’s time to have a look at the most overpaid NHLers who don’t contribute as much as their team and the general manger who signed them would like. I have not included players whose contract is buried in the AHL or oversees such as Jeff Finger, Wade Redden, [...]
.500 weekend for the Canadiens; changes expected for tomorrow
After beating the New York Islanders 3-1 in Long Island on goals by Tomas Plekanec, Benoit Pouliot and Tarvis Moen, as well as a great performance by goaltender Alex Auld, who made 30 saves, the Canadiens faltered Saturday at Bell Centre, losing 3-1 to the lowly Florida Panthers. Montreal swept the home-and-home series from the [...]
Fleury Not the Only Penguin To Blame
If you listen to Penguins radio or read most of the mainstream Penguins media coverage the poor play spotlight is focused on one man, Marc-Andre Fleury, as the scape-goat for some crushing Pens losses this year. After a solid first 116 or so minutes to his 2010/11 campaign Flower let in a soft goal to [...]
Price blanks Senators, Kostitsyn with 2 goals in a 3-0 win
When the Canadiens score the first goal of the game this season, they win. And that’s what they did yesterday against the Ottawa Senators Score first. The Canadiens have now four wins in regulation when scoring the first goal, and two losses when the opponent scores first. The only time the Habs when scoring first [...]
Brodeur blanks Canadiens (again) in snoozefest
As usual, when Martin Brodeur faces the Montreal Canadiens he shines. Brodeur recorded his second shutout of the season and 122 of his illustrious career blanking the Canadiens by a score of 3-0, making 29 saves in the process. Carey Price was far less occupied, but managed to get beaten three times on only 20 [...]
Goalie Controversy in Pittsburgh?
If you take the first two Penguins games of the season at face value it would be easy to pin the problem between the pipes. This morning on Pens HD Radio host Steve Mears heavily suggested based off of fan reaction that there was or should be a question as to who should start the [...]
Canadiens set final roster, ready to open season against Toronto
Yesterday the Montreal Canadiens set their 22-man roster by sending goalie Curtis Sanford, forwards Ryan White and Ben Maxwell, as well as defencemen Yannick Weber and Alex Henry to their AHL affiliate, the Hamilton Bulldogs. With Roman Hamrlik likely to miss the season opener in Toronto tonight with a sprained right knee, and all-star rearguard [...]
Montreal Canadiens announce training camp roster; will name Brian Gionta as team captain
After a full season without a team captain, following the departure of Saku Koivu, the previous team captain, to free agency, Habs fans are now relieved to see that fan favorite, Brian Gionta, will be named the next team captain entering the 2010-11 season. Montreal newspaper La Presse confirmed yesterday that Gionta’s captaincy will be [...]
