The Habs nearly blew the Buffalo Sabres out of their own rink today, as they went up 5-0 before Buffalo answered with a goal and the game finished 6-1. They could have ran the score even higher, but failed to convert on several breakaways and 3-on-1 rushes. Overall, the Habs looked great, outshooting the Sabres 15-1 in the first period was a good start.
It was a night of youngsters for the Habs with goals from Gallagher, Desharnais, and Eller.
Rene Bourque and Desharnais scored twice each. That was Desharnais' first goal of the season, and the young player looked very relieved. Another young player, Lars Eller also scored his first goal of the season tonight.
Rene Bourque earned the 2nd star for his performance tonight. Both his goals looked rather similar as he knocked in a one-timer while driving hard to the net. He almost scored on a couple other plays by driving hard to the net. Price got a gratuitous third star for a solid, but not so special performance in nets. Alex Galchenyuk got the 1st star for the game. Yet another young player with the Habs, he has points in all seven games with the Habs this year. He got two assists tonight. I was a little surpised Eller didn't get a star after earning 3 points tonight (1 goal, 2 assists).
PK Subban played his first game of the season tonight with the Habs. He got 1 assist and was on the ice for a couple Habs goals, and Buffalo's, finishing at with a plus/minus rating of +1.
The Habs celebrated the game by saluting the crowd, by raising their sticks, as a team. Coach, Michel Therrien, requested that the team showed respect to the crowd after a win, because it's the fans that deserve credit. He found that PK Subban and Carey Price's "Triple-low five" was disrespectful to the other team and was too focused on Subban. He wanted to promote the team spirit.
While, I understand Therrien's position on the "Triple low-five", I was personally a pretty big fan. At least Therrien can't stop amateur hockey players from using the cheer that they've learned to adore.
Coach Therrien in a post-game interview said that, "Eller and Desharnais used their speed tonight. Eller looked like a real hockey player after game, with various cuts on his face, battle scars showing he drove to the net." The other thing he said is that Pacioretty might be playing Sunday.
Montreal is playing in Ottawa tomorrow versus the Senators at 2 PM.
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