So Last Night...

Alright gotta say, Habs fans have zero reason to celebrate after that win. That was far more of a Bruins loss than a Habs victory.

The first period was not very decisive. It took about 10 minutes for either team actually generate any offense. The Bruins looked okay as far as offense goes, but it took them far too long to get it going, and following typical Bruins offense, they could not center it for the life of them.

Gionta got lucky on a defensive hiccup on Boston's part. Seidenberg, on a communication error, turned away from the net, which left Thomas alone with Gionta bearing down on him, which allowed the first goal in the game.

The first period was not a particularly interesting one, not much happened.

The second period was 100% dominated by the Bruins. The Habs just looked weak this period. The Bruins had 18 shots in the second, and Montreal was saved only by Price's attempts in net. Thomas looked okay this period, only facing 6 shots, but there were times where I thought he looked a bit lazy in net, almost letting in two wide open net shots, one on a wrap around and another where he just didn't recover from a save quickly enough.

Chara owned the second period in shots, and on their 2 powerplays this period, shot most of the shots. He was able to find a lot of shooting lanes, and get a lot of pucks on net. I'm constantly amazed by Boston's ability to move the puck. With the exception of centering it in front of the net, these guys can dodge, duck, dip, dive and dodge with the puck like anyone's business. That came in handy this period when on three separate occasions they were on a normal 5 on 5 attack, but they played it so well it felt like a powerplay. The Bruins flat-out owned Montreal this period, but there was one problem - Carey Price. This man was standing on his head out there, and he is the ONLY reason they won it.

The third period seemed to spark something in the Habs. While they didn't match the Bruin's offense second period, they stepped it up. Like the first period, it took both teams a little while to get things going, but they both generated a lot of chances. Carey Price was on fire this period, and was making amazing saves left and right. Lucic had a bad turnover at 3:18, which set up a two on one for the Habs, which resulted in another Gionta goal.

Bruins fans, keep your heads up, they had more effort than the Habs did, but they just got unlucky. Price can't have shutouts every game. Get it in game 2.