Montreal and Ottawa haven’t seen each other since the
playoff run last year. They won’t meet again until later in January. With the Canadians loss two nights ago, they
dropped to a three game losing streak while the Senators are coming off of a
win. Even if it was their second win of the season, maybe going back-to-back
wins could turn their hopes alive?
It wasn’t long before Brendan Gallagher and Zack Smith would
have a date in the penalty box, with a little bit of trash talking on the way.
The first power play opportunity would go to the Sens, as Gallagher headed back
to the box… this time for tripping. After half the period, the score would
still be 0 across the board, but the Habs out playing the Sens, as Ottawa’s
turned over several pucks. Lucky for Ottawa, the Canadians have yet to
capitalize on any turnovers, and Robin Lehner has been holding his ground
between the pipes.
Ottawa’s Spezza would head to the box after tripping, giving
Montreal the man-up advantage. Senators PK has been incredible so far this
season, and possibly one of the best in the league at home… well for now.
Montreal’s Andrei Markov would shoot one right past Lehner giving them the
edge… for now.
28 seconds later Bobby Ryan would put one right past Carey
Price … did the announcers even get a chance to announce Markov’s goal before
Ryan answered?
Ottawa would end the period on the man advantage as
Gallagher headed off to the box for the third time in the first period. Was he
talking to Mike Blunden earlier today and getting tips? Within the first period
he saw the penalty box 3 times for a total of 6 minutes. In last nights
Bulldogs game, Blunden totaled 12 minutes… including dropping the gloves twice.
Although the Senators would be on the power play three times
throughout the period, they would not capitalize. At the end of one, it’s all
tied up at one, with Montreal out shooting the Senators 9-7.
The second period didn’t seem to start overly different for
the senators as they turned over the puck rather quickly. If it weren’t for the
turnovers the Senators would be out playing the Habs as they’ve won nearly all
of the face offs. Seems like getting the puck isn’t a problem, it’s once they
have the puck that they can’t figure out what to do with it next. At the end of the second period the Sens had
won __ out of __ face offs.
Montreal would be on their second power play of the night,
but this would not be able to capitalize and the game would stay tied at 1. Marc
Methot would score off the rebound almost half way through the period to give
Ottawa the edge. Ottawa would put in another one just 37 seconds after for a
two point edge in the second period. The
second goal of the period would be Mark Borowiecki’s first of the season and
first of his career.
After Ottawa’s back-to-back goals, Montreal would end up on
the power play with just over 6 minutes left in the period… but Ottawa’s two
goals give them the energy that wasn’t present in the first half of the game.
Lehner with a couple of nice saves on the power play to keep the Senators up by
two.
Gallagher would get his fourth penalty of the night for
goaltender interference (just when I thought he was behaving himself) and the
Montreal goal would be disallowed… leaving Ottawa up by two at the end of two.
PK Subban would get his eighth shot on net... and nothing would happen yet again. Subban just can't seem to find the back of the net tonight. Subban's last goal was earlier this month against Minnesota.. when he had seven shots on net. Halfway through the third Subban all over the puck but not getting anywhere.
It's taken me the entire game to realize that the play by play is ahead of the video feed... I feel like i can tell the future.
Kyle Turris would put in the final goal for the game with just under a minute left in the fourth to give Ottawa their second straight win and Montreal their fourth straight loss. This is just the second time this season that Ottawa has won back-to-back games... and figures I had picked the Habs to win this one ...
my predictions so far for the month haven’t been going
overly well. First last nights shoot out loss and now tonight’s game didn’t go
my way either. As for Gallagher’s
movember tweet about giving money after every win... the way this month has
been going so far it looks like he’ll be saving quite a bit of cash... but there is still lots of time left this month, and we can talk about how horrible of a fortune teller I am later.
The Bulldogs play tomorrow night at home, and the Habs will
play the Islanders Sunday at home. Bulldogs coming off of a loss after their 5-3 loss to the Heat Wednesday night. Montreal still struggling through out the month of November as they've dropped four straight.
Bad Boy of the Night: Brendan Gallagher
Fact of the Day:
If you turn down cheese in the state of Wisconsin, you have to five your first born to the state.
If you turn down cheese in the state of Wisconsin, you have to five your first born to the state.
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