Seb170455' Montreal Canadiens: "Les Habitants" will rise again

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Montreal Canadiens at Vancouver Canucks
Nov 3, 2012 1 2 3 F MON (3-5-2) 0 0 1 1 VAN (11-0-0) 0 2 1 3 Three Stars Roberto Luongo (VAN) GAA 1.02, SV% .967, 30 shots Daniel Sedin (VAN) 1 Goal, 1 assist Ryan Kesler (VAN) 2 Assists	Team Stats Comparison MON VAN Shots on Goal 30 40 Hits 15 4 Faceoffs Won-Lost 12 17 Penalty Minutes 14:00 2:00 Power Plays Converted 0 3 Power Play Opportunities 1 7 Time on Attack 3:14 6:59
Scoring Summary SECOND PERIOD VAN ppg 5:27 M.Lapierre (4) (C.Tanev, C.Higgins) VAN PPG 15:24 H.Sedin (9) (R.Kesler, D.Sedin) THIRD PERIOD VAN PPG 7:45 D.Sedin (9) (D.Hamhuis, R.Kesler) MON SHG 9:11 J.Gorges (1) (R.White)
Montreal Canadiens - Goalies GOALIES SHOTS SAVES SV % GAA C.Price 40 37 93% 3.00
Vancouver Canucks - Goalies GOALIES SHOTS SAVES SV % GAA R.Luongo 30 29 97% 1.02

If you give Vancouver who was unbeaten, that many PP chances, then you will get hurt. Price was good, but can not do it on his own.

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Phoenix Coyotes at Montreal Canadiens
Nov 6, 2012 1 2 3 F PHO (5-4-0) 0 0 4 4 MON (3-6-2) 1 2 3 6 Three Stars Erik Cole (MTL) 2 Goals, GWG + ENG Tomas Plekanec (MTL) 1 Goal, 1 assist Brandon Prust (MTL) 1 SHG	Team Stats Comparison PHO MON Shots on Goal 25 33 Hits 9 18 Faceoffs Won-Lost 12 14 Penalty Minutes 0:00 12:00 Power Plays Converted 1 0 Power Play Opportunities 5 0 Time on Attack 5:54 6:27
Scoring Summary FIRST PERIOD MON SHG 8:59 T.Plekanec (3) (Unassisted) SECOND PERIOD MON SHG 5:04 B.Prust (2) (Unassisted) MON 14:47 N.Zherdev (3) (R.White) THIRD PERIOD PHO 1:12 S.Doan (7) (A.Vermette, R.Vrbata) PHO 4:47 D.Moss (3) (D.Schlemko) PHO 7:08 A.Vermette (1) (R.Vrbata) MON 8:26 R.Bourque (5) (M.Pacioretty) PHO PPG 19:13 S.Sullivan (4) (D.Morris, S.Doan) MON 19:33 E.Cole (6) (R.Diaz) MON EN 19:49 E.Cole (7) (T.Plekanec, P.K.Subban)
Phoenix Coyotes - Goalies GOALIES SHOTS SAVES SV % GAA M.Smith 32 27 84% 5.04
Montreal Canadiens - Goalies GOALIES SHOTS SAVES SV % GAA C.Price 25 21 84% 4.00

Finally. We won a game. This was a very odd but nice game to watch. It was certainly not a goalies dual. Price was not good, but Smith was flat out bad. In the first period we had many penalties against and on a 3 on 5 we scored a SHG. Smith far out of his crease, gave the puck to Plekanec, who didn't blink and scored the shorthander. Another SHG from Prust this time gave us a 2-0 lead. Zherdev made the best of a breakaway and scored 3-0. The first 2 periods were ours, but then the momentum shifted to Phoenix. They came back to 3-3. After this it was a shooting range. It looked like Phoenix was going to get an OT after there PPG. But it was Cole who decided the game. Actually it was the bad goaltending of Smith that gave us the victory.

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"We are glad to announce a trade we made with the New York Rangers. We traded rightwing Colby Armstrong to NY for their 2013 - 2nd round pick (NYR). Armstrong couldn't adjust to our team and wanted out. We wanted a change and Gomez get another chance. He will play on the 4th line and Moen will go up a line."

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Montreal Canadiens Depth Chart - 2012/13
	STARTER	2ND	3RD	4TH
LW	E.Cole	M.Pacioretty	B.Prust	T.Moen
C	T.Plekanec	D.Desharnais	L.Eller	R.White
RW	B.Gionta	R.Bourque	S.Gomez	N.Zherdev
D #1	J.Gorges	A.Markov	T.Kaberle
D #2	P.K.Subban	A.Emelin	R.Diaz
G	C.Price	P.Budaj

We decided to put Gomez on the third line instead of Moen, who is on a cold streak all year. Better let Gomez earn his paycheck.

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Quote: Originally Posted by seb170455

Montreal Canadiens Depth Chart - 2012/13 STARTER 2ND 3RD 4TH LW E.Cole M.Pacioretty B.Prust T.Moen C T.Plekanec D.Desharnais L.Eller R.White RW B.Gionta R.Bourque S.Gomez N.Zherdev D #1 J.Gorges A.Markov T.Kaberle D #2 P.K.Subban A.Emelin R.Diaz G C.Price P.Budaj We decided to put Gomez on the third line instead of Moen, who is on a cold streak all year. Better let Gomez earn his paycheck.

I don't think that will ever be possible, haha! Good job with this Seb.

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Quote: Originally Posted by Tazer19

I don't think that will ever be possible, haha! Good job with this Seb.

Haha. The lock out gave Bergevin some time, but I was wondering what he would do with Gomez if the season had started.

But this is a game and I will give him the benefit of the doubt. I would like another RW in my group, but I don't want to spent to much and I have Collberg and Galagher in the minors, so I hope Gomez will be the solution in the meantime. Maybe a nice waiverclaim.... I would like to trade for Gomez and gain some capspace, but others don't want his big contract.

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Winnipeg Jets at Montreal Canadiens
Nov 8, 2012 1 2 3 F WPG (4-5-1) 0 2 2 4 MON (4-6-2) 1 2 2 5 Three Stars Brandon Prust (MTL) 1 Goal, 2 Assists, GWG Erik Cole (MTL) 2 Assists Andrei Markov (MTL) 2 Assists	Team Stats Comparison WPG MON Shots on Goal 18 31 Hits 4 18 Faceoffs Won-Lost 18 10 Penalty Minutes 0:00 2:00 Power Plays Converted 1 0 Power Play Opportunities 1 0 Time on Attack 3:41 5:08
Scoring Summary FIRST PERIOD MON 12:17 T.Plekanec (4) (B.Gionta, E.Cole) SECOND PERIOD WPG 8:18 B.Wheeler (1) (B.Little) WPG 9:31 P.Cormier (1) (T.Enstrom, A.Burmistrov) MON 16:35 N.Zherdev (4) (R.Diaz, E.Cole) MON 19:26 L.Eller (1) (B.Prust, A.Markov) THIRD PERIOD WPG PPG 4:18 O.Jokinen (5) (A.Ponikarovsky, A.Ladd) MON 17:12 P.K.Subban (1) (J.Gorges, B.Prust) WPG 19:45 A.Ladd (3) (R.Hainsey, B.Wheeler) MON 19:57 B.Prust (3) (A.Markov, S.Gomez)
Winnipeg Jets - Goalies GOALIES SHOTS SAVES SV % GAA O.Pavelec 31 26 84% 5.01
Montreal Canadiens - Goalies GOALIES SHOTS SAVES SV % GAA C.Price 18 14 78% 4.00

This was a thriller again. But we came out on top. Bad point: Carey Price isn't on top of his game. Good points: First goal Subban and Eller. Zherdev is getting good. Gomez had a assist.

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New York Rangers at Montreal Canadiens
Nov 10, 2012 1 2 3 F NYR (6-6-0) 1 0 1 2 MON (5-6-2) 1 4 1 6 Three Stars Rene Bourque (MTL) 1 Goal, 2 Assists Ryan White (MTL) 2 Goals Max Pacioretty (MTL) 2 Goals	Team Stats Comparison NYR MON Shots on Goal 16 44 Hits 4 18 Faceoffs Won-Lost 17 17 Penalty Minutes 9:00 11:00 Power Plays Converted 1 0 Power Play Opportunities 3 2 Time on Attack 3:33 5:54
Scoring Summary FIRST PERIOD MON SHG 4:51 R.White (1) (Unassisted) NYR PPG 12:23 B.Richards (6) (R.Nash, M.Gaborik) SECOND PERIOD MON 0:27 B.Gionta (4) (E.Cole, J.Gorges) MON 4:57 R.Bourque (6) (D.Desharnais, A.Emelin) MON 11:12 M.Pacioretty (2) (R.Bourque, J.Gorges) MON 18:47 M.Pacioretty (3) (R.Bourque, T.Kaberle) THIRD PERIOD MON 9:30 R.White (2) (B.Prust, S.Gomez) NYR 19:05 R.Nash (6) (B.Richards, D.Girardi)
New York Rangers - Goalies GOALIES SHOTS SAVES SV % GAA M.Biron 9 9 100% 0.00 H.Lundqvist 35 29 83% 7.28
Montreal Canadiens - Goalies GOALIES SHOTS SAVES SV % GAA C.Price 16 14 88% 2.00

Another W for the Habs. The winning streak is on 3 now. This was our best game offensivly this season. We were superb. All lines contributed this game. 2 goals for Pacioretty and White. We looked very good and sharp. NY Rangers did well, but after a fight between Sauer and former Ranger Prust (who killed Sauer) NY was out of sink. Lundqvist was only pulled after 6 goals.