Montreal Canadiens-Ottawa Senators: Habs Keep Shots Down but Not Goals

Posted: 28th December 2009 by Rocket All Habs in NHL
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Montreal 2 Ottawa 4 (Scotiabank Place)

Many of the talking heads were crowing about tonight's game being the best played on the Canadiens' road trip. But Jacques Martin has designed his game plan to win with excellence from his goaltender and special teams. Tonight the goaltending by Jaroslav Halak was average and on special teams, the Habs gave up a goal while shorthanded, and strangely enough, they didn't have a chance on the power-play.

While the Canadiens didn't have their best first period of the yearùthat would be the Centennial game against Bostonùit was a good example of how we can expect the team to play as it gets healthy. They looked very good. With Brian Gionta back in the lineup and Georges Laraque in the press, the team had four legitima ...

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