Oilers-Canadiens: Kostitsyns Lead Habs to Shootout Win

Posted: 11th March 2010 by Rocket All Habs in NHL
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This was supposed to be easy. 1:20 into the game it looked like it was going to be very easy. Thomas Plekanec scored his 20th goal of the season on a breakaway after two perfect passes from Andrei Kostitsyn and Andrei Markov.

With the 30th place team in the league visiting, this was the type of game that Bell Centre fans expected. Cue the rout!

But wait a minute. 1:02 (to be precise) after the Canadiens goal, Robert Nilsson scored for Edmonton with Glen Metropolit failing to backcheck. The shot seemed to surprise Jaroslav Halak. It was a soft goal to be sure, and not the last one of the night.

Just over a minute later, on the power-play, Sam Gagner popped another one in over Halak's shoulder, and the Oilers led 2-to-1. The game was not even four min ...

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