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Post by Deleted on Apr 5, 2015 22:05:56 GMT -5
NHL: Canadiens 4, Panthers 1
SUNRISE, Fla. - Carey Price and Tomas Plekanec helped the Montreal Canadiens regain the top spot in the Atlantic Division. Price stopped 24 shots to pick up his league-leading 42nd win, Plekanec scored his 200th career goal, and the Canadiens beat the Florida Panthers 4-1 Sunday. The Canadiens (48-22-10) moved two points ahead of Tampa Bay for first place in the Atlantic Division with two games remaining for both teams. Montreal trails the Metropolitan Division-leading New York Rangers by one point for first in the Eastern Conference. Brendan Gallagher, P.A. Parenteau and Devante Smith-Pelly also scored for Montreal. "Good team win," Montreal coach Michel Therrien said. "I?thought we played a really solid game against a team, by the way, who played last night and we knew that they probably were disappointed. "I thought it was important for us to set the tone right from the start and this is what we did. I?thought our first period dictated the game and we went from there." Plekanec opened the scoring with Montreal on a 5-on-3 power play following penalties by Florida's Dmitry Kulikov and Erik Gudbranson just 3 seconds apart. Positioned on the goal line almost parallel to Ellis, Plekanec scored his 24th goal by sweeping in a wrist shot that slid between the backup goalie's legs at 6:36 following a pass from Andrei Markov. "I?tried to shoot it," Plekanec said. "The first one I tried to pass, it was blocked. And then I?had a chance, so I?tried to put it through his feet and got a lucky bounce." The teams traded goals just 46 seconds apart in the second period. Florida's Aaron Ekblad tied it on a power play at 6:20 for his 12th goal by beating Price low on the glove side. Gallagher regained Montreal's lead for good by finishing a 2-on-1 off a pass from Subban. Parenteau split three Florida defenders and put in his own rebound for his eighth goal with 8:33 left in the second. "I took my time. I was patient with the puck all the way up the ice. It kind of opened up for me in the neutral zone and I took advantage of it," said Parenteau, who had the game-winning shootout goal against Florida in a 2-1 win on Dec. 30. Smith-Pelly capped the scoring with his first goal with Montreal, taking a pass from Parenteau after a turnover by Florida's Willie Mitchell. Price tied a club record with his 42nd win, matching the 1955-56 and 1961-62 seasons of Jacques Plante and 1975-76 campaign of Ken Dryden. "It's been a lot of fun this year. That pretty much sums it up. We've had excellent success as a group this year and (the record) definitely reflects it," Price said. Montreal forward Max Pacioretty left the ice after being interfered with by Kulikov then falling backwards into the boards after his skate made contact with Alex Petrovic's. Pacioretty, who leads Montreal in both goals and total points, did not return. There was no update on Pacioretty's condition after the game. The Panthers (36-29-15) were eliminated from playoff contention on Saturday in a 4-0 home loss to Tampa Bay. Florida's lacklustre performance did not sit well with coach Gerard Gallant. "We weren't very good tonight. We checked out. I wasn't happy with the performance," said Gallant, whose club's penalties led to seven power plays. "Montreal got an early lead and a lot of power plays. When we're taking that many penalties, we're not going to beat anybody. I didn't like our effort." Added Panthers captain Willie Mitchell: "I think everyone saw it wasn't a good enough effort from us, first of all me. It's hard to describe. "Our goal was to make the playoffs, and after last game when we officially got eliminated.your mind is in a different place." NOTES: Subban took a puck to the face after a chip by Florida's Vincent Trocheck early in the second period and had to leave the ice, but the defenceman quickly returned after a stoppage in play. ... Therrien earned his 200th win in his 400th game coaching for the organization. ... Montreal finished 4-0-1 against Florida, only dropping a 3-2 decision at home on a shootout goal by Dave Bolland on Feb. 19. ... Smith-Pelly's goal was his first for Montreal in 18 games since being acquired in a trade for Jiri Sekac on Feb. 24. "It felt good. It's a big relief so hopefully it snowballs in the right direction," Smith-Pelly said. ... Florida finishes its season-ending five-game homestand with contests Thursday against Boston and Saturday against New Jersey.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 5, 2015 22:06:48 GMT -5
The story of this game for me is simply: Is Captain Max ok?!?
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Post by habsorbed on Apr 5, 2015 23:00:12 GMT -5
The story of this game for me is simply: Is Captain Max ok?!? With Max (with all due respect to Mme. Beliveau he does not yet have the 'C') you never know the extent of the injury. It is not uncommon to see him leave for the dressing room only to see him reappear a few shifts later or suffer a serious injury (Goon Chara). But this looked like a concussion which again could be a week or months. Then again it could be his fractured neck again! Must be frustrating for him. In order of greatest loss to the team he would be up there after Price with PK and maybe BGal. Did i mention i love BGal?
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Post by franko on Apr 5, 2015 23:00:30 GMT -5
he's probably out at a movie as we speak
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Post by Deleted on Apr 5, 2015 23:17:42 GMT -5
The story of this game for me is simply: Is Captain Max ok?!? With Max (with all due respect to Mme. Beliveau he does not yet have the 'C') you never know the extent of the injury. It is not uncommon to see him leave for the dressing room only to see him reappear a few shifts later or suffer a serious injury (Goon Chara). But this looked like a concussion which again could be a week or months. Then again it could be his fractured neck again! Must be frustrating for him. In order of greatest loss to the team he would be up there after Price with PK and maybe BGal. Did i mention i love BGal? I think every fan of the Habs loves BGal, most of PK and in my opinion Max is head and shoulders more valuable than both. Our only true star forward on a team that sorely lacks twinkling of twine.
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Post by Willie Dog on Apr 5, 2015 23:38:06 GMT -5
Just watching the game on Canadiens express and they played well and they hit. Boy would jagr look good in a habs uniform. .. he still had some speed and he's very strong and the puck follows him. He could have helped us this year for sure.
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Post by habsorbed on Apr 6, 2015 0:19:31 GMT -5
With Max (with all due respect to Mme. Beliveau he does not yet have the 'C') you never know the extent of the injury. It is not uncommon to see him leave for the dressing room only to see him reappear a few shifts later or suffer a serious injury (Goon Chara). But this looked like a concussion which again could be a week or months. Then again it could be his fractured neck again! Must be frustrating for him. In order of greatest loss to the team he would be up there after Price with PK and maybe BGal. Did i mention i love BGal? I think every fan of the Habs loves BGal, most of PK and in my opinion Max is head and shoulders more valuable than both. Our only true star forward on a team that sorely lacks twinkling of twine. Faint praise to be the Habs best forward. Max is a power forward who plays well for stretches and then disappears. He tries when he wants to, and often glides to the bench when he feels his shift is over. Happy to have him but as far as untouchables on the Habs, Price and PK are way ahead of him.
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Post by blny on Apr 6, 2015 2:21:43 GMT -5
I think every fan of the Habs loves BGal, most of PK and in my opinion Max is head and shoulders more valuable than both. Our only true star forward on a team that sorely lacks twinkling of twine. Faint praise to be the Habs best forward. Max is a power forward who plays well for stretches and then disappears. He tries when he wants to, and often glides to the bench when he feels his shift is over. Happy to have him but as far as untouchables on the Habs, Price and PK are way ahead of him. I don't think that's been the case this year at all. He's taken HUGE strides this year to be as complete a player as he can be. Looks like he'll fall short of 40 again this year, but when you consider he's THE scoring threat, the main focus, I'm fine with it. He's managed to score goals himself, been a much better passer and improved his assists to goals ratio. His defensive improves can't be understated. He's a focal point of the PK. He's shown a repeated willingness to back check and break up rushes. IMO, he warrants very serious consideration for the Selke this year. He'd be the first winger to win it since Jere Lehtonen. His overall game improvement this year is as significant as the jump to his first 30 goal season. He isn't just our best forward. He's one of the best all around forwards in the league. If he can manage, for the next 6 plus years, to be that 70ish point and +35 player I'll be pleased as punch. He'd be 33, have played over 800 games and have 700 points. Not a big if. If he found a way to play to 38, without missing a lot of time to injury and expecting a drop off in production similar to the first few years of his career, he could be the first Hab to score 1000 points in the uniform since Lafleur - and he'd only be the 4th. A grasp to be sure, but not inconceivable. Regardless, he figures to be a prominent player for us, and focus of the opposition, for years to come.
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Post by Boston_Habs on Apr 6, 2015 8:49:17 GMT -5
I'm just praying that Patches is OK. My guess is that he has at least a low-grade concussion and will need to miss the last 2 games, but will be OK for the playoffs? C'mon Max. We need those Wolverine healing powers!
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Post by Willie Dog on Apr 6, 2015 9:45:43 GMT -5
The fact the team had not said anything is worrisome.
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Post by Disgruntled70sHab on Apr 6, 2015 11:27:48 GMT -5
I got on last night and found out about Pacioretty ... I told two people here and it spread like a brush fire ... he´s been pretty resiliant in the past ... we´re going to need him big time for the playoffs ... hope the injury doesn´t make him more of a target that he normally is ...
Cheers.
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Post by habsorbed on Apr 6, 2015 12:34:17 GMT -5
Faint praise to be the Habs best forward. Max is a power forward who plays well for stretches and then disappears. He tries when he wants to, and often glides to the bench when he feels his shift is over. Happy to have him but as far as untouchables on the Habs, Price and PK are way ahead of him. I don't think that's been the case this year at all. He's taken HUGE strides this year to be as complete a player as he can be. Looks like he'll fall short of 40 again this year, but when you consider he's THE scoring threat, the main focus, I'm fine with it. He's managed to score goals himself, been a much better passer and improved his assists to goals ratio. His defensive improves can't be understated. He's a focal point of the PK. He's shown a repeated willingness to back check and break up rushes. IMO, he warrants very serious consideration for the Selke this year. He'd be the first winger to win it since Jere Lehtonen. His overall game improvement this year is as significant as the jump to his first 30 goal season. He isn't just our best forward. He's one of the best all around forwards in the league. If he can manage, for the next 6 plus years, to be that 70ish point and +35 player I'll be pleased as punch. He'd be 33, have played over 800 games and have 700 points. Not a big if. If he found a way to play to 38, without missing a lot of time to injury and expecting a drop off in production similar to the first few years of his career, he could be the first Hab to score 1000 points in the uniform since Lafleur - and he'd only be the 4th. A grasp to be sure, but not inconceivable. Regardless, he figures to be a prominent player for us, and focus of the opposition, for years to come. Quite the glowing review. I agree about a Selke nominee but your long term prognosis is overly optomistic. In any event, the real problem we have is that we are currently getting him dirt cheap. If he's as good as you say he will want PK numbers and we don't have that to give; particularly after we top up Carey's salary. He's an American and will go south for the big pay cheque. I'm not investing much love in the guy for that reason, and I think he can be disinterested at times - not a leadership quality.
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Post by Disp on Apr 6, 2015 12:54:11 GMT -5
Didn't get to see much of this one. Nice that DSP got some quality ice time. Goal as well. Good coaching. Get him involved and going.
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Post by seventeen on Apr 6, 2015 13:30:10 GMT -5
Some tweets about Max traveling with the team, but not playing, and to be assessed by MD's when they get back to Montreal. He isn't being sent home immediately, which I'd have to take as a good sign, but the way pro teams deal with athletes and injuries, it probably means nothing. Anyway, that's the latest I've heard. The source, I believe, is Richard Labbe.
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Post by jkr on Apr 6, 2015 13:55:47 GMT -5
Anyone else concerned with the way Price got bumped around & the lack of reaction - especially the Kopecky collision where it looked like Price had his head pushed against the net? Don't these guys realize that Price is everything to this team? Their mindset should be that the opposition is out to injure him and then react accordingly, even if it's out of proportion. There should be a strictly enforced no fly zone around the net or it will be a Kreider like scene all over again.
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Post by habsorbed on Apr 6, 2015 14:17:53 GMT -5
Anyone else concerned with the way Price got bumped around & the lack of reaction - especially the Kopecky collision where it looked like Price had his head pushed against the net? Don't these guys realize that Price is everything to this team? Their mindset should be that the opposition is out to injure him and then react accordingly, even if it's out of proportion. There should be a strictly enforced no fly zone around the net or it will be a Kreider like scene all over again. It bothers me but don't know there's much one can do if the refs let it happen. I really don't think being pummelled acts as a deterrent. The impression I had from Fla last night was that they're not going to the dance and were quite content to prevent a Hab player from participating. Even Jagr seemed to have that attitude. They had nothing to lose and if they could take a Hab out with them they would. And they did to Max, and almost Carey.
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Post by seventeen on Apr 6, 2015 14:33:13 GMT -5
I had trouble understanding the aggressive manner Florida took in the game, especially toward Price. I don't think they were manic about it, but it seemed that if the opportunity was there, they'd take it. That's not typically what teams who have been eliminated do. They'll try, but they generally won't go more above 95% effort. Why kill yourself? The season's effectively over and in one week they're on vacation. They don't need to get injured or into a fight either, so typically it's a not an all out effort. Most of the game was like that, but the times they went harder then they needed to (especially the Kopecky matter, where he deliberately took the short route instead of going around Carey) was weird. I'd prefer the refs deal with that (they missed it totally), but if they don't the team has to do something.
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Post by Disp on Apr 6, 2015 15:45:54 GMT -5
They played like they weren't into it and were angry about it. From watching the third and the highlights, that's what I got out of it.
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Post by habsorbed on Apr 6, 2015 16:24:14 GMT -5
They played like they weren't into it and were angry about it. From watching the third and the highlights, that's what I got out of it. I think they were still coming to terms with their reality of recently being eliminated, and were pissed off. Refs should be on top of that attitude in the circumstances at put an end to any 'reckless' nonsense. A team going nowhere and being stupid should be shut down by the refs right away. Even if the call is unwarranted what's the damage - 2 less points for a non play-off team?
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Post by Deleted on Apr 7, 2015 8:21:32 GMT -5
Faint praise to be the Habs best forward. Max is a power forward who plays well for stretches and then disappears. He tries when he wants to, and often glides to the bench when he feels his shift is over. Happy to have him but as far as untouchables on the Habs, Price and PK are way ahead of him. I don't think that's been the case this year at all. He's taken HUGE strides this year to be as complete a player as he can be. Looks like he'll fall short of 40 again this year, but when you consider he's THE scoring threat, the main focus, I'm fine with it. He's managed to score goals himself, been a much better passer and improved his assists to goals ratio. His defensive improves can't be understated. He's a focal point of the PK. He's shown a repeated willingness to back check and break up rushes. IMO, he warrants very serious consideration for the Selke this year. He'd be the first winger to win it since Jere Set His overall game improvement this year is as significant as the jump to his first 30 goal season. He isn't just our best forward. He's one of the best all around forwards in the league. If he can manage, for the next 6 plus years, to be that 70ish point and +35 player I'll be pleased as punch. He'd be 33, have played over 800 games and have 700 points. Not a big if. If he found a way to play to 38, without missing a lot of time to injury and expecting a drop off in production similar to the first few years of his career, he could be the first Hab to score 1000 points in the uniform since Lafleur - and he'd only be the 4th. A grasp to be sure, but not inconceivable. Regardless, he figures to be a prominent player for us, and focus of the opposition, for years to come. Agree, a legitimate force to be reckoned with he is. League leader in plus minus and one of the best pure shooters in the game.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 7, 2015 8:28:26 GMT -5
he's probably out at a movie as we speak I recommend the highly under-rated V for Vendetta, but I'm assuming he went to Wolverine for the 100th time.
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Post by franko on Apr 7, 2015 9:01:56 GMT -5
he's probably out at a movie as we speak I recommend the highly under-rated V for Vendetta, but I'm assuming he went to Wolverine for the 100th time. shoulda been recommended a few years ago, when Chara got off with a shrug of the shoulders.
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Post by HabSolute on Apr 7, 2015 9:10:49 GMT -5
I recommend the highly under-rated V for Vendetta, but I'm assuming he went to Wolverine for the 100th time. shoulda been recommended a few years ago, when Chara got off with a shrug of the shoulders. Calling Dr. Recchi
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Post by NWTHabsFan on Apr 7, 2015 10:52:37 GMT -5
An update on Max's is to be provided tomorrow, as per today's Rapid Fire update on the Habs site.
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