Habs 5, Sens 1: Trollolol

Erik Cole is such a troll.

OK seriously, I thought this game would end at midnight in regulation...
- Should be 6-1. The puck was over the line and behind the damn post already. You denied Ryan White a goal!
- Refs lost control of this game too early. Ended with 144 penalties minutes in total.
- After Cole scored his first I told my mom he's so going to get to 30 in the first period. Done in 5 minutes.
- Coach Walrus: "I'm glad we don't play them anymore. They certainly bring the worst out in us and tonight we weren't as prepared to play the game and we didn't play with enough discipline". Well that would be your fault for putting out the Douche Line with 30 seconds left in the first period. Also that's what happens when you let Konopka play.
- And Neil should be suspended for pushing the ref. Will he? I won't hold my breath. Even if it's an automatic.
- The "traffic" Price dealt with would be called "goalie interference" if it was Erik Cole on the other side. But he pretty much eats Ottawa for breakfast.
- Because of all the penalties, Campoli was your ice time leader. Pity us.
- Lars Eller really misses AK46 and Travis Moen. Bourque is like skating with a ball and chain... Great powerplay goal though. So good the ref didn't even realize it was a goal even though I saw from here it was in the net.
- There will come a time when Karlsson will get hit far worse than the hit Blunden gave him. Might want to be more than 180lbs.
- I would still rather have PK over him. Did you see him do his patented lap around the offensive zone? Held a clinic over how to keep the puck in the zone...


You owe us big time, Buffalo. Sens now two points ahead of them and the Caps. Wouldn't that be funny if the Sens stumble out of the playoffs...

We're real serious when we start giving out 4-minute roughing penalties.

Habs 5, Islanders 3: Whether deserved or not...

...a win is a win. And Al Montoya helped save Jacques Martin's job once again.

Sigh.

People ask why this team can't hold a 2 goal lead. They wonder why the 3rd period always ends up being a lump sided affair in terms of shots on net for the other team. They wonder why a team that stresses defence can't seem to defend. The answer is simple: they're doing Jacques Martin's favourite Play Without the Puck. You have NO excuse for not getting more than 3 shots on Al Montoya by the time they scored their 3rd to tie it up. (Of course it was 2 goals on 3 shots so...there's that).

Regardless, I would have been extremely pissed if they blew this one. I am pissed they almost did. Yes the Islanders have done better on the road lately after absolutely sucking for most of the season. Yes Moulson had 4 fucking goals against Dallas (though it was Raycroft). They have to stop doing that watching crap with a 1-goal lead. However they did show us they can battle hard through their own problems and overcome an aggressive 3-man forecheck that was killing them every time.

Oh look, 2 games over .500, plan the fucking parade
- Kostitsyn's goal was a lovely piece of effort. All he does is work. He's strong and powerful and having Cole on this team seems to have inspired him to find that AK46 who scored end-to-end rushes while on a line with Pleky and Kovy a few years ago. He wants the puck every time he's out there even when the other team has the puck.
- All I want for Christmaskah is 5 more Erik Coles. His goal was a powerplay goal (shocking I know!) and his rage to win this game coupled by him nearly getting killed by the goal post ignited a fire I've only seen in Carey Price. He was so angry he even put the puck into the net that was already off it's moorings just to start shit.
- And on Cole's goal, Desharnais' passing is so slick and smooth. He pump-faked a shot that stuttered every Islanders player opening the space for Cole to slam it in.
- Apparently Price told Nokie he deserved a goal. And after completely botching PK's pass on Moulson's goal, he made up for it with an assist and the game winning goal. With Eller smartly protecting the puck along the boards, he casually made his way towards the blue line and spotted Nokie coming off the bench who absolutely launched that sucker so hard he scored in stereo. Now I'm just worried he'll be the new forward on the point.
- Hal Gill scored the empty netter. Hal Gill gives you wings.
- PS, fuck Matt Martin. Hate that jerk. Could have broken PK's leg on that shit.

Islanders had no quit in them, and you should hope so considering they're all kids (with the exception of a few). Habs have serious problems to fix (one being NO to Kaberle-Campoli pairing against a top line and another being Emelin should play ON HIS RIGHT SIDE you morons). But the powerplay looks so much better with Kaberle (RC Cola Markov) and a little bit of a will to win came into play. Major bummer though, after taking a therapy day yesterday, Moen left the game early... (Another reason why Emelin should be in the lineup, you know, for that physical edge on the penalty kill and such).

Oh, yea. Kaberle now has 3 assists in 2 games.