Forwards:
A. Kostitsyn - Plekanec - Pyatt
Pouliot - Gomez - Gionta
Moen - Moore - S. Kostitsyn
Darche- Metropolit - Laps

Halak

Defence:
Markov - O'Byrne
Hamrlik - Spacek
Gill - Gorges

Hoping for a bounce back from Halak.

Interesting to see Halak in net. The boys had better show a better effort than last game; this is a crucial game.

GO HABS GO!!!!

Boston lines:

Sturm - Bergeron - Recchi
Wheeler - Krejci - Ryder
Lucic - Sobotka - Marchand/Satan*
Paille - Begin - Thornton

Chara - Seidenberg
Stuart - Wideman
Hunwick - Boychuk

Rask

Satan is a game-time decision.

Alright partner
Keep on rollin' baby
You know what time it is

Throw your hands up
Ladies and gentlement
Chocolate Starfish
Keep on rolling baby

Move in, now move out
Hands up, now hands down
Back up, back up
Tell me what you're gonna do now
Breath in, now breath out
Hands up, now hands down
Back up, back up
Tell me what you're gonna do now

Keep rollin' rollin' rollin' rollin'
What?
Keep rollin' rollin' rollin' rollin'
Come on!
Keep rollin' rollin' rollin' rollin'
Yeah

I like how on Habsinsideout they make the point that this is a sign that Halak has been annointed number 1. He's already our de facto number 1.

We should be in a for playoff intense game. I feel like it's useless to post lately because I'm stating the obvious. Must win game...again. And the Rangers and Toronto. More must wins.

Everything seems obvious lately. Hopefully winning becomes obvious

Hopefully the Moore-Moen connection continues to sizzle! Two goals last game for that line with Sergei getting one of them. I like the way this team is coming together down all the lines.

Kill the B_sta_ds!

I'll be at the game tonight!! Let's hope our boys put in a better effort than against the Oilers!

Kick some Pooh-bear ass!!!!

Especially out of the gate. When the Oilers took the 1 goal lead (2-1) and pressed I wondered if we were facing the Capitals or something. Hopefully the Oilers made the team learn their lesson!

Enjoy the game. Wish I was there

hahah OMG CBC...using Youtube on the broadcast...get off dialup!

Sorry offtopic...go habs!

Bad luck about Savard...I want the habs to lay waste to the Bruins...take the season series 5-1!

Good: it's on CBC-M
Bad: Cole's calling the game.....

"A softie...as they say!"

Hah Bob Cole...you may bleed Blue and White..but I have missed you calling games.

Bob never really bleeded Blue and White (those of us who remember his calls in the late 80s and early 90s know he was excellent), he just ended up doing their games for so long (it was HNiC itself that moved to being Toronto centric) he knew their team way more than the rest of the league.

He's doing better with the lesser schedule of games I think. The #1 gig with HNiC he wasn't able to do anymore especially the past 5 years.

NICE play by Markov and Sergei scores on the tap in. Completely facked Rask out thinking he was going around the other way.

So, who is upset about the 2nd rounder for Moore now? It's obvious we traded for him to sign him. He's on a MISSION!

Haha...Sergei...I want him to bust out...he has the skills..maybe his recent success can propel him forward. You guys notice the other players when Sergei scores how happy they are for him....I'm loving the attitude of the team this year!



He wants a home...give this man a home!!!

I find it very interesting to ask fans at this point about both UFA's: who would you rater have, Moore or Cullen?

There's still a lot of season left before we can assess this but Moore is bringing it for sure Maybe Cullen will prove me wrong but we paid less than the Sens did. The only counter argument is that Goats ran up the price for trades which I don't buy. Sometimes you pay what you pay to get what you want or need!!! Not necessarily what armchair GM's think on public boards.

Good trade!

Wow...Markov is playing like shit this year what gives?

Markov should have cut him behind the net. Gill did the same sort of gaffe against the Oilers the other night.

umm, why is that Markovs fault?

OB should have cut off any pass attempt, and he didnt. Ryder got out in front of him and when that happened Ryder was able to pass to anybody.

Wow..throwing OB under the bus? He played the passer perfectly...Markovs man beat him to the net and it was Ryder...not super speedy guy.

Every player is entitled to a mistake. Markov should have cut him off and he didn't. It's no indictment on Markov. Hockey ain't easy, even for the best. It's much easier to type it than to respond on the ice. No big deal really.

Markov has not been up to HIS high standards this year so I was questioning him on it...maybe he's still injured..who knows.

and pyatt knocks chara downnn

You know, he did create two goals in the first period. So maybe some slack can be granted?

I'm definitely not complaining. Without Markov we are in big trouble.

Yea offensively...but his defensive play has been suspect lately. Just curious if there's anything wrong with him. This is a discussion board right?

Saying he's playing like shit... that's pretty ridiculous.

Anyways, Andrei Kostitsyn is clearly not back to top form yet, either. He should have fired that shot WAY earlier. His timing, always his worst attribute, is really off right now.

I disagree with you, maybe playing like shit is an over statement...but he's not his normal defensive self.

The way Sergei is playing tonight...I wouldn't mind seeing him get a shot again on the first line.

Man is Mullen seriously?

Give Andrei a roughing penalty? For getting punched in the face? Seriously...fire this joker.

If the Bruins wanted the PP...don't go after the player that hit him...don't let him punch a guy AND get the PP, it's either/or PP or revenge.

Anyone else love that hit on Lucic. I sure did. I only wish that the had connected with Lucic' head. Would have loved that.
God are those whiny announcers on CBC annoying me.

Good job AK.

No clue what they are on aboot yet again. The Lucic hit wouldnt have been a penalty had he had the puck. Sure its an interference penalty but they keep going on like it was some horrible head hunting cheapshot. That hit doesnt even register a blip on the dangerous hits to the head radar.

Did he even hit his head? Thought he connected shoulder, may have followed through and hit the head, though. It was late.

Lucic knew what he was doing. He negated the PP by sending a message. All NHL players know that.

Funny, Milbury and Healey liked the hit, Healey thought it was late but not a head target. That's what I thought, so it's not rose coloured glasses on my part.

I'm not disagreeing with that but I still dont blame Markov, that was his mistake.

I'm sure the next time OB lets a guy go Markov will pick him up. However wouldnt it maske more sense to get OB to not let guys get around him like that?

Ryder pulled ahead of OB, but Ryder still had his stick to the back and far outside so it didnt look like a threat which was wrong. As soon as Ryder moved his stick 90 degrees to in front of him OB could no longer stop him. Sure Ryder wasnt fast enough with enough skill but a better player could have scored themselves with how OB played it.

If there's a switch, it needs to be communicated. I don't know if it was or not. So it's hard to say who was at fault. In the end, it's a team error.

I missed the goal, so I guess I'm a bit out of the loop. Still haven't seen it.

Anyways, enough bickering, let's go on period 3!

Hahah SEEEEEEEEEEERGEI...!

Bounces finally going his way. He's been mostly solid for weeks now.

Good kill to start off the period right and allow that bounce to happen, though!

You know he's the player I most want good things to happen to, dunno what it is. Seems such an underdog.

Nice save by Jaro on Thornton with Chara right on his doorstep.


There's a few of those guys on this team: Sergei, Jaro, Gorges most prominent. Darche and Metropolit as well.

Darche just got a chance too, good hustle.

It was similar to the Stevens hit on Lindros. If you have your head down and get hit straigh on its impossible for the hitter to not hit you in the head because your head is in front of your shoulders. If thats a headshot then you could just put your head down and skate right in up to their goalie cuz nobody can hit you cuz your heads down.

I think I'd add O'bryne to my list too.

Way to go Sergei!!!

Markov getting into it with Sturm there. Not sure I like this trade off.

O'Byrne always had what it took, it was just a matter of if he could do it with the Habs considering all that had happened in his early career here. So he's an underdog, but only because of how his NHL career started. Making it to the NHL was pretty natural for him (good progression in NCAA and AHL, good physical attributes right from draft day).

Crap. Lucic after a bad giveaway by Darche. 4th line is getting hemmed in consistently. Time to shorten the bench, Jacques.

When is JM going to learn...

DO
NOT
SIT
BACK!!!

I don't disagree that sitting .......HALAK!!!!!!!!!!

Still rolling all 4 lines.

WOW. Halak with a huge save on a terrible breakdown. Bruins smell blood.

Actually, that was a heck of a play by the Bruins to create that chance. Quick puck movement.

What I was going to say before Halak bailed our butts out , was that something quite natural is occurring here. The Ruins are throwing everything they can at us, pulling out all the stops and going for broke. THey NEED this win.

We don't need a goal, or we'd be the ones flying at them and they'd be back on their heels.

I suspect that sitting back is often, not always, but often , just a natural turn of events when one team desperately needs a goal

I'm impressed with the consistent level of effort les boys are showing.

Hang in!

Two minutes!!

ONE MINUTE !

YA BABEEEEE!!!!!

Hell of a win!!!

Decent win.

Good point, Toronthab. The same thing happened with Anaheim on Sunday... Habs fired everything by the end and outshot them badly before tying it up at 3 after falling behind by 3 in the first. It's not just a Montreal thing. We saw it with Team Canada in the Gold Medal Game, too. And Team USA in the first Canada/USA game.

I think Moore got 2 assists

That line does it again

I'm completely happy with this game...some wins just make ya feel good this is one of them for me.