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I guess the play where McDonagh fell to the ground and left Pacioretty all alone in the slot with a golden opportunity at 1-0 is already forgotten. There's a difference between not putting in the effort and squeezing the stick. If I had to guess between the two, it would be the latter and not the former. Pacioretty scores that goal 8 times out of 10. As for the serries in general. I agree with the coin flip mentality but I look at it in a negative way. It's not the greatest feeling knowing you're headed into a game where there's a 50% chance your season is done. If we can win next game, I'll start to hold some optimistic hope again.

I did

Alright, I'm calling Pacioretty now to score

It was too obvious. Still have hopes for the game now that that is out of the way though.......

We need the next goal. Tired of the team playing content with a 1 goal lead.

My pre-playoff wish was to see Boston and the Leafs lose round 1 and for us to beat Ottawa in round 2 but Ottawa is the tougher out. A lot of Bruins players aren't feeling 100%.

Only a matter of time until King scores a big goal for us. It might just come in Round 4

Weak call by the refs but I'll take it.

Nice hit by Davidson on Grabner

Radulov was great on the play as well; really strong on the puck. The Habs had 2 breakaways in the period and if they can keep putting pressure on the Rangers' defense, the game is up for grabs. Both teams will be fighting.

What a goal. Good call Helmethead!!!

Looked like he felt it when Subban slew footed him on to his tailbone last night.

I agree. After reading your post, hopefully they both produce but I have a good feeling about Pacioretty tonight. Hope we can pull this out as it shouldn't be easy.

With the way Subban has been playing it led me to wonder about his time in Montreal and the relationship he had with the coaching staff. I agree that it looks like something is different in Nashville and it's likely for one of the following reasons. 1) Therrien gave Subban a longer leash than most think 2) Subban had no respect for Therrien 3) Laviolette has him playing a specific role 4) The trade had a mental impact on him and made him feel as though he needed to play a different way 5) He's playing through and still recovering from injuries I think the Preds do have a more skill throughout their lineup than the Habs. I believe Subban would still stand out on the Habs more than he does on Nashville, both positively and negatively. Maybe the kid just tried too hard as a Hab as well. Nothing wrong with that.

TUESDAY, APRIL 18TH: HABS VS RANGERS GAME 4 ROUND 1 PLAYOFFS GAME DAY MONTREAL CANADIENS Max Pacioretty - Phillip Danault - Alexander Radulov Paul Byron - Tomas Plekanec - Brendan Gallagher Artturi Lehkonen - Alex Galchenyuk - Andrew Shaw Dwight King - Steve Ott - Torrey Mitchell Andrei Markov - Shea Weber Jordie Benn - Jeff Petry Nathan Beaulieu - Brandon Davidson PRICE Montoya NEW YORK RANGERS Jimmy Vesey- Derek Stepan - Rick Nash Chris Kreider - Mika Zibanejad - Pavel Buchnevich J.T. Miller - Kevin Hayes - Mats Zuccarello Oscar Lindberg -Jesper Fast - Michael Grabner Ryan McDonagh -Dan Girardi Marc Staal - Nick Holden Brady Skjei - Brendan Smith LUNDQVIST Raanta SERIES RECAP Game 1: New York 2 (Empty Net Goal) – 0 Montreal Unlikely hero Tanner Glass scores the game winner with a backhand top corner Grabner seals the deal late with an empty net goal Game 2: Montreal 4 – 3 New York (Overtime) Habs go up 2-1 in the first period only to lose the lead later in the game Plekanec ties the game up with less than 25 seconds in regulation and Radulov seals the deal late in the first overtime The Habs’ 58 shots were the most the New York Rangers have ever allowed in a playoff game. Thank you Bell Center shot counter bias Game 3: Montreal 3 – 1 New York Montreal takes it to the Rangers early but Lundqvist plays stellar and looks like he might be intent on stealing the game Habs continue to control much of the play but the checking is extremely tight It felt like the Habs simply needed a power play in order to get a little more room on the ice Just as the doctor ordered, the Habs were given their first opportunity on the power play late in the second period and Lehkonen made no mistake scoring the first goal of the game from the slot off of a set play from Plekanec and Gallagher. Shea Weber would score another powerplay goal off a nice feed from Galchenyuk in the third to put the Habs up 2-0 and Radulov would later pot a candidate for goal of the playoffs with only one hand on the stick to close the curtains on the Rangers’ hopes. Brady Skjei would score a late goal for the Rangers to end Carey Price’s shutout hopes but it would be the final goal of the game with the end result being Montreal 3 – 1 New York SERIES STATISTICS SOG MONTREAL 31+58+29= 118 SHOTS ON GOAL (39.33 PER GAME) NEW YORK 31+38+21=90 SHOTS ON GOAL (30 PER GAME) SPECIAL TEAMS MONTREAL PP 0/3 + 0/4 + 2/3 = 2/10 NEW YORK PP 0/4 + 0/3 +0/3 = 0/10 MONTREAL PK 4/4 + 3/3 + 3/3 = 10/10 NEW YORK PK 3/3 + 4/4 + 1/3 = 8/10 PENALTY MINUTES MONTREAL 13+20+6 = 39 PIM NEW YORK 15+8+6 = 29 PIM HITS MONTREAL 53 + 55 + 31 = 139 HITS (46.33 PER GAME) NEW YORK 45 + 73 + 41 = 159 HITS (53 PER GAME) TEAM LEADERS MONTREAL Goals: Radulov (2) Assists: Radulov (3) Points: Radulov (5) Penalty Minutes: Markov (10) Shots: Pacioretty (17) Hits: Byron (16) Time of Ice: Weber (28:36) NEW YORK Goals: Grabner (2) Assists: Stepan (1), Fast (1), Smith (1), Vesey (1), Lindberg (1), Klein (1), Zibanejad (1), Holden (1) Points: Grabner (2) Penalty Minutes: Zucarello (12) Shots: Rick Nash (10) Hits: Skjei (17) Time of Ice: McDonagh (26:40) GOALIES Carey Price 2-1 89 shots 84 saves .944 1.53 Henrik Lundqvist 1-2 118 shots 111 saves .941 2.16 1 shutout KEYS TO THE WIN FOR NEW YORK Can New York finally find some life at home? Score first Stay Disciplined (1/3 on PK last game) KEYS TO THE WIN FOR MONTREAL Can the Habs continue their strong play? Continue to throw rubber at the net and outshoot New York (39 shots per game) Compete physically

I just stopped watching that goal in my head

Davidson has played well so far.

Here we go

Five hole and he had him

We could use a PP #predictingthefuture

Hope we keep it up in the second. This game is here for the taking.

Not happy with how well Lundqvist is playing early on... waiting for it to change

He was on for a lot of goals against during the regular season. If we do get scored on tonight, I feel there's a good chance he'll be out there. I'm sure people feel similarly about Nesterov though. Game time.

The Habs record was actually 47-26-7-2 for 103 points. Congrats kaos and sorry if i stir something up but I was just wondering in regards to the tiebreaks, what's the purpose of the accuracy of final record? Doesn't "thehabbit" have the most accurate record since he predicted 47 wins? And if not, shouldn't BlueKross win the second tiebreak since he predicted 1st in the Atlantic? I could see BlueKross being dqed from the first tiebreak since he only based it on 80 games but since nobody won that one, shouldn't he win the second? Just asking, I'm sure you've put more thought into it than me.

Thanks, lineups are updated Davidson is also in for Nesterov