The powerplay goal with 3:29 left in the third period gave the Canadiens the 3-2 lead they would not relinquish.
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Pacioretty added an empty-netter in the game’s final minute, also on the power play. “He and (Andrei Markov) did a good job of pulling the defence to them and I had a clear shot”.
A series of poor penalties in the third period made a result uncertain, but a timely powerplay goal by Alex Galchenyuk won the game for the Montreal Canadiens. This is his first year of playing centre full time and he had a tendency to pass up shots, but it was bombs away against the Islanders.
The video of Gallagher blocking Boychuk’s shot will be even more popular on YouTube than the one from his novice days, highlighting his courage and proving you can’t measure the size of a man’s heart by his height. “That line was out there against a few top players, but I wasn’t scared because they were supporting each other”.
If you haven’t heard by now, the Canadiens will be without their star right winger Brendan Gallagher for an undetermined amount of time after he blocked a Johnny Boychuk slap shot with his left hand, incidentally breaking two of his fingers.
The Montreal Canadiens’ Tomas Fleischmann (15) moves in on NY Islanders goaltender Thomas Greiss, left, as the Islanders’ Travis Hamonic defends during the first period of a game in Montreal on Sunday, November 22, 2015. “He was playing his best hockey”. He’s progressing every year, he’s still a young player. It’s a big loss, but what are we going to do? Goalie Carey Price also missed nine games with a lower-body injury before returning to the lineup and winning the last two games. On Friday, the Habs beat the Isles 5-3 in NY in the first game of the home-and-home.
HURRICANES 4, KINGS 3 (at Raleigh, N.C.) – Justin Faulk scored two power-play goals and Carolina snapped a five-game losing streak by beating Los Angeles. He knocked Kyle Okposo off the puck at the blue line and was off to the races.
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“I saw Larry coming with me (on the breakaway) but I didn’t know if he was open or not so I kept it and shot it blocker”, said Fleischmann.
