Montreal Canadiens (7) vs St. Louis Blues (3)...........
The Canadiens visited the Blues on Saturday night. It was a meeting of two teams going in different directions. The Blues had lost three straight going into the night while the Habs were 6-3-0-1 in their last ten. Tonight it was much of the same.
Rene Bourque's 13th of the season was sandwiched in between a pair of tallies by Justin Williams (23rd,24th). The Blues managed but a single shot on Montreal's Viktor Fasth after 20 minutes.
In the second the Blues managed 10 shots on net but still were not able to crack Fasth. Meanwhile the Habs would find the back of the net three more times in the middle stanza, after Mike Cammalleri scored his 23rd at :36, it was two goals midway through the period, thirty-nine seconds apart by Justin Williams (his hat-trick goal) and Eric Staal (39th) that pretty much put this game out of reach.
Alex Burrows would show some life for St.Louis as he potted his (23rd) just six seconds into the final period but Williams would cap off his spectacular night with his 4th goal just twenty-four seconds later. Damien Brunner (21st) and Burrows (24th) with his second of the night for the Blues would finish the scoring however for St.Louis it was a little too little too late. The shot totals would finish 29-23 in favor of the Habs.
Viktor Fasth, won for the third time since becoming the Canadiens #1, after the trade of James Reimer to Phoenix, he stopped 20 shots, while Alex Auld playing his 15th start of the season stopped 22 shots.
MOLSON 3 STARS:
1 - Justin Williams (Mon)........... 4 goals, 1 assist, +2, 4 shots
2 - Eric Staal (Mon).................... 1 goal, 4 assists, +2, 1 shot
3 - Mike Cammalleri (Mon)........ 1 goal, 1 assist, +2, 2 shots
GAME'S GOAT:
The whole Blues team. They managed just a single shot on net through twenty and only showed life after they were down by an un-converted touchdown. Many more games like this one and St.Louis can kiss any hopes of the play-offs good-bye.
St.Louis gets back at it on Monday as they play host to the Vancouver Canucks. Vancouver went down 3-1 to the LA Kings on Saturday night with Alex Ovechkin's 46th the only score for the 'Nucks. On Wednesday the Blues travel to Music City to take on Jonathon Quick and the rest of the Preds. Then St.Louis visits The Harvard Square Arena to take on the Bruins on Friday night. Coach Gretzky has the Bruins playing some of their best hockey of late as they are 7-3 in last 10 games, their latest was a 6-1 rout of the Dallas Stars.
Montreal gets back at it on Monday as they host the Stars, Dallas is playing nothing like stars as they sit last in the WCHL with just three wins on the season. Montreal then travels to Carolina on Wednesday to take on the surging Hurricane who are riding a current three game win streak and have lost just once in their last seven matches, scoring an amazing 15 goals against the Lightning on Saturday night, winning easily 15-1. Then the Habs take their fathers on a trip to Hollywood on Friday night as they battle the Kings. Los Angeles are one of the hottest teams in the WCHL right now having won six straight games and nine of their last ten.
Reporting For The WCHL Network .........
Peter Puck
The Canadiens visited the Blues on Saturday night. It was a meeting of two teams going in different directions. The Blues had lost three straight going into the night while the Habs were 6-3-0-1 in their last ten. Tonight it was much of the same.
Rene Bourque's 13th of the season was sandwiched in between a pair of tallies by Justin Williams (23rd,24th). The Blues managed but a single shot on Montreal's Viktor Fasth after 20 minutes.
In the second the Blues managed 10 shots on net but still were not able to crack Fasth. Meanwhile the Habs would find the back of the net three more times in the middle stanza, after Mike Cammalleri scored his 23rd at :36, it was two goals midway through the period, thirty-nine seconds apart by Justin Williams (his hat-trick goal) and Eric Staal (39th) that pretty much put this game out of reach.
Alex Burrows would show some life for St.Louis as he potted his (23rd) just six seconds into the final period but Williams would cap off his spectacular night with his 4th goal just twenty-four seconds later. Damien Brunner (21st) and Burrows (24th) with his second of the night for the Blues would finish the scoring however for St.Louis it was a little too little too late. The shot totals would finish 29-23 in favor of the Habs.
Viktor Fasth, won for the third time since becoming the Canadiens #1, after the trade of James Reimer to Phoenix, he stopped 20 shots, while Alex Auld playing his 15th start of the season stopped 22 shots.
MOLSON 3 STARS:
1 - Justin Williams (Mon)........... 4 goals, 1 assist, +2, 4 shots
2 - Eric Staal (Mon).................... 1 goal, 4 assists, +2, 1 shot
3 - Mike Cammalleri (Mon)........ 1 goal, 1 assist, +2, 2 shots
GAME'S GOAT:
The whole Blues team. They managed just a single shot on net through twenty and only showed life after they were down by an un-converted touchdown. Many more games like this one and St.Louis can kiss any hopes of the play-offs good-bye.
St.Louis gets back at it on Monday as they play host to the Vancouver Canucks. Vancouver went down 3-1 to the LA Kings on Saturday night with Alex Ovechkin's 46th the only score for the 'Nucks. On Wednesday the Blues travel to Music City to take on Jonathon Quick and the rest of the Preds. Then St.Louis visits The Harvard Square Arena to take on the Bruins on Friday night. Coach Gretzky has the Bruins playing some of their best hockey of late as they are 7-3 in last 10 games, their latest was a 6-1 rout of the Dallas Stars.
Montreal gets back at it on Monday as they host the Stars, Dallas is playing nothing like stars as they sit last in the WCHL with just three wins on the season. Montreal then travels to Carolina on Wednesday to take on the surging Hurricane who are riding a current three game win streak and have lost just once in their last seven matches, scoring an amazing 15 goals against the Lightning on Saturday night, winning easily 15-1. Then the Habs take their fathers on a trip to Hollywood on Friday night as they battle the Kings. Los Angeles are one of the hottest teams in the WCHL right now having won six straight games and nine of their last ten.
Reporting For The WCHL Network .........
Peter Puck
