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Game Recap: Habs No Match for Relentless Avalanche

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Game Recap: Habs No Match for Relentless Avalanche
(Photo by Michael Martin/NHLI via Getty Images)

Game 15, Away game 7 | Saturday November 2, 2013

(Photo by Michael Martin/NHLI via Getty Images)
(Photo by Michael Martin/NHLI via Getty Images)

 Game Recap: The Avalanche softened up the Habs in the second period with relentless pressure, then finished the game in the third with three goals.

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Boxscore:

 FINAL 1 2 3 OT T
 Canadiens 0 0 1 1
 Avalanche 0 1 3 4

Summary:
Goal Scorers:
MTL   Gallagher
COL   Landeskog, MacKinnon, O’Reilly, Parenteau
Goalies:
MTL Budaj (L)  2-1-0
COL Giguere (W)  4-0-0
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Shots on Goal:

 FINAL 1 2 3 OT T
 Canadiens 8 8 14 30
 Avalanche 11 10 10 31

 NHL Three Stars
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  1.  Gabriel Landeskog  COL 
  2.  J.S. Giguere  COL
  3.  Nathan MacKinnon  COL

 Post-game Chatter

186237429_slideCoach Michel Therrien:

  • “I liked the changes that we made in the third period. It was our best period offensively. I liked Galchenyuk at centre. That’s something we’d been thinking about for a while. With Pacioretty and Gallagher, they generated good things together. It’s something that we’re going to try again for sure.”
  • Therrien said that Desharnais has not been giving enough since the beginning of the season putting the management in a position where a decision must be made.

 Goaltender Peter Budaj:

  • “They’re relentless. They’re first on the puck. They work hard. They chip the puck and they go after it. They do everything with a purpose and they win the battle. They compete really hard. Jiggy [J.S. Giguere] played really well tonight. They’ve got good skill offensively and solid defense. They’re in first place and they’ve got good young players that win the one-on-one battles.”

Avalanche coach Patrick Roy

  • “[The third-period effort] was pretty solid. When they made it 1-1, we just stepped our play up another notch. I thought that was great.”

Avalanche forward Ryan O’Reilly

  • “I was in on the forecheck and think P.K. (Subban) kind of bobbled it behind the net, and it came right on my stick. I went in front and tried to get it over the pad, and luckily it went in.”

Check back, video highlights will be up soon.  To look back at the full lineups for tonight’s game, check the Game Day preview.


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