Montreal Canadiens Playoffs Game 5 Away game 3 | Thursday May 1, 2014 | Canadiens lead the second round series 1-0 |
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Game Recap:The Canadiens, though badly outshot in this game, never trailed. They received stellar goaltending from Carey Price who made 48 saves on the evening. P.K. Subban gave the Habs the lead midway through the first period and also scored the game-winner early in the second overtime period. The line of Lars Eller, Rene Bourque and Brian Gionta were dominant tonight generating numerous chances and two of the Canadiens goals.
Plus / Minus ▲ Carey Price, P.K. Subban, Lars Eller, Rene Bourque, Brendan Gallagher, Brian Gionta, Andrei Markov, Dale Weise, Alexei Emelin ▼ David Desharnais, Daniel Briere, Thomas Vanek |
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Boxscore:
| FINAL | 1 | 2 | 3 | OT | OT2 | T |
| Canadiens | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Bruins | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
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Shots on Goal:
| FINAL | 1 | 2 | 3 | OT | OT2 | T |
| Canadiens | 10 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 33 |
| Bruins | 13 | 9 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 51 |
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| Post-game Press Conference |
- “There are a lot of positives. First the power-play was really effective tonight. Carey Price was outstanding. Both goalies were good. Tuukka Rask made some key saves.”
- “The Bruins played a really solid game. There’s a lot positive about how we find a way to win. We looked like a team that hadn’t played for ten days. Our timing was not right. I know our team is going to be better next game.”
- “The Bruins were the best team in the league all season long. They had a good first round (of the playoffs.) We have to focus to be better in a few things that we’re going to correct tomorrow.”
- “Carey Price was extraordinary; the power play was very effective. We definitely wanted to go get that first game. I feel the team will become more and more involved in the series the longer it goes, because we haven’t played for ten days. This was a huge win for the confidence of our team.”
Goalie Carey Price
- “It was a battle, it was exactly what we were expecting. We just gutted it out. It was a hard-fought game, it could’ve gone either way.”
- “We were pushed back on our heels a little bit, I thought, in the third with home-ice pressure. They’re a relentless team. They pushed back and worked their way back into the hockey game and you’ve got to give them some credit.”
Defenseman P.K. Subban
- “Between all our centermen and Carey Price, I thought they were huge for us today. Both goaltenders played well. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, in my opinion [Price] is the best goaltender in the league and he showed that again today.”
- “We played overall good 5-on-5, pretty much dominated. Had a lot of chances, couldn’t score. I was (expletive) tonight. When you suck, you suck . . . I made some saves, I couldn’t make the game-saver . . . I need to be better. From a goaltending standpoint (Carey) Price outplayed me tonight.”
Bruins defenseman Torey Krug
- “Yeah, [Carey Price] played well. He made the saves he needed to win the game. But we had a lot of opportunities, a lot of pucks lying around him and we didn’t do a great job of making sure our sticks were heavy around their net. Their defensemen were picking our guys up and it was a little too easy for him.”
Bruins head coach Claude Julien
- “This is just Game No. 1 here. You don’t get frustrated after one game.”
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