Game 41 Away game 20 | Tuesday December 31, 2013 |
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Game Recap:The Canadiens held a 3-0 lead after two periods replying on sensational goaltending by Carey Price with 25 saves over 40 minutes. The Hurricanes scored three goals in 2:29 at the beginning of the third period with two goals coming with the Habs short-handed. Penalties, some-deserved, others not, caught up with the Habs.
Plus / Minus ▲ Carey Price, Lars Eller, Max Pacioretty, Alex Galchenyuk, P.K. Subban, Andrei Markov, Josh Gorges ▼ Raphael Diaz, Francis Bouillon, Rene Bourque, Ryan White |
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Boxscore:
| FINAL | 1 | 2 | 3 | OT | SO | T |
| Canadiens | 2 | 1 | 1 | – | – | 4 |
| Hurricanes | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | – | 5 |
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Shots on Goal:
| FINAL | 1 | 2 | 3 | OT | T |
| Canadiens | 11 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 25 |
| Hurricanes | 10 | 15 | 15 | 2 | 42 |
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| Post-game Chatter |
- “We were ready to play, but we lost discipline and momentum from our team. We have been disciplined most of the time, and this is the first time I have seen that. There were some calls that were hard to take.”
- “The penalties take all the momentum away that we got. When you end up losing the momentum, it is tough to get it back.”
Hurricanes coach Kirk Muller
- “It’s huge. We had to trade a really popular guy yesterday. These things don’t go unnoticed with guys. Who knows if that’s (why) we came out a little slow.”
- “It’s a tribute to our players and our leaders. We said, ‘Hey guys, there’s two things we can do. We can just play this out, or we can go for it. This could be the period that turns the season around, or we can finish it up the way it was the first two periods.’ They played hard and didn’t want to quit.”
Hurricanes forward Jeff Skinner
- “It’s tough when you get that many chances on the power play and you can’t get anything off of it. It’s a relief to get one, then to get the second one right after it was nice too.”
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