Price matches Anderson’s game one performance as Habs take game two 3-1
Posted May 3, 2013 11:19:52 PM.
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MONTREAL – Game two was night and day from game one as Montreal goalie Carey Price was back stopping 29 pucks on the way to a Canadiens’ 3-1 win over the Ottawa Senators.
“There were a lot of little turning points I think. They came out pretty hard and you got to hand it to them,” said Sens defenceman Marc Methot. “They were finishing their checks. They weren’t allowing us that much time and space. Montreal ultimately was the better team.”
Montreal’s scoring game from Ryan White and Brendan Gallagher who scored 53 seconds apart. Milan Michalek was credited for a tip-in on a Chris Phillips shot for the lone Ottawa goal. Michael Ryder scored a late second period goal for the insurance.
The Senators’ however are happy with the split as the series is tied 1-1 heading back to the nation’s capital for Game 3 on Sunday night.
“I think they were all over us from the start. I think they came out to play this game and unfortunately we couldn’t respond,” said Erik Karlsson. “This is how it’s going to go, it’s going to be a tough series. They played better than we did today and we played better than they did yesterday and we can’t focus too much on the game tonight, we got to move on and there’s another game in a couple of days.”
After a day of chirping back and forth through the media during game day the game was expected to be more hostile with gloves being dropped more. This was following the game one open-ice hit by Senators’ Eric Gryba that put Montreal centre Lars Eller in the hospital Thursday night. He was released Friday morning and Gryba received a two-game suspension less than four hours before puck drop.
Following the game Sportsnet’s Ian Mendes joined 1310’s Matt Krupovich to recap game two.
