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Old 11-24-2017, 03:40 PM   #89
Big T
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The Canadiens will open up the NHL Stanley Cup Finals at home in the friendly confines of the Bell Center against the New York Rangers. The Canadiens beat the Rangers 3-2 and 3-0 during the regular while the Rangers won 4-3 with the last meeting ending in a 2-2 tie on February 15th, 2004. Montreal will start G Bill Wolfenbarger.


The first half of the 1st period was really tight, the shots were 3-1 for Montreal. The Habs do get the 1st goal of the Stanley Cup Final, C Dean Casey gets his 7th of the year after grabbing a rebound and beats the Ranger goalie at 13:12 of the 1st period. LD Richard Nytra and RW Joey Mariani got the assists. Montreal goes up 2-0 on a shot from LW Randolph Lott that Ranger goalie Daniel Larsen would like back. Lott gets his 4th of these playoffs at 16:30 assisted by C Patrick Atkins and LD Anthony Reynolds. The period ends with the Habs leading 2-0 and leading in shots 9-6.


The second period is with out any scoring. The shots were 10-6 for Montreal and a two period total of 19-12 for the Canadiens.


Montreal C Jeff Pilbeam deposits a rebound past the Rangers goalie for his 2nd of the playoffs on the PP. RD Steven Thornton and RW Zach Broderick had the assist in the 3-0 goal at 2:09. Montreal shuts down the Rangers the rest of the way to take a 1-0 lead in the series. The final shots were 31-24 for Montreal.


Montreal 3 New York 0 Montreal leads series 1-0.


Montreal C Dean Casey was named the 1st star with his goal. The 22 year old now has 7 goals and 13 points with 6 PIMs and a +12 rating in 9 playoff games.
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