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GDT: Game 2 - Habs @ Lightning – Fri Apr-18, 2014 - 7 pm

northernlou

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TAMPA, Fla. (AP) Carey Price concedes that failing to protect a pair of third-period leads is not a formula for success in the NHL playoffs.

The Montreal Canadiens won the opening game of their series against Tampa Bay without a stellar performance from one of the league's top goaltenders, and they know they will have to be much better defensively the rest of the way against the young Lightning.

Price shared the NHL's third-best save percentage during the regular season, and then allowed four goals in Tampa Bay's first 14 shots in Game 1. The Canadiens still managed to take a 1-0 lead in the best-of-seven Eastern Conference series, with Dale Weise scoring his first career playoff goal for a 5-4 overtime win on Wednesday.

Game 2 is Friday night.

''It's always a positive to win a game when you give up four goals,'' Price said after practice Thursday. ''Moving forward, obviously we would like to reduce that.''

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Projected Lines and Defence Combos

Max Pacioretty – David Desharnais – Thomas Vanek
Brandon Prust – Tomas Plekanec – Brendan Gallagher
Rene Bourque – Lars Eller - Brian Gionta
Michael Bournival – Daniel Briere - Dale Weise

Andrei Markov – Alexei Emelin
Josh Gorges - P.K. Subban
Francis Bouillon – Mike Weaver

Montreal Scratches

Travis Moen (concussion), Ryan White (healthy scratch), Jarred Tinordi (healthy scratch), George Parros (healthy scratch), Douglas Murray (healthy scratch), Alex Galchenyuk (upper-body)

TB Scratches

Cody Kunyk, Mike Kostka, Mattias Ohlund (knee), Ondrej Palat (lower-body game time decision), Ben Bishop (arm)

Trends

Canadiens are 5-0 in their last 5 games playing on 1 days rest.
Canadiens are 10-1 in their last 11 vs. Atlantic.
Canadiens are 9-2 in their last 11 vs. Eastern Conference.
Canadiens are 7-2 in their last 9 road games.

Lightning are 5-1 in their last 6 vs. Eastern Conference.
Lightning are 4-1 in their last 5 overall.
Lightning are 8-2 in their last 10 Friday games.
Lightning are 17-36 in their last 53 vs. a team with a winning record.

Canadiens are 4-1 in the last 5 meetings in Tampa Bay
 
Going up 2-0 in games would be huge. Let's hope the boys have it in them.

Maybe "national" Price has to play more like "provincial" Price. :smilewinkgrin:
 
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Trends

Canadiens are 5-0 in their last 5 games playing on 1 days rest.
Canadiens are 10-1 in their last 11 vs. Atlantic.
Canadiens are 9-2 in their last 11 vs. Eastern Conference.
Canadiens are 7-2 in their last 9 road games.

Lightning are 5-1 in their last 6 vs. Eastern Conference.
Lightning are 4-1 in their last 5 overall.
Lightning are 8-2 in their last 10 Friday games.
Lightning are 17-36 in their last 53 vs. a team with a winning record.
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Yowza! As important as the playing on Friday stat may be, I think the last line there is very telling.
 
From what I gather on twitter, Lightning fans despise Tim Peel. This will likely be a shitshow for both sides.
 
hairnova said:
From what I gather on twitter, Lightning fans despise Tim Peel. This will likely be a shitshow for both sides.
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Refs like Peel officiate like their never wrong. They're pricks and that tends to have most fans hate them.
 
I don't think incompetence is biased so I can see the universal hate.
 
WeHaveMoreCupsThanYou said:
Yes it would be huge, which is why it probably won't happen. As my tag line says, this team insists on doing everything the hard way so I doubt tonight will be any different.
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Getting the split was the objective and they got that out if the way....winning game 2 would be amazing but this is almost a must win for TB so pressure is on them
 
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