Habs survive Boston whine, 4-3 comeback win

Posted By: Abe Hefter · 3/3/2013 10:15:00 PM

The Canadiens won another Battle for First Place, but both teams are claiming the moral high ground.

Michel Therrien called Brandon Prust dropping the gloves against Lucic "great leadership."

Claude Julien wound up a series of allegations against the Canadiens in general and PK Subban in particular:

“The frustrating part is that you end up with 17 minutes in the penalty box when you should have been on the power play. It’s as simple as that,” Julien said. “It’s frustrating because tonight, as everybody saw, there was a lot of embellishment and this is embarrassing for our game, embellishing. Right now, they’ve got over 100 power plays so far and it’s pretty obvious why. We’re trying to clean that out of our game and it’s got to be done soon.

“It’s not about tonight. It’s about the game and the embellishment embarrasses our game, and we need to be better at that because it was pretty obvious when P.K. [Subban] gets hit, he throws himself into the glass and holds his head. You know what? If we start calling those penalties for embellishment, maybe teams will stop doing it, but until we take charge of that, it’s going to be an issue."

The Canadiens shook off the effects of Saturday's 7-6 loss to the Penguins at the Bell Centre and opened up their current five-game road trip with a 4-3 win over the Boston Bruins.

Trailing 3-2 in the third period, the Habs got the equalizer from Max Pacioretty at 5:31, and the winner from David Desharnais some four minutes later. The goal was Desharnais' second of the night, and seventh of the season.  The goal by Pacioretty was his eigth.  Brendan Gallagher assisted on both goals.

Tomas Plekanec, with his ninth, also scored for the Canadiens: with Michael Ryder picking up an assist. It was his first point since returning to the Habs in the Erik Cole deal.

Peter Budaj got the call in goal, and faced 34 shots.  The Habs peppered Tuukka Rask with 26; only four in the third period -- but two of them found the back of the net.

There was some of the usual rough stuff we've come to expect when these two teams lock horns: Zdeno Chara and Alexi Emelin coming to blows, while Brandon Prust and Milan Lucic squared off as well.

Fine Whine from Boston?   You be the judge: 

http://nesn.com/2013/03/claude-julien-goes-off-on-referees-after-loss-to-canadiens-calls-on-nhl-to-crack-down-on-embellishing-video/

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  1. LMAO posted on 03/04/2013 08:14 AM
    What an embarrassment the Habs were, cheap shot on one of the best players in the NHL by Emilen and Subban running away from anyone bigger than himself or kissing the glass at every opportunity. The Hab's got the points this time but could well have signaled the end of their play off bid by losing the ref's sympathy. I think after last nights review by the ref's they will not get so many of the calls they have this year.
    Michel Therrien must have been embarrassed by the behavior of those players as would any real Hab's fan. I don't think that was the game play he wanted to see from the Hab's.
    1. JiminyPickit posted on 03/04/2013 08:44 AM
      @LMAO As Abe just reported on the radio, the Habs actually have more penalty minutes than the Bruins. So your ref favoritism theory is out the window.

      The real embarrassment is the Bruins sorry excuse for a PP. 22 in the league won't cut it.
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  2. JiminyPickit posted on 03/04/2013 08:51 AM
    The last 3 games were against teams the Canadiens usually have trouble with.
    2 of them on the road and 2 in 24hrs.

    And they came away with 5 of a possible 6 points. Good stuff.
  3. Brian posted on 03/04/2013 10:21 AM
    I used to have respect for Claude Julien, but his rants are starting to sound old. Here he's talking about "embellishment" and a 17 minute penalty that cost his team the game. Why not look at what really happened; his own "super star" took a dive on what can only be described as a glancing blow from Emelin (cry baby Seguin didn't even miss a shift) AND the closest thing to chromagnum in the game Chara (can you spell brain dead) runs the length of the ice to assault a guy with a metal plate in his face. Julien, do us all a favour and SHUT UP. You're starting to make a great franchise look bad. You had class but now you've only got crass............
  4. Comeback Win posted on 03/04/2013 11:01 AM
    Biggest dive in that game last night was by cry baby Seguin who didn't even end up missing a shift thereafter... If it was not for Chara's boneheaded move, the Bruins may have come out of that game with a win and we wouldn't have heard anything of the sort from coach Julien. Well sorry Julien, there are definitely downfalls to playing like a bunch of goons; one of them is the increased likelihood of getting penalties.. live with it. Needless to say, I was not surprised to hear this this morning... he is just setting up for the next game. Big comeback win for us last night.. this team just does not give up which makes it that much more enjoyable to watch. Gionta and Chara lining up for opening faceoff was like David vs. Goliath.. and the rest of the game played out pretty much the same as that storyline!
  5. FRANK posted on 03/04/2013 03:12 PM
    to put it in very little words..... PK SUBBAN got under the bruins skin.....

    GO HABS GO !!!!!
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