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Game #13 Tuesday Oct 29 Stars@Canadiens 7:00 RDS,TSN


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Figures I get home right as the game ends. How was it? sounds like it was at least marginally boring.

Won't win any awards for excitement but they got the job done. Good team effort win.

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Figures I get home right as the game ends. How was it? sounds like it was at least marginally boring.

We played down to a not-so-great team, but didn't throw it away with lack of effort. The Power Play was utterly futile, though it improved as time went on. The PK was fantastic. Worth a watch if you have Gamecentre and want to see the changes MT/JJD have made to the team's defensive strategies.

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Well for all the Diaz haters :P:P:P ,played great tonight,but he is never as bad as a lot of fans make out,CP lost his own shut out,but a good game by him.

We did look tired out there,they didn't get to Montreal until 2 am,and it showed,got to get a lot of rest now,another back to back,at the end of the week.

GO HABS GO :wub::wub::wub: :wub: :wub:

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With the Canadiens enjoying an off-day Wednesday after posting back-to-back victories over the Rangers Monday night in New York and the Dallas Stars Tuesday night at the Bell Centre, The Gazette’s Pat Hickey noted that the secret to the Habs’ success can be found in the statistics.


Hickey writes that the goaltending has been outstanding, but as Carey Price and Peter Budaj will tell you they get a lot of help from their teammates.


The Canadiens have been outshot by an average margin of 32-30 and rank 22nd in the National Hockey League in shots allowed. But the Canadiens are No. 1 in blocking shots, with 243 blocks this season, and three players are among the top 30 in that category. Josh Gorges has blocked 39 shots, second to the New York Islanders’ Andrew MacDonald, who has 42. Andrei Markov ranks ninth with 32 blocked shots and Raphael Diaz is 27th with 25.


“They make our job easier,” said Price, who noted the Canadiens have had more blocked shots than saves in each of their two wins this week.


Price and Budaj have a combined 1.77 goals-against average, which ranks fourth in the NHL.


With back-to-back road games slated for Friday in Minnesota (8 p.m., RDS, TSN Radio 690) and Saturday in Colorado (10 p.m., CBC, RDS, TSN Radio 690), Hickey reports that coach Michel Therrien will use both goaltenders. Look for Budaj to get the call in Colorado. He played six seasons there, from 2005 to 2011, and was the Avalanche’s No. 1 goalie for three of those seasons.


The Canadiens will practise at 10:30 Thursday morning in Brossard before hitting the road.


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