Montreal Canadiens Blog

So here we are, game 4 of the Stanley Cup Playoff Quarter Finals, most people believed that we would be going in with a 3-0 series lead, and this would end it for the Boston, but that just isn’t the case. I predicted Montreal in 5, so this comes as no surprise, but just like everyone else, it saddened me to see them lose like they did. Without any heart.

The last couple of games reminded me of last season, with our top players underperforming, leaving our third and fourth line guys to pick of the slack, but unfortunately, that just isn’t their job. We’re in Boston for our second game in a row, and the Habs look to rebound from a loss that easily could have been avoided. The Canadiens didn’t practice yesterday, instead they had a team meeting with coach Guy Carbonneau which I’m assuming was regarding their play. One thing about your habs is that they’re never down and out, they’ll have some bad games, then go on a stretch of solid performances.

Injuries

Koivu still isn’t capable of playing, but Bouillon had a full skate and is feeling much better, but will still be a game time decision. Patrice Bergeron for the Bruins will not be in game 4, as he still hasn’t been cleared to play by his neurologist.

Changes

Montreal is making some changes in the lineup, Michael Ryder will be out, putting Mark Streit one offense. Which means none other than Ryan O’Byrne will be in the lineup tonight. Stewart did practice with the team, but Carbonneau decided not to use him in tonights game.

Playoff Series: Montreal Leads 2-1

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Montreal Canadiens
Offensive Lineup
Andrei Kostitsyn	Tomas Plekanec	Alex Kovalev
Sergei Kostitsyn	Chris Higgins	Mark Streit
Guillaume Latendresse	Maxim Lapierre	Matthieu Dandenault
Steve Begin	Bryan Smolinski	Tom Kostopoulos
Defensive Lineup
Andrei Markov		Mike Komisarek
Roman Hamrlik		Patrice Brisebois
Ryan O’Byrne		Josh Gorges
Starting Goalie
Carey Price
Backup Goalie
Jaroslav Halak

Boston Bruins
Offensive Lineup
Marco Sturm	David Krejci	P.J. Axelsson
Milan Lucic	Marc Savard	Glen Murray
Peter Schaefer	Glen Metropolit	Vladimir Sobotka
Jeremy Reich	Petteri Nokelainen	Shawn Thornton
Defensive Lineup
Zdeno Chara		Aaron Ward
Andrew Ference		Andrew Dennis Wideman
Mark Stuart		Shane Hnidy
Starting Goalie
Tim Thomas
Backup Goalie
Alex Auld

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