Two games later and what do we know?
We know that the Canadiens who showed up in the final week of the regular season are gone, and in their place are the Canadiens who have shown up to play, and who have done a darn good job at such.
The Canadiens won Game One in overtime and had a 4-1 lead in Game Two...before the meltdown.
The Habs were leading 4-1 and were cruising to a 2-0 series lead bringing the series back to Montreal.
This would've put the Capitals even more on their heels than they were already, and put the Canadiens in the driver's seat.
This shifted immediately after Andrei Kostityn's third goal. The Canadiens lifted their foot off the gas and let the Capitals come to them, hoping for them not to score.
A goal late in the second and a 3-1 score favouring the Capitals in the third sent the game to overtime, and a quick goal 31 seconds into the fourth period had the Habs going home with the bare minimum of what they wanted: a 1-1 series split at the Verizon Center.
This is quite an achievement, considering many had left the Canadiens for dead prior to Game One ...
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Article written by Daniele Iannarone
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