Lightning-Canadiens: Darche Strikes Twice Against Bolts
March 9th, 2010 by Rocket All Habs Leave a reply »Montreal 5 Tampa Bay 3 (Bell Centre)
Bell Centre fans watched tonight as poor zone coverage caused the defense to play soft, allowing free passage to the goal for the Canadiens.
They also watched forwards losing puck battles on the boards as a too many men on the ice penalty led to a goal against while the Lightning was shorthanded.
Tampa Bay committed the same kind of mistakes that we have seen from the home team much of the season. Tonight, the Canadiens were able to take advantage and capitalize on their opportunities.
The Habs took an early lead with a power-play goal and made it 2-0 about halfway through the first. It was a dominating performance in the period, with the Habs aggressively forechecking and being first on the puck.
After the game, coach Jacques Martin talked about chemistry starting to build among the players. It may sound like a strange comment in game No. 68 of the season, but given the number of injuries, some members of the team haven't spent much time together.
"We're starting to get a sense of what it might have been like earlier if we hadn't had the injuries," said Scott Gomez. "But a ...
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