With all the talk the past few days and all of the supposed controversies between Plekanec and Theodore, all of the question marks surrounding goaltending and all of the pundits—this one included—giving the Habs no chance in this series, the Canadiens decided to shake things up a bit by winning Game One versus the Capitals.
The Caps came out flying in the first period and shelled Jaroslav Halak for 19 shots. However, Halak held the fort until the Habs could get their legs under them.
After weathering the Capitals' storm, the Habs came to life and actually started to push back during the second period. The result was a 2-2 game that was, fittingly, ended by Tomas Plekanec in overtime to give the Habs the 1-0 series lead.
The story, or should I say stories, of the game were the Capitals getting 47 shots on goal with Halak saving all but two and Alexander Ovechkin firing none of them. That's right; the Habs played an excellent team defense and shut down Ovechkin in the process.
The Canadiens got goals from Scott Gomez, Michael Cammalleri and Tomas Plekanec, while the Caps got scoring from Joe Cor ...
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