The template the Canadiens used to beat the Islanders is one they must keep following in their final regular-season games, writes EricEngels.
It was sheer will. The kind the Canadiens had to display to dispirit the Islanders right off the hop. The kind they’ve shown at different points of this season but not quite enough of late. The kind they need from here to the bitter end if they want to keep playing when it matters most.
Petry threw his weight around—and a couple of slashes, too. Max Domi drilled Casey Cizikas with an open-ice hit. Even 18-year-old Jesperi Kotkaniemi got in on the first-period parade—throwing his body into 6-foot-3, 195-pound forward Andrew Ladd. In the third period, Montreal limited New York to just two shots on net through the first seven minutes and gave up just two scoring chances to the end. As time expired, Carey Price celebrated the 44th shutout of his career to pull within two of the great Ken Dryden for third place in the category in franchise history.
They were down two men for 21 seconds and never let the puck get near Price. They finished the entire 3:39 penalty-killing sequence with three shots to New York’s two.
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