Third Period Thread: Montreal Canadiens @ Ottawa Senators
Tons of penalties, and the worst 40 minutes the Habs have played this season have the Senators up 4-1.
SCORING SUMMARY
1ST PERIOD
05:31 MTL PPG - T. PLEKANEC (4) WRIST - ASST: A. MARKOV (4) AND R. DIAZ (8) 1 - 0 MTL
07:53 OTT J. O'BRIEN (3) WRIST - ASST: E. KARLSSON (4) AND E. CONDRA (2) 1 - 1 TIE
2ND PERIOD
07:27 OTT PPG - D. ALFREDSSON (1) WRIST - ASST: P. WIERCIOCH (3) AND K. TURRIS (3) 2 - 1 OTT
09:25 OTT PPG - M. ZIBANEJAD (1) SLAP - ASST: C. GREENING (2) AND A. BENOIT (2) 3 - 1 OTT
11:02 OTT C. PHILLIPS (2) SLAP - ASST: Z. SMITH (2) AND C. GREENING (3) 4 - 1 OTT
PENALTY SUMMARY
1ST PERIOD
01:27 OTT ZACK SMITH : FIGHTING - 5 MIN (RYAN WHITE)
01:27 MTL RYAN WHITE : FIGHTING - 5 MIN (ZACK SMITH)
05:18 OTT CHRIS PHILLIPS : INTERFERENCE - 2 MIN (TRAVIS MOEN)
05:38 OTT CHRIS NEIL : FIGHTING - 5 MIN (BRANDON PRUST)
05:38 MTL BRANDON PRUST : FIGHTING - 5 MIN (CHRIS NEIL)
05:38 OTT CHRIS NEIL SERVED BY JAKOB SILFVERBERG : UNSPORTSMANLIKE CONDUCT - 2 MIN
06:48 OTT MARK BOROWIECKI : CROSS CHECKING - 2 MIN (ERIK COLE)
06:48 MTL ERIK COLE : SLASHING - 2 MIN (MARK BOROWIECKI)
13:05 MTL ALEXEI EMELIN : HOLDING - 2 MIN (MILAN MICHALEK)
14:15 OTT CHRIS NEIL : ROUGHING - 2 MIN (COLBY ARMSTRONG)
16:11 OTT KYLE TURRIS : SLASHING - 2 MIN (ANDREI MARKOV)
17:58 OTT MARK BOROWIECKI : CROSS CHECKING - 2 MIN (RENE BOURQUE)
17:58 MTL RENE BOURQUE : SLASHING - 2 MIN (MARK BOROWIECKI)
2ND PERIOD
03:23 MTL COLBY ARMSTRONG : ROUGHING - 2 MIN (MILAN MICHALEK)
07:24 MTL RYAN WHITE : ROUGHING - 2 MIN (PATRICK WIERCIOCH)
07:24 MTL RYAN WHITE : UNSPORTSMANLIKE CONDUCT - 2 MIN
15:16 MTL RENE BOURQUE : INTERFERENCE - GOALKEEPER - 2 MIN (CRAIG ANDERSON)
15:42 OTT PATRICK WIERCIOCH : SLASHING - 2 MIN (COLBY ARMSTRONG)
It's pretty clear after watching the Habs get outplayed after 40 minutes here and the crappier possession against the Capitals that this team is much better at home than at the road.
Not having P.K. Subban on the road is a near death sentence as Therrien is forced to overplay Andrei Markov.
It's unlikely to be a win, but let's see if the Habs can calm down and save some face at least.