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Thomas Kaberle flipped the puck over to Dennis Seidenberg and headed up the ice, leaving his man behind. Brian Gionta took a cross-ice feed from Scott Gomez and buried it top shelf to put the Habs up 1-0.
This is how the game started for the Bruins. After that, the B's seemed to dominate the flow of play but could not create any solid scoring chances. It seemed as if the Bruins had control of the puck in the Montreal zone almost the entire second period, but resorted to slap shots from the blue line.
I think the Bruins came out with plenty of effort, but just couldn't create the scoring chances they needed. Brad Marchand had plenty of opportunities to knot the game at one, but couldn't come through.
Once again, the Bruins power-play looked awful. They continue float around and go D to D until Chara is open and then he lets it rip. That Canadiens know exactly what the Bruins are doing on the power play, the whole world knows. You've got to get more creative.
Carey Price pitched a shutout for the Habs, stopping all 31 Bruin shots. I'm not going to sit here and praise Price for his play, because frankly, he didn't do much. Yeah, the B's had 31 shots, but how many of them were actual scoring chances. I think it'd be safe to say that at least 25 of the 31 shots hit Price right in the chest.
All in all, a disappointing first game. I'm not worried yet, I think the B's are still the better team, but if they don't start being more efficient and creative with the puck, they'll be going home earlier than expected.
Game two is tomorrow night at 7 pm in Boston.
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