Price stopped 25 shots overall, including 11 shots in the opening
period. He got his first playoff shutout in a 1-0 win in Game 4.
Mike Komisarek
opened the scoring 3:31 in amid one of the first of countless roars
from the raucous Bell Centre crowd over the course of the evening.
The Canadiens took control of the game in the second, outshooting the
Bruins 17-6 while building a three-goal lead on a superb goal by Mark Streit midway through the period and Kostitsyn's second goal of the series at 15:13.
Kostitsyn punctuated the win with his second of the game, a power-play goal with 2:02 remaining in the third. Sergei Kostitsyn scored with 7.3 seconds remaining.
Top-seeded Montreal will face Philadelphia in the second round, if the
Flyers win their Eastern Conference quarterfinal against Washington.
Otherwise, the Canadiens will face the New York Rangers.
Tim Thomas
stopped 30 shots for Boston, which fell short in its bid to overcome
both 2-0 and 3-1 series deficits for the first time in team history.
Bruins coach Claude Julien was behind the Canadiens' bench in 2004 when
Montreal won three straight to overcome a 3-1 deficit in a first-round
win over Boston.
Alex Kovalev assisted on Montreal's first two goals as coach Guy Carbonneau moved him to a line with Saku Koivu and Chris Higgins.
The move allowed rookie Sergei Kostitsyn to play on another line alongside his brother, Andrei, and center Tomas Plekanec as Carbonneau spread out the Canadiens' offense.
Komisarek got credit for his first career playoff goal as his point shot struck Bruins center Petteri Nokelainen's stick, causing a deflection that left Thomas no chance to recover and stop.
Streit made it a 2-0 lead 10:45 into the second as he slipped past Bruins captain Zdeno Chara
to finish off a sensational passing play. Kovalev passed the puck back
to Komisarek in the Canadiens' zone and waited on the right boards at
center ice for the return pass.
The high-scoring Russian fed a cross ice pass to Maxim Lapierre
as the Canadiens center entered the Bruins zone, and Lapierre dished
off to Streit, who pushed the puck past Chara before driving the net to
put a backhand between Thomas' pads for his first playoff goal.
Andrei and Sergei Kostitsyn combined to increase the lead to three as Andrei beat Thomas at 15:13 for his second of the series, and first since Game 1.
Notes: Veteran Boston RW Glen Murray fell awkwardly into the boards after he was checked by Roman Hamrlik
in the first period. A Bruins team spokesman said prior to the second
period that Murray suffered a mid-torso injury and that he would not
return to the game. ... Carbonneau used the same lineup as he did in
Game 6. ... Montreal has never lost a series after leading 3-1.
Stay Safe all.
Perfection does not exist. The question therefore, is: what level of imperfection are we willing to settle for?
MONTREAL (AP) -Carey Price got his second shutout and Andrei Kostitsyn scored twice to lead the Montreal Canadiens to a 5-0 win over the Boston Bruins on Monday night in the deciding game of their first-round playoff series.
Price stopped 25 shots overall, including 11 shots in the opening
period. He got his first playoff shutout in a 1-0 win in Game 4.
Mike Komisarek
opened the scoring 3:31 in amid one of the first of countless roars
from the raucous Bell Centre crowd over the course of the evening.
The Canadiens took control of the game in the second, outshooting the
Bruins 17-6 while building a three-goal lead on a superb goal by Mark Streit midway through the period and Kostitsyn's second goal of the series at 15:13.
Kostitsyn punctuated the win with his second of the game, a power-play goal with 2:02 remaining in the third. Sergei Kostitsyn scored with 7.3 seconds remaining.
Top-seeded Montreal will face Philadelphia in the second round, if the
Flyers win their Eastern Conference quarterfinal against Washington.
Otherwise, the Canadiens will face the New York Rangers.
Tim Thomas
stopped 30 shots for Boston, which fell short in its bid to overcome
both 2-0 and 3-1 series deficits for the first time in team history.
Bruins coach Claude Julien was behind the Canadiens' bench in 2004 when
Montreal won three straight to overcome a 3-1 deficit in a first-round
win over Boston.
Alex Kovalev assisted on Montreal's first two goals as coach Guy Carbonneau moved him to a line with Saku Koivu and Chris Higgins.
The move allowed rookie Sergei Kostitsyn to play on another line alongside his brother, Andrei, and center Tomas Plekanec as Carbonneau spread out the Canadiens' offense.
Komisarek got credit for his first career playoff goal as his point shot struck Bruins center Petteri Nokelainen's stick, causing a deflection that left Thomas no chance to recover and stop.
Streit made it a 2-0 lead 10:45 into the second as he slipped past Bruins captain Zdeno Chara
to finish off a sensational passing play. Kovalev passed the puck back
to Komisarek in the Canadiens' zone and waited on the right boards at
center ice for the return pass.
The high-scoring Russian fed a cross ice pass to Maxim Lapierre
as the Canadiens center entered the Bruins zone, and Lapierre dished
off to Streit, who pushed the puck past Chara before driving the net to
put a backhand between Thomas' pads for his first playoff goal.
Andrei and Sergei Kostitsyn combined to increase the lead to three as Andrei beat Thomas at 15:13 for his second of the series, and first since Game 1.
Notes: Veteran Boston RW Glen Murray fell awkwardly into the boards after he was checked by Roman Hamrlik
in the first period. A Bruins team spokesman said prior to the second
period that Murray suffered a mid-torso injury and that he would not
return to the game. ... Carbonneau used the same lineup as he did in
Game 6. ... Montreal has never lost a series after leading 3-1.
Stay Safe all.
Perfection does not exist. The question therefore, is: what level of imperfection are we willing to settle for?