Washington | Spencer Carbery had warned his players that we should not let the Canadian regain hope. If there is one team that had demonstrated, during the season, that it could drink from the slightest glow, it was the troop of Martin St-Louis.
Good last from the eastern association for six weeks during the fall, 13th out of 16 at the time of the 4 nations break, the Habs have always found a way to come back to life.
Except that this time, hope is indeed dead. The Canadian bowed by the brand of 4 to 1, at the same time undergoing the elimination in five games.
” It’s a shame. We had the impression that we could continue, we could have won any of these matches, argued Nick Suzuki. It sucks. But I’m really proud of the guys and everything they learned this year. »»
Nevertheless, faithful to what they accustomed to us during the 82 games of the regular calendar, Montrealers fought until the very end.
The third period was still the best of the Canadian. The goal of Emil Heineman, in the third minute, gave momentum to the Habs. During this same commitment, St-Louis, undoubtedly wishing to diversify his strengths and subtract his best numbers from the coverage of the capital, placed Suzuki at the center of Alex Newhook and Ivan Demidov. Jake Evans took the place of the captain in the center of the first unit.
Besides, led by the survival instinct, the Canadian set the tone for the first nine minutes of the match. He led 7 to 0 in terms of penalties when Alex Ovechkin opened the brand in numerical superiority.
A Moving Club
A minute earlier, Suzuki had split the air in front of a practically deserted net. One wonders if the pace of the match would have different if the captain had been able to give the lead to his.
The Tsar was not the only touch the target while a Canadian player was in the dungeon. Tom Wilson did the same towards the end of the second period. Since it had been limited to a single goal on 10 occasions during the first four games, it was necessary to expect the massive attack of capital to unlock.
Despite this elimination, it is to put our hat off to the Canadian players. Balled more often than their turn during the first four games, they certainly played despite injuries.
Starting with Alex Carrier, who was at his post even if he pretended to be the Wilson train 72 hours earlier. We will probably know more during the end of the season, but we can suspect that David Savard, Josh Anderson and Brendan Gallagher were not at the top of their form.
“Pain is temporary. I wanted to help the team as much as possible. No one in this locker room was 100%, ”said Carrier, once the meeting is over.
Dobes assured
Yes, the Canadian was laughed. It will have allowed Jakub Dobes to gain high -speed experience. Coming back to Samuel Montembeault, who fell in battle during the third match, he experienced his first playoff series.
“I would have liked to give a goal less to each match, but I feel quite satisfied with the way I played in this series,” analyzed the recruit goalkeeper.
Ajected by the extent of the task to the sound of the siren meaning the end of the third match, he managed to master his emotions and offer his teammates a chance to stay in the blow every evening.
This was again the case in this match, the Czech stood on a few occasions. Among other things at the expense of Ovechkin, on a lateral trip and against Wilson that he frustrated with a brilliant stop by the mita.
