Montreal Canadiens–New York Islanders: No Luck for Habs

O’Byrne's goof was only one of the most obvious mistakes in many games to come. But, unsurprisingly, there were many other mishaps which did not favour the Montreal Canadiens last night in their shootout loss against the newly born New York Islanders. Here is my take on this game where many good things failed to come our way. Very Lucky First Right off the bat, the Canadiens allowed the first goal to be scored against them on power play, the 10th time this season.  Not a good sign. 17 seconds later, Steve Bégin pounced on a lose puck coming from Joey MacDonald’s big rebound. The fourth line was solid and looked like they were not improvising at all, they did what was asked of them. In addition, the slapshot by Josh Gorges for a goal with the man advantage was lucky enough to escape everyone and end up in the end of the net. Okay, so after that everything should have shaped up well...right? Right...only until the end of the period. Unlucky second... The referee ... (link)