The Canadian remains extremely fragile. Again last night, he was the pawn tamp by a team which, if not power, has managed to gain the upper hand through hard work and perseverance.
In another disappointing performance, the Habs had confessed defeated 2 to 1 before the Carolina Hurricanes.
What the brand does not say is that the team conceded 48 Montreal shots to his opponents, a summit this season.
If those shots were not all dangerous, Carey Price has at least avoided a stinging defeat to its own.
The match was played during the first seven minutes of the third period when the Hurricanes have filled a late goal by scoring twice in just over six minutes.
Make matters worse for the Canadiens, Sergei Samsonov has sounded the charge by registering his first goal of the season after a long wait of 19 games.
Ray Whitney has tilted the balance in favor of the Hurricanes in scoring during a penalty by Ryan O'Byrne.
The time for action
The mood was also bleak in the Habs' dressing room during the match in the amphitheater.
A crowd of 12 164 spectators was announced, but we felt they were much less.
The volunteers did not grow in the Montreal camp to answer questions from journalists.
"We must respond as a team, but we do not," says Price.
The evening does not really looked good for the Canadiens in the first commitment.
His supporters spent the period mess in their territory and without the prowess of Price, the Hurricanes could build a very comfortable advance.
"It was a match sawtooth" continued Price.
"We played better in the second period, but it did not maintain the pace in third."
Price has received no fewer than twenty shots in the final third.
"The Hurricanes are used to draw from all sides, but the figure of 48 shots seems a little high," he said.
The Habs managed to take advantage of a penalty imposed on Ryan Bayda in the final seconds of the initial period to strike quickly in the second third.
Robert Lang scored during the penalty, which ended a long series of 21 numerical superiority but without the massive attack.
Mine nothing, it was a sixth goal already Lang, which is the target of some criticism.
By maintaining this pace, the Czech player center see a season of 29 goals.
If you doubt that to happen, we can add however that it is better than Bryan Smolinski, who gave only eight goals in Canada last season.
Radek Bonk had recorded 13 two years ago, but had slowed considerably after a starting gun.
Michel Bergeron, who had made a promise to climb the steps of Saint Joseph's Oratory in Montreal if Bonk passed the course 15 goals, was still left for a good fright.
Whether we like it or not, some Canadian players would do well to emulate Lang ...
The Canadian went to Ottawa after the game, where he will argue the last to deny a series of three games out tomorrow night against the Senators.
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