No OT for Habs, just another victory

By Bud L. Ellis

The only difference for the Montreal Canadiens on Tuesday was the length of time spent on the ice.

For the first time in the past five games, Montreal avoid going to overtime. The Habs did win again, downing the Rangers 2-1 in New York City for their fourth victory in the past five games.

Montreal got the tie-breaking goal from Benoit Pouliot at the 6:03 mark of the third as Montreal capped a rally from a 1-0 deficit. New York scored first on Brandon Dubinsky’s 17th of the season just 4:15 into the contest.

Down 1-0 after a period, Montreal tied the game on Jaroslav Spacek’s second goal of the season with just 1:11 left before intermission. That set the stage of Pouliot’s go-ahead goal in the third.

Alex Auld stopped 25 of 26 shots for the Canadiens. Henrik Lundqvist was almost as good for the Rangers, making 36 saves.

The Canadiens are tied with Atlanta for seventh in the Eastern Conference with 51 points, two points behind the sixth-place Rangers.

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Wednesday, January 12, 2011 at 10:48 am by bud

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