For the second time in as many games, the Montreal Canadiens scored two goals in the game’s first 10 minutes. And for the second time in as many games, the goaltending of Jaroslav Halak was enough to make those two tallies stand up for a Montreal win.
Halak stopped 53 of the 54 shots poured in his direction in Monday’s Game 6, enabling the Canadiens to forge a 4-1 win and to force a deciding seventh game in the District on Wednesday.
“I thought he played pretty good,” says Caps coach Bruce Boudreau of the Montreal netminder. “We threw 54 shots at him that he stopped. He was pretty good. We got great looks when we missed chances. But how much is him and how much is us missing, I mean I think it’s more him than us.”
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