So the Canadiens have a home win. They got some bounces, didn't exactly dominate but Chris Higgins summed it up,
"We'll take it."
Roman Hamrlik and Bryan Smolinski got their first goals as members of the team. Kyle Chipchura got his first career NHL goal. Mikhail Grabovski got his first point of the season.
All in all, a solid team effort. The coach was happy, and there was a sense of relief in the room following the game.
The two teams played the game as advertised, with plenty of end to end action and lots of scoring chances. Ryan Miller lost at the Bell Centre for the first time in his career and looked anything but spectacular on several occasions. The Sabres are definitely not the same team that won the President's Trophy last year, scoring an eye-popping 308 goals in the process. They are a good team, but the Canadiens have now played against a few of the better Eastern teams and looked pretty good in the process.
Sam Gagner of the Oilers also got his first NHL goal tonight, so a couple of World Junior standouts have popped their NHL cherries.
Tonight's going to be intense, so don't look for a post tomorrow till later.
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