2010 Compuware NHL Premiere Series – Montreal Canadiens win 4-1 against the Los Angeles Kings
The 311th game of the 2010 Compuware was played at the Centre Bell, home to the Montreal Canadiens, this Wednesday. The match saw the Montreal Canadiens play host to the Los Angeles Kings in front of 21,000 fans. This was the 21st game
of the season for the Los Angeles Kings while the Montreal Canadiens played their 22nd game of the campaign.
Both teams made a decent start to the match and fired shots at the goal every now and then. This resulted in both the teams coming across many scoring chances early on in the period.
However, when the game settled down the attacks that were seen developing were brilliant. The plays that both the teams came up with were an amazing sight. The Montreal Canadiens was the first to benefit from it as they scored in the 10th minute
to take the lead of the match. The goal was scored by Andrei Kostitsyn from a flick shot.
The Montreal Canadiens and the Los Angeles Kings both pressed on in search of a goal. It was the Montreal Canadiens who scored once again in the 18th minute to double their lead. The goal was scored by Michael Cammalleri from a decent strike.
The period ended with the home team leading 2-0 as they made 10 goal attempts while the Los Angeles Kings made 9 goal attempts.
The Los Angeles Kings made a quick start to the 2nd period as they attacked right from the start. The away side was successful in scoring in the 2nd minute of the period through Alec Martinez from a brilliant backhand shot.
After this the home team totally dominated the rest of the period. The Montreal Canadiens was successful in scoring in the 4th minute to strengthen their lead. The goal was scored by Tomas Plekanec from a powerful strike.
The pressure was continually put on the Los Angeles Kings as a resulted their defence crumbled once again. The Montreal Canadiens bagged their 4th goal in the 19th minute of the period. The goal was scored by Lars Eller.
The period ended with the Montreal Canadiens leading 4-1. The period saw the home team making 15 goal attempts while the Los Angeles Kings made 7 goal attempts.
The final period of the match saw both the teams adopt a very basic game playing style which was to attack when the opportunity was there otherwise just sit back.
This resulted in no goals being scored during the course of the period. The period and the match ended with the Montreal Canadiens winning 4-1. The final period of the match saw both the teams making 9 goal attempts each.
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