Vancouver came to town with the best power play in the National Hockey League

MONTREAL - The Canadiens have won the battle of special teams and goaltender duel as the first hide the Vancouver Canucks 3-0 Tuesday night at the Bell Centre.
The Power Play of Canadians, which was a disaster, was a key goal of the insurance at 4:39 of the third period when Roman Hamrlik (Notes) scored his first goal of the season. The veteran defender has jumped on the left wing and was in the perfect position, as Michael Cammalleri of 6 Sanchez White Jersey
the (white) left-footed shot right behind the boards by Vancouver goalie Roberto Luongo (white) went out and left the other side.
The Habs were 1-for-4 with the man over and have four power play goals in 51 opportunities.
But the power play unit had a back seat to the penalty for murderers to take. Vancouver came to town with the best power play in the NHL, production targets at a rate of 29 percent. If the night from 0.4 to last place and had four shots. Carey Price (notes), the tone of the game in the first two minutes when he stopped Christian Ehrhoff (notes) on a breakaway. Price finished with 35 saves for his second shutout of the THESEASON. Luongo Thesta. Leonard argued Aboriginal Canada the gold medal in this year represented 27 saves. The Canadians took a 1-0 lead in the third quarter despite the continuing failure of the power play. Andrei Markov (Notes) scored his first goal of the season at 6:53 of the opening period when pinched and beat Luongo. Tomas Plekanec (notes) created the game in motion with a pass from the corner. Brian Gionta (notes), it has little snake was in this season had a stroke or two jumped for Markov, to finish the job. Montreal had the opportunity to add a head when Andrew Alberti (white) was a double minor penalty for clotheslining Mathieu Darche (notes) with a high floor at 2:21 of 6 Sanchez Green Jersey
the second period evaluated. Canadians are not limited to one stroke more than four minutes, but allowed the Canucks some rest for 3 to 1 Price maintains lead a goal when he shot from Kevin Bieksa (white) and a rebound attempt Tanner Glass (white) stopped. The victory gave the Canadians 9-5-1 record high of the Northeast Division with a lead of two points ahead of Ottawa. But they are also more than four points in the Bruins as they head Beantown tomorrow for a night game. It is a crucial game for both teams, the Bruins have four games in hand. Canadians ended the week with a home game Saturday against the Carolina Hurricanes.