St.Louis comes to play with a 4 point night, but the PK allows 4 goals as the Habs held on to win their first pre-season game 5-4. The Tampa Bay Lightning took advantage of the lack of discipline from the Canadiens and the 11 powerplay chances. However, it was not quite enough as the Canadiens scored 2 power play goals, 2 even strength and added a shorthanded goal to out score the Lightning. Things were close and exciting in the final moments as the lightning pressed for the tying goal with Jeff Halpern and Kieth Tkachuk in the box for the Canadiens.
Too many penalties was the consensus following the game which saw the Canadiens shorthanded 11 times. Our PK unit got some good practice tonight, but that's not what were looking to get done. We need to show a bit more control. The rematch comes tomorow night. Perhaps the clubs will stick to hockey.
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