Live game thread, Rangers-Canadiens

                  Bonjour from CentreBell...

                  Halak vs. Lundqvist....Halak was in net last night when the habs beat the Devs 3-1 in NJ....Donald Brashear, Ales Kotalik healthy scratches; Paul Mara (upper body) out for Canadiens....Philly and Ottawa already won this afternoon...Shameless plug: I'll be on 1050 AM after second period with Kenny and Dave.... 

                 Starters: Lundqvist, Avery,  Boyle, Voros, Staal, Rozsival

                 The first scrum occurred 31 seconds in, when Sean Avery and Ian Lapierre were sent off for roughing behind the Habs’ net. Lundqvist needed to make a save on Tomas Pelekanec’s breakaway and another at the left post on a Wade Redden turnover. Erik Christenen, climbing out of the net after a check dumped him, missed a half-open cage, as the Rangers were outshooting the Canadiens 7-3.  

                With the sides four on four when Aaron Voros’ charge negated an interference call at center ice at the nine-minute mark Scott Gomez scored five seconds later. Standing in front when Lundqvist kicked out his right pad to stop a Jaroslav Spacek slapper, Gomez put the rebond between the goalies skate and left post. Rangers had 13 shots, but no goals for the fourth straight period.

            CANADIENS 1, RANGERS 0, END OF 1