2011 NHL Playoffs: Montreal Canadiens-Boston Bruins Analysis After Game 6

It's come down to a best-of-one game series. The Montreal Canadiens gave it all they had in Game 5 and it wasn't enough.

Thankfully for their fans, the Habs played just the right game they needed to in Game 6, winning 2-1 and forcing the series to a seventh and deciding game in Boston tomorrow night.

The game had it's fair share of controversy.

Referee Kevin Pollock took out his whistle a little bit too early when he lost sight of the puck. The result should have been a Brian Gionta goal, but was a faceoff in the Bruins' zone instead.

The Canadiens took advantage of their powerplay opportunities. Michael Cammalleri got the Habs on the board first with one of his patented one-kneed one-timers on a 5-on-3.

It was a much needed goal that allowed the Habs to play their defensive brand of hockey: Jacques Martin's "System."

Carey Price didn't play the best game of his life. He looked rather weak on the Bruins lone goal of the game, a Dennis Seidenberg wrap-around that squeaked through the five-hole.

The momentum of the game looked to be in the B's favor until Milan Lucic pasted Jaroslav Spacek's face into the boards. Lucic was charged with a five-minute major penalty and a game misconduct.

It ended up costing his team dearly.

Just after the following faceoff, Patrice Bergeron shot the puck over the glass, giving the Habs a nearly two minute 5-on-3.

Gionta was able to exact some revenge—his goal ended being the game winner.

The win may not have been pretty, but it was exactly how I thought the Canadiens would do it (if they were to win, that is).

Call it what you want—the system, the trap, boring, whatever—playing a defensive-minded brand of hockey has worked for Martin and the Habs all season long.

Why would they veer away from it as they did in Game 4?

It would seem as if they learned from their mistake.

I would expect much of the same tomorrow.

The Boston Bruins may want to consider opting out of their powerplay opportunities. It seems their play during the man-advantage has been getting worse as the series progresses.

They will need to score the first goal in order to foil the Habs' plan of protecting their lead.

What a series!

There's not much else to say.

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