FanSided Turns 15! Memories From Canadiens In 2007

The red hot Canadiens were ready to take on their arch rivals the Boston Bruins in the first round of the playoffs. The Canadiens took a commanding 3-1 lead after 4 games and were set to go the next round. However, things got complicated.

The Bruins’ offense were taken lightly as they had one of the worst offense in the league finishing 23rd in goals for. Game 5 saw an offensive onslaught that was expected by no one as the Bruins gave the Canadiens a 5-1 lashing to force a Game 6. All of a sudden, the Habs were nervous and dropped Game 6 by a score of 5-4 to force a Game 7 in Montreal.

This time however, the Canadiens used all of their weapons at their disposal, including a deafening Montreal crowd, and finally disposed of the Bruins in 7 games by the score of 5-0.

Entering round 2, fans were excited as they saw the young Kostitsyn brothers and Alex Kovalev led the charge offensively. At the blue line, Patrice Brisebois was showing shades of 1993 as he was a leader and quarterback the entire series.

Things were quite different in round 2.

The Philadelphia Flyers came into town and faced a visibly shaky and nervous Carey Price. The Canadiens however didn’t quit in Game 1 as they were down 3-2 with 29 seconds left in the 3rd period, none other than “The Artist” Alex Kovalev scored to tie the game, sending the 21 273 fans in attendance in a frenzy. Then 48 seconds into overtime, the roof blew open when Tom Kostopoulos scored the game winner putting the Habs ahead 1-0.

That was it. The Flyers would regroup and completely dominate the rest of the series and disposed of the Canadiens in 5 games. Neither Carey Price or Jaroslav Halak who saw some ice time were able to solve the Flyers.

The Detroit Red Wings would end up beating the Pittsburgh Penguins in the finals and lift the Stanley Cup.