Habs Watch - Montreal upsets Ottawa

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For the first time since the '92 - '93 season, Montreal has won 8 games in a row, after doing the nearly impossible and defeating Ottawa 5 to 3 last night. David Aebischer hung on to save 44 of 47 shots after a first period that saw the Senators outshoot Montreal 21-6. In fact, after being down 2 to 1, the Habs scored twice in the second and twice in the third to run the score up before Heatley buried the biscuit (LOL) late in the third.

They are tied with New Jersey for 6th in the conference again, and guess who is next on the schedule Saturday? You got it. New Jersey. I am gettign more and more optimistic with my hopes of a Cup win this year, especially if Aebischer is settling down as a solid backup to what I would call a great Vezina candidate in Huet. With only a half dozen games left, many against teams ahead of them in the standings, this is the time for Montreal to pull out all of the stops, and after this win against arguably the best team in the league, I hope they can hang on for the rest of the ride!