Okay, so it happened. The Montreal Canadiens lost a game in this round. It isn’t shocking, really, given the ways in which they won the first three games of the series: one-goal decisions, two overtime wins, and squeaking by at times.
Habs fans had to expect it. A sweep is not an easy feat, and even the players did not discount the possibility that they would be coming back home with another game to play. Prior to Game 4, in a game-day interview, Carey Price told the Chris Hofley of the Ottawa Sun, “I’m sure [The Ottawa Senators] are going to come out with a lot of intensity, they’ve got their backs up against the wall…It’s the same story when you have any team in an elimination spot, they’re going to come out with everything they got.