RALEIGH, N.C. -- The Montreal Canadiens needed a little time to get up to speed in their final game before the Olympic break. When they did, they left behind the Carolina Hurricanes. David Desharnais scored twice and the Canadiens rallied for a 4-1 victory Saturday night. "We had a little slump a couple of weeks ago and we wanted to get out of it," Desharnais said. "We did and we want to stay up in the standings and with these three wins, we did. That was our goal." Ryan White and Brian Gionta also scored and Carey Price made 31 saves to help the Canadiens win their third in a row. "It was nice to finish before the break with another win," said Price, set to play for Canada in the Olympics. "We talked about staying focused and earning that one and it worked out for us. Confidence in hockey is a big thing and to finish strong like this is good," Montreal left wing Max Pacioretty, a member of the U.S. team, suffered a first-period injury after being checked into the goal by Carolinas Brett Bellemore. He left with 7:30 left in the first period and did not return. After the game, Pacioretty said it was all precautionary for his to sit out the rest of the game. "I went in pretty hard and I got the wind knocked out of me," Pacioretty said. "I think the team wanted to play it safe and I think it was a good decision." After a scoreless first period, Carolina got on the scoreboard first in the second period. Drayson Bowman scored his fourth goal of the season with a rising shot from the top of the right circle at 5:42. Bowman took advantage of Tuomo Ruutus screen that kept Price from making a play on the puck. But the rest of the game belonged to the Canadiens. "We responded the right way," Montreal coach Michel Therrien said. "Even though they scored the first goal, we started playing well." Desharnais tied it with 2:08 left in the second, converting a 3-on-2 rush. It took only 1:25 for Montreal to take the lead as White scored on a rebound at the top of the crease with 42.7 seconds left in the period. Desharnais gave Montreal some breathing room early in the third period with his 11th goal of the season. It marked his first multi-goal game of the season. Gionta finished the scoring for Montreal with an empty-netter with 2:37 to go. Carolina defenceman Justin Faulk said the Hurricanes didnt play with energy. "We didnt have the drive and the effort we needed," said Faulk, who also is on the U.S. Olympic team. "In a game like this, especially before the break, we needed to leave it all out there. It didnt go our way." Neither team took advantage of their power-play opportunities. Montreal was 0 for 1 with the man-advantage, and Carolina failed on two power plays. 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But Fridays match might be one of the biggest underdog stories ever, with UEFAs newest and smallest member trying to avoid humiliation against the team that won the World Cup just four months ago.They are 10 worlds apart from us, Gibraltar captain and customs officer Roy Chipolina said. But its something Ill be able to tell my grandchildren.Germany embarrassed World Cup host Brazil, full of some of the top players in the world, with a 7-1 victory in the World Cup semifinals. And the Germans say they wont take it easy on Gibraltar in Nuremberg, wanting to stay on track to qualify for the European championship. Goal differential can sometimes come in to play as a tiebreaker, so even if the outcome is decided, the wave of German attacks on goal will continue.It is important to concentrate on the game against Gibraltar, said Germany defender Jerome Boateng. We want to make a point but we have respect for every opponent.Chipolina, 31, spends much of his time patrolling the borders of the sunny British outpost at the entrance of the Mediterranean Sea, where hes tasked with stopping drug smugglers. On Friday, hell need to stop Thomas Mueller and Toni Kroos currently ranked as the No. 1 and No. 6 players in the APs Global Football 10.Keeping them to single figures would be great, bar manager Richard Mew said as he poured a pint of beer in the Cannon pub, located just off the main street running through Gibraltar.Gibraltar has three unheralded professionals in its roster of 23 players. Compare that to the world-famous millionaires on the German team.Germany could put their under 15s out and still win, Mew said.Soccer has become huge in Gibraltar ever since its national team was accepted as the 54th and smallest member in Europe following a 16-year fight for recognition. The move had previously been resisted by neighbouring Spain, which disputes the sovereignty of the territory it ceded to Britain in 1713.AAcceptance by UEFA meant that the territory — only about twice the size of Central Park in New York with a population of less than 30,000 — was thrown in with the big boys of European soccer.ddddddddddddPlayers picked for the national team are drawn from amateur clubs that play in the Gibraltar Premier League. When they cant get access to the one and only full-sized soccer field on the territory for training sessions, they have to improvise.We just go running around the streets, midfielder Jeremy Lopez said. We go to a car park and do some sprints, fitness. Its ridiculous, old school.Old men walking their dogs sometimes stop and watch.Like Chipolina, Lopez combines playing the sport he loves with a full-time job, as a researcher for the Ministry of Sports in Gibraltar. He works 9-5 and goes training with his local team three of four times a week. Then there are games on weekends and Lopez also finds time to hit the gym.He is supposed to be getting married soon but some weeks, his fiancee barely sees him.I have three different lives, Lopez said. Family, football and work.Representing Gibraltar involves taking a week off work and is especially tough for those in the private sector. Playing in 10 European qualifiers a year requires 50 days off work and most Gibraltar players have 25 days of annual vacation. They must rely on the goodwill of their employers to accept a request from the Gibraltar Football Association to take leave — usually unpaid.Its hard enough balancing football, work and family, Chipolina said. Then youve got to use your annual leave for football, so you have to tell your wife we arent going on holiday this year.Chipolina has gone from playing in front of 10 spectators a few years ago to playing in front of crowds of 35,000 in European Championship qualifiers.You find yourself switching off in games because you are just not used to it, said striker Kyle Casciaro, an operations manager for a shipping firm. Ireland scored seven goals in the first 63 minutes against us. I looked around and people were chanting, We want 10, we want 10.So far in qualifying, Gibraltar has lost 7-0 to Ireland and Poland, and 3-0 to Georgia.Oh, for a similar score against Germany.Everyones been telling us, If they dont score more than seven, we are better than Brazil, Gibraltar defender Jack Sargent said. Thats our target. ' ' '