Canadiens vs Capitals Top Six Minutes: Another home-opener ruined

A slow first period, a better second, a nail-biting third, a heart-stopping OT and shootout - all hinging on Dustin Tokarski's amazing performance.

By Sam Li Oct 9, 2014, 10:22pm EDT

Capitals' red light special effects make the players look like they're entering through a portal from hell.

Caps goal. I'm torn between feeling angry as a Habs fan, and feeling kinda happy for the Cap rookie's successful NHL debut. His parents are in the building! Aww.
Subban plays aggressive against Ovechkin. The ensuing powerplays we have to kill are not worth it, jeez.
2 minutes left in first, and Montreal has two shots on goal vs. Washington's 15. Burakovsky sums up what I'm feeling right now:
Today is one of those weird days when Bourque became the best player on ice for a shift. Really getting physical, throwing his weight around.
Habs ends the period with two shots, 0 regular strength. Who thinks Michel Therrien is calm and gentle right now?

Here a fun game to play when network hockey analysts are being boring. Pretend they're analysing a X-rated dirty movie. "He's got amazing vision, a good angle, and a great stick.", "Well, there's not a chance he's getting off after one minute.", "When you're getting hammered out there, you don't want to get behind."
Brandon Prust fights O'Brien, (#8 vs. #87). There's something wrong about seeing the number 87 in red and blue.
WHAT. A. CALL.
Capitals make a play for the net, but blocked by Mike Weaver. Can't believe software developers are already renaming Adblock "Adweaver".
You know what I think is Subban's biggest problem? He's so good at hockey - and he knows this as a fact - that when the rest of the world refuses to comply and let him be good at hockey, it doesn't even compute. He gets so easily frustrated.
Gallagher+DD+Pacioretty. Me like-y.
Raise your hand if you're tired of people predicting Galchenyuk's "breakout" season.

I don't want to jinx anything, but in every TSM I've done so far, the Habs take a bunch of penalties and then lose. If we lose this one, EOTP might have to cancel the rest of my TSMs for the year.
Alex Ovechkin has being classic Ovechkin so far. He's plays rough and fast; he makes no apologies for who he is or what he plays like. Immensely talented, but also immensely annoying. Reminds me of a precocious five year old who asks you uncomfortable questions about adult topics.
Habs blue line are playing like they're ambivalent about winning.
The arena DJ is playing that Iconapop song. You know, the one that screams "I don't care" over and over again.
YES, PARENTEAU.
...NO, BOURQUE.
YES, PLEKANEC. (100% accurate gif of that goal) A friend texted me before the game that, by his calculations, Tomas Plekanec is on track for a 164-goal season. Sounds legit.
YES, BOURQUE

Subban goes for a stretch pass. In a better world, there would be no global warming, and that pass would have connected.
Alex Ovechkin charging solo down the ice, in the last 30 seconds of OT, is the stuff that mothers tell baby goaltenders at night to get them to behave.
Tokarski was the best Hab out there. Period.