Canadiens vs Blue Jackets Top Six Minutes: Habs' non-All-Stars rip goals on the powerplay

For our new readers and members, Top Six Minutes is a brief overview of the Habs game, and a continuation of the discussion threads usually happens in the comments. We try to keep it light and entertaining, even when the Habs make it hard. Full recaps/analysis/walks of shame go up the morning after every game.

• Fox Sports Ohio really vamping up their coverage of superstar forward Nick Foligno for reasons that I don't have to get into.
• Fox Sports Ohio saying they need to focus on Subban. One of the guys says "they might want to hit him tonight" with a little smirk at the camera.

First Period

• Therrien with his classic "rotate the problem player on the bottom line/pairing to make it seem like he is going to be scratched and then play him anyway" move on Emelin. Will he respond?
• Hot Take Keys To The Game from Fox Sports Ohio: High Percentage Plays, Ready To Skate, Leaders Lead.
• The Blue Jackets draw first blood on a goal that would have been called off if Gallagher was the one making the screen.
• 100% shooting percentage for Columbus. Unsustainable.
• Jackets crew is SUPER into Bobrovsky but we all are so that's OK.
• Beaulieu pronunciation: Beuioh
• The Blue Jackets don't know that they were probably better off letting the Habs take a power play there.
  
• Price makes a save. I told you that their shooting percentage was unsustainable.
  
• Blue Jackets fans cheering for sustained pressure by their hometown team but is upholding sustained pressure against Emelin and Gilbert really something to cheer about?
• They feature Gallagher and lead off with his height. Urge to kill rising.
• The Habs score? Doesn't look like a goal. Either way, that Pacioretty-Plekanec-Gallagher line is killer.
• No goal, the right call.
• Habs have had a good first, they controlled play and have momentum. I expect that momentum to lead to a powerplay that will subsequently kill that momentum
• Speak of the devil.
• Again I am right in my analysis.

Second Period

• CBJ fans and Habs fans united in boos as the Habs head back to the PP.
• Price doesn't look too comfortable. Keep breathing Habs fans.
• Pacioretty needs to score a hat trick to redeem himself.
• Habs head to the "power play"
• Dale Weise on the Power Play eat your heart out John Tortorella.
• Columbus being saved by their goaltending and opportunistic scoring. Who even does that?
• Not even Manny Malhotra thought that was going in
• Sportsnet with a good stat: Out of the 20 zone starts in the period 16 have been in the Columbus zone.
• Very rare that we see a goalie play as well as the one that the Habs have. Eff you Sergei.
• Nothing doing for the Habs in the second. Do you think that Blue Jackets fans like this all the time?
  

Third Period

• Chance after chance for the Habs but Bobrovsky standing tall, as if it is his job.
• Desharnais all alone in the slot!.....and he drifts listlessly though it!
• When was the last time the Habs played this well without a goal? If you answered "never" you've won!
• This entire game is like a power play for the Habs so it's not a shock that they're not scoring goals.
• Desharnais with a nice pass to his linemate who shoots to no avail. Not something you see very often.
• There's your mandatory Subban call. Shorty?
• Jackets score. They'll win a road game in their own building.
• Still some time in this game for the Habs to make things incredibly painful for their fans.
• The Habs have scored on the Power Play! DEFCON 1! TURN THE KEYS! MISTER PRESIDENT WE NEED YOUR AUTHORIZATION!
• Alright I am sure you are enjoying this new-found sense of optimism as much as I am.
• Another Power Play. Columbus is just asking for it.
• ASK AND YE SHALL RECEIVE!!!!
• PK Subban you are my hero.
• PK Subban you are my hero.
• PK Subban you are my hero.
• ANOTHER Habs Powerplay.
  
• Not once, not twice, but thrice!
• The silver lining for Blue Jackets fans is that they get to see Nick Foligno captain an all star team. That should be fun for them.
• Imagine thinking the game is in the bag and then you get scored on 3 times in 4 minutes. Awful feeling. For them. I'm pretty happy about it.
  
• I think Price is OK but I'm not a doctor.
• Two points.
  
• Let us celebrate by the adding of chocolate to milk.

Three stars

Three: This pretty much sums it up.

Two: Science

One: GLORY BE!

Highlights

Pacioretty spins and shoots to start the comeback

Subban snipes one to tie the game.