Canadiens vs. Leafs Top Six Minutes: Defensive woes

First Period

• Oh good, Auston Matthews is taking the warm-up, I bet we won’t hear his name every other play *insert eye roll here*
• This is the 738th time the Canadiens have played the Leafs - gotta love it
• Not super stoked to see Victor Mete on the third pairing
• Ahem...not super stoked to see Jordie Benn on the top pairing
• Canadiens have seven shots on goal seven minutes into the first period and the Leafs have zero. I am ok with this
• So Charles Hudon is pretty great and we are lucky to have him
• Max Pacioretty playing big on the penalty kill which is great to see
• No score after 20

Second Period

• Charlie Lindgren has been solid - it’s the little things like having the confidence to play the puck and keeping the play alive/momentum going
• As I say this, Ron Hainsey skates in, has way too much room, all the time in the world, and scores the first of the game. Zero coverage on that one - yikes
• Sigh. Just 37s later, Nazem Kadri scores
• At the end of the second period, SOG are 26-18 in favour of Montreal
• Pacioretty and Weber with 4 shots each

Third Period

• Ok - I feel good about the third per...Connor Brown scores 25 seconds in. Karl Alzner leaves Brown alone in front of the net - why is Alzner still a ‘thing’
• I would never wish an injury on anyone, but seeing Kadri taken out by Pacioretty, Benn, and Shea Weber in a span of 30 seconds makes me heart sing
• Alzner once again caught completely out of position and James van Riemsdyk gets the game’s fourth
• 48 seconds later, an eerily similar goal as Benn skates back, solely focused on Mitchell Marner, who passes the puck over to Matthews. 5-0 Leafs
• Lindgren gets the mercy pull, Antti Niemi is in
• HOLY CRAP LORD BYRON JUST DROPPED THE GLOVES AND HE WON
• 6-0 Toronto as Matthews gets his second of the game
• Brendan Gallagher drops the gloves against Connor Carrick after Carrick gives him a tap on the hands. After being ejected, Gallagher heads down the tunnel, throwing his helmet, clearly frustrated
• Final score is 6-0 and Habs fans continue to ask the question, “How much more of this do we have to take?”

Highlight of the night

EOTP 3 Stars

3. That fits

2. The leading candidate for the team’s next GM!

1. And so it was