Montreal vs. St. Louis Top Six Minutes: Habs sing the Blues

A cacophony of mistakes lead to a poor showing in St. Louis.

By Scott Matla@scottmatla Jan 10, 2019, 10:43pm EST

Pre-Game

First Period

Congrats to both Nicolas Deslauriers and Joel Armi for their milestones tonight!
300 games for the on they call D-Lo and 200 games for the One Man Armia.
Well that’s not the best start, but David Perron, sometimes you just have to hug Carey Price.
Hey defence, you guys can help him on the penalty kill, just sayin’.
At least the fourth line came to play, and a Nic Deslauriers breakaway is not at all what I expected.
Oh yikes, I hope Robert Thomas is okay after hitting the boards, that was not a smooth landing in the slightest.
Phil, bud, you’re our star penalty killer, come on man!
OH SO CLOSE, that breakaway goal would have been something.
Oh no, a power play.
I think the Blues had more shorthanded rushes than the Habs had chances.
Oh no another power play.
You have got to be kidding me Habs.
Well, it can only get better from here right?

Second period

Jonathan Drouin taking a hard shot off the ankle is probably not the start the Canadiens needed in this period.
Neither is that Jay Bouwmeester goal, long way to get back into this game.
And a power play? This is downright mean by the Blues.
YOU CAN SCORE ON THE POWER PLAY?!
What a bank shot by Brendan Gallagher to show some signs of life.
And now right back to the penalty kill, it can never be easy eh Habs?
Oh yikesssss Carey nearly gifts O’Reilly a goal with some poor puck handling.
Well, at least this usually puts on massive third period performances right?

Third Period

Both these teams seem determined to play as little of this game at even stength as possible apparently.
Taking a penalty on the power play? Who do the Blues think they are, the Canadiens?
Victor Mete is cursed, that’s the only explanation for that save, poor kid.
So is Deslauriers tonight I guess.
Of course the young kid who grew up in Quebec scored on the Habs, a tradition like no other.
Out comes the line blender, it’s been awhile old friend.
Here comes the power play!
And a 5-on-3 where Shea Weber murders an unsuspecting crossbar.
(deflating balloon noise)
At least Carey Price seems to be in top form tonight.
Max Domi getting a misconduct with under two minutes left just about sums up this game.
Bring on the Avalanche this weekend.