Canadiens vs. Lightning Top Six Minutes: Struck down

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1st period:

• Mikhail Sergachev is out there, making me nostalgic for the very brief amount of time we could call him ours. Sigh.
• Tampa doesnt look bad, but I’m not dazzled. I wanted to be dazzled. Whatever happened to the 2018-19 Lightning? They were great.
• Joel Armia and Jesperi Kotkaniemi are trying to make something happen. Oh! They did. They made a power play happen.
• In Classic Habs power play fashion, Tampa get the early breakaway chance.
• Petry! A POWER-PLAY GOAL.

• Carey Price didn’t have to make a save against Hedman. Instead he just intimidated the puck right off his stick. It’s a neat trick.
• Well, if the Canadiens are going to let Tampa spend all day in their end, they really can’t be surprised when they get scored on.

2nd period:

• Oh my Danault. He and Lehkonen almost made a pretty.
• Stamkos succeeds where Lehkonen failed. Carey Price does not appreciate that.
• Carey Price also does not appreciate the next one either.
• Jeff Petry, throwing hits, scoring goals. Is this what they mean when they say “get you a man who can do both”?

3rd period:

• Vasilevskiy is very, very good.
• The Lightning really picked up momentum, and all things considered Montreal is holding on fairly well.
• Shea Weber is not looking so good out there. Also our power play, but that is to be expected.
• Tampa is still pretty darn good at hockey. And I miss Sergachev.

EOTP 3 Stars

3) Jeff Petry vs. ... An anemic power play

2) The good ol’ days

1) Come one, come all!