Canadiens @ Sabres Top Six Minutes: The Comeback Habs earn another point

For our new readers and members, the Top Six Minutes is a continuation of the discussion in the game thread. We try to keep it light and entertaining. Full recaps are up the morning after every game.

Pre-game thoughts:

• Congratulations to Max Domi on his 200th straight game. That’s quite something.
• Nate Thompson is playing his 700th NHL game tonight. Congratulations Nate!
• I have written one TSM before. Kinkaid was in goal, posted a shutout and Habs scored three on the power play. Let’s hope for a repetition tonight.
• Why is this woman singing Star Spangled Banner like a lullaby? It’s already 1AM here. I don’t need one.
• Come @ us, Dahlin! I dare you!

1st period:

• Three minutes in. Has the puck even left Buffalo’s zone yet? Feels like a power play. Like, not a Habs power play, but an actually dangerous power play.
• What an unnecessary way to break my Kinkaid shutout streak. Thanks Tatarrrr.
• This Olofsson kid. PP specialist. Can we trade for him, plz?
• Told ya, Dahlin. Taste the Finnish fury!
• Oh yeah, the Anton PP effect is still very much happening.
• I was just joking with the whole Dahlin vendetta, but he is getting seriously punished by Joel Armia right now.

2nd period:

• That was a soft call to say the least.
• Two Tatar penalties. Two goals. That’s unfortunate.
• The Bills are apparently in the building. Let’s hope Josh Allen’s inaccuracy spreads to the Sabres’ players.
• Just. Stop. Taking. Penalties.
• Eichel’s puck skills are mad. But that shot did not look unstoppable, did it?
• Game defining saves by Kinkaid near the end there. Redemption.

3rd period:

• Can we rewind to the beginning of the first period? It all looked so good then #whathappened
• Nothing is lost yet. Remember Toronto. And Carolina. This is a bounceback kind of team.
• This IS a bounceback kind of team! The Finnish mafia does it again. Scores from out of the blue.
• The PP looks so... strained, especially compared to Buffalo’s.
• This game is taking of for real. You know what, Victor Mete? Now would be a terrific time to break your zero in the goal column.
• Check out those moves by Chiarot! Bet you didn’t see that one coming.
• Really Danault? With half a minute left? Ouch.

OT:

• This team obviously can’t neither win nor lose in regulation.
• Well, at least they didn’t score on the power play.

EOTP 3 Stars

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1) Another point