Canadiens @ Canucks Top Six Minutes: Tyler Toffoli’s hat trick earns a point

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First Period

• I would love if the Habs won convincingly tonight, but I really fear that that won’t be the case.
• Are they really trying to call Weber and Chiarot the twin towers? Maybe don’t?
• Already on the penalty kill? Really? You couldn’t wait a minute?
• Elias Pettersson is now guaranteed to score.
• I’d be ok with a Suzuki short-handed goal. Make it happen, please.
• That was an extremely high high-stick. But also maybe don’t let them do that again.
• ….hold on… VAN was on the power play, but the only shots in the game belong to the Habs? Yes please.
• That was a fun shift from the Gallagher crew.
• Why do the hockey gods hate Artturi Lehkonen and Tyler Toffoli.
• Please don’t do this again.
• Apparently the Habs have decided that the NHL season is too easy so far, so they’ve decided to make it harder for themselves BY TAKING ENTIRELY TOO MANY PENALTIES.
• And that’s why you really shouldn’t have taken a penalty.
• Lol, whoops, skate malfunction.
• Pretty sure Price didn’t even blink making that save.
• Please go stay in the offensive zone for a while, Montreal.
• One of these days Toffoli will actually hit the net, and it will be glorious.
• Exactly no one is surprised that the probably-for-the-best crackdown on cross-checks in front of the net doesn’t apply to crosschecks on Brendan Gallagher.
• Too many odd-man rushes against. Way too many odd-man rushes against.
• *sigh*
• Dang, Carey looks really good tonight.

Second Period

• THERE IT IS. TOFFOLI WITH THE GOAL.
• Not to be that person, but SHOOOOOOOOT.
• Oh Jeff...
• Wait....is that...a power play!?? Oh my goodness, it is!
• Oh look. There are all the Toffoli goals! (Also, that Suzuki pass!!)
• Also... THE HABS CAN ACTUAL SCORE ON THE POWER PLAY!
• Oh geeze. Please go play on the other side of the rink.
• The things that are and aren’t penalties in this game are perplexing.
• siiiiiiigh
• Oh Paul.
• Montreal, please tidy things up. This is not gonna cut it.
• Another post.
• Shouldn’t that have been a Montreal penalty?
• WAIT, NOT *THAT* THOUGH. WTF.
• GALLY GOALS ARE THE BEST GOALS.
• It is known.

Third Period

• The plays Nick Suzuki sets up are just delightful. Eventually his teammates will start getting used to it, and he’s going to rack up a tremendous amount of assists.
• Meanwhile, Habs, please go play in the offensive zone.
• AGAIN? sigh
• Habs. Habs stop this. At once.
• You know that thing I said earlier about crosschecks and Gallagher? It’s relevant again.
• Apparently pulling someone down by the face isn’t a penalty.
• JESPERIIIIIIII.
• That little kick to the stick, fake and shoot was just *chef’s kiss*.
• You know that thing where usually eventually the calls start swinging back the other way? How about some of that.
• Joel Armia is pretty good. Just saying.
• The Habs definitely look like they have more in the tank than Vancouver right now. That whole rolling four good lines thing is already paying off.
• How was that icing. Seriously.
• TOFFOLI TIMEEEEEEE.
• BRING ON THE (virtual) HATS!!!
• MONTREAL WHAT ARE YOU DOING.
• I just want to sleep.
• Gallagher was SO close. I’m going to cry.

OT

• Well, time for aaaaaall the heart attacks.
• Suzuki in OT is pretty fun.
• However, just because it’s fun doesn’t mean I want to keep having this happen.
• Romanov is also very fun in OT.
• THAT WAS LESS FUN.
• Please not the shootout.
• I hate shootouts.

Shootout

• I hate shootouts BUT NICK SUZUKI DOESN’T.
• They really are just gonna drag this shoot out as long as possible aren’t they.
• I still hate this.
• Habs lose 6-5 in the shootout.

EOTP 3 Stars

3. Gotta love a good rhyme

2. Those were the days

1. He certainly does!