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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
- News broke of Carey Price checking himself into the NHL/NHLPA assistance program today. Good for him. Just look out when he gets back.
- Luckily we have Jake Allen in our corner. The guy who helped get us to the postseason last year.
- Oh, hey! Caufield is back.
First period
- Anderson opens the scoring 10 seconds in!! Extra special bonus: Lehky picks up the assist.
- While waiting for a penalty to be called on the Sens, the Habs go for the extra man and Petry bangs in another one to make it 2-0. Oh, and we’re just four minutes in.
- Romanov picks up both secondary assists. Somebody came to play tonight.
- Allen faces a flurry of shots, stops about four of them, loses his stick and Norris manages to end up going top shelf to get the Sens on the board.
- Evans gets crushed into the boards and is slow, very slow, to get up.
- This is going to be a loooong season if panic sets in every time a Hab is touched.
Second period
- Lehky almost makes it a two-goal lead once again. Almost. Story of Lehkonen’s life.
- Instead, it’s Pinto who flat out beats Romanov and ties it up.
- Evans is back. Whew. We haven’t even started the season yet. Please, no more injuries.
- Savard heads to the box for holding.
- Norris capitalizes on a turnover and Ottawa takes the lead.
- Oh, Poehling. We can’t really afford a four-minute penalty right now. Agozzino, you bleed too easily.
- If that wasn’t enough, Armia gets a dumb delay of game penalty to make it 5-on-3.
- Clearly, the Habs feel bad for doing so well in the first period.
- Poehling tries to bury one to redeem himself, but not only does it end with a non-goal, it ends with a scrum.
- Things are evening out. Norris heads to the sin bin for a double-minor this time for roughing against Dvorak and Poehling. Just taking on everyone, hey Norris?
- Four-on-four it is.
- The good news is our penalty kill unit is looking pretty good tonight.
- Ref calls a Sens goal that literally nobody else can see even if at every angle and in slow-mo.
Third period
- So, all we need are three goals and for the Sens to not get anything else past Allen. Hmmm...
- Well, we’re off to the power play so that’s a good start.
- One goal down! Suzuki works at closing the gap with a PPG! Gallagher and Caufield pick up the assists. Now that was fun!
- The NHL is cracking down on cross-checking. Caveat: unless they’re against Brendan Gallagher.
- It’s not over until PETRY says it’s over!! We’re tied in the final minute. And off we go to...
Overtime
- Batherson hits the crossbar.
- Caufield in all alone but taken down just inches from the net.
- Batherson heads to the box for hooking and Ducharme calls a time out with 2.3 seconds left.
- Shootout it is then.
Shootout
- Caufield is up... too slow, Cole.
- Stutzle, nope.
- Suzuki ran out of ice.
- Zub. Fail.
- Dvorak, you’re up. Notta.
- Batherson goes wide.
- Armia... shows ‘em how it’s done. Top corner. Boom!!
- Brown also shows ‘em how it’s done.
- Toffoli, got nuthin’.
- Norris goes bar and in.
- That’s it, folks. Time to get serious.
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