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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
- It’s good to be back.
- Full speed ahead now, fellas. There are 25 games to be played in 42 days.
1st period
- Now THAT’S what I’m talking about! We’re 18 seconds in and KK gets us on the board!
- Uh, oh. Coaches challenge to see if Byron or Lehkonen was offside.
- Good goal! AND we’re heading to the power play to boot.
- The Habs have pent-up energy and are taking it out on the Oilers. It’s fantastic.
- A Lehky goal! We’ve got a Lehky goal just over three minutes in.
- Stop this fighting nonsense right now, Anderson. We need you not injured.
- Although, it only took one punch to drop Lagesson so, as you were.
- What a feed by Suzuki but Drouin just couldn’t finish the pass.
- But Gally can! A very Gally, Gally-goal finishes off Weber’s post.
- McDavid loses his cool and heads to the box for roughing up an unsuspecting Kotkaniemi. That was one nasty hit. Not cool, dude. Not cool.
- A Lehky goal and a Gally goal not just in the same game, in the same period. I am happy.
2nd period
- That was a fun period. Let’s do that again, please.
- McDavid and Draisaitl have been split up. Cue the panic button.
- The Oilers are starting to get an-gry.
- K, that’s enough penalties now guys. This is usually our downfall.
- Plus, nobody wants Connor “the elbow” McDavid on the power play.
- The post is Price’s BFF tonight. I’ll call him Henry.
- McDavid off the power play is also a bad thing. Neither Price nor Henry could stop that one.
- Coach’s challenge!
- Offside baby and the Oilers are back to zero.
- That’s what you get for elbowing KK in the head. It’s called Karma.
- A beauty of a pass from Danault sneaks past two Oiler defenders and onto TATAARR’s stick to make it 4-0.
Third period
- It worked last time, so why jinx it — That was a fun period. Let’s do that again, please.
- Things are going very, very well.
- Midway point and the Habs have doubled the Oilers shots on goal 26-13. Bonus: McDavid and Draisaitl are not part of the 13.
- Argh! Kotkaniemi gets two chances to get his second of the night and can’t finish it off.
- With 2:51 left, Anderson gets called for tripping. Please do not ruin this for Price.
- Price grabs his first shutout of the season! Whoot-whoot!
- That was hella fun.
EOTP 3 Stars
3) Habs were in tight versus the Oilers after not playing in over a week and missing some key players
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2) It’s been a hard life
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1) Apparently they checked the thread before the game