Canadiens @ Canucks Top Six Minutes: Price Deserved Better

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It’s been a while since the Habs played Vancouver, and it’s been a while since I’ve done one of these. Let’s hope we all remember how to do this right!

First Period

• Ok, Habs. Do the thing.
• Turns out that having six guys on the ice is illegal. Thanks Vancouver!
• It is really weird to NOT be afraid of power plays anymore.
• JEFF PETRY WITH THAT SHOT. Always a beauty.
• It really is nice to see Montreal looking look like they did at the beginning of the year again.
• THREE THOUSAND games? Wow. Congratulations to Pierre Gervais.
• Please stop playing in your own zone like this, Montreal.
• Toffoli wants a goal. I think they should give him one.
• Actually having a Hab in the goal scoring race feels weird.
• Woof. That Tatar shot had to hurt.
• That was a beautiful move from Byron.... aaaand sigh.
• On the one hand, he absolutely went into the goalie. On the other hand, I’m not sure what he was supposed to do?
• Good kill though!
• Huh. That was fun.

Second Period

• Uh oh....oh no. Please don’t let that be Carey hurt....
• Well, he looks ok, so I guess there’s that.
• Awww man, almost Toffoli.
• That was a series of beautiful shifts from Montreal.
• And they follow that up with some gorgeous passing.
• That was an interesting choice not to call Petry on that. Not that I mind, but still.
• Lol Perry.
• A second goal would go a long way to easing my mind...
• AAAAACK. Oh thank goodness, it didn’t go in.
• Too...much...scramble...
• ……I don’t feel like Gally needs to ask Perry questions about being a net front pest…
• Thank you Carey.
• What even were Edmundson AND Höglander doing there?
• Almost Danault.
• Still could really use a second goal from the guys in white.

Third Period

• The fact that this game is one bad bounce away from being tied does not make me very happy.
• A. Armia just stick-handled while surrounded by three guys, and won. B. Why was literally no one skating after that.
• Should that not have been a penalty? No? Well then.
• Not to be that fan....but shooooooot!
• Oh boy.....I think that went in. Although Vancouver didn’t react at ALL.
• Ahhhh off the post. Barely.
• THAT’s what you call after all that stuff you let go? Really???? Sure.
• CAREY, CAREY, CAREY, CAREY, CAREY!
• Aaaaaaaanxiiiiettttyyyyyyyyyy!
• Gosh, the last five minutes of this game cannot go by fast enough.
• Please stop icing the puck.
• I’ll just be here screaming with anxiety for the next two minutes.
• Hahaha Button: Nope. He can’t play that way. He’s not smart enough to play that way. Ouch.
• What even is going on?
• That’s icing?? Well, that’s new.
• WHY Habs. Why.
• I’ll just be over here screaming some more.

OT

• I apologize if you were here expecting me to be clever. Or interesting. Cause I’ll just be here yelling in terror.
• JESUS PRICE.
• I just want to reiterate how much I HATE the shoot-out.
• GAH.
• Why.

SO

• I. Hate. Shoot-outs. HATE.
• As a skills competition, it is endlessly fun. As anything else? Nope.
• That’s the Carey we love to see though.
• Too bad no one on Montreal can score.
• *cue more screaming*
• Sigh.

EOTP 3 Stars

3) He can see a powerhorse from a mile away

2) Jack Adams?

1) Two-point effort from the netminder