Canadiens @ Islanders Top Six Minutes: Welcome back to the NHL, Andrew Hammond!

Pre-Game

• “Caufield’s on fire. Your defence is terrified!”
• What’s on the menu for this afternoon? Hamburglar!

First Period

• Early power play opportunity here. Can the Habs strike first?
• Yes, they can. But not on the power play.
• Michael Pezzetta puts his voluminous body on the line to redirect a Petry shot past Ilya Sorokin.

• Who will have the biggest rise on this summer’s Top 25 Under 25; Michael Pezzetta or Frederik Dichow?
• Last year, out of 42 eligible players, I had Pezzetta at number 41 and Dichow at number 40.
• That right there tells you guys all you need about my knowledge of hockey prospects and their potential...
• Well, at least I had Arvid Henrikson below them both.
• Hammond saves shot after shot. Helps kill off a penalty on Big Joshua Anderson.
• Habs will begin the second period playing two men down.

Second Period

• Petry got credited with the goal. Apparently it never touched Pezzetta.
• Brrrrring, brrrrring! What’s that?
• Is that the phone ringing with GMs on the other line, asking for Petry’s price ahead of the trade deadline?
• Palmieri ties it up on a rebound off Hammond, while the Islanders still had 30 seconds left on the second of the two penalties.
• All Hamburglar jokes aside, Andrew is doing very well for a goalie who hasn’t seen NHL action in several years.
• Being named Kale and living in LA... Wow, that must have been a match made in heaven.
• The referees aren’t fans of vegetables, so they send young Clague to the box for a tripping.
• Caufield so close to give the Habs another lead from the power play. Sorokin got his pad on a near-ranged tap-in.
• Instead, it’s his winger linemate, Big Powerhorse Joshua A, who scores the go-ahead goal.
• Great little wrister from #17, but Sorokin won’t be happy to have let that one past him.

Third Period

• Both netminders put on a strong effort here in the third, keeping it a close game.
• Gotta love to watch the change in confidence on both Suzuki and Caufield right now.
• Combine that with a heavy-hitting Romanov and an emerging Poehling, and there are at least glimpses of future hope on the horizon.
• The referees seem to have swallowed their whistles when Laurent Dauphin gets taken down by Palmieri right in front of the net with a clear scoring chance.

• Love to watch the change in overall intensity compared to just a few weeks ago.
• Everyone seems more confident with and without the puck with the new guy in charge.
• Brock Nelson ties up the contest on an out of the blue breakaway with just under three minutes left.

OT

• GAAAAAAHH MADNESS!
• And we’re off to the shootout.

Shootout

• Beauvillier scores.
• Caufield goes five-hole and scores. Lightning quick release. Hello confidence!

• Barzal is the first to miss. No wonder. He played six minutes during the five minute OT.
• Pitlick does his very best Peter Forsberg impression and tricks Sorokin for another Habs penalty goal.
• Brock Nelson... And a save by the Burglar!
• Andrew Hammond - shootout hero! Bienvenue à Montréal!

EOTP 3 Stars

3) He lifted that one right into the top corner

2) Some quality hockey today

1) That one’s going to stick