Canadiens @ Flames Top Six Minutes: Bounceback complete

Pre-Game Thoughts:

• I personally haven’t written one of these in awhile, lets see if I’ve still got my writing chops.
• Also very excited to see how this game goes, Calgary is a solid team and a great test for Martin St. Louis to see how he bounces back as a coach.
• What are the odds that Michael Pezzetta challenges Milan Lucic to a fight in tonight’s game?
• Let’s also hopefully avoid the Tyler Toffoli revenge game.

First Period

• Okay Jeff Petry let’s have a chat real quick, don’t pass it to the dudes in red sweaters please.
• Andrew Hammond appears to be very sharp once again folks.
• Kale Clague and Chris Wideman is a pairing that is going to raise the blood pressure a fair bit it seems.
• Michael Pezzetta is certainly engaged, bad news if you’re a Flames player with the puck at any point in time.
• Alexander Romanov gets lost in coverage and naturally the Flames score, which makes me sad.
• The fourth line is cooking still, I feel like there’s gotta be a goal or two there tonight.
• It’s a great day for the power play to function properly again!
• Well it wasn’t a goal, but they looked somewhat decent?
• The Hams, they are being burgled.
• I would like Luke Richardson to tell Romanov to simplify things a lot because he’s all over the place.
• JEFF PETRY RENAISSANCE CONTINUES
• I’ll take being tied after 20!

Second Period

• NO PLEASE DON’T INJURE CHIAROT BEFORE THE DEADLINE.
• Laurent Dauphin continues to be a fun surprise, the hustle is a really nice thing to see even if he’s playing well above his pay grade.
• For the love of Maurice please stop injuring Jake Evans and his brain.
• I have seen more than enough of Mike Hoffman.
• Nick Suzuki is so damn good at hockey.
• Evans is back!
• And promptly gets whacked in the face with a stick.
• I need Craig Button to stop yelling about things that don’t matter.
• Following up an amazing fourth line shift with that is deeply upsetting.
• SERIOUSLY STOP HITTING EVANS IN THE HEAD.
• This power play is utterly disgraceful.
• Oh no another power play.
• Thank god Nick Suzuki rules at hockey.
• Alright, it’s still close, and the Habs aren’t play bad...Win the third!

Third Period

• Great defence from Chiarot to start the period!
• I would like the Habs to play at the other end of the ice right now however.
• TRADE VALUE GOAL FOR BEN CHIAROT.
• I see Brendan Gallagher is making friends with Jacob Markstrom too eh?
• Also Andrew Hammond continues to be incredible, which is not a sentence I thought I’d ever say.
• Larry Dolphins is absolutely on one.
• Rem Pitlick is also on one, what a waiver wire snag.
• This game has bee...Dare I say fun so far?
• Oh Kale, no buddy.
• Excellent penalty kill, everyone go thank Nick Suzuki.
• I did not expect to be this deeply invested in a Habs game in March after the season they had before Marty was hired.
• What an effort by Larry Dolphins to get Mike Hoffman his goal!
• Poor poor Brendan Gallagher, he’s trying so hard everywhere and can’t buy a goal.
• Really rough night for Alexander Romanov all the way around.

Overtime

• I would call the “score a goal” play if I were the Habs coach to be honest with you all.
• BEN CHIAROT IS WORTH A MILLION PICKS NOW.
• Weeeeee I like wins, wins are fun.

EOTP 3 Stars

3) And this was before the overtime winner

2) Quality late Thursday night entertainment

1) Eight more years