Canadiens @ Panthers Top Six Minutes: Goals galore in Sunrise

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

• This is gonna be a weird one.
• Can you ask both teams for a loss?
• Monty gets the start in net. Deservedly.

First period

• Man, what was that? Habs take the lead before I had even opened up the stream.
• Mike Matheson plays grim reaper in his old home building.

• Mr. White ties it up at one-a-piece.
• 2-1 Florida. Carter Verhaeghe.
• These games are just bananas at this point.
• 4-8 against Colorado, a 6-4-win in Pittsburgh which started with a very early two goal-deficit and now this one.
• 2-2. What the flying Dutchman is going on in Florida?
• Anthony Richard has his second in two games. Mazel tov, Rocket Richard Jr.

• 3-2 Florida and Monty is getting pulled.
• It’s been eight shots in total, if you count both teams.
• We’ve seen the goalies make a total of three saves.
• 3-3? Really? REALLY?!
• Michael Pezzetta hits it out of mid-air. Beautiful.

• At least we’re not paying $10 million a year for a goalie who has a save percentage of 0 halfway through the first period.
• Silver linings, people. Silver linings.
• 4-3 Florida.
• Goals? Seven. Total number of shots? Twelve.
• Goals? Eight. Shots? 13.
• I can do this all night long...
• It was Florida scoring by the way. We now have a 5-3-game. It’s been eleven minutes.
• Goals? Nine. Shots? 17.
• This one should not have counted though. Ref blew the whistle before the puck went into the net.
• But yeah, the zebras just make up the rules as they go along, I suppose.
• Goals? Ten. Shots? 19.
• The Panthers fans are shouting out: “We want ten!”
• Oh-oh. We’re going to the penalty kill. Will we have eight now?
• No, actually. Things finally seems to have calmed down.
• No goals in the final seven minutes of the period. I call BORING! Gimme that refund immediately!
• Time to breeeeaaaathe.

Second period

• 4-7 baby. The comeback has begun.

• RHP is a wonder boy. And most importantly, he’s our wonder boy.
• I take that back. It’s 8 for the home team.
• Can someone get the Zamboni driver? We need him to play goaltender for us.
• 9-4 Panthers. And Monty’s getting ready to return to the game.
• “Monty 2.0 – Electric Boogaloo”.
• The Florida posts have been better goal stoppers than Bobrovsky in this game.

Third period

• Hey, Montreal has scored at least four goals for three straight games!
• (Let’s keep quiet about them having conceded 21 in the same time span).
• Gah, Nick Suzuki gets robbed by Bobbo on a 2-on-0.
• So close to just being four goals down again...
• It’s a Rem Pitlick power play goal!

• We have hope, people!
• Terrific pass from Mike Matheson.
• Florida trying to injure Kaiden Guhle.
• As if we haven’t had enough pain tonight...
• Suzuki receives five and a game for a cross-checking which we couldn’t even see on the replay.
• These refs are quite the joke.
• It’s over. After a first period with ten goals, we only got four more.
• The Habs actually won that last period.
• Another win for the tank. But a loss for the other tank opportunity.
• All in all, a draw? I guess?

EOTP 3 Stars

3) Never had that issue on a rotary phone

2) He’s on the way to Tampa

1) The horror. The horror.