Canadiens @ Kings Top Six Minutes: Lazy effort in La La Land

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.

1st Period

• A decent start from the team, but the game hasn’t really set itself yet.
• Sami Niku with some moves, but he loses the puck, but got back to help out.
• Icing.
• Toffoli with a steal, and almost gets the wraparound.
• Nick Suzuki with a solo raid that deserved a better end.
• Power play - Montreal! That resulted in nothing.
• JOSH ANDERSON, on a great feed from Dvorak on a two-on-one. 1-0 good guys!
• Good finish and Montreal takes a lead with them into the first intermission. /

2nd Period

• Anderson with a shot that almost got in.
• Caufield gets his first big chance of the period.
• Arvidsson equalises after a bit of a broken play.
• Chaos near Allen, but the puck stays out.
• Anderson to the sin-bin...
• ... and 2-1 LA, from a great Kaliyev shot.
• Another penalty for Montreal...
• ... but Kempe takes penalty too. 4-on-4 hockey.
• Ben Chiarot with some sweet moves, but no goal. /

3rd Period

• Dvorak to the box.
• Kupari with a power play goal, 3-1 bad guys.
• Kings adds another, Iafallo grabs a rebound.
• Montreal goes back to the penalty kill. Lehkonen to the box.
• Montreal manages to hold on.
• Allen saves Montreal from a fifth goal in the back.
• Another boxplay coming up...
• 5-1
• Ben Chiarot scores to make the numbers look a bit better./

Conclusion

• It never rains in Southern California - it pours... /

EOTP 3 Stars

3) There’s really no reason to keep him around for this

2) The best-positioned defender of the entire game

1) The life of a fan