Pre-Game
- For the love of God, please let this game not devolve into a stupid mess where players get hurt.
- It’s totally going to turn into a stupid mess where stupid idiots, do stupid idiot things isn’t it?
- Congrats on daughter #2 Carey, Team Canada’s women’s team is likely set in net in 20 years or so.
- Good look to you to Antti Niemi, because behind you it’s a 20 year old with less than two years professional experience./
First Period
- Well, that’s a great start by Phillip Danault!
- That’s an even better start by Tomas Tatar!
- And now Jesperi Kotkaniemi gets a good chance, this is the kind of on-ice mauling I’m in favour of y’all.
- Nic Deslauriers turned down a fight?
- And scored??? The end is truly nigh.
- Oh yeah, Aaron Ekblad is around, forgot about him until he hit Jonathan Drouin.
- Henrik Borgstrom is good, leaving him with space in the slot is not.
- Mike Reilly skates in, and skates, and skates, and skates…Some say he’s still skating to this day.
- Who the hell is Denis Malgin?
- This is not a goaltending clinic by any stretch of the imagination at this point.
- Great pressure and a power play! (I think this is a good thing)/
Second Period
- Phillip, this is the exact opposite of last period’s start.
- Good penalty kill begets a great looking Max Domi rush, I’ll take it!
- Another penalty, but Niemi looks great as he stones Mike Hoffman’s one time chance!
- In fact Niemi looks sharp this period, like the guy last year who played with a chip on his shoulder the whole time.
- I think Claude Julien should call the “score a goal” play, 60 percent of the time, it works every time.
- Tripping is now legal apparently, poor Michael Chaput.
- I do like seeing this aggressive play from Brett Kulak though, it’s how he found success in the AHL to start the year.
- RIP Aleksander Barkov, cause of demise: Shea Weber slap shot./
Third Period
- It appears Barkov’s demise was overstated, he seems no worse for wear after that Weber blast.
- Habs are finding space to work in the slot, with Artturi Lehkonen and Tatar finding space, be nice if they can find a goal there too!
- BIG SAVE NIEMI
- POST FOR GALLAGHER
- WORDS ON THIS ARTICLE!
- Niemi has been nothing short of fantastic since the first period, and he shuts down Borgstrom this time.
- Him playing the puck on the power play did however stop my heart momentarily.
- Big five on three now, load up the Weber bomb.
- Or give the puck to Tatar that works too!
- Fast Habs are fun, watching chances appear out of nowhere makes these games so much more exciting.
- Did I just see a Deslauriers breakaway off of a kicked puck?! What on earth is this game?
- Oh my, Mike Matheson got posterized again, what a snipe by Lehkonen to finish.
- Aaron Ekblad decided to seek his revenge on Max Domi finally!
- By getting his butt kicked by Phillip Danault apparently?
- Okay Habs, please don’t do this now, things have been going so well.
- Empty net goal WOOOOOOOOOOOOO/
Highlight of the night
Mike Matheson gets beat by Andrew Shaw, and Artturi Lehkonen snipes his seventh goal of the year off a great pass. pic.twitter.com/n40CNiG3Pq
— Scott Matla (@scottmatla) December 29, 2018
EOTP 3 Stars
3) Just your typical December game in hockey’s hotbed is all
2) The slump is officially over
1) It’s an all-year Christmas gift
