Canadiens @ Penguins Top Six Minutes: Flying in Pittsburgh

First Period

• Okay the Habs made it four minutes before allowing the first goal against, so that’s...not as bad as it could have been. Optimism is hard.
• Alex Galchenyuk is definitely going to score tonight.
• I have no memory of a time where our special teams was consistently good. Or good at all.
• Matthew Peca looks pretty good out there./

Second Period

• Nick Suzuki and Nick Cousins are trying to make things happen.
• Gallagher’s going to Gallagher. I would wager he is the skater with the most time spent in the crease. He may have more minutes in net than some backup Goalies.
• Carey Price with a beautiful save, the whole team is looking better this period.
• Cousins is buzzing, he has multiple scoring chances tonight.
• The Penguins goaltender Tristan Jarry has more shutouts in the last few games than the Candiens have wins.
• TOMAS TATAR! ON THE POWER-PLAY! Jarry’s shutout streak is over and the Candiens have tied this game. /

A great effort by Phillip Danault leads to Tomas Tatar snapping Tristan Jarry's shutout streak pic.twitter.com/iTZ1Q5daCB

— Scott Matla (@scottmatla) December 11, 2019

• JOEL ARMIA! He steals the puck from Kris Letang and gives the Canadiens the lead. That may keep Letang awake tonight.
• Shea Weber scores one as well. I’m not making any claims about causation, but there may be a correlation between taking more shots and getting more goals. This is groundbreaking. /

Shea Weber beats Marino around the edge, and scores on a wrap around?

*Checks notes*

Yeah, I guess so!

(Bonus bench celebration!) pic.twitter.com/WyqS3p1Qfr

— Scott Matla (@scottmatla) December 11, 2019

Third Period

• Protecting the two-goal lead is fine in the third, but I sure wouldn't mind another period like the last one. Give us all the goals.
• Peca is doing a one foot glide to the bench, Evgeni Malkin may have squished him.
• Carey Price makes a save. That would most definitely could have been the Galchenyuk goal I was expecting.
• Brendan Gallagher scores on the empty net, extending his scoring streak to four games. /

EOTP 3 Stars

3) Kris Letang couldn’t hold him back

2) He’s been saving that speed for this very moment

1) Time to get your shimmy on!