Habs @ Rangers Top Six Minutes: Not what the Dach-ter ordered

Pre-Game Thoughts

I have to be honest, I didn’t know this was 1pm start and I am choosing to blame the copious amount of potatoes that I have ingested this week
Might be the perfect time for a Rangers match up with them struggling, especially with the Bruins tomorrow
I also know this is a hockey site but GO BLUE, I have less than kind things to say about Ohio State

I don’t know if that was a penalty on K’Andre Miller or not, but maybe don’t just let them get an odd-man rush out of it
Did wonder if there would be any sort of follow up based on the Trouba/Barron hit last time out
Josh Anderson answered that emphatically by feeding Trouba seven different helpings of fist
In one shift I counted three different Rangers taking there chance to try and level Lane Hutson with a hit
I guess if it means denying a goal, I can stomach that penalty by Emil Heineman
Josh Anderson got a penalty for being pushed into a guy and tripping him this week, a Ranger just slid through a Habs legs and didn’t get called for anything
Which now leads to a Matheson yeeting a puck into the fifth row…Oh boy!
All of that tracks for the Habs luck this season, Rangers up 1-0
MIKE MATHESON!
Great effort in the offensive zone from the Bergevin’s Leftovers Line to set that up
And now a Habs power play, and Lane Hutson is on the ice?
Well they didn’t score on that power play, but the face of David Savard draws another!
The quickness that Cole Caufield has in uncorking a one-timer is awe-inspiring
Allowing that kind of goal in the dying seconds of the period stings like hell

Great first shift to start the period, love Alex Newhook getting into the dirty areas to try and create chances
Boy, I don’t know about not calling that obvious trip on Josh Anderson!
And now the refs wipe out an odd-man rush for the Habs, for a penalty on the Rangers???
While the Habs do little to make that man advantage count, I am still annoyed about the level of officiating in this game
This game has seemingly entered a very sleepy phase here in the second period, lots of offside and that is about it
I do think there’s a Nick Suzuki goal in the chamber here somewhere today folks
I am starting to see why the Rangers are currently on a losing skid.
Officials don’t call a blatant hit in the numbers on Heineman, and then promptly turn around and give the Habs a penalty
WHAT THE HELL IS THAT CALL
And the Rangers promptly score, this is absolutely (REDACTED)
Well, if the Habs are going to take penalties at least they’re earning them now
I am still bewildered how the Rangers only have one player in the box now though
And it’s a Rangers power play!
What an absolutely stupid period of hockey, and even more annoying that the Habs don’t seem capable of overcoming it right now

So they’ve finally sorted out the penalties, and I am somehow more annoyed by it than before
Great response to start the period, kill the penalty and miss a goal by inches
THERE’S ONE!
What a ripper by Caufield after another great offensive zone shift by the first line
I get that Kirby Dach is likely very frustrated, I don’t know if I love that hit from him
Refs didn’t call anything, but that doesn’t surprise anyone
To interrupt again, Go Blue!
Okay, back to Habs
Did I, or did I not call a Nick Suzuki goal folks?
My god what a play from Lane Hutson on that goal
OH MY GUYS
Inches….INCHES from taking the lead from the Rangers
Oh Kirby buddy, not like this
The running interference the Rangers continue to get away with is absolutely insane
And it turns into a goal for the Rangers with 22 seconds left
That’s an insanely frustrating way to lose considering the Habs were arguably the better team for most of that game
Well…The Habs can try and take their frustrations out on a struggling Boston Bruins team tomorrow as well
See you all for the Rocket game!

3) I’ve always thought he would make a good bumper

2) This feels like an agenda now

1) At least we have the lasting image or Jacob Trouba’s face being punched flat