Top Six Minutes

Canadiens vs. Islanders Top Six Minutes: I can see for Isles and Isles

The Habs know they’ve deceived you and here’s a surprise ... a win!

Pre-game

Great to see Andrew Shaw back in the lineup, even better to see Nikita Scherbak in as well.
Mike Reilly, I say this in the nicest way, but if you turn the puck over most of the fanbase will probably declare you a bad player.
Let’s do that hockey!/

First Period

Those Habs warm up jerseys for “Hockey is for Everyone” are just a million heart eye emojis.
“Noah Yuelson” look Sportsnet I get that he’s a gift for Habs fans but this is a bit much.
Who the hell is Tanner Fritz? It sounds like some generic name in FIFA when you’ve been playing for too long.
Oh look Mathew Barzal scored a goal again, also water is wet.
Great play by Brendan Gallagher to beat his old teammate to the puck, and draw a call in the process.
And the power play immediately gives up three shorthanded breaks, maybe we should reconsider how this man advantage works?
AND THE LORD DOTH TALLY AN EQUALIZING GOAL
On the bright side at least the Islanders power play looks mediocre too?/

Second Period

I was partially paying attention to start this period, but in my defence I was listening to Mambo #5 because it was stuck in my head.
Oh my word, Alex Galchenyuk with the sweet moves to draw a call on Clutterbuck.
Meanwhile the Isles decided Jonathan Drouin should have roughly three hours to shoot the puck and now the Habs lead 2-1!
And Antti Niemi comes up big to keep that lead intact right after!
MANGO UNCHAINED!
I am super here for the Habs putting their foot down, it’s been a huge issue with them as this season has gone on.
Well this is fun, if they’re gonna lose this game somehow, at least they’re fun to watch now./

Third Period

Oh, a penalty isn’t how I envisioned this period starting.
And that wasn’t really even a penalty on Jacob de la Rose, I think?
I don’t know what the hell got into Antti Niemi, but he continues to impress me in Montreal so far.
“Just give the puck to Barzal” Sportsnet has the right thinking here, but for my heart rate I’d really rather he didn’t touch the puck anymore in this game.
Hey guys, I love end to end hockey, but I also really need to grab something to drink so a whistle would be nice.
Seven minutes without a whistle for the second time in this game.
I don’t want to be prone to hyperbole, but if Charles Hudon scored on that breakaway I’d likely have needed my fainting couch.
I bet John Tavares’ stick wouldn’t have exploded if he played for the Habs.
(I’m only like 92% kidding)
Win!/

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— Scott Matla (@scottmatla) March 1, 2018