Top Six Minutes

Canadiens vs. Leafs Top Six Minutes: Goalies can’t score goals too

It was Charlie Lindgren vs. Everyone tonight in Toronto.

Pre-Game

I’m full of corned beef, cabbage and Irish whiskey, let’s get this show on the road folks.
It’s still weird that Plekanec is a Leaf, like super weird, like seeing someone you went to high school with but they’ve shaved their beard and are somewhere successful now.
How many times am I going to eye roll at the bad narratives in this game and how long until Michael McCarron inevitably fights someone?/

First Period

Slow start, few chances, and oh ho hum, our goalie has to stone someone on a breakaway again.
Apparently Jake Gardiner didn’t like Jacob de la Rose’s turtleneck, at last based on that crosscheck.
It’s rather terrifying playing a team that has multiple lines that can seemingly score at will, it’s good to see the Habs keeping pace with that so far.
Oh look Charlie Lindgren has to be amazing again,and I have no idea how Tyler Bozak didn’t score there.
But Nylander scores on the power play because of course.
Given the difference in quality between these two teams I think being down just a goal so far is a small victory in and of itself.
Preemptive “Shut up Don Cherry”/

Second Period

Can we stop with the breakaways guys?
I’d have said something more witty here but I was too busy being slackjawed the broadcast saying John Tavares is too old for Montreal, but Valtteri Filppula is an option.
(Tavares is six years younger than Filppula)
Can someone please help out Lindgren, poor kid has made a half dozen highlight level saves in the opening 25 minutes.
Or don’t, taking a penalty is totally going to help!
Jonathan Drouin killing penalties is not a thing I ever expected to see.
(Another two massive Lindgren saves)
Toronto is making some questionable choices with the puck, would be nice to capitalize on those mistakes Habs.
Or not that’s cool too.
Holy crap the NHL might have gotten a goaltender interference call right!
Sigh, was wondering when I might notice McCarron, shame it’s for something not good.
And the puck is in the net, this is like a far worse version of Groundhog Day./

Third Period

I haven’t even paid attention, but I see we took a mindless penalty.
You know, because Charlie Lindgren hasn’t had enough work already.
Hey there Paul Byron, way to try and make something happen!
So that’s what the offensive zone looks like.
Much like the Habs tonight, I haven’t got much folks, just hoping the team leaves without doing something stupid, or someone else getting injured.
Good, ole this team out of the building, what an awful showing on Saturday night./

Lindgren robs Bozak. pic.twitter.com/PdektemFYQ
— NHL GIFs (@NHLGIFs) March 17, 2018