Canadiens vs. Lightning Top Six Minutes: Habs caught in deep freeze to end 2017

Pre Game

• Not looking forward to this game, I’m not gonna lie.
• I wonder how Tampa Bay fans feel about seeing Jonathan Drouin back.
• 600th NHL game for Max Pacioretty, here’s hoping he gets a monkey off his back.
• Here we go!/

First Period

• Good start to the game so far.
• Pace is already up.
• Price!
• Vasilevski!
• So that’s what a good power play looks like.
• So weird to see Sergachev over there in blue.
• Price stopping Stamkos and Kucherov within seconds makes me tingle.
• Here come the Lightning.
• Daniel Carr is a dog on a bone.
• Galchenyuk and Drouin playing together is fun, and many times, they float to their natural positions in the offensive zone. Just saying.
• Montreal really looking to get a Joe Morrow bomb on the menu.
• Jerabek to Hudon with the stretch pass is now a thing, and I want more of it.
• And the Habs remind us what a not-so-good power play looks like.
• The momentum appears gone.
• OK no it’s not - just going back and forth.
• Byron with the tip, going double post and out.
• Petry with the dangle in the offensive zone - what’s he been eating for breakfast?
• Drouin followed johnson like he knew where he was going there, good coverage.
• Sarge showing off moves makes me kind of sad.
• At the end of the period, some pushing and shoving for some reason. /

Second Period

• Tampa's PP is just fun to watch.
• On a related note, Hooray for Carey Price.
• Those cross-ice passes, dios mio!
• Height difference contributing to a high-stick call? Nah, but it is comical to watch.
• A very Gally Goal!
• PINGGGGGGGGG. Seriously what a loud post.
• Jerabek doing more good things.
• Why are we giving the Lightning another power play?
• Second period pace is equally high as the first.
• Galchenyuk sending the Tampa Bay PP right back out there.
• I liked the play by Chucky, but you can't be railroading goalies like that.
• Sarge holding the zone, chaos ensues. He's really good, you guys.
• Price solid under fire, as he has been all night.
• Tampa definitely taking more control of the period now.
• Oh, Alzner, no...
• Well with the Lightning scoring with only 11 seconds left on the clock, we hardly need to worry about another goal in the next minute.
• We’re not losing!/

Third Period

• Price save!
• Nevermind, Lightning scored anyways.
• Turns out we did have to worry about a goal within a minute of the last one.
• Once again Montreal has mostly played well and are now chasing from behind.
• Somebody in white... do something. Anything!
• Not that, Desi.
• Not that either, Max.
• Not a good night for the captain’s milestone 600th. Looks like he is trying to play through an injury of some kind, because this is not his usual self.
• 3-1 Tampa Bay on a Stamkos power play goal. Lightning still have a man advantage for well over a minute.
• Carey Price is doing everything he can to keep this game close.
• Drouin and Hudon’s lines have been producing consistent effort and chances.
• A little four-on-four action, a chance to bring back the fast pace from periods one and two.
• Stamkos goes for the hat trick and robbed by Price!
• And again!
• Montreal draws a penalty but fails to threaten really at all.
• There goes Carey, it’s all or nothing time.
• Brendan Gallagher fighting for every opportunity, getting a solid shot on net out of it.
• That’s all, folks. Tough loss, good game against a really good team./

Highlight of the night

The #Habs get on the board on the power play and take a 1-0 lead. Hudon shot it. Gallagher tipped it. pic.twitter.com/YW6erryPVC

— Jared Book (@jaredbook) December 29, 2017