Top Six Minutes

Canadiens vs. Lightning Top Six Minutes: Goalies put on a show at the Bell Centre

An entertaining affair took centre stage on the ice.

Pre-Game:

I can’t remember the last time I felt so nervous about a player trade happening mid game
No Mike Cammalleri doesn’t count because I didn’t expect that
Go Habs Go, please don’t play like crap/

First Period

BOB COLE!
A nice save from Niemi early on, good to see him rebound in Montreal so far this year.
A 3 on 1! Andddd the shot falls to Jacob de la Rose
You ever sort of forget that Chris Kunitz is a thing?
The Froese that pays! Habs lead 1-0 on a great redirection by Byron Froese./

And it's gone!

Taking Steven Stamkos off the ice for five minutes and getting a power play out of it is the best play of Karl Alzner’s season.
Ah Niemi, making a routine stop look like a scrambled mess, but so long as the puck stays out who cares right?
I mean sure, why not, let’s have Brendan Gallagher fight a billion foot tall giant in Victor Hedman./

Second Period

Shut up Don Cherry
Charles Hudon is so ridiculously good at threading passes in the narrowest of gaps.
Taking multiple penalties in a row isn’t advisable guys, just saying.
See this is why we can’t have nice things Montreal.
Hudon with an incredible set up, and Joe Morrows lets a rocket go and we are tied!
Excellent moves by Mete to draw that penalty late in the period.
CAPTAIN GOAL!!
Mikhail Sergachev turning the puck over and Pacioretty almost scoring was too glorious, shame Max couldn’t bury his chance for peak Schadenfreude.
And a third breakaway!
No goals, but a great end to the period./

Third Period

I see and hear all these Pacioretty rumors, and I choose to ignore them.
Cedric Paquette is extremely tough on the ice when he isn’t worried about having his visor punched into orbit.
Guys, we talked about this, less penalties right in a row.
(Unintelligible screaming)
WHAT DID WE TALK ABOUT EARLIER HABS.
There’s so many penalties and breakaways I can’t be sure that Oprah isn’t running some sort of giveaway at this game.
Holy hell Antti Niemi is playing out of his mind.
The back and forth swings are fantastic, this might be one of the most fun games of the year for the Habs.
I’ve been watching through my fingers for like, ten minutes now.
Overtime!/

Overtime

Max Pacioretty fires home the rebound. 3-2 #Habs pic.twitter.com/3hic1RtFUl
— Jared Book (@jaredbook) February 25, 2018