Top Six Minutes

Canadiens vs. Sabres Top Six Minutes: An ugly two points

Not pretty, but it’s a win!

The Sabres played last night, and Montreal is getting their two stars back, this should be a romp right?
Oh hey Admiral Ackbar what are you doing here?
Will Jonathan Drouin keep his pants on this game?/

Last non-hockey thought for this game, thinking of my family and friends who are serving and have served their country, lest we forget their sacrifices.
I was wondering if Buffalo could ice an entire starting line up of former Habs, but came up short by two forwards.
On the plus side seeing a pairing of Josh Gorges and Nathan Beaulieu excites me, may Jonathan Drouin feast on their errors tonight.
Sure Charles Hudon closed his hand on the puck, but he is a blessed child and I disagree with this obvious rule.
Despite several years of loyalty in Montreal, the Habs faithful is turning Beaulieu into BOOOOOlieu
That’s a bit of a gross hit by Gorges on Gallagher, and the ensuing fight with Jordie Benn is not one I expected.
6 seconds left and Ryan O’Reilly finds a loose puck around Charlie Lindgren and we all head to the intermission very sad./

Seriously, Montreal I wouldn’t recommend giving up power plays like this, sooner or later it comes back to bite you.
And of course the news about Al Montoya breaks during the game, get well soon Cubano.
Now I’m not an NHL coach, but getting doubled up in shots by a bad team playing on a back to back seems less than ideal.
It’s only a 1-0 game, yet for some reason this deficit feels many goals larger than that, hoping I’m wrong.
Things aren’t much rosier in the AHL, as the Rocket in the second period blew a 3-0 lead.
Also I’m still waiting for the inevitable Evander Kane temper tantrum in this game, he’s always due for at least one.
A power play! Please make it count Habs/

Whew, potential crisis averted!
Oh not the Habs, my chili was done cooking and now I get to eat it all.
The Sabres broadcast is sponsored by “Outlet Liquor” and I wonder how much business they receive given the perpetual misery of the Buffalo sports world.
HOW YOU DROUIN BUFFALO(I guess Andrew Shaw got this goal, and that’s cool too)
And then Paul Byron nearly makes it a 2-1 game!
BEHOLD THE POWER OF CHILI!
I want a ten hour loop of Drouin making extremely pretty cross ice passes, my birthday is next month...Make this happen folks.
It’s funny even in scrambles I currently have more faith in Lindgren than I have in any other goalie so far this year.
It wouldn’t be a Sabres/Habs game if it wasn’t low scoring, moderately boring, and going to extra time./

A good view of the Shaw tip #Habs pic.twitter.com/FNPFsBzDYZ
— Jared Book (@jaredbook) November 12, 2017

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2. It was worth a shot I guess

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