For our new readers and members, the Top Six Minutes is a continuation of the discussion in the game thread. We try to keep it light and entertaining. Full recaps are up the morning after every game.
Pre-Game
Ah, the good old Price-Greiss matchup.
Islanders let Sorel-Tracy, QC native Anthony Beauvillier take a few solo laps before warmups, a classic rookie tradition.
So a Quebecois rookie playing his first game at the Bell Center, that’s not good news for the Habs, is it?/
First Period
I like the puck movement early on.
Hey, look Greg Pateryn with a solid shift again!
Beauvillier with the snipe on Price, getting that predictable magic moment out of the way. Good for him!
Seeing lots of support and team play, I like.
Danault goes to the box for two minutes to feel shame.
This PK is looking good – everyone moving.
Power play alert!
Is this the Habs? This PP looks awesome!
Greiss just put Montreal on notice – still 1-0 Isles.
Trailing one after one./
Second Period
Ahahaha McCarron and Emelin with the two-on-one, Emelin ends up shooting.
Excellent puck cycling in the offensive zone, Habs.
Greiss’ glove, man. Holy crap.
Don’t look now, but the Islanders are up by two. Habs need three goals to win.
Emelin and Weber looked terrible on that goal.
Could we maybe take a shot instead of cycling in circles around the boards?
ARGH!
All good, just a puck trickling past Carey Price, but it went wide.
Whoa, Emelin just destroyed John Tavares.
Clean hit, results in a shorthanded situation for Montreal, as is tradition./
Third Period
One goal every six minutes and change, no problem, right?
Slower start to this one, New York tightening up.
Uh oh, it’s almost been six minutes.
THEY DID IT!
NO, THEY DIDN’T! High stick on the play, no goal.
Now we’re behind schedule and I fear this may not end well for the Canadiens.
THEY SCORED!
Nope, they didn’t again! Punched in by Lehkonen, he knew it, too.
My wee heart can’t take much more of this.
Seven minutes left, we’re two goals behind schedule, so this ending is about to get crazy.
Hey wait, can I curse the Islanders by saying the word? Greiss is pitching a…. SHUTOUT so far.
Hehehe, watch the goals pour in now.
Price to the bench, fans booing – Habs deserve better than this tonight.
Nope, curse didn’t happen. Habs lose 3-0. /
EOTP 3 Stars:
Third star: The somehow won the score-adjusted Corsi battle, this image seems fitting anyway
Second star: The famous ““Wes McCall”
First star: Perhaps they should have tried bodychecking the puck into the net
