Canadiens vs. Stars Top Six Minutes: Benn there, done that

Pre-Game

• Habs have beat Dallas in their last three meetings, here’s hoping for a fourth.
• That said, a win might not necessarily make me feel better about this team.
• No Price, no Weber, no problem - right?
• Oh Bishop is playing - what’s the over under on how many times they call him ‘Big Ben Bishop?’
• Game on!/

First Period

• Is it me or is the line blender on and the game is five minutes old?
• Why are you yelling, Craig Button?
• Jordie Benn gets two minutes for hugging a former teammate.
• Penalty. Killed.
• Bad offside, Shawzer.
• I miss Radulov. So much fun to watch.
• Lindgren, wow.
• Bad penalty, Plex...
• Lindgren... WOW!
• Penalty. Killed. Again.
• Davidson looks really good and I can’t tell if he’s having a good night or if there’s just nobody better in a white sweater.
• Seriously, Button, relax.
• Radulov doesn’t like family friction? I wanted a Battle of the Benns!
• Good guy Hudon drawing the call by hustling to the net.
• Drouin with the backcheck... someone check his skates for rocket boosters.
• Not a bad first period, that./

Second Period

• Craig Button is apparently still foregoing a chair preferring his soap box for this game.
• Lindgren made Pateryn sad with that awesome save.
• There may have been more pucks over the glass in this game than there are fans at the American Airlines Center.
• Great pressure by Habs. Hudon keeps going to dangerous areas.
• Checking in on the D, Brandon Davidson still having an excellent game.
• Canadiens to the power play!
• Gallagoal! The mighty one scores on the man advantage. Team Jordie up 1-0.
• Goodness gracious Charlie Lindgren is under siege and making save after save. Post to post and back again, this kid is on fire.
• Did... did Deslauriers just score there? No, no he did not. As you were.
• Jamie Benn checks his lumber on Gallagher. Stick breaks. No call, but a face full of Gally at the whistle.
• Quick goal by Dallas. What a fast neutral zone transition. Devin Shore ties it up for team Jamie, it’s 1-1.
• You can almost feel Montreal’s tentativeness all of a sudden.
• And there you have it, Jason Spezza makes it 2-1.
• Two goals in less than a minute, just over a minute left in the period. Stop me if you’ve heard this before.
• Not making excuses here, but if the refs called Jamie Benn on that cross-check, we could’ve been looking at a 1-0 game after 40 minutes. Instead, the Habs are down by one./

Third Period

• Zip on the power play, because of course.
• A Craig Button rant is an empty calorie rant. Seriously, who took the jelly out of his donut?
• This power play is... not good.
• The Canadiens once again have that look on their faces - they don’t believe they can score.
• Pateryn bomb!
• Gallagher very much would like another goal.... Please.
• No goal for now, but a power play will do.
• Radulov’s shot goes through Lindgren, off the post and out.
• Another puck through Charlie’s crease, but no goal for team Jamie.
• Habs pull the goalie and Shore gets a clean look, but fails to score.
• Seguin seals the win for Dallas. Disappointing night for Habs. /

Highlight of the night

Brendan Gallagher with the PP goal and the #Habs lead 1-0 pic.twitter.com/Tk2oNwp4OQ

— Jared Book (@jaredbook) November 22, 2017

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