Pre-Game
- Josh Roy back up. Could it be magic now?
- I love Juraj Slafkovsky.
- Jake Allen in net. Let’s maximize that trade value, buddy!
- Happy birthday to me! I’m turning Carey Price’s jersey number.
First Period
- Blues score on the first shot of the game.
- “Jake Allen for Jack Campbell – The trade is one for one.”
- 2-0 Blues. It’s been five minutes.
- The Habs lead the shot statistics, 4-3.
- Jordan Harris goes down after close encounters with Sammy Blais.
- Harris to the locker room. Blais quickly joins him, after having been given five for boarding plus a game misconduct.
- Technically another one for one then, I guess?
- Scary look though. Especially how his head slammed into the ice.
- A five minute power play. That should at least stop the leaking in front of Allen for a little while.
- Let me sum that man advantage up for y’all: Pass, pass, pass, pass, pass, pass, block.
- And a goal! Right after the Blues were back at full strength.
- Slick Nick has his 17th of the year. Great pass from equally slick Slaf.
- Slaf is now closing in on being a 0,5 PPG player. Not too shabby for a sophomore hottie with a body.
- Struble to the box for using his hook like that captain in Peter Pan.
- … and Jordan Kyrou scores immediately.
- Leakage is never pleasant, especially at home just weeks before the trade deadline.
- Let’s end the period one man down. Suz is sulking in the box after getting called for a slashing.
Second Period
- Go Habs Go! Go Habs Go!
- Absurd situation, when Sundqvist does his best Bobby Brown impression and goes down, only to trip up Michael Pezzetta and be called for a minor himself.
- This should definitely not be a two goal lead for les Bleus. It’s anyone’s game really.
- The Habs are pressing to get back into it, but Binnington is staying sharp.
- Penalty on Slaf, simply for existing.
- Beautiful play from Montreal, zig-zagging their way through St. Louis’s defence, but Binnington managed to get his arm up and save the shot from King Joshua.
- King Joshua’s last name is not Anderson, by the way.
- Seconds later, Blues put the final nail in the coffin. 4-1 with a shot which certainly did not look unobtainable for Jake Allen.
Third Period
- 5-1 immediately into the third.
- “Stop kicking it. It’s already dead!”
- “Let’s pretend we scored a goal!”
- Hey, there it is! We don’t have to pretend anymore.
- 5-2. David Savard.
- Matheson loses the puck and dives to mulligan his own mistake. Looks like he gets all puck, but still gets penalized.
- If those are the current rules, the rules should be changed.
- There is number six. Like a good Neighbours, Jake from Airdrie is there.
- I feel a sudden urge to get Jake out of my frame, just like when those dreadful State Farm commercials air.
- 33-27 in shots. 7-2 in goals.
- Jake Allen will want to forget this last one, which bounced off the wall and back off his foot and into the net. C’est pas si bon.
- Guhle hurt?
- A brawl to end the game. Everyone’s angry. Nobody’s happy. Let’s go home, fellas.
- Make that two brawls.
- It’s a minute left, and apparently the Habs just scored. It was waved off because, and I quote the referees here: “… The fight started before the puck went into the net.” Sigh…
- Darn, just as I was starting to hope for a late comeback.
- “Happy birthday, Anton!”, says the Montreal Canadiens.
EOTP 3 Stars
3) Just lamenting the player he could have been
2) This is becoming a regular occurrence
1) It worked really well in the AHL. I’m sure we’ll be seeing it soon
