Canadiens @ Blackhawks Top Six Minutes: Dach Friday

Börje Salming passed away yesterday, and if you haven’t seen the patch to honour ‘King Börje’ on the Leafs sweaters please do. Fantastic tribute.

1st Period

• We are off!!!
• Somehow Edmundson is in front of the net, and Monahan picks up Edmundson’s stick and we have a Montreal GOAL!
• Nice steal and a move from Monahan who sets up Andersson, but no puck into the net.
• Montreal are using the turnovers in the neutral zone to create some good offence.
• Matheson to the sin-bin, time for some box-play.
• Some strong defence from Montreal here.

2nd Period

• Insane save by Montembeault!
• Tied game, Montreal can’t get the puck out of the zone. Twice the pass out of the zone is intercepted, and the second time it leads to the goal.
• Power play goal!!! Captain Suzuki! 2-1 Montreal!
• Joel Armia hits the post. So near, yet so far away.
• Dadonov to the box, upcoming box-play for Montreal.
• Big scramble towards the end of those two minutes, Anderson finally gets the puck out for a line change.
• Gallagher with a breakaway, great pass from Dadonov. The offside call must have come from Qatar and the VAR room, damn that was late.
• Xhekaj to the box.
• SAVE! MONTEMBEAULT!
• … and Monahan hits the post on the breakaway.

3rd Period

• Söderblom with a great save on Caufield shot.
• Slafkovský down… Pezzetta goes after the Chicago player before the ref even considers whistling the play down.
• Slafkovský does get up, a bit gingerly though. Looks concussed.
• Panic behind the Chicago bench as they realize Xhekaj is on the ice.
• That wasn’t a penalty shot, so Suzuki missed the breakaway.
• Now that’s a soft call. Guhle to the box…
• … and of course the opponents score, not the refs, but the Blackhawks.

Overtime / Shoot out

• Too many men, in OT! Chicago had five guys on the ice.
• Power Kill™️
• That power play was way too slow, should have taken the goalie too and played 5 vs 3.
• Suzuki with the Datsyuk move…
• … but it’s Kirby Dach that wins it for Montreal!

EOTP 3 Stars

3) Managed to get Chicago a point

2) It’s great when your rentals have value

1) Everyone is full of turducken

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