My heart has only now just returned to normal.
Seriously, if you don't like that happy little song you have no soul. Excuse me while I happy dance to the tune of my childhood (watched it every time we went to visit my Bubby Betty) and my goalie.
Even Chris Lee didn't fuck this one up for once!
Last year, Price was abandoned in Vancouver and shellacked for 7 goals. The guys owed him this one. He wanted it. They knew it. And through my heart attack I nearly cried at how together they were tonight. He also tried to hit the empty net but ran out of time. One shorter Canuck and a few seconds more, and that would have been gold.
Bold and Glorious Victory Points!
- Our ambassador for the evening: PK Subban says welcome to Montreal with a thunderous check. Boom.
- I'm still a little miffed about the lines, Coach...but Lappy looked almost like PlayoffLappy, Cammy's old self returned in the 3rd (and came close), Gio was a buzzing gnat, Gomez was fierce on everything but passing and 9-12 on faceoffs.
- Creppy Twin #1 was 2-15 in the faceoff dot.
- Tip my hat to Ye Olde Czech Defence who kept the creepy twins in check, surprisingly enough. And only two penalties between them.
- You know he's on when you feel him punching you in the back. Price beat up anyone in his face whether friend or foe. I love it when he does that. Also seemed to keep them away from his net as the game went on.
- Only one line gave the Habs real fits and it's their own version of the PhD line (the one with Malhotra). Not shocking considering they've been the best forwards for the Canucks lately.
- Ferocious penalty kill against the League's best powerplay. Gap control was solid, Pleky was Pleky, BabyPyatt wanted them to remember his last name, Gill didn't obstruct Price, and Halpern was just unbelievable.
- Can we just give PK the puck and watch him skate through everyone? I never get tired of that.
- The PhD line didn't score but they were fierce. Darche threw his weight around regardless of the weird penalty they called him for. Pouliot utilized his long stick and speed. I already mentioned Halpern.
- Eller! Came close again and was a ferocious forechecker. Maybe he can develop into our EuroStaal? The line is Eller-Pyatt-Moen with is the Habs equivalent to the Bulldogs' Avtsin-Engqvist-Conboy line. The creator, the defensive specialist, and the bodyguard. And while he was limited in the 3rd, it's not a problem. Martin is just protecting him. Perhaps Pacioretty's comment opened his eyes.
- Markov is aaaaaaaaaaaaalmost back!
- Regardless of outshooting the Canucks somehow for half the game, I forgot what Luongo looked like so I'm not entirely sure how they were outshooting the Canucks then. And yes, on a 4 minute powerplay, the Habs were outshot and gave up a 3-on-1 where Price needed to be gigantic...
- Thankfully they scored a powerplay goal thanks to the DoG penalty. O'Byrne smiled somewhere.
- The sequence with the empty net needs to be rewatched. And that's a Stanley Cup Caliber winning save.
- I'm all for the cause, but damn...those Movember 'staches are nasty, boys. I'm not a fan of facial hair.
This is what I like to see. Huge win.