Habs 4, Bruins 1: Yay! You did it again!

Though really. Habs beating Bruins. Water wet. Sky blue. (Well most of the time).

I will declare the Habs played a perfect game. Probably their most perfect since that game against Chicago. And you know why? Because they SKATED the Bruins out of the rink.

So stick with your preferred narrative all you want at how the Bruins didn't play well. Nope. The Habs made them play poorly. Of course if the Bruins had gotten a goal first, might have been a different story. But they didn't. Habs skate with the puck and passed it around with authority.

That's how you hockey, Habs. Not that shit we've seen for two months. So maybe Therrien finally got it. Brolieu with Murray in limited minutes. Eller still at center. Bournival still with Pleky and Gionta. And Emelin. The GOOD Emelin has returned! And this team is just so much better thanks to that.

One more week of hockey til the Olympic break. Don't blow these good feelings, Habs.

PS. Marchand shall officially be known as "Shitbag".

Habs 4, Ducks 1: Koivu

This is all we need here.

A fitting tribute by the fans, and a kind gesture by Boudreau to put him out on the ice for the final shift (where he lined up by the new number 11, Gallagher). Chants of "SAKU! SAKU! SAKU!" echoed around the rink. L'Antichambre we gracious enough to put their bias aside and nominate him the third star of the game so the fans could properly send him off with another ovation and a solo skate.

As for the rest of the game, total team effort.

- Everything  they did wrong against the Oilers they did right tonight.
- Early 2-0 lead made us all dubious regardless.
- Plekanec was a beast all game.
- Corey Perry had his usual shit fit and attempted to take out PK.
- Gionta takes a high stick to the face and no one argued it was because he was short. An actual 5-on-3! Proceeded to take 4 swings at the net. Fourth one was a goal.
- Can you believe Chris Lee called a better game than the shitshow we saw for the two previous games?
- The only real blemish was the terrible attempt by Diaz on a 2-on-1. Markov and PK need to help him with that... He's just really bad at it.
- When was the last time a Maroon scored on the Habs? In the 1930s?
- Bourque accepting a stretch pass by PK for what seems like the 3rd game in a row now.
- But it was his backhand that finally worked.
- I find Hiller really not as good as he used to be...
- Things must be good when they're winning 4-1 like they were before.
- Still gave up over 30 shots though.
- Bouncy shots too.
- SAKU! SAKU! SAKU!

Seriously. All the feels.