1P Break:
Sturm line comes close. Awfully fast
Precedent?:
The last sudden-death sports event played on a Monday in Montreal: Oct. 19, 1981. We won't go there. I'm sorry I mentioned it.
3P 2:37:
Kovalev has been horrible. And that one should end it.
3P 3:27:
4-4 31 shots each. What a game.
3P 4:04:
I DON'T BELIEVE THIS!!
3P 4:15:
Kessel beats Koivu's check.
Wow!
I'm sick.Â
3P 5:30:
Savard line against Max line: big mismatch
3P Break:
If this one slips away ...
3P 6:25:
Smoke line never quits.
3P 7:09:
Pedneault points out that Boston forechecks two and keeps getting the puck, unlike Canadiens who send one.
3P 7:47:
Man, you have to drive a stake through their hearts. This is killing me.
3P Break:
Price is so alert. Smart to get a freeze there. Ouf, this will be a long eight minutes.
3P 9:40:
Carbo comes right back with Smoke line.
3P 9:56:
FRANCIS BOUILLON!!
A freakin' miracleÂ
3P 10:10:
Gorges is back. Hope a good goal wins this, and not some fluke.
3P 11:10:
Krejci makes a great backcheck on Koivu and Sturm screws up the rush. Gorges hasn't been back.
3P 11:30:
Man, I don't want a seventh game.
3P 13:20:
Alex Kovalev is destroying what little remains of my sanity.
3P Break:
Kovalev is having problems. The Bruins block everything on the PP.
3P 16:00:
Sergei makes a good play and Ference has to take a penalty on Higgins
3P 16:25:
Uh-oh, Gorges hurt.
3P 16:47:
Man, give up the blueline, Gorges makes the first move and it's 2-2
3P 17:38:
Price on Schafer. Kid is something else.
3P 18:30:
Hamrlik great on Savard.
3P 19:59:
Here we go. Sounds noisy down there.
3P 20:00:
20 minutes to the next round. Canadiens have to play one of those textbook third periods we saw down the stretch: get pucks deep, make the Bruins skate 200 feet, work it around their end and wear out the D.
Between periods:
Koivu and Plekanec have been superb ... Canadiens using four D, Breeze and Bouillon being spotted ... The third period could be the best of this series ....Plekanec has six shots ... Markov has played more than 18 minutes
2P 00:20:
Plekanec is GRAT tonight.
2P :
That's two diving calls tonight. I'm afraid of Kessel 4-on-4
2P 1:28:
Is Kovalev playing tonight?
2P 1:50:
My man JG is playing well tonight. Bruins have hit two posts.
2P 3:20:
Bruins are just taking over the Canadiens zone.
2P 5:10:
Even Smoke, the old goat, is skating on that line.
2P Break:
What a game! Good chances at both ends. Gotta watch those penalties, because these refs are capricious (a fancy word for horsecrap)..
2P 6:15:
Horrible sequence. Canadiens couldn't get out.
2P Break:
Price makes a miraculous save ... again. The game is end-to-end. Another playofffclassic.
2P 9:34:
What a set-up by Koivu!
2P 10:40:
How did Chara miss that? Wow! And then Tom the Bomb hustles Savard into an idiotic penalty.
2P Break:
Mark Streit is playing his way right out of town. Absolutely useless in this series.
2P 11:55:
Breeze! He's gonna kill me!
2P Break:
Thomas has mask problems. He's supposed to come out. What a pass by Bégin.
2P 12:17:
Kostopoulos great on the PK. Kessel is just on fire. Higgins also great: playing his best game of the series.
TOMAS PLEKANEC!!!!!Â
2P 14:25:
Lucic dives. Plekanec goes.
2P 14:52:
Koivu makes a great play. So does Sergei. But they can't score.
2P 16:00:
Markov still in a bit of a daze
2P 18:00:
Gut check time. This is the series
2P 18:06:
Game 5 revisited?
Kessel is taking over the series.
1-12Â
2P 19:00:
Same situation as Game 5.
2P 19:55:
Pleks wins another one
2P 20:00:
Two words: No mistakes. And no dumb penalties. Next goal tells the tale.
Cherry:
I forgot to watch. Anything remotely worthwhile?
Between periods:
Carey Price has been outstanding ... Canadiens are an astounding 16-3 on faceoffs. Koivu is 5-0, Max 4-0, Smoke 3-1 and Pleks 4-2 .... Hurt he may be, but Markov played 9:16 ... Kessel has been very dangerous ... Quiet period for Kovalev ... The PP is still struggling ... Talk about enhancing UFA status: José Theodore
1P 00:00:
Bégin is getting in Chara's head. This is good. I love Price casually picking up the puck while the scrumming goes on.
1P 1:40:
God, I love that Smoke line.
1P :
Some good shots on the PP. But the Bruins PK was effective.
1P 4:25:
Another PP. Sergei K did a good job of selling it.
1P Break:
Canadiens hanging on. The goal did not change momentum. Bruin forecheck is pounding the Canadiens' D. Forwards have to help.
1P 5:30:
There's a switch: Breeze saves Harlik
1P 6:20:
We won't see much of the Max line, eh?
1P 6:57:
The Koivu line is hot! And Markov can still skate.
1P 8:20:
Good hustle by Andrei K. Bouillon's been good.
1P 9:24:
Markov is messed up.
1P Break:
HUGE goal, because the momentum was all Boston. Nice to have the captain back, eh?
1P 10:16:
WE MISSED THE GOAL!
What a play by Higgins!Â
1P 10:25:
Cheap shot by Kessel. I hate that guy.
1P:
The PP is hurting. And Axelsson gets a breakway. The PP guys are being pressured into fast, bad decisions.
1P 12:50:
First PP. Koivu on first wave
1P Break:
Bruins have the best of the physical play. The skill guys have to get some rubber on Thomas, or the Canadiens will be ground down.
1P 13:50:
Bruins forecheck pressures Breeze
1P 15:00:
Gorges skips away from Lucic and then Chara kills Andrei K.
1P 16:00:
Markov is off to a very rough start.
1P 16:45:
Hamrlik: so good.
1P 17:40:
Nokolainen dumps off and drives the net. Good play.
1P 18:00:
Pleks has come to play. And Bouiloon fires a bullet at Thomas
1P 18:50:
Price huge save already
1P 19:59:
Koivu to start against Krejci
Drop the puck!!:
I'm dyin' here.
René Rancourt:
Roger Doucet on acid.
The PP :
Gotta be better with Koivu and with Streit back in ... if Streit has his head on straight.
1P 20:00:
I have no idea how Canadiens are going to play. I can imagine Claude Julien telling his guys: "Look, they're dressing two injured players. We've go them on the run." Bruins will be confident. First goal wasn't key in Game 5, but I think it will be tonight.
Jean Perron says ...:
Oh, who cares what the hoser says.
Bob Hartley says ...:
Francis Bouillon is "built to play the style of the Boston Bruins." Thinks he'll help Gorges.
Jocelyn Thibault:
Looks like he's on the way to his grad dance.
Still sunny out:
Too nice to be having my 19th nervous breakdown in a clammy baseent. I think I'll blow off the first period. As if ...
Gaston Therrien says ...:
Canadiens need faster and more efficient transition. Bouillon will help. And the other forwards have to do what the Smoke line does: get after the puck and create pressure in the Bruins' end.
Koivu and Bouillon hilights:
To open RDS pre-game. Carbo says it isn't a paic move (like he'd happily admit it if it were) .... Nice hair on the captain and a good beard coming in for Frankie
Lineup:
O'Byrne, Ryder and Latendresse out. Koivu, Bouillon and Streit in.
Agony:
This is a stern test of the pre-work abstinence regimen that has served me well through a long and semi-distinguished career. I need a drink. I need a Valium. I need a spliff. If this mo-fo goes to a seventh game, I'll need electro-shock therapy. And this is only the quarter-finals!!!
Passover gag:
So Moses comes down from Mount Sinai and says he's got good news and bad news. "The good news is I got Him down to 10. The bad news is adultery's still in there."
Bada-boom. I'll burn in hell, where I won't be able to get RDS.Â
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