This game was over in the first six minutes. Three quick goals, along with the Jackets’ lack of finish, allowed the Canadiens to turtle for long stretches. For your sake, I hope you didn’t watch all 60 minutes. Here’s what happened.
1st Period
Truthfully, I was late to start watching this game. I was going to watch it from the beginning, but when I opened NHL.com, I saw it was 3-0. So, let’s take a look at the first three goals and jump to real-time.
The first goal resulted from sloppy neutral zone play. Then Boqvist’s blind clear attempt ended up on a Canadien stick, and a deflection put the puck past Elvis.