Carey Price got shelled tonight. It would be really hard to blame him for any of the Hawks goals. Each of the 5 goals were beauties. But none better than the Toews to Kane goal. Toews gets his 200 goal and 250th assist.
Corey Crawford with the shut-out and well earned I might add. He certainly made a few great saves.
I'm not sure if this was Q's plan but he really shortened his defensive bench for most of the game. About 5 minutes into the 3rd Rundblad and van Riemsdyk only had about 7 minutes of ice time. They both finished with more than 12 so they got regular shifts late in the game. Overall it was a fairly easy game for the D-men as Montreal looked week in the offensive zone. That might be the reason he was able to rely mostly on this top 4.
How about the Hawks getting all three stars in Montreal. But really, did any of the Habs stand out?
Now on to the Canadians. I watched a lot of the NYR/MTL series during the playoffs last year. There was so much diving in that contest I thought I was at a swim meet. Both Mike Weaver and Brandon Prust get embellishment calls tonight. That puts coach Michel Therrien half way to getting fined for his players actions.
Subban, Subban, Subban. Over 25 minutes of play. I have read so much of his greatness. In the NYR series he was ho-hum. Tonight, much of the same. Really did not see a lot from him. But then the team he was playing with was pretty much half asleep it seemed. One day maybe I will get to see this guy, who is making $72M over the next 8 years, play like a guy who won the Norris trophy in 2013.
So it is on to a preview of the winter classic on Friday as we play against the waning Ovechkin.
#Blackhawks #JonathanToews #PatrickKane #DavidRundblad #TrevorvanRiemsdyk
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