NHL: Montreal Canadiens 6 NY Islanders 4 recap and analysis

The Habs started the game in a fast way forcing Strome to commit a tripping penalty and Subban score with a good shot from the blue line, Tavares tried to score with a dangerous shot from the slot then Pacioretty shot on an Islanders turnover stopped very Well by halak, 6:30 left the NYI PP produced no chances, Tavares at the end of the 1st quarter had a double chance on a miss handle pack by the habs defense but Halak stopped him twice. No true chances of score after the goal, teams so close on shots on goal during the 1st period. 2nd: 19:50 Weise goal on a redirected high speed pass by pacioretty right in front of halak, 11:30 Montreal PP but they had no chances due to very good Isles forecheck, 9:00 left Okposo's perfect on shot goal to score after a very Well designed and executed, very spectacular Tavares assist, 8:15 NYI pp that saw pacioretty short handed hit the post, later Habs tokarski G missed a pass that let Cizikas 1on 1 against him for a good chance to tie the game. 5:50 Montreal pp for tripping on thomas plekanec goal in pp in just few seconds. Kulemin goal 3:40 on a back hand shoot after an acrobatic on a Nelson assist. 3rd: another shocking start for the Habs that after just 0:52 galchenyuk scored on a wrist shot on a gallagher assist, less than 9 min to play desharnais scored an unassisted on a under the cross bar shot, plekanec with 6:18 left scored the 6th goal of the game for his team with a shot between the legs of halak after he faked a pass, Lee tried to put back on track his team with a perfect wrist shot under the cross bar from the high slot, Tavares ppg with 2:34 left kept the isles hopes alive Till nielsen commited a penalty on the prust who was launched to the empty net. The Isles got up a lil bit too late but it s normal to lose a difficult back to back game like this after an awesome win against the Penguins, for the Habs played really Well especially in PP situations and this is the way they need to play both offensively and defensively if they want to compete at high levels.