Post-Game Talk: Habs defeat the Panthers in OT

[ahmedou]

725 300 Habs fans. Watched the game. Montreal Canadiens vs Florida Panthers. On TV. During April 1th 2025.

 

[TheBlob]

I'd like to thanks Marc Bergevin for the Pacioretty trade.

Nick was just a project at the time and Tatar gave us some good years.

Captain Suzy is now a clutch player at 25, and our leader on a mission.

 

[Andrei79]

Do I have this right? Monty has faced the 2nd most expected goals. Only Shesterkin has more. Also, when it comes to goals allowed compared to expected goals, he has a better record than average goalies like Helleybuck, Shesterkin, Thompson.

Yeah, his advanced stats have been real good since he's come here. I thought he had an exceptional game against the Panthers.

 

[jellybeans]

I'd like to thanks Marc Bergevin for the Pacioretty trade.

Nick was just a project at the time and Tatar gave us some good years.

Captain Suzy is now a clutch player at 25, and our leader on a mission.

Thank Vegas Suzuki isn't what Bergevin wanted

 

[Unclewhalebone]

I can't believe the pass he made to casper.

I saw a replay of the end of the game on Canadiens Express and the number of baffling, facepalm, wtf plays that Matheson makes in the last 1:40 or so of that game is insane. It's absolutely comical. Easier to laugh about given the result.

I also noticed on that last faceoff in regulation after the icing how Barkov took the weak shot, when he could have just dished to a dman and killed the game. It struck me at the time as an opportunity missed, and then on replay it really stood out to me.

 

[tazsub3]

Seems like it was the Panthers shutting down the Habs. Cause the games before the Habs had won cause of their speed. MSL had no solutions until super-kid saved his butt.

The solution actually was to shut it down too , which is how you win those games .
Habs kept them shut for the exception of two lucky bounces

 

[BLONG7]

Thank Vegas Suzuki isn't what Bergevin wanted

Cody Glass would have been a nightmare.................Bergevin got lucky they said no to his target.

 

[LaP]

Thank Vegas Suzuki isn't what Bergevin wanted

Also thank Patch for refusing the trade to LA. Vilardi is a good player but don't think it would have worked in Montreal

 

[JianYang]

Thank Vegas Suzuki isn't what Bergevin wanted

You can't have it both ways. I have criticisms for bergevin, but I'm not going to discredit him for wanting glass. He didn't have to accept Suzuki either.

 

[Rapala]

I have a serious question... did Dvorak smile during the celebration yesterday?

I was looking for that on the tying goal when I realized Dvorak wasn't even on the ice. Suzuki was the one who took the draw on his weak side and obviously won it.

 

[Rapala]

We are going to remember this game for a long time. What the Habs executed with 20 seconds left with a faceoff not in the opposing zone is the equivalent of executing a hail Mary in football.

For me, it's a once every 25 year kind of event to have such a late faceoff outside the zone and to tie the game.

The last time the Habs did something similar was in Tampa on a goal scored by Doug Gilmour. Which would have been around 2001 or 2002.

LOL I keep checking the replays to make sure the puck still goes in.