The Canadiens and Blues played a head-to-head first five minutes of the game, with both teams exchanging rushes and attempts at the net. The Blues would be the more fruitful of the two teams, forcing Carey Price to make 5 saves by the 6 minute mark of the 1st period, while the Canadiens had only registered 1 shot on 6 shot attempts on Jake Allen. The Canadiens started to get more aggressive with their shots and up their count to 1 to 6 in the span of 5 minutes before the 10-minute mark of the first period.
Canadiens vs. Blues second period thread
