Well, revisiting this game the morning after certainly wasn’t the most pleasant way to start a Friday, but it was a good exercise in trying to replace the frustration of last night with something more productive.
The Habs demonstrated a rudimentary ability to play good hockey.
Let's get this out of the way first: the Montreal Canadiens have enough offensive talent to defeat the New York Rangers, and based on the 1st period, it looked like they had learned from the Game 4 debacle. Hockey, by nature, is usually a cyclical game alternating between frenzied activity and quiet neutral zone meditation.