Dustin Stewart

@HabsOnReddit Not ideal, but we can’t pretend like they weren’t trash at home a good chunk of the season.

The Habs are on their way to losing their 4th straight playoff game at home at the Bell Centre

@DrakeMT Carolina had to go through this three times to get to where they are here. It’s not the worst thing in the world for a young Habs team.

Maybe they needed this. Maybe, somehow, getting embarrassed in the ECF gives them some experience and understanding of what they need.

@fnveenie Pretty standard Nik Ehlers embellishment.

That's 2 mins.

@brenmidov As someone who lives in Winnipeg. It terrifies me that MSL is letting the 14/13 combo become completely inseparable in the way that Scheifele and Connor have been. If it’s not working you have to change it up a bit, even if they love playing together.

To be very clear, I love Marty as a coach, but he pretty much waited till the series was over to try something that he knows works well (Slaf and Demi) and taking this long to break up the top line is an absolute failure imo.

@GHGMath This is the ending they need. Can’t claim that they just needed a few more bounces. Getting dominated here show there’s is still serious work to do. KH and MSL need to get to work as soon as this is done.

This team has given up. They don’t have the juice anymore. Good run but really sad ending

@HabsChronicle Marty struggles with his body language more than I’d like. He tries so hard to not to get too high, but almost over corrects at times.

You can see it all over the bench, from MSL to the players. They're dejected.

@TexasHabs @ivandemigoal They can’t even carry the puck into the zone on the PP, can’t imagine it will be any better at 5v5.

@dstew44 @ivandemigoal It starts with skating the puck in, we literally have dumped it in every single zone entry

Made absolutely no adjustments, you get walked again on home ice, 2-6 during these playoffs. Horrendous.

@StuCowan1 Might be worth it to put Fowler in for the 2nd and give Dobes some rest before Friday.

If not for Jakub Dobes Hurricanes could be up 5-0 at this point.

@ivandemigoal The positive is this is showing them they still have some legitimate work to do with this roster to be a true contender. Solid learning experience for management, coaches and players but have to use it moving forward.

Yup pack it up. It was fun while it lasted but awful showing in the last 3 games.

@EricMacramalla Slaf is supposed to be the big body to get in and retrieve the puck. If he isn’t going to do that the first line becomes way too dependent on rush offense.

Cole Caufield needs to be a tad more effective in offensive zone puck retrieval. Habs needs Caufield arriving first more often, winning more 50/50 battles, and extending possessions.

@fnveenie Make up call. The cross check on Hall was soft.

That's a penalty??

@HFTVSports The second PP couldn’t even get into the offensive zone. I’d hardly even call it a PP.

You can’t go on 2 PPs and get 2 shots total…

@ivandemigoal If the whole top line isn’t injured we have some serious problems.

Slafkovsky HAS to be playing injured

@HabsChronicle Make all the adjustments you want. Carolina can adjust too and make it just as difficult.

Early impression is they haven't adjusted at all and are playing nervous. So many poor decisions already.

@HabsLaughs Everything is too cute. Lots of regular season type plays.

Why are the Habs continuously so terrible with the puck in their zone? No strength on first passes. Afraid to ice it, so they're giving it away. Come on.

@fnveenie They don’t have the horses to keep up with Carolina and their style of play. They’re putting up a fight, it just won’t be enough unfortunately.

Brutal overtime.

@fnveenie Tough period for carrier

Nice coverage

@brenmidov Which is consistently kryptonite for the Habs PP.

Their PK is so aggressive

@fnveenie For a team that can barely enter the zone at the best of times on the PP, playing against a structured Carolina PK is kind of worst case scenario.

Don't think we can rely on the powerplay in this series. Absolutely no space.