Recapping Season 2 Episode 6 of The Rebuild: Inside the Montreal Canadiens

The game starts, and the Washington Capitals are beating up on the Canadiens, and lead 2-0 after the first two periods. This is when we see St. Louis give a pep talk for his players to start using their bodies and give a bit of push back. This ended up working as the Habs were able to take advantage of their push back to score 2 goals and force overtime. However, after leaving the greatest goal scorer in NHL history, Alex Ovechkin, alone for a fraction of a second, he takes advantage of his time and space to win the game.

We don’t get to see anything about Game 2, but we all know the Capitals grab a 2-0 lead heading to Montreal, where we see the marketing staff discuss bringing back the torch for the opening of Game 3, with Carey Price handing it off to the current players. It seemed like a cool idea, but they instead just added the torch onto the ice as a visual effect ahead of Game 3.

Just before Game 3, we see the incredible watch party outside the Bell Centre, where the biggest fans all got to watch it together. Play-by-play announcer Victor Findlay mentioned that the Canadiens need to use the crowd to their advantage if they want to win, as we have the best fans in the league.

When the game started, that’s exactly what they did as they used the noise of the crowd to get off to their best start to the series by peppering Capitals goaltender Logan Thompson early. However, it was the Capitals who got on the board first. Carrier gets one back so that the Habs can go back to the dressing room tied 1-1. 

We get to hear Nick Suzuki’s dad, Rob Suzuki, mention how the games are closer and the series could easily have been 2-0 Habs if bounces went their way. This is when there is a cut to the Habs getting a much-needed power-play that Suzuki capitalizes on to give the Habs a 2-1 lead. Things were going well for the team until they were hit by the injury bug, when Montembeault tried to extend his leg to make a save on the Capitals’ 2nd goal, but ended up pulling a muscle that took him out for the rest of the series. Just before he left the game, Habs made it 3-2 as they head to the dressing room with a lead for the first time in the series. 

With Montembeault out, they had to rely on Jakub Dobes making his NHL playoff debut in the 3rd period of Game 3. With Dobes cold, he ended up allowing an Ovechkin goal early, but soon settled in, and the Canadiens went on to rally off 3 goals to win the game 6-3. Slafkovsky mentioned following the game that winning in front of those fans in the playoffs for the first time is something he will always remember.Outside, we see the fans celebrating, going crazy as the Habs are back in the series.

However, it wouldn’t last long as one hit from Tom Wilson on Carrier changed the momentum back over in Game 4. They were leading 2-1, but the hit on Carrier that went uncalled completely turned the tide on everything as the Capitals immediately tied the game and went on to win Game 4 5-2. The way that Wilson played the series is something the Habs players need to play in future playoffs.

Going back to Washington for Game 5, the Habs were never able to find their game again and ended up losing 4-1, which ended their season. Following that, we get to see the emotion of veteran David Savard as he knows it’s his last ever time wearing a Habs jersey in the NHL. Cole Caufield mentions that he and everyone in the room learned so much from Savard over the years he was with the Canadiens.

The season of the Rebuild ends with the Habs players going in for their exit interviews with media and upper management. We especially get to see how Slafkovsky mentions to Gorton and Hughes that he is unhappy about his Octobers, and he just wants to now turn a page and play the way he did late in the season. Hughes and Gorton tell him he needs to be mentally prepared for the upcoming season. It will remain to be seen whether Slafkovsky is mentally ready this time around, but it would be great to see him have a great start. 

Season 2 of The Rebuild: Inside the Montreal Canadiens was great as we got to dive into more of the players’ lives as they went through the roller coaster season. It was also great to see much less of the sales and marketing team than last year.