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It’s the anatomy of a goal that is beginning to look too much like the anatomy of a season.

Time was winding down Saturday in the first period of a game against the Tampa Bay Lightning that the Canadiens had dominated so completely, Smug Jon Cooper had to call a timeout to point out to his millionaires they were being outshot 17-0 by the visiting team and were trailing on the scoreboard 2-0.

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We were nearing the final minute when Phillip Danault won a battle behind the Canadiens net and got a hot pass out to Brendan Gallagher, who was 10 or 12 feet away and too close to get a stick on it. The puck was cut off at the blue line by one Steven Stamkos, who does that sort of thing. Stamkos found Ryan McDonagh (insert ritual Scott Gomez sigh) to the right of Carey Price.

Price slid hard to his right, taking himself way out of position, but McDonagh’s weak shot/pass sailed high and wide and onto the stick of Beaconsfield’s own Alex Killorn, who said thank you very much and buried it in the net left vacant by M. Price.