Al Montoya hates cannons. And you can't blame him.
The Blue Jackets put a remarkable 10 goals past the Montreal Canadiens' backup goalie on 40 shots Friday in Columbus, with the Goal Cannon going off in celebration each time.
Montoya allowed eight goals in 40 minutes, but with Montreal at home to Philadelphia on Saturday, the poor guy was back in the crease to start the third period. It was his game to lose - and hopefully forget.
Here are the best tweets from The Beatdown in Ohio:
Crowd mock cheers another simple save by Montoya. During stoppage #NHL linesman Vaughan Rody puts arm around Montoya, pats him on rump.
— Aaron Portzline (@Aportzline) November 5, 2016
At what point does Al Montoya come over and tell Ronald Corey he's played his last game for Montreal?
— Bill Cooney (@BillCooney) November 5, 2016
You have to be kidding me. pic.twitter.com/7aKXbSruJ2
— ETD51 (@ETD51) November 5, 2016
Columbus entered this game with 21 goals scored this season. Has gone up by 47.6% tonight. So far.
— Аrpon Basu (@ArponBasu) November 5, 2016
Over under Therrien cigarettes tonight 173
— Ryan Whitney (@ryanwhitney6) November 5, 2016
Crap. I had Canadiens +9.5.
— SportsPickle (@sportspickle) November 5, 2016
Montoya and Bobrovsky both had 30 saves tonight
— Kevin Gibson (@TSNResearch) November 5, 2016
Whoa, whoa, whoa Habs! Don't do all your regressing in one night.
— Scott Cullen (@tsnscottcullen) November 5, 2016
The Rangers are now the only team in the NHL with a better goal differential right now than the Blue Jackets, at plus-12 after the win.
— Craig Custance (@CraigCustance) November 5, 2016
Seriously though Shea Weber has only been on the ice for two goals against, both on PK, which is pretty impressive under the circumstances
— Аrpon Basu (@ArponBasu) November 5, 2016
Man, you got to feel for Al Montoya. Talk about taking one for the team right now. Oye.
— Pierre LeBrun (@Real_ESPNLeBrun) November 5, 2016
Again, no #CBJ parade of fists after the goal, just circle to center ice and wait for puck drop. Never seen anything like this. #Canadiens
— Aaron Portzline (@Aportzline) November 5, 2016
This one's from when Columbus was up 8-0. It was a simpler time:
Goals allowed for Canadiens:
— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) November 5, 2016
Al Montoya tonight: 8
Carey Price in 6 games this season: 7
On RDS, Host Alain Crête to Mario Tremblay: "Would you have pulled your goalie with such a score?" Gold, Jerry. Gold.
— Richard Labbé (@Richardlabbe) November 5, 2016
It's always a good time to take a shot at the Vancouver Canucks:
The Blue Jackets have scored as many tonight as the Canucks have in 7 games.
— John Shannon (@JSportsnet) November 5, 2016
7-0 vs Montreal.
Can a cannon overheat? Asking for a friend. #habs
— ((Chris Stevenson)) (@CJ_Stevenson) November 5, 2016
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