This edition of the Hidden Game is dedicated to … wait for it … the 40 minutes of a hidden game the Canadiens and Nashville Predators produced through two periods Thursday night at the Bell Centre. Article content

The teams combined for 12 shots — six each — in the first period and played more than 31 minutes before a goal was scored. And to think people spend hundreds of hard-earned dollars to watch this when they could sit at home or go to a sports bar. Article content Article content

It’s not how you start, it’s how you finish: The pace finally increased. The third period and overtime were electrifying and everyone went home happy following the Canadiens’ 3-2 overtime victory.

Guess the Canadiens didn’t get the memo: The visitors were coming off a 7-4 loss at Toronto on Tuesday

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