Montreal Canadiens: Ranking Nicolas Deslauriers’ goal celebrations

7) Goal #5 vs Boston Bruins

The first matchup this season against the Boston Bruins was intense. After Pacioretty put the Habs up by one to start the game, the Bruins scored on the power-play and then opening minutes of the second period to get a 2-1 lead.

The fourth line that night came out and Deslauriers got things started. He rushed the puck from the neutral zone into Bruins end and fired a shot past Tuuka Rask blocker side. Obviously you couldn’t hear the scream (0:07) yourself with the goal horn and the fans cheering, but it’s as if you could feel it.

Watching Deslauriers at the moment almost brought player and fan to the same level.

6) Goal #6 vs New York Islanders

This goal celebration (0:07) was similar to the previous one but had a little extra weight to it. The NHL is a televised event and there are cameras everywhere waiting for a chance to capture something worth seeing over and over.

After Deslauriers made the nice move to put the puck over Thomas Greiss, he raised his gloved hand up and beats his chest yelling right at the camera. Makes you wonder what the man behind the lens was thinking during the whole thing.

5) Goal #4 vs Calgary Flames

Nothing beats the old ‘jump into the boards’ celebration (0:08). It was solid work by Byron Froese to get the initial shot on Mike Smith, but Deslauriers was right there to bat in the rebound out of mid-air. The Lasalle native fist pumped twice before jumping into the boards. What put this above the previous two, and I doubt Deslauriers even noticed, but he did all this while a disgruntled Flames fan was flashing him the ‘L’ sign.