Who Are Your 3 Stars for January?
It would seem that Montreal’s New Year’s resolution was to improve on their
dismal play in December. As they break for the All-Star Game, it is safe
to say that, thus far, the Canadiens have held true to their vow. The
Canadiens went 6-2-3 in January, gaining a possible 15 out of 22 points, and
only losing in regulation to the Cup-contending Pittsburgh Penguins and
Philadelphia Flyers. Along with this .68 hockey came a revival of the
Canadiens’ powerplay, anchored competently by James Wisniewski and P.K. Subban.
This month also saw the season debut of many a Hamilton Bulldog, as David
Desharnais, Andreas Engqvist and Ryan White all suited up for Montreal.
Finally, January featured Desharnais’ first NHL goal, and the diminutive forward looks to be remaining in
the big league for good.
While most attention will be directed towards Raleigh and the All-Star Game
this weekend, Habsworld want to know which
players elevated themselves above the rest in the month of January. Select the players most deserving of
3 Star-honours from the
drop-down menus and click <Submit Your Vote>. Duplicate answers will be
discarded and multiple entries will not be accepted. Only players
that participated in at least 5 games with Montreal are eligible for votes. Voting ends on
Feb 2nd, 2011 at 23:59 EST.
January’s stats are as follows:
| GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | Hits | BlS | PPP | GWG | SOG | |
| T. Plekanec | 11 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 39 |
| J. Wisniewski | 11 | 0 | 9 | 9 | -2 | 6 | 16 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 21 |
| P.K. Subban | 11 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 17 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 29 |
| M. Darche | 11 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 21 |
| M. Pacioretty | 11 | 4 | 3 | 7 | -2 | 10 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 41 |
| S. Gomez | 11 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 25 |
| D. Desharnais | 11 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 18 |
| A. Kostitsyn | 11 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 27 |
| B. Pouliot | 9 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 17 |
| R. Hamrlik | 10 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 18 |
| Y. Weber | 10 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| B. Gionta | 11 | 3 | 0 | 3 | -1 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 40 |
| M. Cammalleri | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 |
| J. Halpern | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| J. Spacek | 11 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| H. Gill | 11 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| L. Eller | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| T. Moen | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| T. Pyatt | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| A. Picard | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| A. Engqvist | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| R. White | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| GP | W | L | OTL | GAA | SV% | SO | |
| C. Price | 10 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 2.51 | 0.919 | 0 |
| A. Auld | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.91 | 0.900 | 0 |
