It was a light week for the Habs as they wrapped up a West Coast trip and had one of their longer breaks of the season. The bad news is that the blew a multi-goal lead in each of their two games. The good news is that they still won both in overtime.
October is a key month as teams look to get off to strong starts to their season. This time, the Habs were able to do just that, picking up an 8-3-0 record. Who were their top performers? Make your picks for our monthly three stars.
One of Montreal’s defence prospects is up for grabs as the Habs announced on Thursday that they’ve placed William Trudeau on waivers for purpose of reassignment to Laval.
David Reinbacher has been cleared to return from his preseason hand injury as the Habs announced on Thursday that he has been activated off season-opening IR and assigned to Laval of the AHL.
The road wasn’t particularly kind to Laval last week. Despite some promising matchups on paper, they were only able to come away with one win out of their three games with some defensive struggles along the way.
The Habs embarked on their second multi-game road trip of the early season this week. With a pair of wins in those three games plus a victory on home ice, they find themselves sitting atop the Atlantic Division through their first ten games of the season.
For the second year in a row, the Habs will be missing Patrik Laine for a big chunk of the season. The team announced Saturday that he will miss the next three to four months after undergoing surgery to repair a core muscle injury.
The home portion of the 2025-26 season got underway for Laval last week with a pair of games against the defending Calder Cup champs. The Rocket put forth a pair of strong efforts to take both games from Abbotsford to extend their early winning streak to three games.
After losing a close game to the Rangers on Saturday, the Habs looked to end their home stand on a winning note on Monday against Buffalo. It took three goals in an eventful third period but they were able to do just that, doubling up the Sabres 4-2.
Montreal’s first home stand of the year featured some very close games with the Habs trailing late in all three of them. However, they were able to come back to win two of them to sit in a tie for first in the division.