Montreal’s struggles on the second half of back-to-back nights continued on Thursday in Ottawa as they were down early and could never recover, falling 6-2 to the Sens.

The Habs squandered a two-goal lead early in the third period on Wednesday night in New Jersey but a late goal from Cole Caufield allowed Montreal to pick up the 3-2 victory.

Montreal had a chance to get back in the win column on Thursday night as they hosted the struggling Sharks who hadn’t won in a month. However, San Jose was able to snap that losing streak, picking up the 3-2 victory.

Montreal scored twice in the first period but wasn’t able to hold the lead on Wednesday in Philadelphia. The game eventually went to a shootout where Sean Couturier was the only one to score, giving the Flyers the extra point in a 3-2 win.

The Habs played their first home game of 2024 on Thursday night and while it was close early, the visiting Sabres lit it up after the first period on the way to a 6-1 victory.

Montreal’s first game after the holiday break was an inconsistent one as they had segments where they struggled mightily and others where they hung in against Carolina. However, in the end, they fell 5-3.

The Habs were able to make a late comeback on Thursday in Minnesota to get the game to overtime but Kirill Kaprizov notched the winner in the dying seconds of the extra session to give the Wild a 4-3 win.

While the Habs blew another multi-goal lead on Monday night, it didn’t come back to bite them as Justin Barron scored in the opening minute of overtime to give Montreal a 3-2 victory over Winnipeg.

The second half of back-to-back sets has been a problem for Montreal this season and that continued on Sunday. They weren’t able to muster up much, eventually falling 2-1 to Nashville.

The Habs certainly kept up with the Kings through the first half of their matchup on Thursday night. However, they struggled from there, ultimately falling 4-0 to Los Angeles for the second time in less than two weeks.