After a tough outing in Seattle, the Habs were able to rebound in San Jose on Thursday night as they skated away with a 4-0 victory on the back of a 45-save shutout from Jake Allen. It was their first road victory over the Sharks this millenium.
Montreal’s offence came to life on Saturday night against Detroit. After allowing the first goal, they were able to score more goals than they had tallied in the first six games combined, allowing them to skate away with a 6-1 victory,
Jesperi Kotkaniemi returned to the Bell Centre for the first time as a member of the Hurricanes on Thursday night. While Montreal played better at times, they still came up on the short end of a 4-1 score with the former Hab picking up a crucial insurance marker in the third.
The Habs weren’t able to muster up much offensively in their home opener on Saturday night. While they were able to even it up in the third, that tie was short-lived as they ultimately fell 3-1 to the Rangers.
The preseason came to an end for the Habs on Thursday night as they fell 5-4 in a shootout to Ottawa in a game that saw them start strong and finish strong, but struggled in between.
The Habs kicked off a home-and-home set versus the Senators on Friday night and couldn’t get much going either offensively or defensively as they fell 7-2.
Montreal’s first preseason game is in the books and it was not a particularly pretty one as they fell 4-1 to Toronto on Saturday night. Tyler Toffoli had the lone goal for the Canadiens in the losing effort.
In this, the most dramatic of Habs summers in recent memory, one thing is for certain: the team will be starting the 2021-22 NHL season without Shea Weber, its longtime captain and a rock, err, man mountain, on the first pair of its defence corps.
The Habs came out flat in both the first and second periods on Friday night, hardly a good recipe for success. Those early goals came back to haunt them as they fell 6-3 and now trail Tampa Bay 3-0 in the Stanley Cup Final.
The Habs weren’t able to hold onto a pair of one-goal leads on Thursday night but it didn’t matter as Artturi Lehkonen scored early in overtime to give Montreal the 3-2 victory, win the Clarence Campbell Bowl, and send them to the Stanley Cup Final.