The Habs had four separate one-goal leads on Saturday night in Ottawa but the Senators were able to come back each time, setting the stage for Drake Batherson to score the only goal of the shootout to pick up the 5-4 victory.
For the second straight game, a poor performance in the second period was too much for the Canadiens to overcome as they dropped their final Saturday home game of the season 4-2 to Toronto.
The Habs were able to keep pace with Carolina for most of the game on Saturday. However, they weren’t able to solve Pyotr Kochetkov which allowed the Hurricanes to pick up the 3-0 victory.
The Habs didn’t have their best on Sunday in Seattle but they were able to still jump out to a 4-0 lead in the opening period and held on from there, picking up a 5-1 win over the Kraken.
The Canadiens, without their head coach, kicked off a five-game road trip in Calgary on Saturday night. In a battle of two young netminders, it was Dustin Wolf who stole the show, allowing the Flames to pick up the 5-2 victory.
The Habs kept pace with Toronto for most of the night on Saturday but a late John Tavares goal was the difference-maker as the Maple Leafs picked up the 3-2 victory.
The Habs played one of their more defensively-sound games on Saturday afternoon in New Jersey but it wasn’t quite enough as the Devils skated away with the 4-3 victory.
Saturday’s matchup against Washington was a tight affair throughout. While Montreal came back from a one-goal deficit three times, it wasn’t enough as the Capitals scored in the back half of the third period to pick up the 4-3 win.
Montreal’s top line came to play on Saturday afternoon against Dallas but a lack of offence from the rest of the lineup proved costly as Dallas skated away with a 3-2 win while Rafael Harvey-Pinard left early with a lower-body injury.
Jake Allen had a strong showing in Pittsburgh on Saturday night but it wasn’t quite enough as Marcus Pettersson’s goal midway through overtime gave the Penguins the 3-2 victory.