For the first half of the game in Boston on Saturday, the Habs were able to somewhat keep pace. However, frequent defensive struggles came back to bite them as the Bruins skated away with a 9-4 win.
The Habs put forth their best effort of the week on Saturday against Edmonton but came up just short in the end as Evan Bouchard scored a power play goal early in overtime to give the Oilers a 2-1 victory for a franchise-record tenth straight win.
The Habs jumped out to an early 3-0 lead against the Metropolitan-leading Rangers on Saturday night before New York fought back to tie it and send it to overtime. After a scoreless extra session, Cole Caufield potted the only goal to give Montreal the shootout win.
The Habs haven’t had much success in Florida lately and that trend continued on Saturday night as they dropped their penultimate game of 2023 by a 4-1 score.
A strong second period gave the Habs a commanding lead on Saturday and while they nearly blew it in the third, they were able to escape with a 5-3 victory over the Islanders.
Cayden Primeau was peppered early and often on Saturday night in Buffalo, facing a career high in shots. However, he stopped all but two of them, permitting the Habs to pick up the 3-2 shootout victory.
The Habs pulled off a late comeback on Saturday night against Detroit to overcome an ugly opening period but came up a bit short in the end, falling 5-4 in overtime.
It took a comeback in the second half of the game but the Habs were able to get it in San Jose on Friday afternoon, opening the door for Jesse Ylonen to be the hero in the shootout as Montreal picked up a 3-2 victory.
One week ago, Montreal put up one of their best efforts of the season against Boston. On Saturday, they weren’t able to come anywhere close to that level of performance as they fell 5-2.
The East-leading Bruins were in town on Saturday night for the first of two matchups in back-to-back weekends. While Montreal got off to a slow start, they got two early ones in the third while Kaiden Guhle potted the overtime winner in a 3-2 victory.