Montreal’s final preseason game was on Saturday night as the Habs travelled to Ottawa to take on the Senators. The Habs squandered the lead in the third period but rebounded with three unanswered after that to pick up the 6-4 win.
The Canadiens hosted the Maple Leafs at the Bell Centre for the first time this season on Saturday night, and outshot them 34-22 but were outscored 3-1 as the Habs had neither solid defence nor lights-out goaltending to bail them out.
Montreal’s 2022-23 season came to an end on Thursday night as they hosted the league-leading Bruins. The Habs put up a good fight, holding the lead on multiple occasions but a pair of goals from Boston in the third were the difference-maker as they picked up the 5-4 win.
Montreal’s final Saturday contest of the season was a tough one. A brutal first period had them down quickly and things didn’t get much better from there with Toronto picking up a 7-1 victory.
The month of April got off to a rough start for the Habs as on Saturday, Carolina came to town and dominated throughout the game, eventually skating away with an easy 3-0 victory.
The Habs were unable to prevent Florida from sweeping the season series on Thursday night as the Panthers came in on the second half of a back-to-back set and skated away with a 5-2 victory.
The first period on Saturday night was a close one but it was all Montreal from there. The Habs scored six unanswered in the final two periods, headlined by Rafael Harvey-Pinard’s first career hat trick as the Canadiens picked up an 8-2 victory over Columbus.
The Habs had the lead a couple of times in Tampa Bay on Saturday night but the Lightning were able to come back with three unanswered tallies in the third to skate away with the 5-3 victory.
With the trade deadline now behind them, the Habs were in Anaheim on Friday to wrap up a back-to-back stretch. However, a pair of goals from the Ducks in the third period created a deficit that was too much to overcome as Montreal fell 3-2.
For the third game in a row, the Habs played to a 5-2 score on Saturday night. However, this time they were on the losing end as Ottawa picked up the victory.