The Habs faced another tough opponent to close off their weekend back-to-back as they were in New York to take on the league-leading Rangers on Sunday. Cayden Primeau was peppered early and often and while he was sharp, New York still picked up the 5-2 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.
Like every team, the Habs have had their fair share of early draft picks that didn’t turn out as planned. However, none of them quite had the journey that 1975 first-round selection Robin Sadler had.
After an impressive win over Florida on Tuesday, the Habs looked to make it back-to-back wins as they hosted Tampa Bay on Thursday. However, they couldn’t overcome a disastrous second period, falling 7-4.
Scoring was hard to come by for many Habs last month but the team received some strong goaltending and defensive play to come close to a .500 points percentage. Who were their top performers? Make your picks for our monthly three stars.
The Habs kicked off the final month of the season on Tuesday with a visit from the Panthers. They have struggled against Florida lately but not in this one as they picked up the 5-3 win.
The Habs had one of their more successful weeks of the 2023-24 campaign, picking up a pair of victories to allow them to match last season’s point total with nearly three weeks remaining in the season.
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 will be without defenceman Kaiden Guhle for their game against Carolina on Saturday as the Department of Player Safety announced that the blueliner has been suspended for one game for his slash on Flyers winger Travis Konecny.
Back on home ice for the first time in two weeks, the Habs looked make it three straight wins as they hosted Philadelphia on Thursday. It wasn’t pretty at times but they were able to come away with the 4-1 victory.