The Habs finished up their Central Division road trip on Thursday in Dallas against a tough Stars squad. However, Montreal had a strong defensive game while Alex Newhook and Cole Caufield scored two goals each to lead the Canadiens to a 5-2 win.
Jacob Fowler was the story of the night on Tuesday in St. Louis, as he turned aside all 46 shots from the Blues. That, coupled with goals from Zach Bolduc and Florian Xhekaj’s first NHL tally, was enough for the Canadiens to get the 2-0 win.
The Habs had a trio of games against the West last week. It didn’t start off particularly well with some more bad news after that. However, they rebounded well to win the next two and come out with five of six points, albeit now with a big hole down the middle for the time being.
Montreal’s road trip continued on Sunday with a stop in Winnipeg for the Heritage Classic. They only managed a pair of goals in the second period but that was enough thanks to a strong game from Jacob Fowler, who helped the Habs collect the 2-1 win.
The Habs are now ten games into the 2026-27 and are off to a decent start, with 12 points to show for it despite a long injury list. Here are ten stats from those first ten outings. Some are good, others are cause for concern.
The Habs kicked off a four-game road trip in Chicago on Friday night. With Nick Suzuki out of the lineup, it was Jake Evans who stepped up as his two-goal, three-point effort helped lead Montreal to a 4-1 victory.
The Habs will be without their top forward for the next little while. The team announced on Thursday that centre Nick Suzuki will miss the next two to four weeks with an upper-body injury.
The Habs are off for the next two days so they’re allowing a pair of youngsters to get in a game with Laval in the meantime. The team announced Wednesday that they’ve assigned David Reinbacher and Owen Beck to Laval.
The Habs had themselves another two-goal lead in the third period on Tuesday night against San Jose. Once again, they couldn’t hold it and the game went to overtime. However, a penalty to Jakub Dobes gave the Sharks a power play and Macklin Celebrini’s second of the night gave the visitors the 4-3 win.
The Habs played three pretty solid games overall this past week. However, some blown leads mixed in with another tough outing from Jakub Dobes means there is plenty to work on, even with the team picking up a pair of victories.