The Habs came out flying and completely dominated the first while failing to capitalize and that came back to hurt them as Dallas came away with a 4-1 win on Tuesday night.

Following a sour end to their previous week in Ottawa, the Habs got back to their winning ways this past week despite another small blip on the radar in Buffalo.

The Habs went into Boston looking to get back in the win column following a loss to Buffalo on Thursday. They did just that, holding the Bruins at bay as they earned a 3-0 victory.

The Habs offered a bland effort on Thursday night barely hanging on to three separate leads before finally caving and losing in the final moments of the game to a Sabres team that deserved the win.

It certainly wasn’t expected coming into the year but the Habs have provided plenty of cause for optimism in the early weeks of the season.

David Rittich did his best to make this one interesting but the Habs put forth a dominant showing against the Flames on Tuesday and came away with a 3-2 victory.

The Habs got off to a strong start to their week and it was looking like they had a shot at a clean sweep of all three games before some struggles on Saturday night against Ottawa proved to be costly.

The Habs came out flying on Saturday night but weren’t able to keep up the effort for 60 minutes. As their compete level dwindled, so too did the lead they had established and in the end, they were only able to salvage a point in the 4-3 overtime loss to Ottawa.

Marc Bergevin’s 2018 offseason work was an improvement on his 2017 summer and it has already paid dividends for both now and the future.