Montreal’s road and Western Conference struggles collided this week with predictable results as they dropped all three of their games. Meanwhile, Laval managed to pick up a victory over their three contests but continue to have issues keeping the puck out of their own net.

In what was another erratic team performance, the Habs lost their fifth straight contest on Saturday, 6-3 to Vegas. This one came with a bit of a silver lining as Coach Julien assembled a line of younger players that played an excellent second half of the game.

It was another road game and another inexcusably poor effort by the Habs in Arizona as they fell 5-2 on Thursday night. Coaches and management can say they still believe in this season until they are blue in the face but it seems apparent that many in the locker room are not on the same page.

The Habs have locked up their backup goalie of the future for the foreseeable future as they inked Charlie Lindgren to a three-year contract extension.

The Habs played well this past week but it didn’t translate to much in the way of success as they lost both of their games. In Laval, the Rocket put forth some of their better efforts as of late but unfortunately for them, it didn’t result in too many victories either.

The Habs went into Philadelphia on Thursday night hoping to pick up where they left off over the weekend. They weren’t able to accomplish that, however, as they fell 5-3 to snap their two-game winning streak.

In a time where teams are moving towards skill and speed on the back end, the Habs have gone in the opposite direction and are paying the price.

While the start of the week wasn’t great for the Habs, they followed it up with a pair of strong games over the weekend to end on a high note. Meanwhile, there were no high notes in Laval as they got pummelled in their lone matchup.

Sunday’s matinee affair against the Senators won’t go down as one for the ages but the Habs managed to play well enough to pick up a 4-1 victory to sweep the weekend.