The East-leading Bruins were in town on Saturday night for the first of two matchups in back-to-back weekends. While Montreal got off to a slow start, they got two early ones in the third while Kaiden Guhle potted the overtime winner in a 3-2 victory.
Jonathan Huberdeau’s struggles in Calgary have led some to wonder if the Flames might be looking to offload their highest-paid player. However, he might not be a good fit with this current version of the Habs.
The Habs were back on the road on Thursday as they travelled to Detroit to take on the Red Wings. While they gave up the lead in the third, they were able to overcome it with a 3-2 overtime victory.
The Habs had a relatively successful month of October, playing well enough to find themselves in a playoff spot with a handful of players getting off to good starts. Not surprisingly, the fan vote for our three stars was pretty close. Here are the results.
After a Western road trip yielded little success, the Habs were looking to turn things around as they returned home to host Tampa Bay on Tuesday night. However, they couldn’t overcome a disastrous first period, ultimately falling 5-3.
As is often the case, Montreal’s road trip out West wasn’t the most successful in the standings. While they had one of their best outings of the season in Vegas, that was the only point they were able to muster up.
The Habs welcomed back Christian Dvorak to the lineup on Saturday night in St. Louis but they were out-skated and out-hustled by a Blues team that was playing their third game in four nights, falling by a 6-3 score.
The Habs have been able to recover from third-period deficits this season but they weren’t able to repeat that on Thursday night in Arizona, falling 3-2 to the Coyotes.
The month of October was a pretty good one for the Habs, all things considered as they posted a 5-2-2 record for the month with some veterans leading the way. Vote now for your three stars.
The third week of the season was one to forget for Laval. They had two road games and struggled both defensively and in goal for both of them. That’s not an ideal combination and the end result was two more losses.