Defence was most certainly not the name of the game for the Habs this past week. They allowed an average of more than six goals per game and somehow managed to win one of them along the way. Plus, some commentary on the Jonathan Drouin benching.
The Habs had the lead a couple of times in Tampa Bay on Saturday night but the Lightning were able to come back with three unanswered tallies in the third to skate away with the 5-3 victory.
Thursday’s contest in Florida was a wild affair that saw both teams combined for ten goals in the first period alone. However, seven of those came from Florida which helped pace them to a 9-5 victory.
After a tough outing on Monday, the Habs were back in action on Tuesday night as they travelled to Pittsburgh to take on the Penguins. This one got off to a rough start but the offence battled back as the Canadiens snapped their seven-game losing streak with a 6-4 victory.
The defending Stanley Cup champs were in town and had something to play for as they battle for seeding in the Central Division. The Habs don’t have much to play for and the difference in importance showed as Colorado doubled up Montreal by a score of 8-4.
The Habs returned home from their trip on the West Coast but things didn’t get any easier as they had three tough matchups against the top teams in the Metropolitan. In the end, they were only able to come away with two points through a pair of shootout losses.
After a pair of overtime losses to start the week, the Habs looked to get back in the win column on Saturday as they hosted New Jersey. However, they weren’t able to muster up much offensively, falling 3-1.
The Habs were even more shorthanded than usual with two more regulars out for Thursday’s contest against the Rangers but were able to put forth a strong effort. However, New York was able to skate away with the extra point in a 4-3 shootout victory.
Our latest edition of the podcast discusses the recently-past trade deadline and Montreal’s inactivity, the strong performance of Rafael Harvey-Pinard since his recall from Laval, and much more.
While the All-Star break and bye week took away some of the spotlight, the Habs had some strong performances in February which helped lead them to a winning record. Here is who our readers voted for as the stars of the month.