Rookies Help Habs in Win
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Christopher Higgins netted the winner, but it was the two of the Habs’ rookies who helped Montreal beat the New York Islanders Tuesday night.
Christopher Higgins netted the winner, but it was the two of the Habs’ rookies who helped Montreal beat the New York Islanders Tuesday night.
The Montreal Canadiens completed the seemingly impossible this past week, actually winning one of their games, and really didn’t lose all that much more ground in the East.
The eleventh place Montreal Canadiens will look to gain some ground on the New York Islanders Tuesday night at the Bell Center.
Despite a late charge by the Blues, the Canadiens managed to turn one of their better efforts into a victory against St. Louis tonight thanks to a late goal by the man seemingly most in the fans doghouse, Alex Kovalev.
There’s not a whole lot to say after a performance like that. The Canadiens played without heart, they were let down by the goaltending, and they may as well not even have come to Atlanta for the game.
Montreal is in Atlanta tonight, to face a high flying Thrashers squad. Atlanta is currently on a 4 game winning streak, while the Habs are on a 3 game losing streak.
In a week where gas shortages was the big newsmaker, it seems only fitting that the Habs are suffering from the exact same thing.
It were the mental errors that killed the Canadiens on this night. Simple, avoidable mental errors. The first was Halak, handcuffed because of a deflected shot,
The Canadiens dropped one of their most important games of the season Saturday night to the Boston Bruins who climb back into the playoff picture with their 3-1 win.
The Montreal Canadiens are in Boston to face the Bruins Saturday night. The
match comes less than 24 hours after the Habs were handed a 8-5 loss by the
Buffalo Sabres.