Montreal’s penalty kill has been strong this season while the Rangers had struggled lately on the man advantage heading into Saturday’s action. However, New York’s trio of power play goals – including one in the final minute – helped them secure a 4-3 victory.
With his LTI conditioning loan wrapping up on Friday, news was expected today when it came to Rafael Harvey-Pinard. The Habs activated him off LTIR and then placed him on waivers to assign him to Laval.
The Canadiens’ first quarter was a difficult one for this rebuilding team, with more valleys than peaks. The first grade report of this season focuses on the defencemen and goalies as voted on by our writers.
The Habs once again gave up a lead in the third period on Wednesday but they flipped the script in overtime as they scored in the opening minute to pick up the 4-3 win over Columbus.
After a rough loss to Vegas on Saturday, the Habs looked to end their home stand on a high note against Utah on Tuesday. They had the lead briefly in the third but couldn’t hold it, falling 3-2 in overtime.
The Habs started off the week on a high note, continuing their strong play from previous games. However, the team then had a four-day break and came out of it with one of their worst outings of the season to end the week.
After an extended break, the Habs were back in action on Saturday as they hosted Vegas. The Golden Knights took command of the game with a five-goal second period and never looked back as they picked up the 6-2 win.
Topics in our latest podcast include the upcoming 4 Nations tournament, Logan Mailloux’s strong play since being re-assigned to Laval, a pair of pending unrestricted free agents, and much more.
The Habs have shown some flashes of upside at times this season but they’ve also shown a lot of the potential pitfalls of this roster. Nearing the one-quarter mark of the year, we’ve seen more of the latter than the former.
Over the last couple of weeks, the Habs have shown some improvement in the defensive zone. That continued on Monday as some strong defending helped lead Montreal to a 3-0 win over Edmonton.