A textbook defensive effort on the road in a back-to-back allowed the Habs to leave Arizona with two points on Thursday night earned mostly by Carey Price.

Carey Price was all alone on Monday night as the Bruins dominated the Habs with apparent ease en route to a 4-0 victory in Montreal’s final home game of 2018.

The floodgates opened in the third period on Thursday but the Habs once again bounced back from a terrible outing on Tuesday to claim a 6-4 victory over the Hurricanes.

What happens when Antti Niemi plays his first game in weeks on the same night that the team absolutely mails it in? If you guessed a 7-1 loss to the Minnesota Wild on Tuesday night, you’d be very accurate in your assessment.

Carey Price kept the Habs in the game as the Sens played an intense first period on Thursday night. The Habs took over for the last 40 minutes of play and were rewarded with a 5-2 road win to sweep the mini-series.

When speaking of lack of experience, the Habs have often been on the wrong side of this discussion since the start of the season. On Tuesday, it was the Habs turn to take advantage of the inexperience on the Ottawa back end as they skated away with a 5-2 win.

Despite one of their best efforts on the season, one where they outshot the opposition 49-22, the Habs were sent to the showers with a 2-1 defeat against Carolina on Tuesday night.

Despite a much improved defensive effort, the Habs dropped their third straight decision on Friday afternoon as they fell 3-2 in overtime to Buffalo.

It took 22 games, but on Wednesday night, the Canadiens looked every bit like the basement dwellers they were supposed to be this season as they fell 5-2 to New Jersey.

Monday was yet another game that was so much fun for the fans to watch. With a 5-4 final score in favour of Washington, it’s obvious that there were plenty of goals, but there were also many highlight quality stops by the goaltenders, plenty of rough stuff, and some solid defensive plays.