On Thursday night, the Habs had an opportunity to get within a single point of the division lead but sloppy defensive play in the second proved costly as Montreal fell to the Islanders 4-3.

In this week’s HW Recap: The weekly player rankings give props to some clutch production while in Hamilton, the Bulldogs got a late win which takes a bit of the sting off what otherwise was an ugly week.

After a game in Phoenix where there were lots of scoring chances for both sides, Saturday’s tilt against Nashville was a significant contrast with chances coming few and far between.

In this week’s HW Recap: The penalty killers get some props for all the work they did in this set of the player rankings.

On Wednesday, the Habs made somewhat of a surprise announcement by signing 2010 first rounder Jarred Tinordi to a 3 year, entry level contract.

In this week’s HW Recap: Finally, the Habs went on a winning streak which means there are lots of positives in the weekly player rankings.

The Toronto-Montreal rivalry may have lost some of its lustre in recent years but the Boston-Montreal one is alive and well.

It wasn’t the big roster shakeup that most fans were hoping for but over the weekend, Pierre Gauthier did make a small deal.

In this week’s HW Recap: Dissecting the good from the bad in the Habs’ three losses this past week in the Player Rankings.