The Habs kicked off a long home stand this past week. Bolstered by the return of their key offseason acquisition, they were able to pick up two of three victories, making it one of their better performances over the first two months of the season.
The Habs made a small depth swap on Friday, announcing that they’ve traded winger Jacob Perreault to Edmonton in exchange for defenceman Noel Hoefenmayer. Hoefenmayer was subsequently assigned to Laval.
After their overtime win on Tuesday, the Habs looked to make it two straight victories as they hosted Nashville on Thursday. Offence was hard to come by but Montreal was the only team to score as they collected the 3-0 win.
The Habs capped the month of November on a losing note while starting December the same as they were only able to pick up one victory and three points overall out of four games last week as they’ve slipped to second-last overall.
After a frustrating end to Saturday’s loss in New York, the Habs were back at it Sunday, looking to spoil Boston’s Centennial Game. However, a disastrous 70-second stretch in the first came back to haunt them as they fell 6-3.
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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.
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.
Home ice wasn’t too kind to Laval last week as they lost a pair of divisional games. However, they were able to still salvage something out of the week as they picked up a victory to kick off their second five-game road trip of the month.
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.