Having lost four straight, the Habs looked to get back in the win column on Thursday as they hosted Washington. Instead, the goalie struggles continued as the Capitals lit them up for eight, doubling up the Canadiens 8-4.
While Laval kept losing players throughout the week, it didn’t seem to matter much as they picked up a pair of key victories including one over one of the top teams in the AHL to close a back-to-back road set.
Home ice was not kind to the Habs this past week. They lost all three games including two in blowout fashion and to make matters worse, they got bad injury news on three key players.
Now that the dust has settled on an eventful start to November, let’s take a look back at last month and which Montreal prospects were the top performers.
The Habs are going to be without a pair of core players for the foreseeable future following some announcements from the team on Friday afternoon. Meanwhile, the team also announced that Jared Davidson has been recalled from Laval.
It was a light week on the schedule for Laval who only played twice, the second game kicking off a four-game road trip. However, they put forth a pair of strong efforts to take both games and move into a share of first place in the division.
The Habs haven’t gotten off to a great start to the month of November and lost two of their three games this past week. However, with both of those losses coming after regulation, they still managed a solid four points in the standings to stay atop the division.
Laval returned home last week to kick off a four-game home stand. They played the first three games of that stretch and they were able to pick up a pair of wins with Jacob Fowler putting up strong performances in both those games.
It was a light week for the Habs as they wrapped up a West Coast trip and had one of their longer breaks of the season. The bad news is that the blew a multi-goal lead in each of their two games. The good news is that they still won both in overtime.
October is a key month as teams look to get off to strong starts to their season. This time, the Habs were able to do just that, picking up an 8-3-0 record. Who were their top performers? Make your picks for our monthly three stars.