The turning of the calendar to April yielded a tough week for the Habs who faced four of the top teams in the Eastern Conference. They were able to only manage a single victory out of those games despite some decent performances most nights.

After an impressive win over Florida on Tuesday, the Habs looked to make it back-to-back wins as they hosted Tampa Bay on Thursday. However, they couldn’t overcome a disastrous second period, falling 7-4.

Scoring was hard to come by for many Habs last month but the team received some strong goaltending and defensive play to come close to a .500 points percentage. Who were their top performers? Make your picks for our monthly three stars.

The Habs kicked off the final month of the season on Tuesday with a visit from the Panthers. They have struggled against Florida lately but not in this one as they picked up the 5-3 win.

The Habs had one of their more successful weeks of the 2023-24 campaign, picking up a pair of victories to allow them to match last season’s point total with nearly three weeks remaining in the season.

The Habs will be without defenceman Kaiden Guhle for their game against Carolina on Saturday as the Department of Player Safety announced that the blueliner has been suspended for one game for his slash on Flyers winger Travis Konecny.

Back on home ice for the first time in two weeks, the Habs looked make it three straight wins as they hosted Philadelphia on Thursday. It wasn’t pretty at times but they were able to come away with the 4-1 victory.

Montreal’s final Western road trip of the season continued last week and once again, arguably their weakest game was the one they wound up winning as they picked up three of a possible six points.