The Habs had great moments stopped by Jack Campbell and shaky moments where Jake Allen bailed them out. In the end, they found a way to score a goal in the last minute and then let Cole Caufield do his magic at 3-on-3 to earn a third consecutive come from behind victory with a 3-2 win on Monday night over Toronto, allowing them to catch the Jets in the North Division standings in the process.
In what can be described as their best team effort in a long time, the Habs were able to erase two two-goal deficits to take a stranglehold on the last North Division playoff spot with a 5-3 win over the Jets Friday night.
It wasn’t the most entertaining game of the year, but considering the importance of the points at hand, any way of getting the win is welcomed. The Habs were on again, off again on Monday night and played with fire in the third but ultimately showed a gutsy effort to pull out a 2-1 win against the Flames in Cole Caufield’s NHL debut.
The Habs inexplicably came out without energy against Calgary on Friday night and managed to stay in the game for 55 minutes thanks to Jake Allen and Tyler Toffoli. However, the Flames were able to skate away with the 4-2 victory.
The Habs were the better team for 55 minutes, but a costly Jonathan Drouin penalty almost sent them reeling. They hung on after playing an inspired game to beat the Oilers 4-3 in a game that really did not deserve to be this close of a final score.
The Habs played a perfect road game for 40 minutes on Monday night and were leading 1-0 after two periods. They decided that was enough and let the Oilers walk all over them in the third and lost 4-1 despite Jake Allen doing his best to steal another game for his teammates.
It sure wasn’t a complete effort by the Habs, but it was far superior to Wednesday’s debacle and Jake Allen was able to cover for the rest as the Habs squeaked out a 2-1 victory against the Calgary Flames on Friday night.
The Habs played strong first and third periods on way to an important 4-2 win against the North Division’s top team in Toronto. Jake Allen was solid when he needed to be and new defensive pairings confirmed that Shea Weber and Joel Edmundson needed to be split up.
The Habs likely deserved a better outcome if one considers the entirety of Thursday night’s game. However, another slow start had them playing catch-up from the get-go and for a second straight night, they just didn’t have enough offence to overcome the bad start, falling 4-2 to Winnipeg.
Eric Staal’s debut with Montreal was an interesting one as the Habs dominated the first and third periods, held on in the second and in overtime and ultimately skated away with a 3-2 victory with the newcomer scoring the winner.