The Habs had themselves another two-goal lead in the third period on Tuesday night against San Jose. Once again, they couldn’t hold it and the game went to overtime. However, a penalty to Jakub Dobes gave the Sharks a power play and Macklin Celebrini’s second of the night gave the visitors the 4-3 win.
Laval’s road trip ended with a pair of games. The first started in disastrous form before the Rocket pulled off a huge comeback and in the second, some strong goaltending helped them extend their winning streak to five.
The Habs played three pretty solid games overall this past week. However, some blown leads mixed in with another tough outing from Jakub Dobes means there is plenty to work on, even with the team picking up a pair of victories.
The Habs were once again unable to hold a lead on Saturday, giving up a two-goal advantage against Buffalo to push the game to overtime. However, Cole Caufield scored his second of the night early in the extra frame to give Montreal the 4-3 win.
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Friday saw the Habs return to a full practice and with that came some news on the injury front for a trio of players.
The Habs pulled off a bit of a surprising move last week, sending Jayden Struble to Nashville. Having had some time to ponder the swap, our writers offer up their thoughts on the deal.
The Habs played one of their more complete games of the early season in Washington on Wednesday night. However, they couldn’t get the key stop when they needed one from Jakub Dobes, allowing the Capitals to get the 5-4 victory.
The Habs grabbed a two-goal lead with a rare strong second period on Tuesday against Buffalo but couldn’t hold it, with the game going to overtime. After no one scored in the extra session, the Canadiens were a perfect three-for-three in the shootout to secure the 4-3 victory.
Laval kicked off the road portion of their 2026-27 schedule last week with a pair of weekend games. They were quite sharp in both, skating away with relatively easy victories to extend their early winning streak to three games.