After a tough outing against Los Angeles on Tuesday, the Habs were hoping to rebound on Thursday as they hosted Dallas. It didn’t happen. Instead, the visitors put up seven goals on 19 shots to leave with a 7-0 victory.
As the Habs passed through their third five-game segment of the season, there are some strong individual performances that stand out but is a league-high shooting percentage sustainable the rest of the way?
The Habs have struggled against Los Angeles in recent years and Tuesday’s game at the Bell Centre was no exception. While they led after the first period, the Kings scored five unanswered from there to win 5-1.
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.
The Habs didn’t get off to a great start on Saturday against Utah but once they took the lead in the second period, they didn’t look back. They put forth their best offensive performance of the season, beating the Mammoth 6-2.
For years, the hope in Montreal’s rebuild was that they’d continue to add high-end offensive pieces to their roster. In Lane Hutson and Ivan Demidov, there are some early justifiable comparisons to a pair of star players, one active and one retired.
The Habs were chasing the play a lot on Thursday night in New Jersey but found themselves with the lead in the third period. However, Timo Meier tied it late and Jesper Bratt scored in overtime as Jakub Dobes picked up his first loss of the season.
The Habs have gotten off to a very strong start early on, sitting in a tie for first in the East. However, blown leads have been an issue in the early going. What could the causes be and are they better off to bounce back from those this season?
The Habs got off to a terrible start on Tuesday against Philadelphia, trailing by three before the first commercial break. While they responded with a four-goal second period, they couldn’t hold the lead and eventually fell 5-4 in a shootout.
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.