It’s hard to win in any hockey league when you’re only averaging a goal scored per game. That’s all the Habs could muster up this past week and unsurprisingly, their losing streak continued with some more bad luck and bad lineup decisions along the way.
The Habs limped into St. Louis on Saturday night for their first matchup against the Blues in more than two years. It didn’t end well for the Canadiens as they were shut down offensively once again as they fell 4-1.
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Thursday’s game versus Chicago looked every bit like two teams who are not close to making the playoffs. But even in that context, Montreal was unable to muster up any offence as Marc-Andre Fleury got his 500th career victory via the shutout as the Habs were far too happy shooting from the outside to really come close to scoring.
Down two more regulars from Saturday’s loss, the Habs limped back into action on Tuesday night in a Stanley Cup rematch against Tampa Bay. They held the lead for most of the game but couldn’t close it late, allowing two late goals to fall 3-2.
After a tough week against Ottawa’s farm team, Laval bounced back nicely last week, picking up three of four points against Texas before going into Toronto and securing a crucial victory over the Marlies despite a thinned-out roster.
Getting outshot by significant margins is rarely a strategy for success and that proved to be the case this past week for the Habs as they were outshot and outchanced in all three games and could only muster up a single point.
Jake Allen had another strong showing on Saturday in Nashville as he gave the injury-plagued Habs a chance to steal a victory. However, a late goal from Filip Forsberg gave the Predators a 4-3 overtime victory.
Jeff Gorton has made his first move since joining the Canadiens and it’s a waiver claim as Montreal announced on Saturday that they’ve claimed defenceman Kale Clague off waivers from Los Angeles.
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