Vote for May’s 3 Stars!
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After stumbling to end the regular season, May saw the Canadiens pull off the unlikely and storm back to beat the Leafs in seven games so there plenty of heroes to choose the three stars from this month.
After stumbling to end the regular season, May saw the Canadiens pull off the unlikely and storm back to beat the Leafs in seven games so there plenty of heroes to choose the three stars from this month.
Following being hit in the final minute of Wednesday’s victory over Winnipeg, the Canadiens announced on Thursday that Jake Evans has indeed suffered a concussion and is listed as out indefinitely.
It was a full team, complete-game effort that gave the Habs a 5-3 win in Game 1 against Winnipeg. That needs to remain the focus after a disgusting end to the game that should mean the end of Mark Scheifele for most of the series if not the rest of it.
The second round begins tonight as the Habs and Jets are set to do battle. Our writers offer up their analysis and predictions on whether Montreal can make it to the semi-finals.
Carey Price offered another all-world performance on Monday night in a 3-1 victory to lead the Montreal Canadiens to a stunning upset over the heavily favoured Toronto Maple Leafs as they overcame a 3-1 series deficit to move on to face Winnipeg in the second round.
The Habs played themselves into a 3-1 series deficit with a pair of tough outings earlier in the week but managed to pick up two critical overtime victories to keep their series against Toronto alive with Game 7 going on Monday.
The Habs got off to a strong start in front of fans for the first time but it took until the third to open up the scoring. Two power play goals were erased by Toronto with the game going to overtime where Montreal was once again victorious with Jesperi Kotkaniemi picking up the winner to force Game 7 on Monday.
This evening, the first game of the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs begins. Our HabsWorld writers provide their predictions on the series starting this weekend to see who will advance on to the next round.
Our latest podcast is now available featuring plenty of discussion of Montreal’s series against Toronto so far including some odd coaching decisions, the future of Marc Bergevin with the Habs, and much more.
The Habs came out strong and played physical enough to keep the Leafs from being too comfortable. Carey Price saved the team on numerous chances and the team finally supported him with some goals with Nick Suzuki potting the overtime winner in a 4-3 victory.