Shea Weber’s return to the lineup has helped stabilize Montreal’s defence corps and has provided some cause for optimism as we near the second half of the season.

While the week got off to a rough start, the Habs were able to salvage it by picking up a pair of road victories to head into the holiday break on a high note.

In a somewhat Jekyll and Hyde performance, the line of Phillip Danault, Tomas Tatar and Brendan Gallagher led the charge in the scoring department as Danault scored his first career hat-trick as the Habs picked up a 4-3 overtime win on Saturday in Vegas.

A textbook defensive effort on the road in a back-to-back allowed the Habs to leave Arizona with two points on Thursday night earned mostly by Carey Price.

Carey Price was all alone on Monday night as the Bruins dominated the Habs with apparent ease en route to a 4-0 victory in Montreal’s final home game of 2018.

After an ugly start to the week, the Habs rebounded well as a pair of high-scoring third periods propelled them to two victories to end their week on a winning note.

After a wild win on Thursday, the Habs headed into Saturday night looking to wrap up the week on a high note as they hosted Ottawa. They saved their best for last, using a four-goal surge in the third period to beat the Sens 5-2 for the third time in less than two weeks.

The floodgates opened in the third period on Thursday but the Habs once again bounced back from a terrible outing on Tuesday to claim a 6-4 victory over the Hurricanes.