Montreal’s scoring woes continued this past week although they were at least able to pick up a win in spite of that. Unfortunately, Laval wasn’t able to accomplish even that as they had a mix of bad offence in one game and bad defence and goaltending in the other that contributed to a pair of losses.

The Habs headed outdoors to kick off their road trip for the NHL100 Classic. The game was anything but a classic as the Canadiens failed to show up and the Senators skated home with a 3-0 victory.

Not only was Thursday’s game limited in scoring, it was also limited in terms of good offensive chances; this was a chess match of sorts. The end result was unsurprisingly close with the Habs taking it 2-1 in overtime.

While Marc Bergevin may believe the solution to Montreal’s struggles is in the dressing room, the time has come for him to consider changing things up.

Considering he hadn’t been playing much as of late, the Habs have loaned Victor Mete to Team Canada for the upcoming World Junior Championships.

While the Habs ended last week on a high note, the positive vibes ended there as they failed to pick up a win in three home games while picking up just a single point in the standings. Things weren’t any better in Laval either as the Rocket suffered the same fate.

Montreal was outplayed for the entire 60 minutes on Saturday night, losing 6-2 at the hands of the Oilers. They’ll have plenty of work and thinking to do over the four-day break that is now awarded to them.

In a game that included little scoring chances and passion, the Habs were unable to take advantage of a tired Flames team as they let a point slip away with a 3-2 overtime loss on Thursday night.