Habs Humiliated by Oilers
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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.
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.
The Habs followed up an uncharacteristically rough October with an up and down November that featured some big wins and a five-game losing streak mid-month. Let us know who you think was the biggest difference maker in November.
The win streak is over as the Habs fell 4-3 to the Blues in a game that was much closer than it should have been. The Blues dominated play with effective forechecking and Western Conference-style physicality for which the Habs had very little answer other than Carey Price.
It wasn’t a great start to the season for the Habs through the first quarter and as a result, there aren’t many top marks as we wrap up our report cards with a look at the forwards.
Montreal’s offence came to life as they picked up a critical four victories to get themselves back in the postseason picture. The opposite occurred in Laval as their scoring struggles continued which resulted in them dropping out of a playoff spot for the time being.
Our December desktop calendar features Montreal’s speedster who just keeps on scoring in winger Paul Byron.
Brandon Davidson is heading back to where it all began as the Oilers claimed him off waivers from Montreal on Sunday.
In a game that was over almost as soon as the first puck was dropped, the Habs throttled the Wings 10-1 on Saturday night with all four lines getting in on the action and some unlikely heroes taking care of business.
The Canadiens showed some offensive opportunism in scoring a surprising six goals against Jimmy Howard and the Red Wings to pick up their fourth win in a row.