Habs fans are breathing a sigh of relief, as news emerged yesterday that Tomas Plekanec and Jeff Halpern did not suffer long term injuries, as both players are officially listed as day-to-day

Tuesday’s game against Washington started off with lots of excitement with two errors resulting in early goals as well as a goal waved off all in the first five minutes of the game.

Washington (40-20-10) at Montreal (38-24-7)
Tuesday, March 15th, 2011.

In this week’s HW Recap: Was a breakout effort from the Habs’ lone Danish player enough to move him to the top of the Player Rankings?

On Saturday afternoon, the Habs played basically the perfect road game, en route to blanking the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-0.

Since Tuesday night’s incidents, HabsWorld and its different mediums have been inundated with reaction to the Chara-Pacioretty incident and the subsequent non-suspension.

With Max Pacioretty recovering in hospital (from a severe concussion and a broken vertebrae in his neck), Jacques Martin will have to find a permanent replacement for his emerging power forward.

After Zdeno Chara’s questionable hit on Max Pacioretty, the internet world was quickly inundated with reactions to the incident.

Hockey people, by which I mean players, coaches, owners, analysts, commentators and casual fans, have an idiosyncratic definition of the term “intent to injure”.

The Montreal Canadiens posted a convincing 4-1 victory, but the win was tainted after Max Pacioretty was severely injured