Thursday’s game between the Habs and Islanders was bound to be a letdown after Wednesday’s barnburner and both teams played a much tighter game with the momentum swinging back and forth all night.

Forget the outcome of the Boston – Montreal game for a moment, which ended 8-6 for the B’s.

The Canadiens face the Bruins tonight at TD Garden and will look to gain ground in the see-saw race for the Northeast Division title.

January was a great month for the Canadiens, with 6 wins and 5 losses.

In this week’s HW Recap: The Habs’ captain stepped up his game with a trio of goals but was that enough to get top spot in the Player Rankings?

The Devils continued their mastery in Montreal, prevailing 4-1 in the Superbowl Sunday matinee.

As usual, the Habs got off to a tepid start as they often do in an afternoon game on Saturday, but after Alexandre Picard got into a rare fight, the pace and the emotion picked up.

Coming off two big wins this past week, the Habs are set to square off against the Rangers at the Bell Centre Saturday.

The more things change, the more they stay the same. More than half way into the Canadiens season and Scott Gomez once again finds himself at the centre of attention in our forums.

The votes were cast and January was the most tightly contested 3 Stars voting so far. Two of December’s 3 Stars were pushed to the side, as neither Scott Gomez nor Mike Cammalleri made the cut for the past month, thus allowing for some new faces to rece