The Habs pulled off a comeback on Tuesday night in Edmonton, scoring twice in the third to send the game to overtime. However, Leon Draisaitl scored the winner on the power play in the extra session to give the Oilers the 3-2 win.
The last week was a bit of a mixed bag for the Habs. They picked up three of six points but at the same time, the better they played, the more they seemed to struggle in terms of team success.
The Canadiens, without their head coach, kicked off a five-game road trip in Calgary on Saturday night. In a battle of two young netminders, it was Dustin Wolf who stole the show, allowing the Flames to pick up the 5-2 victory.
The Canadiens kick off a West Coast road trip tonight in Calgary but will be without head coach Martin St. Louis indefinitely as he has taken a leave of absence for family reasons.
After pulling out a shutout victory over Columbus on Tuesday, the Habs looked to close their home stand on a high note as they hosted Boston on Thursday night. It was a tight-checking contest but the Bruins were able to pick up the 2-1 overtime victory.
As expected, it was a fairly quiet trade deadline for the Habs who made a pair of swaps, moving Jake Allen to New Jersey while swapping prospects with Anaheim. Our writers offer up their thoughts on the deadline.
Topics in our latest podcast include Nick Suzuki’s strong play in recent weeks, Arber Xhekaj’s play since returning from Laval, discussion about several prospects, and much more.
Montreal didn’t score pass the six-minute mark of the first period on Tuesday against Columbus but it didn’t matter as they scored three times in that opening stretch while Cayden Primeau shut the door for his second shutout of the year.
The Habs capped off the back half of their tough road trip with a split before putting up a decent effort against Toronto in their first game back although they ultimately came up short.
The Habs kept pace with Toronto for most of the night on Saturday but a late John Tavares goal was the difference-maker as the Maple Leafs picked up the 3-2 victory.