It was a regular week for the Canadiens with no back-to-back games, but unfortunately, the performances were not regular. Michel Therrien broke out the line blender for the first time, and the shot totals were relatively low. Against Washington, the Habs were stopped by Braden Holtby at the top of his game.
On Saturday, they started slowly, and then generated a lot of shots. But there is more to that than meets the eye. They outshot the Carolina Hurricanes 38-29, out-chanced them 32-31, but were bested 19-15 in high-danger chances. With the team seeing it's first real scoring drought, the need for the return of Brendan Gallagher has seemingly never been greater.