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Bottom Six Minutes 15: Can the Habs catch fire?

Two nights after making overtime — and losing there — for the first time this season, the Montreal Canadiens had the final game of their home stand against the Calgary Flames. It has been a home stand to forget, and the hope was that the Habs could end it on a high note before heading out on the road.

Welcome to your Bottom Six Minutes, in which I will discuss them doing exactly that.

The officiating was a special kind of bad. This is essentially par for the course when it comes to NHL officiating, but that they let Erik Gudbranson’s cross check to the neck and a literal fist fight go without penalties were particularly glaring errors, even with the league’s low bar.