Canadiens crush Colorado in throwback Thursday throwdown

Colorado Avalanche v Montreal Canadiens | Vitor Munhoz/GettyImagesTo boil the Thursday night game between the Canadiens and the Colorado Ava… *ahem* Nordiques, down to a phrase would be this, “the same but different”.

A familiar look, the Habs and Nordiques in Montreal, but this time at the Bell Centre.

The same players on the ice, but arranged in a new way, with Dobson and Hutson as a pair and Nick Suzuki on the penalty kill, both examples instantly making a scoring impact.

And the second meeting between Montreal and Colorado, the same teams as earlier this season but a flipped result, with the Habs felling the top team in the league 7-3.

“I thought all four lines were doing a great job,” Said…