The Montreal Canadiens played what essentially amounts to the perfect tank game on Sunday night. They lost to the Vegas Golden Knights, but overcame a rough start to make it a competitive, entertaining game that went down to the wire. It was precisely the kind of game you want to see from the team more often in this final stretch of the season.
Aside from entertaining, competitive games, another important piece of the puzzle is evaluating who fits on next year’s roster. Rafaël Harvey-Pinard is one player that has received an extended audition this year, and he’s looking more and more like a lock to be a day-one Hab next season.