The Montreal Canadiens special teams aren’t working to the efficiency that is expected, they are just below the median, at 0.983 combined efficiency of the power play and penalty kill. In order to get to a better position than fourth in the North Division and have a successful playoff run, the special teams needs to get working.
One team in another league had the same problem and did something unusual when it had a week off due to COVID rescheduling in the SHL: they made a complete reset of the special teams. Habs defence prospect Mattias Norlinder’s Frölunda went to the extreme and brought the same kind of practices that are normally saved for the pre-season; playing without an opposing line on the power play.