The Montreal Canadiens were off to a tremendous start against the Tampa Bay Lightning last night. Actually, just calling it tremendous is underselling how well the first ten minutes of the hockey game went. The Canadiens had an absolutely perfect first half of a period against their division rivals, and were firing on all cylinders coming out of their Christmas break.
Then it all came crashing down. What looked like the easiest two points they could ever receive ended up with a big fat zero. And it couldn’t have come at a worse time, with literally everyone near them in standings adding points.