The Montreal Canadiens were on training leave on Friday, the day before their Saturday game against the Columbus Blue Jackets.
The Habs will return to the Bell Center after a difficult four-game road trip during which they collected only two points in the standings (1-3).
The Canadiens have allowed a total of 17 goals in these four games against 11 goals scored, including seven in last Monday’s victory against the Sabers in Buffalo.
Montreal will play its next four games at home and will try to take the opportunity to revive itself: the Canadiens have lost seven of their last eight games and are languishing in last place in the general standings with 12 points in 17 games (5-10-2).
The Habs’ first opportunity to return to victory will probably be the best since the Blue Jackets are hardly better than the CH with three losses in a row and 12 points in 15 games (5-8-2) since the start of the season. season.
Lots of things to fix
The least we can say is that there are many problems among Canadians.
First, the contribution of defenders in attack is deficient with only three goals scored by full-backs since the start of the season.
It’s not much better for the forwards, except Cole Caufield, who has 12 of the team’s 46 goals, or just over 26 percent of the team’s offensive production.
Kirby Dach is particularly disappointing with one goal and six assists in 17 games.
Juraj Slafkovsky also has just one goal in 14 games, but he was able to contribute with 10 assists. His 11 points place him third in team scoring.
Another aspect that leaves much to be desired: the performance of the goalkeepers.
The two masked men have high average goals allowed: 3.29 for Samuel Montembeault and 4.67 for Cayden Primeau. In total, the Canadiens have an average of 4.06 goals allowed per game, by far the worst in the NHL.
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