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Montreal 5 Tampa Bay 3 (Bell Centre) Bell Centre fans watched tonight as poor zone coverage caused the defense to play soft, allowing free passage to the goal for the Canadiens. They also watched forwards losing puck battles on the boards as a too many men on the ice penalty led to a goal against while the Lightning was shorthanded. Tampa ...

Some games can be broken down and explained by statistics. Others offer learned lessons for future contests. And then there are games like this one that can only be described as bizarre.The Canadiens 4-3 shootout win over the Ducks Sunday night at the Honda Center was exciting, and in the end, satisfying for fans but truly bizarre. Statistics are meaningless. There is nothing that can be learned to provide a blueprint for ...

Montreal 4, Los Angeles 2 (Staples Center) posted by Rocket All Habs Sometimes your opponent pitches a dud. It hasn't happened very often this season in games involving the Canadiens, but tonight the Kings were a shadow of the team they have been so far this season. Kings fans, who hadn't seen their team in person for three weeks, were ...

Montreal 2 San Jose 3 (HP Pavilion) posted by Rocket All Habs The Shark Tank has proven to be an inhospitable place for the Canadiens, who haven't won in San Jose since Nov. 23, 1999. However, the Sharks came into the game with two consecutive regulation losses, a season-high streak. San Jose's coach Todd McLellan was very critical of his ...

Montreal 0 Buffalo 1 (Bell Centre) Home sweet home, or maybe not. After a season-high seven game road trip to close out the calendar year, the Canadiens returned to the 'friendly' confines of the Bell Centre. It was the first home game since December 17. After getting through the tough part of their schedule, 17 games in the month of December, the Habs had 39 games left with ...

During their two stops in Florida, the Canadiens were treated to a home game-like environment as snowbirds filled the Bank Atlantic Center and the St. Pete Times Forum. On Monday night, Canadiens' fans were out in force in Ottawa. Strains of "O-le, O-le" could be heard throughout Scotiabank Place. The chant of "Go Habs Go" filled the Air Canada Center last Saturday when the Canadiens visited Toronto. Quite ...

Montreal 5, Florida 4 (BankAtlantic Center) posted by Rocket All Habs Was it the early 5 p.m. start? Perhaps it was the distractions of the pool, the beach, or that it was New Year's Eve. Maybe it was that odd feeling of having Habs' fans outnumber the home side at the BankAtlantic Center. Whatever the reason, we can safely say that ...

Montreal 2 Ottawa 4 (Scotiabank Place) Many of the talking heads were crowing about tonight's game being the best played on the Canadiens' road trip. But Jacques Martin has designed his game plan to win with excellence from his goaltender and special teams. Tonight the goaltending by Jaroslav Halak was average and on special teams, the Habs gave up a goal while shorthanded, and ...

Montreal 3 Toronto 2 OT (Air Canada Center) posted by Rocket All Habs The game statistics should no longer shock us. The Canadiens will be outshot in most games played. They rank 29th in the league in shots against. Only Florida is worse. The Habs are 28th in the NHL in shots for. By giving up shots and taking ...

Montreal 5 Carolina 1 (RBC Center) It's the holiday season, time to give thanks. Three wins in a row for the Canadiens prior to the Christmas break! Thank you Steve!! Who's Steve, you ask? I'm referring to Steve Hatze-Petros. His official title is Senior VP, Scheduling with the NHL but usually referred to as The Schedulemaker. In a year where the schedule has ...