The Montreal Canadiens are in the final stretch of the regular season, and the next 13 games will determine whether they make the playoffs or not.
We are in the final stretch of the regular season Montreal Canadiens fans, and a lot of things have been going on over the last two weeks. The Carolina Hurricanes look like a legitimate team to make the playoffs, Pittsburgh is going on their annual end-of-the-year hot streak, and the Columbus Blue Jackets are still trying to figure out who they are after their trade deadline acquisitions.
Pittsburgh defeated the Boston Bruins 4-2 to propel them into third in the Metropolitan Division while Columbus beating the Penguins the night before has them back in a playoff spot. Bad news for the Montreal Canadiens though who are right on the outside because of the Blue Jackets. Although they have the same number of points, Columbus has more overall wins.
And to make matters worse, the Blue Jackets have one game in hand.
The Montreal Canadiens picked the worst time to not only put up another set of stinkers, but have one of those stinkers come at the hands of the Anaheim Ducks. But that’s in the past now. The Habs have 13 games left in the regular season to reclaim the playoff spot they’ve been in for the majority of the year.
It’ll be a grind, especially with the team having to play four games in the final week of March, however, it’s something the Canadiens will have to overcome in order to be one of the eight teams to continue playing mid-April.