Sitting dead last in the Eastern Conference through 10 games, the Montreal Canadiens took back to home ice to face one of the two teams they have actually beaten this season, the Detroit Red Wings. At this stage, some simple signs of life would be encouraging, even if they can’t go on any sort of winning streak.
Welcome to your Bottom Six Minutes, in which they showed more than just some signs of life.
In fact, they played arguably their most complete game of the season. Unlike Jake Allen’s previous shutout over the San Jose Sharks, he didn’t have to stand on his head, the team in front of him made it a relatively easy night.