If the Montreal Canadiens were hoping to get any wins during their pre-season run, they’ll have to come against Ottawa. Facing the Toronto Maple Leafs on Monday night, it was their last chance to beat any team not named the Senators. Losing 5-1 will always sting, but this time it came with a very encouraging performance, from a very important part of the Habs rebuild.
Juraj Slafkovsky has been underwhelming thus far in a Canadiens uniform, but he gave glimpses of what he could become against the Leafs on Monday night.
Of course, he assisted on the lone Habs goal of the night, coming from a solid net drive and a few cracks at scoring himself before Jonathan Drouin cleaned up the rebound.