The Columbus Blue Jackets, like the New Jersey Devils, are a team that the Canadiens should be able to handle. After failing to really handle the Devils on two consecutive occasions, Montreal might have to work a little harder to make sure that "should" becomes "did" this evening.
The Habs swept the Blue Jackets last year, and given their respective positions in the standings, one might expect a similar result tonight. Despite claiming three of four possible points in their back-to-back set with the Devils, however, things didn't look quite right.
In a two-game span, the Canadiens' demonstrated both a poor start and poor finish, and in almost 130 minutes of ice time, never seemed fully in control.