While the Habs played one of their better games on Tuesday against the Ottawa Senators in a losing effort, the Senators were without two of their most important players in Clarke MacArthur and Mark Stone.
It appeared as though the Canadiens would also face an Islanders team without their best player, as John Tavares was in the midst of a strange sickness that doctors could only label as the flu, but the Isles captain will be back tonight to play for the first time in 3 games.
The Habs might not necessarily be looking to "bounce back" tonight against the Isles.