When Brendan Gallagher and Paul Byron miss their first games of the season tonight, their absence will leave Tomas Plekanec, Shea Weber, Max Pacioretty, Phillip Danault, and Torrey Mitchell as the only five Canadiens skaters to have played in all 40 games so far this season.
The Habs aren’t the league’s most injured team, but the constantly changing lineup probably hasn’t made things easier on the squad. Regardless, heading into tonight’s Hockey Night in Canada clash with the Toronto Maple Leafs, the Tricolore find themselves occupying the number one seed in the Atlantic division.