Early this season, the Montreal Canadiens were struggling to make any headway in the standings despite outplaying their opponents. Advanced statistics showed Montreal often dominating puck possession, attempting more shots than they allowed on their net, but unable to collect many wins.
While PDO indicators don’t always regress, it certainly felt to Canadiens fans that their team was better than the results it had shown. To make matters worse, the Habs went through a stretch of awful games in November where the effort was simply not up to par, and the losses were as deserved as they were embarrassing.