After a demoralizing road trip to Seattle and California, the Montreal Canadiens returned home to face their former poltergeist team, the Detroit Red Wings, for the second time this season.
This game would be the first since management’s decision to demote Cole Caufield for a stint in Laval, and replace him with Cinderella-story Michael Pezzetta; a man I personally ranked second-to-last on this year’s Top 25 Under 25, thinking that he would never even come close to an NHL game. There are times when I’m happy to be wrong, and this is one of those times.