The Montreal Canadiens entered last night’s game with the Dallas Stars on a three game losing streak. This year’s version of the Habs has a tendency to allow losing skids stretch all the way to eight games, so ending one earlier than that would be nice.
They were dealt a bit of bad news just before the game as it was announced Nate Thompson would miss the game with the flu. Then, just before the puck dropped on the contest it was announced that Jonathan Drouin would also miss the game with a lower body injury.
It didn’t get much better as the game began.