The Montreal Canadiens, like any professional sports team, take things one game at a time. It usually ends up poorly if a team looks ahead on the calendar or starts thinking about a game or two down the road. With parity keeping things closer than ever in the National Hockey League, not being 100% focused on a given game can lead to a loss fairly quickly.
The Canadiens need to be focused heading into tonight’s game with the Buffalo Sabres, but they also need to know that anything less than a three game winning streak starting tonight will reduce their playoff hopes to zero.