The Montreal Canadiens have been dealing with several injuries to their roster lately. It has tested their depth, and if you look at their recent record, they are not performing well on that test. Most of their injuries have come on the wing, which has stretched them very thin at forward.
Brendan Gallagher returned to the lineup last night, but Joel Armia, Jonathan Drouin and Paul Byron are all out of the lineup and have been for at least the past eight games. This has resulted in the Canadiens calling up several players from the Laval Rocket in an attempt to fill the void left by the injured wingers.