Wednesday was the last practice before the Montreal Canadiens next game against the New Jersey Devils. Besides the Joseph Morrow slotting in for Jakub Jerabek on the bottom pair with David Schlemko, and hopefully, that was just a quick look, there weren’t any other changes to their makeup at even strength. The power-play, on the other hand, was different.
The Habs have been able to capitalize on some man-advantage opportunities, but there is still room for improvement. League average is currently at 19.23% while Montreal is at 18.00%. The team has struggled with being able to put games away with a power-play goal or more importantly, using a power-play goal to help stop the bleeding in a game.