This is it, and here we are. The Montreal Canadiens have a big task ahead of them as they’ll need to win every game this week to give themselves the best chance to make the playoffs. Columbus is red-hot making the loss to them even more dreadful even though the Habs had a big win over the Winnipeg Jets on the weekend. But the final push starts tonight, and the league-leading Tampa Bay Lightning are the challengers.
What makes tonight all the more exciting is that the Habs are getting reinforcements from the injury table. Paul Byron is returning after missing the last two games with an upper-body injury (likely a concussion).