Welcome to “The week in stats,” a (hopefully) weekly column where we take a look at seven interesting quirks of the Montreal Canadiens’ stats sheet over the last week.
Just as a preamble, although the topics we highlight here are based on data, they are not to be taken as trends, as the sample sizes aren’t nearly sufficient. The intention is to look at curious or noteworthy things and talk about their implications if they persist in the future, or to explain something that’s occurred the previous week.
This week’s results: 3-2 W (SO) @ BUF, 6-1 L @ WSH, 2-0 L @ NYR, 3-1 L vs.