The Montreal Canadiens have raced out to a 5-2-2 record in a competitive Atlantic Division, ahead of both the Tampa Bay Lightning and Toronto Maple Leafs. Travis Yost has more on what's driving their strong start to the season.
what they believed was the biggest surprise over the first month of the NHL regular season. Not surprisingly, it was the futility of the Alberta teams – through Thursday, a combined 4-12-2 and with a -26 goal differential – taking first place.
Now, we know enough about these lineups – all three are in varying phases of deep rebuilds – to still be reasonably bearish about what the rest of the season looks like. But I wanted to look a bit deeper at a Canadiens team that has made a considerable year-over-year leap, and whether or not it can sustain a competitive level of hockey through the course of the year.
This season, there’s been a sharp shift. And even though we are talking about just nine games of hockey, it’s important to recognize this level of outperformance has been a rare occurrence – particularly when looking at even-strength play:
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