After a 4-2 home loss by the Habs to the Buffalo Sabres,

from Mike Boone of Hockey Inside/Out,

Numbers don’t matter – unless you’re calculating how many of their remaining games the Canadiens have to lose in order to be eliminated from playoff contention.

Let’s look at it this way: Assuming 92 points punches a ticket to the postseason dance, the Canadiens need 40 points in their last 30 games.

That translates to 20 wins over the next two months – for a team that won three games in December and another three in January.

Oh, and they’re winless in February.

And this: The Canadiens were 19-4-3 in their first 26 games, tied for first in NHL. In their next 26: 5-20-1. Dead last.

More depressing numbers: The Canadiens haven’t won on home ice since edging mighty New Jersey 2-1 on Jan. 6. When they face Edmonton on Saturday afternoon, the Canadiens will have gone A FULL MONTH without winning a game on home ice.

It’s brutal.

Embarrassing.

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