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The Suddenly Slumping Montreal Canadiens

03/13/2015 at 8:19am EDT

from Mike Boone of Hockey Inside/Out,

It’s probably too early to press the panic button.

For all their recent travails – one win in six games, and it was life-and-death to get two points against woeful Arizona – your Montreal Canadiens are still on top of the standings in the Eastern Conference.

Tampa Bay gained a loser’s point in Boston to tie the Canadiens at 91. But the Lightning have played one more game,; so despite that embarrassing 5-2 loss to Ottawa, your Canadiens are still numero uno in the Atlantic Division.

But is there a first-place team playing worse hockey?

Anaheim has lost three in a row. But the Rangers are on fire, and St. Louis has overtaken Nashville.

The Canadiens lost three of four on their western road trip, then dropped both games on a brief homestand. They travel to Long Island on Saturday, then to Florida for a Monday-Tuesday back-to-back against the Panthers and Lightning.

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