Amy Johnson

Tuesday, they came home hosting the Toronto Maple Leafs on Tuesday night.

Montreal, I actually expected this to be a bigger win margin than it was, but they did come out on top in this one, 3-1 over the Leafs.

Finally, then it was a back-to-back situation.

Wednesday night, the Montreal Canadiens then turned around and headed out on a short road, excuse me, short road trip, just heading up the highway to Ottawa to take on the Senators.

Coming out on top once again, all three games this week were victories for Montreal, winning this one 3-2.

Thank goodness for that.

So when it comes to naming your three stars for the week, I can't say that I am surprised to see a goaltender topping out the list as your first star.

was also a highlight reel week and a notable week for your second star of the week, Yorai Slavkovsky.

And let's keep it going with the rookie train on your three stars of the week.

How about Ivan Demidov for your third star of the week?

Love it.

So through 64 games played, the Canadians are up to 82 points.

They are in third place in the Atlantic Division, seventh place overall in the NHL.

They are in a playoff spot right now, and they have rocketed up the odds of making the playoffs now from Moneypuck.

They're up to almost 94% chance of making the playoffs.

And don't forget Detroit, Boston.

There's people around that are going to be playing for their lives as well.

So this could go all the way down to the wire.

We'll see.

In terms of roster news, as we just spoke about on Wednesday, the Canadians, of course, recalled goaltender Jacob Fowler from the Laval Rocket.