Marc-Andre Fleury made 19 saves for his first shutout of the season in likely his final game in Montreal, helping the Minnesota Wild beat the Canadiens 4-0 on Thursday night.

The Montreal Canadiens were hosting the Toronto Maple Leafs at the Bell Centre tonight and Martin St-Louis' men were ruthless, at the start of the game in any case.

Credit: On Saturday night, the Canadiens dominated the Leafs in the first period. Kirby Dach, Patrik Laine, and Josh Anderson scored, so the Habs had a 3-0 lead at one point during the first twenty minutes. This is when Ryan Reaves approached Arber Xhekaj ...

Joseph Woll made 32 saves. Kirby Dach, Patrik Laine, and Josh Anderson scored forst-period goals for Montreal. Sam Montembeault finished with 27 saves. Montreal struck first on Dach's goal at 5:08.

Montreal lost its fourth straight game and now heads on a road trip to California for games against Anaheim, San Jose and Los Angeles.

The Habs looked to finish up January on a winning note as they hosted Minnesota on Thursday. But instead, they were completely shut down offensively, ultimately falling 4-0.

Since signing his bridge deal with the Anaheim Ducks back in 2023, Trevor Zegras has dealt with the injury bug. The 23-year-old has only played 56 games in the past two seasons due to multiple lower-body injuries.

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Also in this week's notebook, Lane Hutson's self-evaluation, the second line's emergence and an update on an under-the-radar prospect.

The Habs pulled off another comeback on Saturday night, coming back from two goals down to force overtime against New Jersey. However, in the extra session, Jack Hughes scored on a breakaway to

Jesper Bratt left Jake Evans and Joel Armia in his dust as he moves up from the blue line, creating an odd-man situation in the bottom half of the zone. The Devils capitalize with a goal from Nico Hischier as he has enough time and space to pull the puck from below the goal and put it in.

It’s a much more relaxed homestand for Montreal with three games in six days, but the team can’t afford to sit back versus the Devils.