Bottom Six Minutes: Arber Xhekaj is heating up

By Matt Drake | Mar 1st 2024 | 3 min read |

Coming off a very disappointing effort despite their win over the Arizona Coyotes, the Montreal Canadiens needed to show some improved play to start t...

Bottom Six Minutes: Montembeault steals one he shouldn't have to

By Matt Drake | Feb 28th 2024 | 3 min read |

There is no sugar coating Tuesday night’s game; the Montreal Canadiens were run over by the Arizona Coyotes. Clearly hungry to end their 12-game...

Bottom Six Minutes: Habs' second line continues to impress

By Matt Drake | Feb 23rd 2024 | 3 min read |

Expected goals don’t always line up with what happens in terms of actual goals in the game of hockey. That’s what happened to the Montreal...

Bottom Six Minutes: Joshua Roy flashes his top-six potential

By Matt Drake | Feb 22nd 2024 | 3 min read |

Wednesday night was one of those games where a loss was perhaps more valuable to the Montreal Canadiens than a win. Playing a Buffalo Sabres team that...

Bottom Six Minutes: Habs still searching for a real second line

By Matt Drake | Feb 18th 2024 | 3 min read |

Though they came incredibly close to tying the game in the dying seconds, the Montreal Canadiens fell to the Washington Capitals on Saturday night. Fi...

Bottom Six Minutes: Has Cole Caufield's luck turned around?

By Matt Drake | Feb 16th 2024 | 3 min read |

The Montreal Canadiens played a far better game on Thursday night against the New York Rangers than the score would suggest. The underlying numbers pa...

Bottom Six Minutes: Habs play great hockey with a lead, for once

By Matt Drake | Feb 14th 2024 | 3 min read |

Coming off a lopsided loss to the St. Louis Blues, the Montreal Canadiens needed something positive from their Tuesday night game against the Anaheim ...

Bottom Six Minutes: Jake Allen's trade value is all but gone

By Matt Drake | Feb 12th 2024 | 3 min read |

Getting blown out on home ice is rarely a pleasant experience, and the frustration was palpable for the Montreal Canadiens when they faced such a fate...

Bottom Six Minutes: The Habs have a red-hot top line

By Matt Drake | Feb 10th 2024 | 3 min read |

Starting off a Super Bowl weekend back-to-back, the Montreal Canadiens were hosting the Central Division leaders in the Dallas Stars on Saturday after...

Bottom Six Minutes: Suzuki, Slafkovsky put the Habs on their backs

By Matt Drake | Feb 7th 2024 | 3 min read |

Coming off their All-Star break, the Montreal Canadiens were icing a lineup that didn’t look all that threatening on paper. Sean Monahan was tra...