Liveblog: Habs overtaken by Avs but remain tied after 20 minutes

The Montreal Canadiens are seeking their first victory in the post-Bergevin era, against one of the best in the league.

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After a disappointing start to the Jeff Gorton era, losing a game 2-1 to the humble Vancouver Canucks in a mostly listless performance, their Montreal Canadiens are looking to get back into the win column against … Stanley Cup favorite, Colorado Avalanche.

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While the Canadiens have fallen to their lowest level of performance so far this season in the final stretch, being dominated quite a bit at night, both with uniform strength and on special teams, the Avalanche are playing their best hockey after a bad start. Hockey is weird, that means the Habs win, right? Colorado it is in the second half of a back-to-back… Puck drop is at 7:00 pm. ( RDS, TSN2, TSN Radio 690, 98.5 fm)

The Canadiens will not have Brendan Gallagher and Sami Niku, who have just entered the NHL’s COVID protocol, while the Colorado Avalanche will not have all of its goalkeepers … Well, not all, but Jonas Johansson is not exactly a household name, and was bombarded for eight goals by the Maple Leafs last night. Justus Annunen was also retired on emergency Wednesday, but has not started an NHL game before.

The Canadiens are recovering Mathieu Perreault from his eye injury tonight, the veteran center was playing relatively well before hurting himself, and will line up between Cole Caufield and Michael Pezzetta on the fourth row entering the contest tonight.