Times are tough for the Canadians, who will look to avoid an eighth straight loss when the St. Louis Blues visit Montreal tonight.

The game will be presented at 19:00 on TVA Sports and on TVA Sports Direct; our pre-game starts at 6 p.m.

This is the most difficult time for the Habs this season. It is also the first time that Martin St-Louis has gone through such a phase as head coach in the NHL. The Quebecer admits he’s learning a lot from the situation.

“You don’t just have to focus on where you are and why you got there. You also have to think about what you have to do to get out of it,” he said at a press conference yesterday.

Deprived of important elements

And to get out of this trough, the habs will have to give up some of their good elements. Yesterday the club confirmed Sean Monahan and Mike Matheson will be out for a further two weeks, while young defender Kaiden Guhle, who has had a strong first season so far, will be out for at least another eight weeks.

So the CH will have to grit its teeth to find the necessary resources to get back on the road to victory. If the performances of the towering Connor Bedard at the World Junior Championships make the CH defeats more acceptable in the eyes of many supporters, a very long series of defeats could still leave its mark and it would be better to avoid the deepest of the troughs. .

Veteran Jake Allen, winner of December’s Molson Cup, will be in action in front of the Habs’ net tonight.

Things are a little better for the Blues, although the team is lagging behind in the race for the last two spots for West playoff entry. Coach Craig Berube’s side have won three of their last four games.

This will be the second duel between the two teams this season. On October 29, Christian Dvorak scored a hat-trick in the only third period as the Canadiens won 7-4 in St. Louis.