#Habs Lane Hutson, who was hard on himself after Saturday's loss, had 1G, 1A, logged 25:42 TOI and led the team with 5 SOG tonight vs. #CBJ

#FunFact: even though it was a shootout loss tonight, #Habs Jakub Dobeš became the 1st #GoHabsGo rookie goaltender to record a point in each of his first 6 road games to start a season!

#CBJ prevail in the shootout to beat the #Habs 4-3. Good effort by Montreal in the 3rd period to pick-up a point at least and they had their fair share of chances in overtime that they couldn't capitalize on.

With Jakub Dobeš on the bench for the extra attacker, #Habs Lane Hutson gets the puck on net to tie the game 3-3 and send this game to overtime!

#Habs have recalled Marc Del Gaizo from Laval; he will join the team in Columbus

No morning skate for the #Habs in Columbus. Reminder: tonight's game vs. #CBJ is a 7:30pm ET start (Amazon Prime broadcast)

#Habs Jakub Dobeš will get the start tomorrow night in Columbus vs. #CBJ

Rough return timelines for the #Habs injured players: - Kirby Dach = after Christmas - Kaiden Guhle = first week of January - Patrik Laine = end of February after the Olympic break - Alex Newhook = mid-March

Therapy day for #Habs Jayden Struble; he will not practice

#Habs have recalled Joshua Roy from Laval

The injury blows just continue to add on for the #Habs! Kirby Dach will be out 4-6 weeks with a fractured foot!

#Habs will practice at 11:30am today in Brossard

Much better effort by the #Habs than the last two games but it still was not enough to get back into the win column; Montréal drop their 3rd straight game losing 3-2 to the #NHLBruins

#Habs have recalled Jared Davidson from Laval.

#Habs also announced Kaiden Guhle will be out 8-10 more weeks after undergoing surgery to repair his partially torn adductor muscle.

The injury update on #Habs Alex Newhook isn't good; he sustained a fractured ankle and underwent surgery. Recovery time is expected to be at least 4 months.

#Habs Sam Montembeault will get the start Saturday night vs. the #NHLBruins

#Habs will practice at 11:30am today in Brossard

#Habs Martin St-Louis: "I wouldn't say our confidence is low; I still think we're a confident group- we're just hitting a little roadblock right now and it happens to every team and we're going to keep pushing."

#Habs Martin St-Louis says he doesn't know the severity of Alex Newhook's injury as he's still be evaluated.

#Habs Brendan Gallagher says it was tough to see Alex Newhook get injured: "we're going to be without Newy for a little bit here; a player that worked hard in the offseason...was having an unbelievable year and you just feel for him at this point."

#Habs Brendan Gallagher says the answer of how to snap this skid lies in the room: "early on in the year a lot of things were going our way & now it's not but we've been through this as a group enough to understand what it's going to take to get out of it & I'm confident we will"

#Habs get shutout & lose back-to-back games in regulation for the first time this season; Martin St-Louis' 300th game behind the #GoHabsGo bench ends up being an ugly 7-0 loss to #TexasHockey where they also lost Alex Newhook to injury.

#TexasHockey Casey DeSmith robs Ivan Demidov on what was the best #Habs scoring chance of the game

Touchdown Dallas! The first Stars shot on #Habs Sam Montembeault also goes in.

#Habs announce Alex Newhook is being evaluated and [of course] will not return to tonight's game.

Sam Montembeault now in the #Habs net to start the 3rd period

Ouf, #Habs Alex Newhook was hooked and went feet-first into the boards and needed help getting off the ice and back to the dressing room. Looked like his ankle bent awkwardly against the boards.

The good news is the #Habs actually put shots-on-goal in the 1st period with 14; the bad news is Montreal trail #TexasHockey 1-0 after the opening 20 minutes...

#Habs Jakub Dobeš is ready for any opposing players who want to chirp him about being emotional ⤵️

#Habs Sam Montembeault on if making Team Canada in on his mind: "the start of the season I'm not doing well for that so I don't think about it. I just want to focus on my game, get it back together & we'll see what happens with that but I need to focus here & play better for the Habs."

#Habs Martin St-Louis confirms Jakub Dobeš will get the start on Thursday (tomorrow) vs. #TexasHockey

#Habs Sam Montembeault says he has to put all the outside noise and nasty comments on social media behind him and just focus on himself and his game.

#Habs Jakub Dobeš on Sam Montembeault's struggles: "he'll be fine, he's a great goalie, he had a great season and a lot of games last year. Not every month you can be perfect and be good but we all trust Monty..."

#Habs Jakub Dobeš: "they [#NJDevils] beat me last year and I promised myself it wasn't going to happen again and it kinda happened the same way it did last year... should have probably took a couple more minutes to myself, everything was kinda quick & it happened..."

#Habs Jakub Dobeš addressing the media for the first time since he was emotional postgame in NJ: "I think I was fine on the plane. Going back to that, I want to close it - you guys don't need to worry about me at all just some games mean more to someone than others..."

Another therapy day for #Habs captain Nick Suzuki - he will not practice again today.

#Habs will have an 11:30am practice today in Brossard.

#Habs Martin St-Louis said putting Ivan Demidov out with Nick Suzuki and Cole Caufield was just to switch things up and see if anything stuck.

#Habs Martin St-Louis says he's not worried about Sam Montembeault's confidence: "I think we have 2 goalies, we've played pretty well as a group, we weren't sharp in front of Monty tonight so I'm not worried."

#Habs Nick Suzuki: "I thought we did a lot for them [L.A.] tonight turning pucks over, not executing, just giving it back to them..."

#Habs Nick Suzuki: "we just weren't executing... I don't know, I can't find another way to describe what just happened. It's frustrating and we got to be a lot better with a good team coming in next."

The last time the #Habs beat the Kings was November 9, 2019 (!!) -- Montreal's next opportunity to try to snap that slump will be March 7th when they'll be in L.A. to face the #GoKingsGo for the final time this season.

#Habs foiled by both their former Joels: - Joel Edmundson = 1G, 1A, +2 - Joel Armia = 1G, +2

Welp, it was bound to happen at some point: the #Habs had a stinker of a game! Montreal have their worst outing of the season as the #GoKingsGo extend their winning streak over the #GoHabsGo to 9 straight games.

Joel Armia revenge game! #Habs trail 4-1 in the 3rd period

#Habs Sam Montembeault once again not looking great with Team Canada brass in attendance...

Ouf, #GoKingsGo with 3 goals in 4:05 and just like that the #Habs 1-0 lead is now a 3-1 deficit!

Joel Edmundson scores against his old team to make it a 1-1 game early in the 2nd period.

What a pass by Lane Hutson and what a shot by Josh Anderson! #Habs grab a very late 1-0 lead as the 1st period ends!