The Montreal Canadiens are four points out of the final wild-card spot in the Eastern Conference and will have to continue that push without one of their best defencemen in Kaiden Guhle.

In recent days (on January 22, to be precise), several players were absent from the Canadiens’ practice. We are talking about Josh Anderson, Joel Armia, Kaiden Guhle, Patrik Laine, and David Savard. Despite that,

Injuries and bad stretches happen; good teams work through them. The Jets are a good team; the Canadiens are learning how to be one.

The Canadiens play the Wild for the final time this season.

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.

Joel Armia scored his 100th career goal on a night where he ... Mike Matheson didn’t hit the scoresheet, but he was the main defensive cog with 26:57 of ice time. Kaiden Guhle and Christian Dvorak sacrificed themselves for the cause with shot blocks ...

Evans finished a feed from Joel Armia to break the tie with his 11th goal. Juraj Slafkovsky and Alex Newhook also scored, and Sam Montembeault stopped 33 shots to help Montreal win for the 13th time in 17 games. Rookie defenseman Lane Hutson extended his ...