Top-5: two goals for Matvei Michkov, who has seven points in his last three games

The young Russian is the first rookie to reach the 10-goal plateau, as he now has 24 points, including 11 goals, in 25 games.

And just like that, well, with 11 goals, Michkov would be the Habs’ second-leading scorer ahead of Nick Suzuki and his 10 goals.

I still can’t believe how Kent Hughes and the Habs passed up Michkov for the 5ᵉ spot in 2023.

The 19-year-old is already making Flyers history, and even more so with his three-game streak of at least two points.

2. Connor McDavid joins Mario Lemieux

Despite missing three games, McDavid remains at the top of the NHL in points, as he quietly catches up.

With two points last night in the Edmonton Oilers’ 4-2 win over the St. Louis Blues, McDavid moved within five points of scoring leaders Kirill Kaprizov and Martin Necas (42 points each).

And what’s especially important to note is that with an assist last night, McDavid collected his 123ᵉ assist of the 2024 year, tying him with none other than Mario Lemieux.

It was a beautiful extra pass for McDavid.

Only Wayne Gretzky has ever won more (six times) in a single year.

3. Logan Thompson makes three breakaway saves in a row

As I’m sure you all saw last night, the Canadiens lost 4-2 to the Washington Capitals.

The Habs played well, however, and it wasn’t for lack of trying and threatening that they lost.

On the contrary, the Habs played very well and did everything in their power to run away with the game, but came up against an in-form Logan Thompson.

Thompson turned away three breakaways in quick succession in the third period, with the game tied 2-2.

We could even add Brendan Gallagher’s semi-escape.

In short, the Habs lacked finish and let the game slip through their fingers, while Thompson was very solid.

4. Two more goals for Matthew Tkachuk

After a slow start to the season, the Florida Panthers’ star player is back in top form.

In his last four games, Tkachuk now has 13 points. He has virtually doubled his production this season in just four games, with 30 points in 23 games.

Last night, Tkachuk scored two goals to reach the ten-goal plateau.

5. Marc-André Fleury has fun!

Despite the Minnesota Wild’s 4-1 loss to the Los Angeles Kings last night, Marc-André Fleury still finds a way to have fun.

Here’s further proof.

With the season the Wild are having right now, we can only hope they go far in the playoffs.

Overtime

– A battle of the goalies in the ECHL.

– Here are all the results from the previous day.

– Today’s NHL schedule: seven games.