Habs Daily: Physical Play, Canadiens Advantage, Xhekaj
Here are the Montreal Canadiens news items, stories, and content you may have missed on Saturday. Montreal Canadiens News Tampa […]
Eric Bolte-Imagn Images Here are the M ontreal Canadiens news items, stories, and content you may have missed on Saturday. Montreal Canadiens News Tampa Bay’s strategy of running players, taunting goalies, and punching opponents in every scrum is backfiring spectacularly. In fact, on top of having a series lead, the Canadiens have actually landed more hits than their opponents through three games.
[ Tampa Bay’s Strategy Is Backfiring In Series Versus Canadiens ] The discrepancy in high-danger shots in the series is hard to ignore. In fact, after three games, the Canadiens held a 75% advantage in high-danger scoring chances at 5v5, the highest mark of all teams in the NHL playoffs. For fun, here's the HDCF% from the various teams in the playoffs after three games.
This represents the share of high-danger scoring chances a team will generate. The #GoHabsGo are leading the league by a rather wide margin, at 75%. https://t.
co/vtaVVh8y3G pic. twitter. com/1XZdiqMTul — Montreal Hockey Now (@MTLhockeynow) April 25, 2026 Beyond the physical battle, which the Habs are winning, there are several other reasons why the Canadiens have managed to establish a series lead, including the excellent play of the third pairing, featuring Arber Xhekaj and Jayden Struble.