John Tavares grabbed all the attention as he rolled into Montreal with a big free agency pay cheque looming but his New York Islanders failed to pick-up some necessary points against the Habs. For their part, your Montreal Canadiens saw young Nikita Scherbak score the second of his season and another solid performance in nets from a redeeming Antti Niemi.

Tomas Plekanec was a healthy scratch on Saturday night, and by Sunday morning he was a Toronto Maple Leaf. Pacioretty scored in this one and has us all wondering if that was his last as a Hab. In an entertaining contest with the Bolts, most everyone’s thoughts were on the future, which at least meant we saw lost of Noah Juulsen.