The Montreal Canadiens faced another difficult test for their player profile Thursday night at the Bell Centre. The Canadiens are a speed club, and prefer to face those teams who try to match them in that area. The Dallas Stars are a heavy team who try to slow speed with physicality.

Both the Los Angeles Kings, who handled the Canadiens Tuesday, and the Stars are top-five in heavy, physical hockey. Montreal tried to prove that the formula the Washington Captitals used last playoffs wasn’t going to work again.

Truth is, though, it did. A physical team handled the Canadiens easily 7-0.

Wilde Horses

Montreal had a strong first period outshooting Dallas 14-5, but they fell apart in the second. There is nothing to like about the Canadiens this week. They allowed a massive amount of odd-ma

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