MONTREAL - A lot has gone right for the Montreal Canadiens to begin the NHL season. That’s starting to change.

The Canadiens were convincingly beaten on home ice for the second straight game — and suffered their fourth loss in five outings — in a lopsided 7-0 defeat to the Dallas Stars on Thursday night.

"First period was really good, I thought we probably outplayed them. The last 40 minutes was all them,” veteran forward Brendan Gallagher said. “They're a good hockey team. They took it to us, and it they made us pay for our mistakes.”

After unexpectedly reaching the playoffs last season, the young and exciting Canadiens (10-5-2) hit the ground running with nine wins in their first 12 games.

They were handled easily for the first time on Tuesday, falling 5-1 to the Los Angeles Kings be

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