This edition of the Hidden Game is dedicated to Canadiens head coach Martin St. Louis. Article content

Sure, he has the Canadiens back on the winning track. Montreal’s convincing 4-1 victory Friday afternoon over the Vegas Golden Knights at T-Mobile Arena was its third straight. Article content Article content

But here’s something more important. It was 11 years ago, on Nov. 28, 2014, while playing for the New York Rangers, that St. Louis recorded the 1,000th point of his NHL career in a 3-0 win at Philadelphia. At 39 years, 163 days, St. Louis became the third-oldest player at that time to hit the 1,000 point mark — behind Ray Whitney (39 years, 328 days) and Nicklas Lidstrom (39 years, 170 days).

The Canadiens didn’t require St. Louis’s offence on Friday. Even though he’s now 50,

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