Cowan: Young Canadiens have each other’s backs — and it shows

But if you told me before the season started that Montembeault would struggle as badly as he has, with an .865 save percentage, and that the Canadiens would lose forwards Patrik Laine, Kirby Dach, Alex Newhook and defenceman Kaiden Guhle to long-term injuries, there’s no way I would have predicted they’d have 50 points at the midway point.