Montreal Canadiens Power Rankings - 2012-13
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| WEEK | RECORD | RANK | COMMENT | |
| Week 15 | 29-14-5 | 7 | The Habs may have finished the regular season out of sync, but given how well they played under new coach Michel Therrien, all is forgiven. Montreal will enjoy home-ice advantage in the first round. | |
| Week 14 | 27-13-5 | 10 | More than a little panic settling in for Habs fans, who have seen the overachieving Canadiens go 2-5-0 in their past seven, allowing 29 goals in that period. All of which seems to be pointing toward a Montreal-Toronto clash in the first round of the playoffs in what would be their first postseason meeting since 1979. | |
| Week 13 | 26-10-5 | 4 | Let's give the Canadiens a pass on their Saturday night meltdown in Toronto. The Habs had just clinched a playoff spot in their previous game; a tip of the hat to Jack Adams contender Michel Therrien, who has brought the Habs from last place in the conference last season to challenging for first a year later. | |
| Week 12 | 25-8-5 | 3 | Another statement game from Michel Therrien and his Montreal Canadiens on Saturday as they edged Boston 2-1 to maintain a three-point lead in the Northeast Division. | |
| Week 11 | 22-7-5 | 3 | The Northeast Division-leading Habs shook off a two-game losing streak with a shutout of the slumping Rangers on Saturday to go with a wild shootout win over Boston on Wednesday. They have won eight of 11 (8-2-1), all of which makes for an interesting trade deadline for rookie GM Marc Bergevin. | |
| Week 10 | 20-6-5 | 4 | The Canadiens can make a statement this week, with a shot at ending the Penguins' 12-game win streak Tuesday in Pittsburgh and then facing the rival Bruins at Boston on Wednesday with first place in the Northeast on the line. Heck of a week for the Habs. | |
| Week 9 | 19-5-4 | 4 | The Canadiens continue to make the top of the Eastern Conference look interesting with five straight wins and a 7-1-1 record in their past nine and a 13-1-3 mark since being humbled 6-0 by Leafs in what appears to be the seminal point of their season. They are just two points behind Pittsburgh with a game in hand for the top spot in the conference. | |
| Week 8 | 17-5-4 | 4 | Tough loss with Brandon Prust going down 10 to 14 days with a shoulder injury. He has been a real spark plug. The Eastern Conference-leading Habs, though, just keep on winning, completing an impressive 4-1 trip with a weekend sweep of the Florida teams. | |
| Week 7 | 14-4-4 | 3 | Kudos to the Habs for bouncing back from a tough overtime loss at home to Pittsburgh Saturday and coming from behind to edge the Bruins in a rare Sunday night visit to Beantown. Rookie Brendan Gallagher continues to impress. | |
| Week 6 | 12-4-2 | 5 | How about them Habs, eh? Since losing 6-0 at home to Toronto on Feb. 9, the Canadiens have gone 6-0-1, including a convincing win over the Rangers at home on Saturday night. | |
| Week 5 | 9-4-1 | 8 | The Habs continue to impress under coach Michel Therrien, as they've won three in a row to put some heat on the Bruins atop the division. | |
| Week 4 | 6-4-1 | 17 | A stunning shootout loss in Buffalo followed by a brutal effort at home to Toronto. The Habs have their first test of the season. | |
| Week 3 | 6-2-0 | 8 | The Canadiens continue to impress under Michel Therrien, squeaking by Ottawa 2-1 Sunday to avenge a loss earlier in the week to the Senators. | |
| Week 2 | 3-1-0 | 7 | Well, well. After an opening-night dud versus the Maple Leafs, the Habs have roared back with three impressive victories. Welcome back, Andrei Markov. The Habs have allowed only seven goals in four games. Michel Therrien, folks. | |
| Week 1 | 0-0-0 | 25 | We applaud the hirings of GM Marc Bergevin and head coach Michel Therrien. It was high time Therrien got to coach another team. But he has his hands full, especially with P.K. Subban still without a contract. | |
| Preseason | 0-0-0 | 21 | Michel Therrien deserved another shot behind the bench; credit rookie GM Marc Bergevin for giving it to him. He won't regret it. The Habs will be a tougher team to play against, and I believe they underachieved last season anyway. They could surprise. | |
| Spring Training | 0-0-0 | 25 | We love what the Habs have done in terms of reassembling the structure of the team with Marc Bergevin taking over as GM and returning Michel Therrien to the head coaching position. But too much work to be done for an underachieving bunch, even with Carey Price in goal | |
