Lessons learned
Assistant captain Brendan Gallagher believes that the Habs' latest defeat serves as another key learning opportunity.
"This time of year, that's probably a good lesson for us. They came out there and they were the better team in the third. We felt like we were in a good spot. It was a pretty even game, but we kind of felt that we had some pretty good jump. But, they came out in the third and outplayed us pretty badly," explained Gallagher. "We gave them too many prime scoring chances and that's probably where we lost the game. It was a good lesson for our group."
According to Price, though, lessons like that should already be ingrained 58 games into a season.
"Those lessons should be known," affirmed Price, who was clearly disappointed with the outcome at Amalie Arena. "We should know that we need to elevate our game at those points in the game."
Whatever the case may be, the Canadiens have to apply that line of thinking going forward if they hope to enjoy success in the long run.
"We need to find a way to push back in these types of games," concluded Petry. "We're going to be in more of these down the stretch here."