The chasers

Pittsburgh, Atlanta and Toronto has won their respective games yesterday and are moving the pack forward. The Montreal Canadiens have fell from holding 4th place to 10th in a matter of a few weeks.

Now more than ever Montreal is in an uncomfortble position and will need to bunch some wins together to have a chance of making it to the playoffs. Today, the situation cannot deteriorate for the Habs because none of the teams implicated in playoff position with them are in action. Their next game is tomorrow at the Phillips Arena against the hot Atlanta Trashers. Will the Habs be able to put their differences aside and deliver a performance?

Here is the Eastern conference playoff race.

6	TAMPA BAY	68	37	27		4	78	215	213
7	NY ISLANDERS	66	33	23		10	76	198	186
8	TORONTO	67	32	26		9	73	211	217
9	CAROLINA	68	33	28		7	73	199	209
10	MONTREAL	68	33	29		6	72	197	211
11	NY RANGERS	66	32	27		7	71	192	185
12	BOSTON	66	32	29		5	69	190	232