Galchenyuk return from injury gives Canadiens a nearly full lineup
BROSSARD, Que. — It appears that the Montreal Canadiens plague of injuries has run its course.
After David Desharnais and defencemen Andrei Markov and Greg Pateryn returned in the same game one night earlier, centre Alex Galchenyuk was back at practice on Wednesday.
That left only right-wing Brendan Gallagher still in the infirmary, and he is due back soon from a broken hand.
“The last two months was pretty rough health-wise but we were still able to maintain our quality of play,” said coach Michel Therrien, whose club slogged through the last two months without several starters. “That’s good news for us.