Patrik Laine skated this morning at the Bell Centre.

The Montreal Canadiens will be back in action tonight, but this time at home at the Bell Centre, as the Dallas Stars are in town.

The Habs will try to win their fourth straight game and continue their excellent momentum.

However, it won’t be an easy opponent for the Tricolore, given that the Stars have won their last six games.

Martin St-Louis’s team will really need everyone’s contribution to earn more very important points in the standings.

And what would help St-Louis even more is seeing Patrik Laine and David Savard return to the game tonight.

By the way, in Laine’s case, well, he skated for about 25 minutes this morning at the Bell Centre.

Patrik Laine on the ice this morning at Bell Centre after missing the last four games because of flu-like symptoms. #Habs #HabsIO https://t.co/C234zWJwzb

— Stu Cowan (@StuCowan1) January 11, 2025

The Finnish forward mainly practiced his shots while skating solo.

Does seeing Laine on the ice this morning lead us to believe he will play tonight?

Not necessarily.

Let’s remember that number 92 has missed the last four games of the team due to some illness.

However, despite being ill, Laine attended a panel on mental health and anxiety with Paul Byron earlier this week.

In short, let’s hope Laine will be able to rejoin the lineup as early as tonight, as Michael Pezzetta in the second line simply isn’t working for Martin St-Louis.

Hopefully, David Savard will also be able to play.

In Brief
– Stay tuned for tonight.

Cutter Gauthier: “I’m not here to please everyone. I’m here to do what’s best for me and do what’s right for my development, and that’s what I’m working towards.”

More https://t.co/LulverRSaN

— Kevin Kurz (@KKurzNHL) January 11, 2025

– Tortorella will leave Joel Farabee out for this game.

Olle Lycksell will play for Flyers tonight vs. Ducks, with Joel Farabee scratched. Sam Ersson in goal

— Adam Kimelman (@NHLAdamK) January 11, 2025

– The Quebecer scored a very important goal against SKA’s Ivan Demidov.

Tic-tac-toe, Maxime Comtois pic.twitter.com/bthgamHSu7

— KHL (@khl_eng) January 11, 2025

– Nice gesture.

The star player and his wife donated $300,000 in solidarity for those affected. https://t.co/KZJhx2wZWi

— Passion MLB (@passion_mlb) January 11, 2025