Anytime a lot of the good guys on your lineup are out, the team doesn't exactly play its best hockey. It affects every player on the team. What I fear, and it may have already happened, is that the song remains the same. Hot off the presses Brian Savage, the Canadiens leading scorer, is now on the shelf for 2 months with a broken thumb. 10 points is just 5 wins, but sometimes it's hard to string together a run like that in the NHL, unless you hit a spot like the Blackhawks just did.
Someone has to pick up the slack though.
Koivu could really use to pick it up a bit. He's only got 6 goals and 10 assists in 20 games, already bitten by the injury bug this season. Behind Savage are a handful of guys in the 20 point range. The Canadiens would benefit tremendously if someone rose to the occasion and started putting more pucks in the net. If the Canadiens get hot in the next 2 months, it'll be one of these guys leading the charge.