Stu Cowan: Habs started 2018 on wrong foot, but things are better now

The Canadiens started 2018 on the wrong foot when they lost 4-1 to the San Jose Sharks in their first game of the New Year on Jan. 2 at the Bell Centre.
The loss dropped the Canadiens’ record to 16-20-4 and as the year went on, it was Shea Weber’s foot that became a big story. The veteran defenceman — acquired from the Nashville Predators in exchange for P.K. Subban in a blockbuster trade in the summer of 2016 — suffered a fractured left foot in the first game of the seas