Here are the Montreal Canadiens and NHL news items you may have missed on Wednesday.

Montreal Canadiens News

• To his credit, Slafkovsky once again mentioned he’s not playing up to his potential, just as he did roughly a week ago. Additionally, Caufield wasn’t particularly pleased with the officiating on Tuesday night.

• No one expects the Canadiens to receive the benefit of the doubt every time a penalty is called, but since they are penalized more often than most NHL teams, despite controlling the flow of games, it certainly feels like there’s an imbalance at play. Montreal does take a lot of legitimate penalties, however, the only semblance of steadiness from the referees is their consistent inconsistency.

• Some Habs fans may be a little too young to know this, but The Roadrunner captured an impressive 10 Stanley Cups as a player, including four as the team captain. In other words, Yvan Cournoyer’s name is present on over 40% of Montreal’s Cups.

• Finally! Talented forward Alexander Zharovsky is becoming the enforcer the Canadiens wanted when they drafted him.

• Both Nick Suzuki and Jake Evans skipped practice, but the good news is that they’re making the trip to Boston, and should be available to play. In other news, Jacob Fowler was named the started versus the Bruins.