MONTREAL — We don’t think Martin St. Louis was being coy when he said prior to Wednesday’s game that the only changes he’d be making from the lineup that lost Tuesday’s game in embarrassing fashion to the Ottawa Senators would be Jakub Dobes for Samuel Montembeault and Jared Davidson for Florian Xhekaj.

It’s just that he ended up changing everything — and to great effect, even if the Canadiens only squeaked away with a 3-2 shootout win over the Winnipeg Jets.

What they gained from those changes might serve them particularly well at a critical juncture of their season.

It’s been grim for the Canadiens since the start of November, following a 9-3-0 sprint out of the gate in October. The additions of Patrik Laine, Alex Newhook, Kirby Dach and Kaiden Guhle to the long-term injury list creat

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