If the answer is “no,” that’s OK. Montreal nearly backed its way into the playoffs and the Washington Capitals hit a rough patch of their own. Still, this matchup brings a whole bunch of juice — the most prolific goal scorer of all time, the East’s top team and the return of postseason hockey to one of the sport’s true epicenters.

After holding an optional skate on Friday morning, Martin St-Louis held a regular practice on Saturday. While it was scheduled to start at 11:00 a.m., at 10:30, most of the players were already on the ice,

The Canadiens (40-31-11) secured the final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference in the final days of the regular season (not completely unlike the Caps last year) and ranked 17th in scoring, 22nd in goals allowed, 21st on the power play, and ninth on the penalty kill.