The Montreal Canadiens gave up two even-strength goals, a power-play goal, 16 shots on net, 32 attempts and enough scoring chances to lose three games — and that was just in the first period of what turned out to be this team’s 16th loss this season. The Canadiens came into it after notching what they thought was a galvanizing 6-3 win over the Nashville Predators on Saturday, after a hard practice Monday that left Chris Wideman saying they were “headed in the right direction for sure,” after another competitive workout Tuesday and an optional morning skate in Washington Wednesday. They came out of it with no chance of winning the game, despite a hope shot from Jake Evans finding the back of the net to get them within two goals before 20 minutes were up. The Canadiens were looking to, for the first time this season, string consecutive wins together. After Jake Allen allowed the first goal of the game on the first shot he faced, and after a tentative penalty kill gave skilled pl...