Tatar was unavailable for Tuesday's match against Ottawa because of a non-COVID illness and he still feeling sick. Consider him day-to-day. 

Tatar did some damage against his former team, but they still didn't come away with the win. The veteran cut Montreal's lead to 2-1 with a goal in the first period and he added a helper on Jesper Bratt's third-period tally (6-4). The 31-year-old has 14 goals and 15 assists in 68 games this season. 

Jesper Boqvist assisted on Tatar's goal. Tatar also scored a goal in the shootout Saturday night.

Tatar scooped up a rebound and slid it past Linus Ullmark to tie (2-2) the game at the 3:05 mark of the second period. He was visibly fired up as it was his first game back for the Devils since being placed in the NHL's COVID-19 protocol on December 26. Tatar finished the game with a plus-1 rating and two shots on goal in 14:58 of ice time. The 31-year-old has seven goals and eight assists through 31 games.