Markov played a team-high 29:26 in Thursday night's 3-2 overtime loss to the Canucks. He also led the Habs on Tuesday when he logged 30:14 in a shootout win over Calgary. Head coach Michel Therrien has been pretty good about keeping the 36-year-old Markov's minutes to a sustainable rate, so a small two-game spike shouldn't be much of a problem. Whether or the not the coach trusts the other blue-liners enough is a question going forward. Rookie Jarred Tinordi played just 9:06 and Mike Weaver only 14:08 on Thursday.