After a disappointing shutout loss on Sunday, the Montreal Canadiens were back at it on Tuesday night, hosting the already playoff-eliminated Florida Panthers. It would seem like a perfect opportunity to get back on track with a convincing win, but the Habs struggled yet again, and found themselves staring down a one-goal deficit in the dying minutes. As they have many times before, they pulled a rabbit out of their hat, forcing overtime, and ultimately a shootout to take the two points, tying...
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The Montreal Victoire took control in the second period and didn’t look back, beating the Seattle Torrent 4–1 on Tuesday night.
With the win, Montreal stays on top of the league and inches closer to locking up home-ice advantage for the first round of the playoffs. On the other side, Seattle is running out of time and is now on the verge of being the first team eliminated from postseason contention.
The win was Montreal’s 10th of the season at Place Bell, and they became the first PW...
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Montreal Canadiens news and notes
50 goals is just the beginning for Cole Caufield, says Tony Granato. [ RDS ]
Joe Veleno dishes out bangs for the buck. [ Montreal Gazette ]
Where might Michael Hage be going once the Frozen Four ends? [ The Athletic ]
Three unsung heroes for the Habs during their recent success. [ A Winning Habit ]
Josh Jacobs provides experience and stability on the Laval Rocket blue line. [ Montreal Gazette ]
Around the league and elsewhere ...
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Lots of changes to the lineup after Sunday’s loss. Joe Veleno is ill and Brendan Gallagher is a scratch to make the math work on the returns of both Kirby Dach and Alexandre Texier. Adam Engström is also in as Kaiden Guhle needs a therapy day.
First period
A difficult opening shift for Engström, who sees A.J. Greer skate around him and he has to haul down the Panthers forward.
Newhook did a nice job on the first PK unit to get a clear, but it was a shooting gallery on Jakub ...
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Game 78: Montreal Canadiens vs. Florida Panthers
Start time: 7:00 PM EDT / 4:00 PM PDT In the Canadiens region: TSN2 (English), RDS (French) In the Panthers region: SCRIPPS Streaming: ESPN+, RDS, TSN+
There are five games left for the Montreal Canadiens to play in the regular season, and the next three will be contested at the Bell Centre. Before ending the campaign versus Metropolitan Division opponents, the Habs will face two final division rivals before the playoffs begin. B...
Game 78: Montreal Canadiens vs. Florida Panthers
Start time: 7:00 PM EDT / 4:00 PM PDT In the Canadiens region: TSN2 (English), RDS (French) In the Panthers region: SCRIPPS Streaming: ESPN+, RDS, TSN+
Streaks can be funny things in the NHL. On Saturday, the Montreal Canadiens beat the New Jersey Devils at Prudential Center in Newark for an eighth win in a row. On Sunday, playing the rematch at the Bell Centre, Montreal scored zero goals for an 11th consecutive loss to the Devils on ...
Montreal Canadiens News and Notes
Mats Naslund knows the pressure on Cole Caufield to score 50. [ La Presse | Radio-Canada ]
Is this Nick Suzuki’s year to win the Selke? [ La Presse | TVA Sports ]
Montreal’s first step back to the playoffs was to remember how to have fun playing hockey. [ Montreal Gazette ]
The Habs have come a long way from last year. [ The Athletic ]
The Victoire want to keep up their momentum, despite still missing key players. [ La Presse ]
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Montreal Canadiens news and notes
While teams pluck coaches loaded with experience off the carousel, the longest tenures in the NHL belong to first-time head coaches, with Martin St-Louis included in that group. [ La Presse ]
Mats Naslund thinks it’s good that a Canadiens player is on the verge of having a 100-point season, even if he wants to stay the last player to achieve one. [ NHL.com ]
When Ivan Demidov scored a power-play goal on Saturday night, he was the fifth player ...
First period
The crowd chants “Cau-field!” as Cole steps on the ice for his first shift. When this crowd last saw him, he had 44 goals.
The Devils are checking the Canadiens’ sticks very tightly to start this game, not allowing anyone space to shoot the puck. It’s needed strategy with Jacob Markstrom in net. Montreal will need to work a little harder to test the netminder tonight.
Kaiden Guhle gets his stick in Jack Hughes’s feet as the forward loses the puck on his zone entry...
Game 77: Montreal Canadiens vs. New Jersey Devils
Start time: 7:00 PM EDT / 4:00 PM PDT In the Canadiens region: TSN2 (English), RDS (French) In the Devils region: MSGSN Streaming: ESPN+, RDS, TSN+
The Montreal Canadiens sent Jacob Fowler back to Montreal before yesterday’s game in New Jersey so he could sleep in his own bed before playing the Devils in today’s rematch. Fowler’s contributions to the current eight-game winning streak have been three wins including the one versus...
By virtue of the Detroit Red Wings’ loss to the Minnesota Wild this afternoon, the Montreal Canadiens have clinched a playoff spot, set to head to the post-season for the second consecutive season.
With the loss, the Red Wings can now achieve a maximum of 98 points, two fewer than the 100 the Canadiens improved to last night in New Jersey. They were the only team currently outside the playoff picture that had a mathematical possibility to pass Montreal, because the Philadelphia Flyers, wh...
Riding a seven-game winning streak, the Montreal Canadiens wrapped up their road trip with a visit to the New Jersey Devils on Saturday night. After opening up a three-goal lead in the second period, they seemed a tad preoccupied, surrendering two goals to set up a stressful third frame. The Devils would equalize with their net empty in the final minutes, and the game would ultimately go all the way to a shootout as the Habs looked to save their winning streak.
Oliver Kapanen put home a c...
Game 77: Montreal Canadiens vs. New Jersey Devils
Start time: 7:00 PM EDT / 4:00 PM PDT In the Canadiens region: TSN2 (English), RDS (French) In the Devils region: MSGSN Streaming: ESPN+, RDS, TSN+
It wasn’t the way the Montreal Canadiens wanted to do it after getting out to a 3-0 lead last night in New Jersey, but they recovered from allowing three consecutive goals to win the game in a shootout, running their record to a perfect 5-0-0 on the road trip. It was just Montreal’s ...
Montreal Canadiens news and notes
Jakub Dobeš says 100 points are nice, but the team is trying to win the conference. [ RDS ]
How the Canadiens can clinch a playoff spot today. [ Journal de Montreal ]
Jack Hughes is happy to see Cole Caufield on the verge of hitting 50 goals. [ NHL.com ]
Noah Dobson and Alexandre Carrier get to know each other better in a chat. [ Canadiens.com ]
The Laval Rocket put an end to their four-game losing streak with a shootout win over the...
First period
Cole Caufield accepts a bank-pass and tries to go across the top of Jake Allen’s crease, but former teammate Johnny Kovacevic makes the stick-check just before he can fire the puck.
Ivan Demidov gets past a couple of players at the defensive blue line to go in on a two-on-one, but can’t see a lane to Alex Newhook to get a pass through. His initial shot gets stopped, but he collects the rebound, curls back to the slot, and gets another shot that deflects out of play.
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Game 76: Montreal Canadiens @ New Jersey Devils
Start time: 7:00 PM EDT / 4:00 PM PDT In the Canadiens region: CityTV, Sportsnet East (English), TVS Sports (French) In the Devils region: MSG Streaming: ESPN+, RDS, TSN+
Both the Detroit Red Wings and Ottawa Senators were beaten on Saturday afternoon, and that means the highest total that can be achieved by whichever team that takes the second wild-card position is 100 points. That is the number the Montreal Canadiens can reach t...
Game 76: Montreal Canadiens @ New Jersey Devils
Start time: 7:00 PM EDT / 4:00 PM PDT In the Canadiens region: CityTV, Sportsnet East (English), TVS Sports (French) In the Devils region: MSG Streaming: ESPN+, RDS, TSN+
The hope was that maybe the Montreal Canadiens would win three games on their last long road trip of the season to help hold their place in the standings. They were due to face some top-ranked teams and others that have had Montreal’s number recently, making for a dif...
Entering Friday night’s game, no PWHL player played more games than Montreal Victoire forward Kaitlin Willoughby without scoring a goal. Willoughby, who was acquired by Montreal at last year’s trade deadline had played 74 games in her career over the league’s three seasons.
That streak ended in Montreal’s 3-0 win over the Ottawa Charge in front of 17,114 fans at the Canadian Tire Centre as she scored twice. Sandra Abstreiter, who played three games for Ottawa in the league’s inaugural sea...
In what turned out to be a disappointing end to March, the Laval Rocket saw their lead atop the AHL’s North Division dwindle to just a single point as the drive for a division title drew down to the final six games of the season. They entered their weekend series with the Calgary Wranglers down three of their top offensive stars. Adam Engström was on recall in Montreal, Laurent Dauphin was on the injured list still, and Alex Belzile was absent due to the birth of his child.
Belzile’s abse...
Montreal Canadiens news and notes
The Canadiens players and coaches are trying to stay inspired by milestone chases for Cole Caufield and Nick Suzuki, while also trying to stay focused on the team game that has them playing their best hockey. [ La Presse ]
Last year Suzuki was the first Habs player to achieve an 82-point season since Alex Kovalev in 2007-08. This year, three players could hit that mark. [ Radio-Canada ]
Suzuki says it “would be incredible” to win the Selke Tro...
Montreal Canadiens news and notes
Luke Mittelstadt makes a whirlwind jump to the Laval Rocket blue line. [ Montreal Gazette ]
Will Michael Hage join the Habs after the Frozen Four? [ TSN (Video) ]
As Cole Caufield approaches the 50 goal mark, recalling what it was like when Richard, Lafleur, and Richer reached the milestone. [ NHL.com ]
Does it matter who Montreal faces in the post-season? [ Hockey I/O ]
Is the Canadiens’ core group suddenly Stanley Cup contender-wor...
First period
It’s really nice to see how aggressively the defencemen attack opponents in the neutral zone. That was the whole point of having a mobile defence, and they’re finally beginning to make use of it.
Jacob Fowler missed the linesman arm going up for an icing and came out to play the puck … right to the stick of a Rangers forward. There are still some things for him to work on.
Juraj Slafkovský escapes his battle in the corner with the puck, but caught Vladislav Gavrik...
Game 75: Montreal Canadiens @ New York Rangers
Start time: 7:00 PM EDT / 4:00 PM PDT In the Canadiens region: TSN2 (English), RDS (French) In the Rangers region: MSG Streaming: ESPN+, RDS, TSN+
The Canadiens have made a habit of beating some good teams in the last few weeks, getting their defensive game together just in time for a tough portion of their schedule. Tonight it’s a bad club they take on at Madison Square Garden, one of the two in the NHL to be eliminated from playo...
Game 75: Montreal Canadiens @ New York Rangers
Start time: 7:00 PM EDT / 4:00 PM PDT In the Canadiens region: TSN2 (English), RDS (French) In the Rangers region: MSG Streaming: ESPN+, RDS, TSN+
When the Montreal Canadiens embarked on this road trip, their playoff position was far from secure. Despite a three-game winning streak, they were just four points clear of the ninth-place team in the Eastern Conference. It was apparent that the next five games outside of Montreal were going ...
With a 3-0 win over the Vancouver Goldeneyes, the Montreal Victoire have become the second team to clinch a playoff spot for the 2025-26 season.
Hayley Scamurra scored twice, including into an empty net. Ann-Renée Desbiens made 18 saves for her sixth shutout of the season, putting her one behind the league leader Aerin Frankel. Laura Stacey and Skylar Irving had two assists in their first full game as the team’s top line. Maggie Flaherty also scored an empty-net goal.
The Victoire ar...