The Montreal Canadiens will be playing in their home opener against the Carolina Hurricanes on Tuesday night. The Canadiens had high expectations coming into the season, and those expectations included another great season from Ivan Demidov. Head coach Martin St. Louis has raved about Demidov’s play and growth in the preseason. Demidov was off to […]
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Demidov is coming off a 2025-26 rookie campaign that saw him score 19 goals and add 43 assists for 62 points.
After dealing with multiple therapy days since the start of training camp, the Montreal Canadiens have announced that forward Ivan Demidov will miss two-to-four weeks with a lower body injury.
L'attaquant Ivan Demidov (bas du corps) ratera de deux à quatre semaines d'activité. Forward Ivan Demidov (lower body) will be out for two to four weeks. — Canadiens Montréal (@CanadiensMTL) October 6, 2026
Demidov scored the tying goal in Saturday’s game against the Pittsburgh Pengui...
Let’s talk about some first impressions from the 2026-27 Pittsburgh Penguins. After playing a nearly flawless 60 minutes in the season opener against the Philadelphia Flyers, the Penguins won a 6-5 overtime game against the Montreal Canadiens that saw them let a 5-1 slip away, and then played what was easily their sloppiest and ugliest […]
The Montreal Canadiens will finally return to the Bell Centre on Tuesday night, and recent history suggests their fans have had plenty to celebrate when the team opens its home…
Get ready to start your day with the latest and hottest Montreal Canadiens news, plus NHL trade and free agent rumors from around the hockey world! Here are your Sick Podcast Puck links: Sick links With the impending return of Montreal Canadiens defenseman Kaiden Guhle, NHL trade chatter is building around fellow Canadiens rearguard, Adam […]
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Connor Bedard joins the team for practice. Macklin Celebrini misses last night's game. An update on Aleksander Barkov should come today.
Connor Bedard joins the team for practice. Macklin Celebrini misses last night's game. An update on Aleksander Barkov should come today.
Montreal hasn't moved on from Dylan Larkin. According to David Pagnotta , the Canadiens have told Detroit they'd be serious about a deal.
Pagnotta shared the update on TheMugNHL Show . "I think they're in the wait-and-see mode," Pagnotta said.
"I think they've made clear to Detroit that if he's willing to go to Montreal, that they'd be serious about it."
The catch is that Montreal isn't on Larkin's approved list. His contract includes a no-trade clause, so he decides where he goes.
He ...
Here are the Montreal Canadiens and NHL news items you may have missed on Monday. Montreal Canadiens News The Habs […]
Game 3: Montreal Canadiens vs. Carolina Hurricanes
Start time: 7:00 PM EDT / 4:00 PM PDT In the Canadiens region: TSN2 (English), RDS (French) In the Hurricanes region: Hurricanes Hockey Network Streaming: ESPN+, TSN+
The Carolina Hurricanes hung their Stanley Cup banner last Tuesday, posed for pictures under it, and lost 1-0 in overtime to the Florida Panthers on a goal with 4.3 seconds left.
And it hasn’t gotten much prettier since. Carolina needed nearly 102 minutes of game ...
Tuesday, the Carolina Hurricanes will make their first return to the Bell Centre since Game 4 of last season’s Eastern […]
Montreal Canadiens News and Notes
The season is very young, but there are plenty of lessons to learn. [ TVA Sports | Radio-Canada | The Athletic | The Athletic ]
The home opener against the Hurricanes is going to be a good challenge for a team that hasn’t forgotten how their post season ended. [ Sportsnet | TVA Sports | TVA Sports | Montreal Gazette | La Presse ]
The Canadiens react to Alex Ovechkin’s announcement that he’s retiring after this season. [ La Presse ]
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With Montreal Canadiens defenseman Kaiden Guhle expected to return to the lineup in one to two weeks, one Canadiens defenseman will become the odd-man out and another could be back on the NHL Trade market. Guhle was finally back in a full-contact jersey at Montreal Canadiens practice on Monday which was a welcome site for […]
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The Montreal Canadiens have a plethora of forwards and could Kirby Dach be one of the forwards moved this season.
The Montreal Canadiens have a plethora of forwards and could Kirby Dach be one of the forwards moved this season.
Forward Ivan Demidov missed another practice for the Montreal Canadiens on Monday but the team did get some good news on the injury front. As he did twice towards the end of training camp and the preseason, Ivan Demidov took a therapy day as he continued to nurse an undisclosed injury. Forward Kirby Dach skated […]
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Nicolas Ruccia and Daniel Harvey will serve as Montreal’s EBUGs this season.
The Montreal Canadiens had an opportunity this summer to land a marquee player in a potential trade this summer, but […]
The Montreal Canadiens made one of their more interesting roster decisions at the end of training camp when they elected to keep Florian Xhekaj in Montreal. After a strong preseason…
The Canadiens must fight the urge to play Sam Montembeault ahead of Jakub Dobes on the team's depth chart this season.
Get ready to start your day with the latest and hottest Montreal Canadiens news, plus NHL trade and free agent rumors from around the hockey world! Here are your Sick Podcast Puck links: Sick links As colleague JD Lagrange pointed out in his most recent column, NHL Trade rumors continue to circle around the Montreal […]
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Even though the Pittsburgh Penguins let a 5-1 lead slip away against the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday night, it is really difficult to be bothered by the first week of the season. Mostly because they still managed to walk out of that game with two points thanks to Tommy Novak’s second goal of the game. […]
Here are your Pens Points for this Monday morning… Forward Ben Kindel returned from a lower-body injury Saturday and scored in his season debut during Pittsburgh’s win over Montreal. The 19-year-old center said he remains hungry to establish himself in the NHL and has “a lot of things” he still wants to accomplish after his […]
Montreal Canadiens news and notes
The second line hasn’t shown the form the team hoped it would by relying on its star wingers. [ La Presse ]
The first line, however, took a major step forward on Saturday night as its chemistry develops. [ Journal de Montreal ]
If fatigue at the end of a shift is the reason for Montreal’s drop in performance in the second period, Martin St-Louis says the focus needs to be on simpler plays. [ Journal de Montreal ]
With Aleksander Barkov ou...