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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
Montreal Canadiens news and notes
Jakub Dobeš has taken control of his movements and is getting pretty tough to beat. [ Journal de Montreal ]
Are the Canadiens peaking at the right time to succeed in the playoffs? [ Montreal Gazette | HIO ]
The Canadiens have completly flipped the script on their second period woes. [ Journal de Montreal ]
Looking at who the Canadiens would rather face and avoid as potential first-round playoff opponents. [ TSN ]
Martin St-Louis like...
Every year, as the calendar slowly turns into the month of April, you start to get some real previews of what the NHL playoffs will look like. Tuesday night was one of those previews, with the Montreal Canadiens taking on a likely first-round foe in the Tampa Bay Lightning. It had all the checking and intensity of a playoff game, as the players knew how important the game could be for the final standings, on top of wanting to set the tone for a potential seven-game series to start between them...
NHL Player of the Month: Cole Caufield
Several Canadiens players had incredible performances in March, a month in which the team only lost five times, and four of those were to either the San Jose Sharks or Anaheim Ducks. They played a lot of games of critical importance to the playoff race in the Eastern Conference and won every one of those games save a loss to the Detroit Red Wings.
There were three legitimate candidates to claim this honour this time, but the winner is the one wh...
Montreal Canadiens news and notes
Cole Caufield can become the Montreal player to hit the 50-goal milestone since 1990. [ NHL.com ]
Four years after Martin St-Louis took over as head coach, Habs players now understand exactly what he expects from them. [ Montreal Gazette ]
The Habs are turning to Arber Xhekaj to fill-in for Alexandre Carrier. [ Sportsnet | La Presse ]
A look at the Canadiens’ potential first-round opponents. [ The Hockey Writers ]
Montreal’s goaltend...
First period
This is an encouraging start from Montreal. They’re quickly moving the puck with support to get out of the defensive zone, and have gotten out to a 3-0 shot advantage in the opening couple of minutes.
Jayden Struble loses body position and reaches out to give himself a boost to correct that. The referee is 20 feet away to see it and call the holding penalty.
Tampa Bay uses the power play to take the lead in shots, but the game remains 0-0. That’s the type of urgen...
Game 74: Montreal Canadiens @ Tampa Bay Lightning
Start time: 7:00 PM EDT / 4:00 PM PDT In the Canadiens region: TSN2 (English), RDS (French) In the Lightning region: The Spot Streaming: ESPN+, RDS, TSN+
For much of the 2025-26 season, the Montreal Canadiens have won games despite their goaltending, getting impressive performances on offence to outproduce what they were giving up. They may currently be on their longest winning streak of the season at five games, but now they’re...
The Montreal Canadiens have recalled defenceman Adam Engström from the Laval Rocket on Monday, the team announced.
Les Canadiens ont rappelé le défenseur Adam Engstrom du Rocket de Laval. The Canadiens have recalled defenseman Adam Engstrom from the Laval Rocket. #GoHabsGo pic.twitter.com/gfUinQLG1P — Canadiens Montréal (@CanadiensMTL) March 30, 2026
UPDATE (9am Eastern, March 31): We now have more context on why the Montreal Canadiens recalled Engström, announcing on Tuesd...
Game 74: Montreal Canadiens @ Tampa Bay Lightning
Start time: 7:00 PM EDT / 4:00 PM PDT In the Canadiens region: TSN2 (English), RDS (French) In the Lightning region: The Spot Streaming: ESPN+, RDS, TSN+
The Tampa Bay Lightning were in a serious slump when the NHL schedule resumed after the Olympics, going 3-7-0 in the next 10 games, and the three wins were versus a shockingly bad Toronto Maple Leafs team which has since fired its GM, and the free-falling Detroit Red Wings. With two...
Montreal Canadiens News and Notes
Nick Suzuki and Cole Caufield are the best goal scoring duo Montreal has had since Pierre Turgeron and Vinny Damphousse. [ TVA Sports ]
Caufield could become the first Canadien to hit 50 goals since 1990. He’s got 9 games to score 9 goals. [ NHL ]
Breaking down what makes Suzuki such a powerhouse. [ Canadiens ]
How Ivan Demidov’s family built a star. [ The Athletic ]
The Habs have hit 94 points only twice, in the past 33 years, inclu...
The Montreal Canadiens have recalled defenceman Adam Engström from the Laval Rocket on Monday, the team announced.
Les Canadiens ont rappelé le défenseur Adam Engstrom du Rocket de Laval. The Canadiens have recalled defenseman Adam Engstrom from the Laval Rocket. #GoHabsGo pic.twitter.com/gfUinQLG1P — Canadiens Montréal (@CanadiensMTL) March 30, 2026
Engström has played 11 NHL games this season, still in search for his first point. He has played 45 games for the Rocket, sco...
For the second time in a week, the Montreal Canadiens found themselves taking on a top team in the Eastern Conference in the form of the Carolina Hurricanes. This time, they would have to do it in Carolina’s barn, and would have to do so on very little rest, having just won a game in Nashville that started less than 24 hours prior to this one. In both games against the Hurricanes, the Habs struggled to spend much time in the offensive zone, and yet for the second time, they found a way to get ...
Montreal Canadiens news and notes
Michigan won with Michael Hage playing as the 13th forward while nursing an injury, and will advance to the Frozen Four. [ La Presse ]
Nick Suzuki is happy with the commitment the Canadiens have shown to closing out games during their five-game regulation winning streak. [ RDS ]
Around the league and elsewhere
Bruce Cassidy has been fired by the Vegas Golden Knights with eight games remaining in the regular season. John Tortorella wil...
Josh Anderson is unable to play with his illness, so Arber Xhekaj comes into today’s game. Not as a defenceman, but as a fourth-line forward.
First period
The Hurricanes have come out as the better team, so it seems the Habs didn’t learn anything from the previous meeting. They might give up more than 16 shots at this rate.
Five minutes in, the Canadiens haven’t won a single puck battle. How do they go from last night’s performance to this?
The puck has barely been out ...
Game 73: Montreal Canadiens @ Carolina Hurricanes
Start time: **5:00 PM EDT / 2:00 PM PDT** In the Canadiens region: TSN2 (English), RDS (French) In the Hurricanes region: FanDuel Sports Network South Streaming: ESPN+, RDS, TSN+
Ivan Demidov had the best performance of his NHL career to date last night, a force in all three zone as he quickly turned possessions for the Nashville Predators into scoring chances for the Canadiens. The result was the 14th multi-point game of his ro...
Game 73: Montreal Canadiens @ Carolina Hurricanes
Start time: **5:00 PM EDT / 2:00 PM PDT** In the Canadiens region: TSN2 (English), RDS (French) In the Hurricanes region: FanDuel Sports Network South Streaming: ESPN+, RDS, TSN+
The Carolina Hurricanes had an almost ideal performance in the first game of a back-to-back on Saturday, outshooting the New Jersey Devils 34-19 and winning 5-2. The Montreal Canadiens put in a similar effort versus the Nashville Predators, bringing an end t...
While 77 points would barely have a team out of the basement in the Eastern Conference, for the Nashville Predators, it is currently enough for a wild card spot. Battling to hold on to their spot, they hosted the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday night, a team embroiled in their own heated battle, and theirs being in the most competitive division in hockey right now. The Habs outclassed their hosts for most of the game, opening up a 4-0 lead, and nearly earning a shutout for Jacob Fowler if not f...
The Montreal Victoire scored three third period goals to defeat the New York Sirens 3-1 on Saturday afternoon at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit.
The win extends Montreal’s point streak to 11 games, tying Toronto’s league record from the inaugural season. Montreal won nine of the games, with two overtime wins and two losses in extra time.
It did not start off well for the Victoire, who started the game with perhaps their worst period of the season. The team took three minor penaties ...
It has been rare for the Laval Rocket under Pascal Vincent to have sustained losing streaks, especially when the pressure is at its highest. However, riding a two-game skid entering Saturday ramped up the pressure for Laval as they tried to pare down their magic number just a little bit more against the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins.
It was a first Rocket start for Hunter Shepard, who was acquired at the AHL trade deadline, while Vincent Arseneau rejoined the lineup in place of Will Dine...
Montreal Canadiens news and notes
“I didn’t feel like I had much to do,” Jacob Fowler offered up as compliment for how the players worked for all 60 minutes in last night’s game. [ Journal de Montreal ]
Fowler was also wearing a new mask, trading in his Florida license plate for a Quebec one. [ Journal de Montreal ]
The change of goalie coach has made a big difference for Jakub Dobeš, who has been among the league’s best netminders since Marco Marciano was promoted. [ Journal ...
It shouldn’t be a surprise that they could find a good singer in Nashville, but the anthems tonight were quite pleasant to listen to.
First period
After 16 shots against on Tuesday and 13 on Thursday, what can the Canadiens do in this opening period?
The first line gets stuck in its own zone (maybe more fitting to say the top pairing did), but the second one gets some zone time and a shot.
A better job from the top line on the next shift when Nick Suzuki knocks the puck...
Game 72: Montreal Canadiens @ Nashville Predators
Start time: 7:00 PM EDT / 4:00 PM PDT In Canada: CityTV, Sportsnet East (English), TVA Sports (French) In the Predators region: FanDuel Sports Network South Streaming: ESPN+, Sportsnet+
The Canadiens play their first match of a five-game road trip, and also their last one versus a Western Conference opponent this season, in Nashville versus the Predators, seeking to run their winning streak to four. After Jakub Dobeš claimed the...