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Bottom Six Minutes: Lane Hutson getting MVP love from the Bell Centre
After earning a split on the road with a big win in game two, the Montreal Canadiens were welcomed back to the Bell Centre by a raucous crowd for game three on Sunday night. They rewarded their fans with a 6-2 win over the Buffalo Sabres, and an even more complete performance this time around. For the first time in the playoffs, they’ve won back-to-back games, and have a chance to take a stranglehold on this series in front of what promises to be another epic Bell Centre turnout for game four ...
Monday is a must-win for the Montreal Victoire in more ways than one
It doesn’t take a genius to figure out that the winner-take-all game between the Montreal Victoire and Minnesota Frost on Monday night at Place Bell is a must-win game. It is Game 5 of a best-of-five series. It is the first time that the Victoire will have the chance to use their well-earned home-ice advantage with a chance to move on to the Walter Cup Final. Home-ice advantage in a best-of-five series is tricky at times for the higher seed. You are guaranteed to be trying to close out a ...
Monday Habs Headlines: Zachary Bolduc glad top line gets so much attention
Montreal Canadiens news and notes Zachary Bolduc says that the flip side of the Canadiens’ top line not scoring at five-on-five is that they’re keeping the top players on the other team occupied to allow those like him to contribute offensively. [ La Presse ] As if Jakub Dobeš playing a solid game in net wasn’t enough, he’s also become a bit of a pest for other teams. [ Journal de Montreal ] See Dobeš soaking in the Bell Centre atmosphere during his on-ice interview after last...
Canadiens vs. Sabres Top Six Minutes: Montreal’s offence rolls once again
First period The broadcast talks about the struggles of Cole Caufield and Tage Thompson, and both feature on the opening goal of the game. Caufield gets the puck alone in his own slot and makes a flip toward the blue line that goes nowhere. Rasmus Dahlin ends up getting a shot as a result, and the puck bounces off the end boards and trickles right to Thompson alone at the side of the net to get an easy goal to bust his slump. Phillip Danault’s line gets a good chance trying to even...
Canadiens vs. Sabres Game 3: Thread, lines, and how to watch
2026 Stanley Cup Playoffs – Eastern Conference SFs Game 3: Montreal Canadiens (A3) vs. Buffalo Sabres (A1) Series tied 1-1 Start time: 7:00 PM EDT / 4:00 PM PDT In Canada: CBC, Sportsnet (English), TVA Sports (French) In the United States: ESPN Streaming: Sportsnet+ With the faceoffs decidedly in the Montreal Canadiens’ favour, 62-42 after two games, the Buffalo Sabres will be inserting Sam Carrick onto the fourth line tonight, hoping that the one player they had who ...
Canadiens vs. Sabres Round 2 Game 3: Preview, start time, Tale of the Tape, and how to watch
2026 Stanley Cup Playoffs – Eastern Conference SFs Game 3: Montreal Canadiens (A3) vs. Buffalo Sabres (A1) Series tied 1-1 Start time: 7:00 PM EDT / 4:00 PM PDT In Canada: CBC, Sportsnet (English), TVA Sports (French) In the United States: ESPN Streaming: Sportsnet+ Losing Game 1 by a bigger margin than any match in the opening round, the Montreal Canadiens responded in a big way on Friday night. With a 5-1 win, they won by four goals for the first time since March 21...
Sunday Habs Headlines: Phillip Danault’s importance
Montreal Canadiens news and notes Phillip Danault has played a key role for the Canadiens in this post-season. [ Sportsnet ] Danault has his post-game pizza, but now also needs to give Alex Newhook his pre-game coffee for superstitious reasons. [ TVA Sports ] “Between whistles, he does weird things around his net. He’s in his own world.” Danault doesn’t think the Buffalo Sabres can penetrate the bubble Jakub Dobeš lives in. [ La Presse ] Players and coaches in the Canadie...
Rocket vs. Marlies Game 5: Thread and how to watch
2026 Calder Cup Playoffs – North Division SFs Game 5: Laval Rocket vs. Toronto Marlies Best-of-five series tied 2-2 Start time: **3:00 PM EDT / 12:00 PM PDT** In Canada: RDS (French) Streaming: FloHockey, RDS Things were looking bleak for the Laval Rocket in their best-of-five series with the Toronto Marlies after losing 6-2 in both Game 2 and Game 3. But the North Division’s top seed responded in Game 4, shutting out the team that scored 12 goals in the previous two outin...
Bottom Six Minutes: Habs’ depth stands tall once again
Following up a game one in which they couldn’t get much going, the Montreal Canadiens were back in Buffalo Sabres’ territory looking to earn a split of their road games before taking the series back to the Bell Centre. This time, they got going early and didn’t look back, earning their highest margin of victory in these playoffs with a 5-1 win. While their top line played much better than they had in the first game, it was once again their depth players who did most of the damage in the win. ...
PWHL: Morin scores twice as Frost force deciding Game 5
Facing elimination in Game 4 of the PWHL semifinals, the Minnesota Frost scored three goals in the final 12 minutes to defeat the Montreal Victoire 3-1, extending the series to a winner-take-all Game 5 on Monday night in Montreal. With the victory, Minnesota improved to 5-0 in elimination games in franchise playoff history; the Frost also improved to 4-1 all-time in Game 4 playoff contests. They have won both Games 5 they have played, both in 2024. For much of the evening, the two te...
Saturday Habs Headlines: The unflappable Jakub Dobeš
Montreal Canadiens news and notes Jake Evans has some words of caution for any Buffalo Sabres players who want to get in Jakub Dobeš’s kitchen: “When he gets bothered, he’s even better.” [ Journal de Montreal ] Nick Suzuki was happy with what he saw from the Newhook-Evans-Demidov line. [ The Athletic ] Ivan Demidov has helped the Canadiens hem the Sabres in their zone when he’s on the ice. Evans wants to help turn that into goals for the rookie. [ RDS ] With Juraj Slafkov...
Canadiens @ Sabres Top Six Minutes: Montreal gets another road win to even the series
First period Just 96 seconds into the game, the Canadiens have the lead, their first of the series. After a stumble from a Sabres defenceman, Alex Newhook collected the puck, and after the play shifted to the other side of the ice, he got the tip on Kaiden Guhle’s shot to get the puck past Alex Lyon. Lane Hutson gets it to Guhle, and Alex Newhook gets a tip to make it 1-0 #Habs [image or embed] — Matt Drake ( @drakemt.bsky.social ) May 8, 2026 at 8:14 PM I did say Ne...
Canadiens @ Sabres Game 2: Thread, lines, and how to watch
2026 Stanley Cup Playoffs – Eastern Conference SFs Game 2: Montreal Canadiens (A3) @ Buffalo Sabres (A1) BUF leads 1-0 Start time: 7:00 PM EDT / 4:00 PM PDT In Canada: CBC, Sportsnet (English), TVA Sports (French) In the United States: TNT, truTV Streaming: Sportsnet+ The Montreal Canadiens may not have been happy with the final score, and Lane Hutson wasn’t happy with his play, but Martin St-Louis seems to have liked what he saw from his team in Game 1, opting to mak...
PWHL: Victoire hold on to take first series lead in franchise history
The Montreal Victoire are now one win away from the Walter Cup Final after grinding out a 2-1 victory over the Minnesota Frost on Thursday night in St. Paul. After falling behind early and being heavily outshot in the third period, Montreal leaned on timely scoring, disciplined defensive structure, and another stellar performance from Ann-Renée Desbiens to secure the franchise’s first-ever road playoff win. It was also their first playoff win in regulation. Minnesota struck first jus...
Canadiens @ Sabres Round 2 Game 2: Preview, start time, Tale of the Tape, and how to watch
2026 Stanley Cup Playoffs – Eastern Conference SFs Game 2: Montreal Canadiens (A3) @ Buffalo Sabres (A1) BUF leads 1-0 Start time: 7:00 PM EDT / 4:00 PM PDT In Canada: CBC, Sportsnet (English), TVA Sports (French) In the United States: TNT, truTV Streaming: Sportsnet+ Lane Hutson wasn’t happy with his play in Game 1 after featuring in all of the Buffalo Sabres’ first-period highlights. “I feel like everyone came ready to play, except me,” he said after the game feelin...
Friday Habs Headlines: ‘I expect more out of myself’
Montreal Canadiens news and notes Cole Caufield talks about his offensive struggles. [ Sportsnet | NHL.com | Radio-Canada | La Presse | The Athletic | TSN ] Nick Suzuki and Rasmus Dahlin are setting the tone in this showdown. [ Sportsnet | Radio-Canada ] Bryce Pickford has been named the WHL’s Player of the Year. [ Montreal Canadiens ] Martin St-Louis wants to let Lane Hutson be Lane Hutson. [ RDS ] This Sabres-Canadiens playoffs series looks like the future of the A...
Thursday Habs Headlines: Round 2 hype, edge, and expectations
Montreal Canadiens news and notes Looking at eight aspects of the game to see who has the advantage when the Canadiens take on the Buffalo Sabres in Round 2. [ Journal de Montreal ] According to experts, the Canadiens are going to be heading to the Eastern Conference Final. [ Journal de Montreal ] The Canadiens are ready to take on Buffalo and their “highly addictive” city vibe. [ Sportsnet ] After an exceptional season, Nick Suzuki lands in the top three finalists for th...
Canadiens @ Sabres Top Six Minutes: Habs can’t recover from unlucky start in Game 1
First period Lane Hutson tries to play a puck that Zach Benson left behind on his way to the net, but the defenceman gets his stick into the feet of the Sabres forward, and Buffalo gets an immediate power play to begin. A strong kill by Montreal has settled them into this game. Hutson gets the entire left side of the offensive zone to himself, goes in, and fires a shot off Alex Lyon’s pad and up off the crossbar. Now Hutson stumbles along the wall and the puck goes to Ben...
Canadiens @ Sabres Game 1: Thread, lines, and how to watch
2026 Stanley Cup Playoffs – Eastern Conference SFs Game 1: Montreal Canadiens (A3) @ Buffalo Sabres (A1) Start time: 7:00 PM EDT / 4:00 PM PDT In Canada: CBC, Sportsnet (English), TVA Sports (French) In the United States: TNT, truTV Streaming: Sportsnet+ After a tight series with the Tampa Bay Lightning, the Montreal Canadiens are probably hoping for a little more breathing room in their second-round match with the Buffalo Sabres. But that’s unlikely to be the case conside...
Habsent Minded: Looking back at Tampa, what’s ahead in Buffalo
With three podcast coming out in short order there is one article to cover all three. The first is a look back at the Tampa Bay Lightning series. Mostly it focused on a low event hockey gamble from Jon Cooper. The bet was on Andrei Vasilevskiy besting Jakub Dobeš. In the end the goalies stole one game each, and Dobeš came on put on top. Looking back on the picks the panel had a pretty good selection. Jared’s Lane Hutson pick was great, the defender played out of his mind and one...
Marie-Philip Poulin – who else? – scores in triple overtime as Victoire even series vs. Frost
The Montreal Victoire evened its best-of-five playoff series at 1–1 with a gritty triple-overtime win in Game 2, with the goal scored by Captain Clutch herself, Marie-Philip Poulin. Poulin, who was in visible discomfort most of the night, wired a one-timer from the right circle just over four minutes into the third overtime period. “Tonight’s win gives us momentum,” Marie-Philip Poulin said. “We wanted to win at home in front of our fans, we gave them practically two games in one. We...
Canadiens @ Sabres Round 2 Game 1: Preview, start time, Tale of the Tape, and how to watch
2026 Stanley Cup Playoffs – Eastern Conference SFs Game 1: Montreal Canadiens (A3) @ Buffalo Sabres (A1) Start time: 7:00 PM EDT / 4:00 PM PDT In Canada: CBC, Sportsnet (English), TVA Sports (French) In the United States: TNT, truTV Streaming: Sportsnet+ In the regular season, the Montreal Canadiens and Buffalo Sabres met four times. Each scored 13 goals, and each grabbed two wins. The teams were 1-1-0 at home, and 1-1-0 on the road in a season series that wrapped up with three...
Laval @ Toronto recap & highlights: Kähkönen and Blais guide the Rocket to a Game 4 win
With their backs against the wall and the season on the line, the Laval Rocket stepped onto the ice in Toronto for Game 4 versus the Marlies, coming off of back-to-back 6-2 defeats in Games 2 and 3. The Rocket had to give this game everything they had, or would risk going home much earlier than expected after a regular-season division title. Pascal Vincent, clearly unhappy with the lineup’s effort over the last two games, scrambled things around all over the lineup. Alex Belzile was down ...
Wednesday Habs Headlines: A changing of the guard
Montreal Canadiens news and notes Ivan Demidov, Matthew Schaefer, Beckett Sennecke are the three finalists for the 2025‑26 Calder Memorial Trophy. [ NHL.com ] Previewing the second round matchup between the Habs and the Buffalo Sabres. [ Sportsnet | CBC | Daily Faceoff | The Athletic | Hockey I/O | La Presse ] Montreal vs. Buffalo is a series between two teams on their way to the top. [ La Presse ] Montreal’s big offensive weapons can get on track vs. the Sabres. [ Montre...
Rocket @ Marlies Game 4 & NHL Draft Lottery: Thread and how to watch
2026 Calder Cup Playoffs – North Division SFs Game 4: Laval Rocket @ Toronto Marlies TOR leads 2-1 Start time: 7:00 PM EDT / 4:00 PM PDT In Canada: RDS (French) Streaming: FloHockey, RDS For the first (and only) time in the AHL division semifinals, the Laval Rocket play a game that doesn’t overlap with one from the parent Montreal Canadiens. The Rocket had done well despite the divided attention of their fanbase to win the opening game 3-1, but have suffered back-to-b...
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