The Canadiens needed a clean road win without Nick Suzuki, and they got one. They beat the Chicago Blackhawks 4-1 at the United Center on Friday night, and they did it after giving up the first goal on a pair of turnovers in the first five minutes. Jake Evans scored twice, including a short-handed goal,…
Canadiens at Blackhawks tonight at 8:00 PM ET: Kapanen centers the top line without Suzuki, Fowler gets the start, Matheson returns and the power play needs a fresh look.
Nick Suzuki is out 2 to 4 weeks. How the Canadiens replace their captain and stay in the race.
Canadiens vs Sharks preview: Jakub Dobeš starts in goal, Adam Engström replaces David Reinbacher, injury updates and what to watch tonight at the Bell Centre.
In this Habs Tuesday Report, the Canadiens are 4-3-1 after eight games, and the season already reads like two different chapters. The first four games went 1-2-1 with 4.75 goals against a night. The last four went 3-1-0 and the special teams turned around. Some problems did not move at all: the penalties, the blown…
The Canadiens are 4-3-1, but the points they have lost keep following the same pattern: third-period breakdowns, penalties, a struggling power play, soft spots in coverage and net. Six problems explained.
Cole Caufield scored 54 seconds into overtime to give the Canadiens a 4-3 win over the Sabres after Montreal let a 3-1 lead slip away at the Bell Centre.
Jacob Fowler gets the start against Buffalo, while Oliver Kapanen and David Reinbacher make their season debuts. Slafkovsky is expected to play.
Before the season, Kent Hughes said he did not want to carry three goalies at the same time. Since game four, the Canadiens have had three goalies on the roster again, even with Montembeault on injured reserve, just as they have in every season since he became general manager. Hughes was named general manager in…
Montreal is 3-3-1 after seven games, but the underlying numbers say the Canadiens are playing better than their record. So why aren’t the wins coming? The Canadiens have not started the season the way many fans expected. After seven games, the blame is landing in all kinds of places: the goaltenders, the defensemen, a few…