Jacob Fowler gets the start against Buffalo, while Oliver Kapanen and David Reinbacher make their season debuts. Slafkovsky is expected to play.
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…
Josh Anderson scores twice and Lane Hutson delivers another strong offensive performance, but Montreal’s defensive struggles and Jakub Dobes’ latest outing raise important questions.
Mike Matheson is out and Jacob Fowler gets a third straight start as the Canadiens host the Sabres, who are without captain Rasmus Dahlin on the second night of back-to-back games.
Montembeault is out 10 to 14 days after a hard year, Kapanen is back on the ice, and the Canadiens face a key six-game stretch.
Samuel Montembeault left practice hurt and the Canadiens recalled Jacob Fowler from Laval. Kapanen was also missing, and St-Louis wants more battles won and fewer turnovers.
The Canadiens lost their home opener 6-4 to the Carolina Hurricanes at the Bell Centre. Recap, goalies, special teams and Coach Frenchy’s take on the goals against, Dobes and the slow starters.
Ivan Demidov will miss two to four weeks with a lower-body injury. Here is the Canadiens lineup against Carolina, what the injury changes and why Florian Xhekaj and Jakub Dobes matter tonight.
The Canadiens climbed out of a four-goal hole in Pittsburgh on Saturday, but they could not finish the comeback. Nick Suzuki set up two goals in the final 68 seconds of regulation to make it 5-5, and then Tommy Novak won it for the Penguins 1:33 into overtime. Final score: 6-5 at PPG Paints Arena.…
William Nylander scored 48 seconds into the season, and the Canadiens looked like they were about to give one away in Toronto. They did not. Josh Anderson, Zachary Bolduc and Alexandre Carrier scored three straight, and Montreal opened its season with a 3-2 win at Scotiabank Arena on Tuesday night. It was not a pretty…