The Canadiens got mixed news on Friday. Juraj Slafkovsky missed practice for treatment, Oliver Kapanen skated with the regular group, and Florian Xhekaj will be out for about two weeks. Here is where every injury stands before Saturday’s game against Buffalo at the Bell Centre. Slafkovsky Misses Practice After the Wilson Collision According to RDS…
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…
One shootout win over Detroit doesn’t fix the Canadiens’ defensive breakdowns or their power play. Enortap asks whether Montreal is learning or just surviving.
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.
The Canadiens outshot the Predators 34-20 but lost 5-2 at the Bell Centre, their third straight loss. Special teams, discipline and Coach’s Take.
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.
Montreal’s training camp is officially in the books. The Canadiens closed out the preseason Saturday night, finishing with a 4-1-0 record, and confirmed their 23-man roster for the season Sunday — the group they have to formally submit to the NHL by 5:00 PM ET today. It was a short camp by any measure: just…
MONTREAL – The Canadiens have their opening night roster. With the NHL’s Monday, September 28 deadline looming, Montreal trimmed its training camp group down to 14 forwards, seven defensemen and two goaltenders, submitting nine players to waivers with the intention of assigning them to the Laval Rocket. The club didn’t put out a formal release…
Canadiens training camp is short this year, only 13 days, and the team is about to start an 84-game season. Before camp even opened, they learned Kaiden Guhle would be out and could miss the first 10 games. Now, with eight days and three preseason games in the books and five days to go, Martin…
Colisée Vidéotron felt like the Bell Centre on Monday night. A near red-out crowd, Michel Lacroix — the same PA voice Canadiens fans have heard for 33 years — calling out every penalty, every goal, every final minute of the period. And in the end, the Canadiens delivered exactly the kind of finish that night…