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Price skates in full equipment, but won't face Rangers
The Canadiens held an optional morning skate in Brossard before facing elimination in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference final Tuesday night at the Bell Centre against the New York Rangers (8 p.m., CBC,...
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Captain Gionta leaves Habs with a ‘heavy heart’
There is no bitterness in Brian Gionta, the ex-captain of the Canadiens. Not one drop. When you’re 35 years old and you’ve just signed a three-year, $12.75-million contract to continue your career an...
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No skipper, but four first mates for Habs
To paraphrase Gilbert and Sullivan, when everybody is somebody, nobody is anybody. But is it a formula that can apply successfully to the Habs? The Canadiens announced at their annual golf tournament...
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Habs’ Galchenyuk centre of attention
MONTREAL — It’s a simple matter of arithmetic, but putting together a 23-man National Hockey League roster can seem as difficult as advanced calculus. Consider the dilemma the Canadiens face as they...
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Sven Andrighetto: too good for Bulldogs, no room on Canadiens
Sven Andrighetto is stuck in hockey purgatory. He may be too good to play for the Montreal Canadiens farm club in Hamilton. But there doesn’t appear to be a spot for someone with his talents on the...
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In the Habs’ Room: Tokarski’s star rises in Quebec City
QUEBEC — On a night when a group of youngsters showed their determination with s 3-2 win over a veteran-laden Colorado Avalanche squad, the big winner for the Canadiens was goaltender Dustin Tokarski....
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Game Within the Game: Galchenyuk test drives the first line
MONTREAL — There’s a sense that Sunday night’s game was a win-win proposition for Alex Galchenyuk. He got to test drive the Canadiens first line with no chance anything could go wrong. Though he’s...
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Gallagher pots shootout winner
WASHINGTON — Brendan Gallagher scored the winning goal in a shootout to give the Canadiens a 2-1 victory over the Washington Capitals Thursday night at the Verizon Center. On a night when the Canadiens...
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Preview: Canadiens at Lightning, Oct. 13
CANADIENS AT LIGHTNING, Amalie Forum, Monday, 7:30 p.m., CITY Montreal, RDS, TSN-690 Radio The Canadiens are still looking for a quick start out of the gate, but it hasn’t been a problem because they...
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Pacioretty, Plekanec team up for shorthanded goal
Max Pacioretty has been snake-bitten when it comes to breakaways, which is why he was happy be part of a rare 2-on-0 break in the first period of the Canadiens’ 3-1 win over the New York Rangers...
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Plekanec nails ugly truth on the head: 'Only one team out there'
Tomas Plekanec hit the nail of this ugly truth directly on the head. “From the second part of the second period,” the Canadiens centreman said, “there was only one team out there.” Ouch. And that team...
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Price posts first shutout of season
The skinny: Carey Price made 29 saves for his first shutout of the season, while Lars Eller, Alex Galchenyuk and Tomas Plekanec scored the goals to give the Canadiens a 3-0 victory over the Winnipeg...
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Canadiens are looking good — and bad — with best record in NHL
There was a little girl, Who had a little curl, Right in the middle of her forehead. When she was good, She was very good indeed, But when she was bad she was horrid. That piece of doggerel from Henry...
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Canadiens undefeated against Bruins
BOSTON Carey Price stopped 33 shots for his second shutout of the season and Tomas Plekanec scored a goal and added an assist as the Canadiens spoiled Boston coach Claude Julien’s 800th game behind the...
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Habs Game Report: CH offence sputters in Minnesota
ST. PAUL, Minn. Minnesota had the bounces go its way and the Canadiens had little or no offence in a 2-1 loss to the Wild on Wednesday night at the Xcel Energy Center. Darcy Kuemper had a relatively...
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Habs Game Report: Scoring first is tonic for Canadiens
The skinny: Rookie Sven Andrighetto is making an immediate impact on the National Hockey League. Andrighetto scored a goal in his NHL debut on Saturday in Dallas and he assisted on Tomas Plekanec’s...
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In the Habs Room: An emotional win for Canadiens
“This is the most emotional night I’ve ever experienced in Montreal.” That was the way Tomas Plekanec described his feelings after the Canadiens’ 3-1 victory over the Vancouver Canucks Tuesday produced...
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Rookies Sekac, Andrighetto fitting in with Canadiens
It’s safe to say Jiri Sekac is exceeding expectations in his rookie National Hockey League season. The Canadiens knew they had a prospect when Sekac selected the Canadiens over 10 other interested NHL...
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Canadiens vs. Hurricanes preview
Canadiens vs. Hurricanes Monday at Carolina’s PNC Center, 7 p.m., SNE, RDS, TSN Radio 690 Shuffling the deck: The Canadiens have won five of their last six games, but coach Michel Therrien is looking...
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Habs Game Report: Night of milestones for Price
NEWARK, N.J. Carey Price celebrated his 400th NHL game by posting his 200th win and Michaël Bournival scored his first two goals of the season as the Canadiens weathered a late run by the New Jersey...
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