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Pens, Habs going in opposite directions ahead of matchup
The Pittsburgh Penguins and Montreal Canadiens are both in the bottom portion of the Eastern Conference standings but appear to be headed in opposite directions ahead of a matchup in Montreal on Thursday.,The Penguins have lost two of their past three games while the Canadiens have won three of thei...

Filip Gustavsson, Wild hand Canadiens first shutout loss of season
Filip Gustavsson stopped all 19 shots he faced, and the Minnesota Wild pulled away for a 3-0 win over the Montreal Canadiens on Thursday night in St. Paul, Minn., ,Gustavsson made two saves in the first period, seven saves in the second period and 10 saves in the third period to lift Minnesota. Matt...

Filip Gustavsson's shutout helps Wild defeat Canadiens
Filip Gustavsson stopped all 19 shots he faced, and the Minnesota Wild pulled away for a 3-0 win over the Montreal Canadiens on Thursday night in St. Paul, Minn., ,Gustavsson made two saves in the first period, seven saves in the second period and 10 saves in the third period to lift Minnesota. Matt...

Devils look to tag Canadiens with fifth straight loss
The New Jersey Devils have responded favorably following a four-game winless skid.,Winners of three of their last four games, the host Devils will look to add to the Montreal Canadiens' misery on Thursday when the teams meet in Newark, N.J.,Montreal has lost four in a row and eight of its last 10 ga...

Sidney Crosby scores twice again, Penguins sink Habs
Sidney Crosby scored twice as the Pittsburgh Penguins topped the visiting Montreal Canadiens 3-1 on Saturday night.,Blake Lizotte had the other goal for the Penguins. Alex Nedeljkovic made 25 saves for his third career win over the Canadiens. Pittsburgh has now won back-to-back games for just the se...

Canadiens F Juraj Slafkovsky (upper body) out at least a week
Montreal Canadiens forward Juraj Slafkovsky will be sidelined at least one week with an upper-body injury, the team announced Tuesday.,Slafkovsky, 20, skated on his own prior to the Canadiens' morning session. Montreal will host the New York Rangers later on Tuesday.,Slafkovsky initially sustained a...

Cole Caufield (2 goals) helps Canadiens end skid vs. Senators
Cole Caufield scored twice, and Sam Montembeault made 24 saves in a second straight solid performance to open the season as the Montreal Canadiens won 4-1 to snap a nine-game skid against the visiting Ottawa Senators on Saturday night. ,Caufield scored in the first and third periods, giving him four...

Canadiens D Kaiden Guhle (appendix) out for a week
Montreal Canadiens defenseman Kaiden Guhle will be re-evaluated in seven days after having his appendix removed Wednesday, the team said Thursday.,Guhle, 22, posted 22 points (six goals, 16 assists) in 70 games -- all career highs -- during his second NHL campaign in 2023-24.,He has collected 40 poi...

Canadiens sign D Arber Xhekaj to two-year deal
Restricted free agent defenseman Arber Xhekaj signed a two-year, $2.6 million contract with the Montreal Canadiens on Tuesday.,Xhekaj, 23, recorded 10 points (three goals, seven assists) and a team-high 81 penalty minutes in 44 games last season. The 6-foot-4, 240-pound Xhekaj ranked second on the c...

The only question for the Canadiens is what took so long?
So If you feel like you heard some faint swearing in the air, and it vaguely sounded French (though Quebecois only vaguely sound French), don’t worry, you weren’t alone....

Can we make a ‘Habs-not’ joke real quick?
It was no secret that this season was going to be tougher for the Montreal Canadiens. They had to sneak into the playoffs last year when all they had to do was beat out the rest of the trash Canadian teams, and then went on a run because Carey Price was able to channel 2014 for a few weeks. ...

Hurricanes tweet Kotkaniemi offer sheet news in French out of sheer pettiness
Two years after the Montreal Canadiens tried to pry Sebastian Aho away from Carolina with an offer sheet, the Hurricanes have exacted their revenge, getting Jesperi Kotkaniemi to ink an offer sheet for one year and $6,100,015....

Another 'promising' young man gets a pass
Logan Mailloux didn’t apologize in his statement this week to the woman he admitted violating with a “stupid mistake.” He apologized in an interview with Daily Faceoff, but not in the statement he released to the world....

The Canadiens all seem conveniently hurt
NHL teams had to submit their protected lists on Saturday for the upcoming Seattle Kraken expansion draft, and it always contains a good amount of fun when you see what GMs are prioritizing and what they’ll move along to avoid losing someone for free. Even if that someone is a complete dope. GMs are...

Canadiens will have an interesting offseason
We know that the Tampa Bay Lightning, who finished off the Montreal Canadiens 1-0 last night in Game 5 to win back-to-back Stanley Cups, will face cap problems and the shortest offseason in history, as it’ll be just two-and-a-half months (so basically one month sober)....

How many firing squads can Carey Price turn back?
The Montreal Canadiens aren’t quite as chained to their history and tradition as the rest of the hockey world (including yours truly) likes to joke about. They can never escape it, and nor should they. it’s the MONTREAL CANADIENS, for fuck’s sake. But the drawn-out pregame ceremonies and insistence ...

The Canadiens might finally be relevant again
The Montreal Canadiens are the most important team in the NHL. If you don’t believe it, just ask them or any one of their fans. When scrolling through your NHL.TV or Center Ice package, you have to make sure to add 12 minutes to any scheduled start time for games in Montreal, thanks to whatever preg...

Do You Mind If We Dance With Your Dates? - NHL First Round Preview: Eastern Conference
In a bit of true hockey hilarity, the actual NHL bubble-ized playoffs will begin without either of the “hosts” on Tuesday. Both the Toronto Maple Leafs and Edmonton Oilers scheduled a date for their respective faces with the pavement, and hence will have to watch these modified playoffs take place i...

Ain’t a Sheet of Ice North of Fargo I Ain’t Played: NHL’s Return Preview – Eastern Conference
The winter sports and their summer bubbles return to us this weekend, because we’re descending into the Upside-Down. The NHL has decamped to Toronto and Edmonton, with a modified playoff system kicking straight off on Saturday. It’s a bit run-before-you-can-walk, with each team only getting one pres...
