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Start time: 7:00 PM EDT / 4:00 PM PDT In Canada: CityTV, Sportsnet East (English), TVA Sports (French) In the Flyers region: NBC Sports Philadelphia Streaming: ESPN+, CityTV, Sportsnet+ The Montreal Canadiens played the Philadelphia Flyers the same day the Metropolitan Division team fired head coach John Tortorella. That night, the Flyers snapped a six-game losing streak with a 6-4 win on…

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3) Take this lesson into tomorrow’s game 2) As he does, he manages to come up with something even better 1) A moment of referee incompetence from a perfect prediction…

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With the New York Rangers dropping their matinee on Saturday, the Montreal Canadiens knew there was a big opportunity for them in their evening contest with the Philadelphia Flyers. They completely flipped the script of their previous 6-4 loss to the Flyers, dominating for most of the game en route to a 3-2 win that was closer than it probably should have been. In that win…

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A completely gassed Montreal Canadiens roster rolled into Tennessee on Sunday, looking to keep building their lead on the final playoff spot in the East. Awaiting them were the Nashville Predators, who have already been eliminated from playoff contention, and have nothing left to play for but pride, and the role of spoilers. The Habs found a way to get it done, edging the Preds 2-1 to maintain…

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The Laval Rocket did not have long to lick their wounds after a shootout loss to the Abbotsford Canucks on Saturday night, with their rematch taking place at 7 PM on Sunday. A win for the Rocket would allow them to secure a winning record on their western Canadian trip and set them up for a week in New York. After a scary incident on Saturday night that resulted in a hospital stay…

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Following the surprise news earlier today that Ivan Demidov and SKA Saint Petersburg had mutually decided to terminate his contract, the Montreal Canadiens did what we were all hoping they would. They’ve signed the 2024 fifth-overall pick to his entry-level deal. The ELC starts this year, which allows Demidov to join the Canadiens immediately. There will be no first-year slide, as he’…

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In what was the biggest game of the season so far for the Montreal Canadiens, they took on the Detroit Red Wings at the Bell Centre with a chance to take a true stranglehold on the final wild card spot in the east. As we’ve seen them do many times, they came out completely flat, but managed to rally in the second and third periods to find the scoring they needed to get the job done.

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Start time: 7:00 PM EDT / 4:00 PM PDT In Canada: Sportsnet East/Ontario/West (English) In the Canadiens/Senators regions: RDS (French) Streaming: ESPN+, RDS, Sportsnet+ The wild-card picture in the Eastern Conference gained some clarity on Thursday night with all four teams immediately behind the Montreal Canadiens in action while the Habs themselves enjoyed a second day of rest.

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Start time: 7:00 PM EDT / 4:00 PM PDT In Canada: Sportsnet East/Ontario/West (English) In the Canadiens/Senators regions: RDS (French) Streaming: ESPN+, RDS, Sportsnet+ It’s been a season of surprises from the Montreal Canadiens. Not only did the team jump from a ranking of 28th in the league last year, its third consecutive finish in the bottom five, to now sitting on the verge of claiming a…

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Laval ended their trip out west with a pair of tough losses to the hottest team in the AHL, the Abbotsford Canucks, with just one goal being the difference in both games. Their road-warrior ways were not quite at an end yet, however. They returned to Place Bell for a few days before heading out to New York for two divisional games. First up on Friday night was the Rochester Americans with the…

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Start time: 7:00 PM EDT / 4:00 PM PDT In Canada: CBC, Sportsnet E/O/P, OMNI2, APTN (English), TVA Sports (French) Streaming: CBC Gem, ESPN+, Sportsnet+ If the Canadiens were hoping that their playoff odds would improve with a result in their favour on Saturday afternoon, they quickly learned that that wouldn’t be the case for the team that represents the greatest threat.

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With a win on Friday night in Rochester, the Laval Rocket had secured the AHL North Division crown and were locked into their seed heading into the AHL playoffs. They were still in contention for the MacGregor Kilpatrick Trophy, awarded to the AHL’s top team every year, and they had a narrow lead over Hershey with their final four games remaining. Standing in their way on Saturday were the…

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Start time: 7:00 PM EDT / 4:00 PM PDT In the Canadiens region: RDS (French) In the Blackhawks region: CHSN Streaming: Prime Video (Canada), ESPN+ (USA) There was another chance for the Montreal Canadiens to clinch a playoff spot on Sunday when the Columbus Blue Jackets faced the Washington Capitals for a second time on the weekend. Like the first game on Saturday afternoon, however…

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Monday night was one of the most anticipated games we’ve seen in some time for the Montreal Canadiens. Not only did they have an opportunity to secure a playoff berth for the first time since the COVID-shortened 2020-21 season, but the ultra-talented Ivan Demidov was set to make his NHL debut against the Chicago Blackhawks. Surrendering a two-goal lead before ultimately losing in a shootout…

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