Well for anyone worried the Canadiens wouldn’t be up for this game, Brendan Gallagher is sparring with Zemgus Girgensons before the opening puck drop.
First period
It’s still a surprise how quickly the top line can create chances out of seemingly nothing. They just turned a contested puck at the goal line into two point-blank chances, with Juraj Slafkovský again doing the hardest work.
The second line hits the ice and puts together something similar.
All that, and it’s ...
Game 29: Montreal Canadiens vs. Tampa Bay Lightning
Start time: 7:00 PM EST / 4:00 PM PST In the Canadiens region: TSN2 (English), RDS (French) In the Lightning region: The Spot Streaming: ESPN+, RDS, TSN+
The Montreal Canadiens will play the first of four games versus the Tampa Bay Lightning this season, a series that could potentially determine which of the teams qualifies for the playoffs. The Atlantic Division remains tight, with the Detroit Red Wings jumping from fourth to firs...
Game Thirty: Tampa Bay Lightning (16-11-2) at Montreal Canadiens (15-10-3)
Time: 7:00 PM
Location: Centre Bell, The Paris of North America
TV/Stream/Radio: The Spot, TSN2, RDS, ESPN+, 102.5 FM, Lightning App
Odds: Lightning +105
Know the Opponents: Habs Eyes on the Prize
Look, there is no reason to get too crazy with a preview today. Simply put, the Lightning have to do what they haven’t been able to do since the NHL took their goal away against Pittsburgh – score...
Game 29: Montreal Canadiens vs. Tampa Bay Lightning
Start time: 7:00 PM EST / 4:00 PM PST In the Canadiens region: TSN2 (English), RDS (French) In the Lightning region: The Spot Streaming: ESPN+, RDS, TSN+
It looked like this was going to be the year that the Tampa Bay Lightning’s run as a perennial playoff team would come to an end. They began the season 1-4-2 to sit in last place in the Eastern Conference. Then they rattled off five wins a row.
It’s been a season of wild mome...
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Best Canadiens vs. Lightning Prop Bets
Player & Team
Odds to Score a Goal
Goals & Games Played
Cole Caufield, Canadiens
+145
16 G in 28 GP
Jake Guentzel, Lightning
+175
14 G in 29 GP
Nick Suzuki, Canadiens
+190
8 G in 28 GP
Nikita Kucherov...
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The Montreal Canadiens went 2-2-0 in the first week of December, now sitting at 15-10-3 on the season and third in the Atlantic Division. It was a week of ups and downs, featuring a resilient, if imperfect, performance against the Maple Leafs that saw the Canadiens snap an 11-game losing streak at Scotiab...
Montreal Canadiens news and notes
Cole Caufield hasn’t only evolved his goal-scoring game by moving closer to the net, but is becoming a more dangerous passer. [ RDS ]
With some of Team USA’s locks already being smaller players, the team’s management may be too afraid to add Caufield despite his solid 200-foot game. [ The Athletic ]
Nick Suzuki is a unanimous addition to Team Canada by The Athletic ‘s panel. [ The Athletic ]
Juraj Slafkovský says the top line is trying to...
Jakub Dobeš is going back-to-back. The defence needs to be good tonight.
First period
Juraj Slafkovský decides he wants the puck more than Colton Parayko and just takes it was from him, setting up Cole Caufield for Montreal’s first chance.
Brendan Gallagher decides he wants the puck more than Jordan Binnington, and that turnover leads to a chance for the third line.
Out comes the second line, and Logan Mailloux hooks Ivan Demidov to prevent the rookie from getting the p...
Game 28: Montreal Canadiens vs. St. Louis Blues
Start time: 7:00 PM EST / 4:00 PM PST In the Canadiens region: TSN2 (English), RDS (French) In the Blue region: FanDuel Sports Network Midwest Streaming: ESPN+, RDS, TSN+
News came out before the game that Samuel Montembeault is dealing with an illness. That means that Jakub Dobeš, backed up tonight by Kaapo Kähkönen, will be thrust into a difficult situation of playing both games of a back-to-back, and likely also will be relied ...
Game 28: Montreal Canadiens vs. St. Louis Blues
Start time: 7:00 PM EST / 4:00 PM PST In the Canadiens region: TSN2 (English), RDS (French) In the Blues region: FanDuel Sports Network Midwest Streaming: ESPN+, RDS, TSN+
The Montreal Canadiens and St. Louis Blues were the top stories of the final third of the season last year. Both teams picked up after the 4 Nations Face-Off well out of a playoff position, but they put together remarkable finishes to end up in the final wild-card sp...
Craig Berube addressed the media after his team’s 2-1 shootout loss to the Montreal Canadiens, which dropped the Maple Leafs’ record to 13-11-4. On the team’s performance: Good first period. I thought we came out with the right mindset and did some good things. In the second period, we turned pucks over. That is basically […]
The post Craig Berube on the Leafs dropping a point to the Habs: “We missed the net about 15 times, including on good opportunities… And power play has to come through ...
The PA announcer tries to get a “Go Leafs Go!” chant going before the opening faceoff. It doesn’t work.
First period
The crowd isn’t in it, but the Leafs are, spending the opening few shifts in Montreal’s zone.
An icing call if the first reprieve for Montreal over three minutes in.
Montreal finally gets a shot on net, but then Noah Dobson gets caught trying to hold the puck in at the blue line, and Juraj Slafkovský has to hook Auston Matthews on the counter-attack to de...
Game 27: Montreal Canadiens @ Toronto Maple Leafs
Start time: 7:00 PM EST / 4:00 PM PST In Canada: CBC, Sportsnet E/O/P (English), TVA Sports (French) Streaming: ESPN+, CBC Gem, Sportsnet+
The Montreal Canadiens’ opening third of the 2025-26 season is set to conclude with a critical battle against the Toronto Maple Leafs that could determine the overall success of the first 27 matches. A win tonight gives them a four-point edge in the standings; a loss evens the teams at 31 points w...
Tonight on Hockey Night in Canada, the surging Maple Leafs are hoping to exact some revenge on a Habs team that embarrassed them in Montreal two weeks ago, but they’ll need to do it without Joseph Woll (7:00 p.m. EST, Sportsnet/CBC). Game Day Quotes Steven Lorentz on the keys to delivering some payback to the […]
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Them again.
Game 27: Montreal Canadiens @ Toronto Maple Leafs
Start time: 7:00 PM EST / 4:00 PM PST In Canada: CBC, Sportsnet E/O/P (English), TVA Sports (French) Streaming: ESPN+, CBC Gem, Sportsnet+
The Montreal Canadiens took arguably their easiest two points of the season when they played the Toronto Maple Leafs two weeks ago. There were some real concerns about how Jakub Dobeš would fare while he was in a sympathetic slump with Samuel Montembeault at the time, but the Leafs mustered v...
Are you looking for the inside scoop on the upcoming Toronto Maple Leafs-Montreal Canadiens matchup on Saturday, Dec. 6? Best bets suggestions are provided below, so take advantage before the 7 p.m. ET start.
Best Maple Leafs vs. Canadiens Prop Bets
Player & Team
Odds to Score a Goal
Goals & Games Played
Auston Matthews, Maple Leafs
+120
11 G in 22 GP
Cole Caufield, Canadiens
+155
14 G in 26 GP
William Nylander, Maple Leafs
+160
11 G in 23 GP
...
The date and opponent is now set.
Less than 24 hours after finishing a very disappointing effort against the Ottawa Senators on home ice, the Montreal Canadiens were right back in action at the Bell Centre. With the Winnipeg Jets in town, they needed to find a way to bounce back from their poor showing quickly. The Atlantic division is extremely tight in the early goings of this season, and they would want to avoid starting another long losing streak in order to keep pace with the teams around them.
Martin St-Louis electe...
Following their game versus the Winnipeg Jets on Wednesday night, the Montreal Canadiens announced that forward Florian Xhekaj and defenceman Adam Engström had been loaned back to the Laval Rocket of the AHL.
Les Canadiens ont cédé l'attaquant Florian Xhekaj et le défenseur Adam Engstrom au Rocket de Laval. The Canadiens have loaned forward Florian Xhekaj and defenseman Adam Engstrom to the Laval Rocket. — Canadiens Montréal (@CanadiensMTL) December 4, 2025
Xhekaj played five c...
Could you imagine Sportsnet not showing a tribute to a Toronto Maple Leafs player? It would never happen.
A full shakeup has been made to the forward lines. I’m not sure about putting Slafkovský back on the top line because he seemed to be doing good work on the second one.
I’m glad this game is also on RDS so I don’t gave to listen to Garry Galley’s giggling every time Montreal gets scored on.
First period
Mike Matheson advances up into the slot to take an open shot, a...
The Nashville Predators are one of the only NHL teams in sell mode, and veteran center Ryan O'Reilly is the prime trade candidate to be dealt first. O'Reilly has not looked like himself this season, and has called his own play out publicly. With that said, the Predators as a group are struggling, and GM Barry Trotz has no other move but to listen to trade offers. When it comes to moving O'Reilly, the New Jersey Devils and Montreal Canadiens are leading the charge. O'Reilly doesn't have any tra...
The Winnipeg Jets showed very little passion when they were cake walked by the Buffalo Sabres on Monday night, it will be interesting to see how the players perform tonight after a closed door meeting was called by, I am assuming, an unhappy Adam Lowry .
Wednesday’s clash involves a pair of Canadian NHL franchises that have seen their playoff hopes take a hit with a recent string of bad results. The fans of the True North franchise knows the Jets ( 13-12-0 ) have not done well over their ...
A look at the projected lineups and pre-game interviews.
After a rather successful 2-1 road trip, the Montreal Canadiens were back at the Bell Centre on Tuesday night to face their divisional rivals in the Ottawa Senators. It was a less-than-triumphant return to home ice, culminating in a 5-2 loss that leaves them looking for answers in short order, since they’ll be hosting the Winnipeg Jets this evening.
A lot of the same problems that they faced during their last losing streak were evidently present in the loss, but hey, at least the power pl...