History wasn’t repeated: Last season, Canadiens goaltender Samuel Montembeault blocked 48 Toronto shots, establishing a ...

The Montreal Canadiens and Ottawa Senators preseason two-fer looked like a heated playoff battle compared to a sleepy ...

The Islanders open their new era under executive vice president/general manager Mathieu Darche, who took over after Lou ...

Over the last two days, The Athletic has ranked all teams’ defense corps and forward groups. The Montreal Canadiens did well when it comes to the defense corps, but the ranking of their forward group ...

The Habs are a rising power in the NHL, but the Leafs are the established team, so it’s no wonder that Toronto is the betting ...

The Toronto Maple Leafs are set to open the 2025-26 regular season against their arch-rivals, the Montreal Canadiens, at ...

The Blue Jackets finished 25th in goals against last season and brought back their own free agents on defense in Dante Fabbro ...

We’ve been waiting a long time for answers to our questions. This morning in Brossard, at practice, the Canadiens practiced ...

The Canadiens beefed up their blue line by landing Noah Dobson in a trade with the Islanders. Meantime, there’s buzz revolving around 2024 first-round pick Ivan Demidov, who made the jump from Russia ...

Emily Kaplan: “The NHL salary landscape is changing fast. Hearing Lane Hutson was willing to take an 8 year deal slightly less than Noah Dobson’s $9.5 million AAV but it didn’t get done on the ...

The Habs will be tested right out of the gate, starting the new season with back-to-back road games, three in a row.

Welcome to the third iteration of The Athletic’s annual defense ranking tiers. There’s a surprising shortage of truly ...