Ovechkin nets 1st playoff OT goal, Caps top Habs

Washington star forward Alex Ovechkin made some personal history in the Capitals' Game 1 win over the Montreal Canadiens on Monday night, scoring the first playoff overtime goal of his storied career en route to a 3-2 win for the No. 1 seed in the Ea

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Projected Lineups for the Senators vs Canadiens – 3/18/25

The Ottawa Senators take on the Montreal Canadiens at Bell Centre tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others. SENATORS (36-25-5) at CANADIENS (32-27-7) 7 p.m.…

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Hughes: Rising Habs won't act like 'drunken sailors' in free agency

Montreal Canadiens general manager Kent Hughes is pleased with the strides his club has made this season, but he said he won't recklessly hand out huge deals this summer to accelerate the team's rebuild."We're not going to go into free agency like a

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Canadiens More Than a One-Line Team in 2025 Playoff Chase

Montreal Canadiens forward Patrik Laine is contributing to the team's current success. Full stop. There should be no disputing that as fact.

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Canadiens vs. Senators: Game preview, start time, Tale of the Tape, and how to watch

Game 67: Montreal Canadiens vs. Ottawa Senators Start time: 7:00 PM EDT / 4:00 PM PDT
In the Canadiens region: TSN2 (English), RDS (French)
In the Senators region: TSN5 (English), RDS (French)
Streaming: ESPN+, RDS, TSN+ Down 2-0 last

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Tuesday Habs Headlines: Aspirations

Montreal Canadiens News and Notes

• The Habs’s goal was, notoriously, to be “in the mix” this year. Now Kent Hughes is looking ahead to the next steps. [Sportsnet]
• The Captain is carrying the Canadiens. [Montreal Gazette]<

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Suzuki, Caufield continue to build cases to make Olympic rosters

NHL insider Elliotte Friedman joins Tim Micallef to discuss key takeaways from the first day of the general manager meetings, the rising cases for Nick Suzuki on Canada’s Olympic roster and Cole Caufield on Team USA’s, and more.

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Hail Mary: Canadiens Squash Sabres Trade Ask for Cozens [Rumor]

The post Hail Mary: Canadiens Squash Sabres Trade Ask for Cozens [Rumor] appeared first on NHL Trade Talk. The Montreal Canadiens reportedly showed trade interest in Dylan Cozens, but the ask from the Sabres was far too high to consider a deal. The

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Montreal Canadiens’ 5 First-Round Targets in 2025 NHL Draft

The success of any rebuild in the NHL ultimately hinges on a team’s ability to draft effectively. For the Montreal Canadiens, this summer’s 2025 NHL Entry Draft is a crucial…

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Kent Hughes eager to guide Canadiens from relevance to prominence

The Montreal Canadiens have come a long way under GM Kent Hughes’s watch, and their best chance to get to where they want to go lies ahead.

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The Sheet Blog: Making sense of Connor Bedard’s misconducts

Other topics include Montreal Canadiens star Nick Suzuki, the Rochester Americans, potential changes in the CHL and more.

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NHL Power Rankings: Each team's biggest surprise

This is the 11th in-season edition of theScore's NHL Power Rankings for the 2024-25 campaign. Check back for updated rankings every other Monday.In this edition, we look at the biggest surprise for each team this season.Jump to:

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Monday Habs Headlines: Martin St-Louis’s vision coming to fruition

Montreal Canadiens news and notes

• A full-team commitment to helping out on defence is what Alexandre Carrier believes has the Canadiens as close to a playoff spot as they are. [TVA Sports]
• Saturday’s game was Martin St-Louis

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