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Ice Breaker: Winnipeg erases 4-0 in two minutes, Robertson hat trick
The Jets score four times in 2:06 and win in overtime in Montreal, Dallas holds off Washington, and Anaheim and Vancouver fight five times.
Ferda Desk · 5 min read
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Gord's Notebook: Kucherov's price, Edvinsson's deadline, and Guerin won't beg
Kucherov asked for $20 million and got slow-walked, Detroit has a Dec. 1 clock on Edvinsson, and Winnipeg's captain said the word changes.
Gord Tremblay · 6 min read
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Jacob Fowler won October, and the Calder runs through him
The Canadiens rookie from Melbourne, Florida went 7-1-0 with two shutouts, tying a rookie record Jacques Plante shares, two winters after leaving Boston College.
Tommy Kessler · 3 min read
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Crosby took Ray Bourque's record, and Boston has to clap
Sidney Crosby's 1,112th assist with Pittsburgh passed Bourque for the most with one franchise, and he did it 84 games faster.
Sully · 3 min read
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Ice Breaker: Kucherov asks out, then Stamkos gets the last word
Stamkos ties it late and wins the shootout against his old team, Makar sets up four, and McDavid makes it 14 for 14.
Ferda Desk · 5 min read
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Ice Breaker: Anton Lundell picks a good night to wake up
Lundell's hat trick sinks the skidding Jets, Coronato gets four points in Calgary, and Gritsyuk and Jack Hughes split four goals in Vegas.
Ferda Desk · 4 min read
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Ice Breaker: Detroit wins night one of the Larkin standoff
Arvidsson scores three the night the Wings suspend Larkin, Tage Thompson gets five points and Buffalo barely survives Anaheim.
Ferda Desk · 5 min read
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Montreal isn't on Larkin's list, and Detroit's price is the problem
The Canadiens keep circling Dylan Larkin, Simon Edvinsson's Dec. 1 clock is ticking, and Detroit's interim GM has to blink somewhere.
Gord Tremblay · 3 min read
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Ice Breaker: Hellebuyck wins in Dallas, Florida puts five on Winnipeg
Fowler stops all 46 in St. Louis, the Canucks erase a 5-2 hole in Anaheim, and Matthew Tkachuk piles up four assists.
Ferda Desk · 5 min read
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Ottawa's betting-ad bill is coming, but the boards stay busy
Bill S-211 faces a Commons committee vote this week. It orders a national framework, not a ban, and two provinces want no part of it.
Gord Tremblay · 3 min read
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Gord's Notebook: Hughes stays, Nikishin signs, and Edmonton's net is next
Minnesota's extension is a press release away, Carolina won the staredown at $3 million, and the Flames keep winning their way out of a sell-off.
Gord Tremblay · 6 min read
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Ice Breaker: Eller ends the skid, Fowler steals the Heritage Classic
Florida kills seven Chicago power plays, Nashville scores four of its own, and Montreal wins outdoors in Winnipeg behind a 33-save night.
Ferda Desk · 4 min read
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The Jets bought relief with Hellebuyck. Now they need goals
Winnipeg hosts Montreal outdoors tonight without a win in four, two days after moving a three-time Vezina winner for Mercer, Daws and picks.
Gord Tremblay · 3 min read
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Ice Breaker: Leafs drop seven on Edmonton, Batherson buries New York
Twelve games, three overtime winners, a Kochetkov shutout and a Utah comeback that left Tampa staring at a blown two-goal lead.
Ferda Desk · 5 min read
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Ice Breaker: MacKinnon piles on Tampa, Evans sinks Chicago
Nathan MacKinnon has four points as Colorado beats Tampa Bay 6-3, and Jake Evans scores twice in Montreal's 4-1 win in Chicago.
Ferda Desk · 3 min read
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Cap Check: Canadiens are tight today and rich next July
Montreal sits $1.5 million under the ceiling with Suzuki and Demidov on regular IR, and about $27 million comes off the sheet in June.
Marcus Lind · 6 min read
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Ice Breaker: McDavid makes it 10 for 10, Florida gets blanked
Connor McDavid runs his point streak to 10 games in a shootout win over Carolina, Pittsburgh shuts out the Panthers, and Toronto steals one late.
Ferda Desk · 4 min read
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Khusnutdinov extension is fair if the shooting holds up
Boston gives the 24-year-old winger three years at $3.95 million starting in 2027-28, more than four times his current cap hit.
Marcus Lind · 3 min read
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Ice Breaker: Rantanen beats the Bruins alone, Celebrini wins in Montreal
A hat trick with an overtime winner in Dallas, another OT power-play winner for Celebrini, and Tampa takes Vegas apart on 21 shots.
Ferda Desk · 5 min read
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McKenna won round one, but Stenberg's number tonight is 10
The top two picks are even at six points, raised in very different roles, and one entry-level clock is about to start.
Tommy Kessler · 4 min read
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Ice Breaker: Two hat tricks in Sunrise, and McDavid keeps counting
Verhaeghe and Bennett each scored three in an 8-3 rout of Seattle, McDavid had five points, and Carolina won its seventh straight.
Ferda Desk · 5 min read
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Hot Sauce: Brady Tkachuk is top five alive, and Vancouver is lost
Six goals in two nights, a 96 percent penalty kill that lost anyway, and a .786 save percentage walking around in the wild.
Sully · 4 min read
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Detroit's new Larkin price points at Washington, not Florida
Two A prospects, a top-nine forward and a first: the revised ask favors the Capitals' shelf and leaves the Panthers watching.
Gord Tremblay · 3 min read
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Ice Breaker: Tuch outlasts the Habs, Hintz gets the last word
Alex Tuch's two goals beat Montreal 5-4, and Roope Hintz won a shootout in Denver one night after fighting Nathan MacKinnon.
Ferda Desk · 4 min read
Minors·
Around the minors: Florida's goalie ladder moves all the way down
Cooper Black's recall pulled Tyler Muszelik up from Savannah, Reinbacher is back in Montreal and the ECHL drops the puck Friday.
Tommy Kessler · 3 min read
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Ice Breaker: The Tkachuks torch Columbus, MacKinnon drops the gloves
Brady's natural hat trick and Matthew's five assists fed a 7-3 Panthers win, and Colorado and Dallas fought their way into tonight's rematch.
Ferda Desk · 6 min read
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The Ledger: Rangers picked the $3.97 million door, and they're right
Converting Igor Shesterkin to season-ending LTIR opens $7.6 million more, but the rental goalies New York should want already fit with retained salary.
Marcus Lind · 4 min read
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Gord's Notebook: Rangers won't panic, Hellebuyck wavers, Montreal chants for Larkin
Seventeen items after week two: New York's patience in net, the first crack in Winnipeg, ten teams calling Detroit and a chant at the Bell Centre.
Gord Tremblay · 5 min read
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Ice Breaker: Kaprizov crashes Sunrise, Nylander lights up Denver
Florida's power play goes 0-for-5 in the home opener, Hagel takes a hat trick off the Islanders and Montreal wins a 1-0 shootout.
Ferda Desk · 5 min read
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Montreal sold Jayden Struble at the right time, for the right price
A 2027 second-rounder for an eighth defenseman whose minutes were falling, while Nashville gets a cheap left shot and his RFA rights.
Marcus Lind · 3 min read
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Ice Breaker: Leafs blow 3-0 in Vegas, Stankoven completes the set
Vegas erases a three-goal hole and wins the shootout, Stankoven scores at every strength, and Colorado drops seven on Calgary.
Ferda Desk · 4 min read
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Ice Breaker: Panthers win ugly in L.A., Matthews erases a 3-0 hole
Florida wins in regulation without a power-play goal, Toronto rallies past Nashville, and Lafrenière's hat trick leans on two empty nets.
Ferda Desk · 5 min read
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Gord's Notebook: Edvinsson wants out, Edmonton shops sideways, Canada needs a GM
Fifteen items after week one: Edvinsson's trade wish, Edmonton's lateral move, Hughes and Crosby in no hurry, and four candidates for Team Canada.
Gord Tremblay · 5 min read
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Ice Breaker: Montreal's four-goal comeback still loses in Pittsburgh
Tommy Novak ends a wild one in overtime, Ilya Sorokin blanks the Devils, and Connor McDavid adds the league's fastest skate to his point streak.
Ferda Desk · 5 min read
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Lyle Odelein, the shutdown guy, dies at 58
The Blue Jackets' first captain and a 1993 Stanley Cup champion with Montreal played 1,056 NHL games across nine teams.
Ferda Desk · 4 min read
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Ice Breaker: Forsling spoils the banner, and Bouchard's five points go for nothing
Opening night: Florida wins 1-0 in overtime at Carolina, Vancouver survives Edmonton's comeback, Boston scores three in 75 seconds, and Toronto stumbles.
Ferda Desk · 4 min read
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Ice Breaker: Toronto buys Marchenko, and opening night finally arrives
No games Monday, just a blockbuster: Knies to Columbus, Marchenko to Toronto at $12.5 million, and five openers tonight starting in Raleigh.
Ferda Desk · 3 min read
Women's·
Hockey Night in Canada picks the PWHL, and eight games is the audition
CBC puts the women's game under its most famous brand on Dec. 5, with the champion Montréal Victoire hosting expansion Hamilton in the first broadcast.
Meg Halloran · 3 min read
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Gord's Notebook: Sharks kick Hellebuyck's tires, Kucherov waits on the cap
Fourteen items for opening week: San Jose's interest in Winnipeg's goalie, a $127.5 million cap projection, Larkin, Edvinsson, Tarasenko and a Montreal blue line for sale.
Gord Tremblay · 6 min read
Canadiens stats
League stats →2026–27 · Regular season · Summary · 24 players
| #Player | Team | Pos | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 Lane Hutson | MTL | D | 16 | 3 | 13 | 16 | +8 | 8 | 1.00 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 10.3 | 24:59 | -- |
2 Cole Caufield | MTL | RW | 16 | 11 | 4 | 15 | +5 | 8 | 0.94 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 54 | 20.4 | 18:39 | 60.0 |
3 Nick Suzuki | MTL | C | 10 | 6 | 9 | 15 | +8 | 2 | 1.50 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 20.0 | 21:37 | 53.9 |
4 Juraj Slafkovský | MTL | LW | 16 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 14 | 0.75 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 5.1 | 18:14 | 31.3 |
5 Josh Anderson | MTL | RW | 16 | 7 | 3 | 10 | +8 | 16 | 0.63 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 21.2 | 14:28 | 33.3 |
6 Chris Kreider | MTL | LW | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | +4 | 6 | 0.50 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 11.8 | 13:46 | 33.3 |
7 Noah Dobson | MTL | D | 16 | 0 | 8 | 8 | +1 | 12 | 0.50 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 0.0 | 20:56 | -- |
8 Alex Newhook | MTL | C | 16 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -3 | 12 | 0.44 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 20.0 | 16:30 | 50.3 |
9 Zachary Bolduc | MTL | RW | 16 | 5 | 2 | 7 | +1 | 4 | 0.44 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 18.5 | 13:58 | 0.0 |
10 Alexandre Carrier | MTL | D | 16 | 1 | 5 | 6 | +5 | 12 | 0.38 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 7.1 | 20:36 | -- |
11 Jake Evans | MTL | C | 16 | 2 | 4 | 6 | +5 | 2 | 0.38 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 16.7 | 15:24 | 54.8 |
12 Phillip Danault | MTL | C | 16 | 1 | 5 | 6 | +4 | 0 | 0.38 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 4.5 | 17:05 | 54.7 |
13 Alexandre Texier | MTL | LW | 16 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 10 | 0.31 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 9.1 | 13:14 | -- |
14 Kaiden Guhle | MTL | D | 12 | 2 | 3 | 5 | +3 | 10 | 0.42 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 14.3 | 23:03 | -- |
15 Kirby Dach | MTL | C | 14 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0.36 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 9.1 | 10:48 | 43.8 |
16 Mike Matheson | MTL | D | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | +1 | 6 | 0.50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 6.7 | 23:45 | -- |
17 Arber Xhekaj | MTL | D | 15 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 30 | 0.20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 9.1 | 11:51 | -- |
18 Florian Xhekaj | MTL | LW | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 13 | 0.43 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 11.1 | 7:53 | 20.0 |
19 Owen Beck | MTL | C | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0.60 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16.7 | 8:42 | 57.1 |
20 Adam Engstrom | MTL | D | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | +5 | 0 | 0.20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 9.1 | 11:25 | -- |
21 Ivan Demidov | MTL | RW | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25.0 | 15:37 | -- |
22 Jayden Struble | MTL NSH | D | 15 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -7 | 7 | 0.13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 50.0 | 14:52 | -- |
23 Oliver Kapanen | MTL | C | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 6 | 0.11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 8.3 | 12:15 | 39.7 |
24 David Reinbacher | MTL | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 9:09 | -- |
Source: NHL.com stats · Photo: NHL
