In less than an hour, the Canadiens will play their first playoff game since the summer of 2021. The club, which has undergone major changes over the past four years, is back in the spring dance.
How many of the 46 players to score 30 or more goals in the 2024-25 NHL season can you name in six minutes?
This 2024-25 season was filled with nice surprises. We can think of William Nylander who finished as the second-best forward with 45 goals or Brandon Hagel who scored 35 goals (none on powerplay) and 90 points.
How many of the yearly leaders in NHL goals since the 1990-91 season can you name in five minutes?
I don’t want to hear another comment suggesting that Nick Suzuki is not a quality first center in the National Hockey League (NHL). Forgive my language, but… give me a break with that.
It’s done, the 2024-25 Montreal Canadiens are in the playoffs. The way they got there – during the last game of the regular season, against a depleted team – doesn’t matter.
When the Montreal Canadiens’ front office spoke about wanting the team to be “in the mix” before the season began, they weren’t paying lip service. What they envisioned was meaningful hockey in March—maybe even April—as the next logical step in this rebuild.
If you told Montreal Canadiens fans they would make the playoffs in December, they may have laughed.
The Montreal Canadiens are on the cusp of making it to the 2025 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs. They have not played postseason hockey since losing to the Tampa
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The Montreal Canadiens are closing in on their first berth in the Stanley Cup Playoffs in four years. One of the most significant contributors to the Habs’ second-half surge is their captain, Nick Suzuki.
Montreal Canadiens captain Nick Suzuki is having himself a career season. The 25-year-old currently has 85 points and counting on the year, with five games remaining in the season.
I’m not telling you anything new by saying that Nick Suzuki and Lane Hutson are each having an incredible season. In terms of basic statistics (points, differential, etc.), it’s easy to determine how useful a player is to their team on the surface.
The Montreal Canadiens are starting to run away in the Eastern Conference wild card race, and a lot of heavy lifting is being done by their captain Nick Suzuki.
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At the Montreal Canadiens’ annual golf tournament, the word that was echoing from all sides was “mix”. Everyone, from Kent Hughes to Nick Suzuki, was talking about the goal of being in that famous “mix”, meaning seeing the playoffs from not too far away.
The Montreal Canadiens did exactly what they had to do last night, which was to win in regulation time against the Philadelphia Flyers. The Habs didn’t fall into the Flyers’ trap for the second time in two weeks, and thus succeeded in their mission, which was to go get two points against a bad team.
Nick Suzuki scored and added an assist as the Montreal Canadiens erased a third-period deficit to edge the visiting Philadelphia Flyers 3-2 on Saturday night.
Nick Suzuki is having a year to remember. The Montreal Canadiens’ captain had a goal and an assist Thursday night in a 4-1 win over the Boston Bruins, passing the 80-point mark on the season and becoming the first Canadiens player to do so since Alex Kovalev since 2007-08.
The Montreal Canadiens beat the Florida Panthers 3-2 in overtime on Tuesday. Nick Suzuki scored a goal for the Canadiens that tied the game with eight seconds left and then scored the overtime winner.
Welcome to the Atlantic Division Notebook, where we examine what’s happening across the division, as the regular season comes to a close. With several playoff spots up for grabs, and numerous divisional games to be played in April, it’s worth magnifying what’s happening with the Toronto Maple Leafs’ rivals.
Nick Suzuki scored twice, the tying goal with 8.4 seconds left in regulation and the overtime winner, as the Montreal Canadiens edged the visiting Florida Panthers 3-2 on Tuesday night.
Thanks to their 3-2 overtime win against the Florida Panthers on Tuesday night, the Canadiens are keeping their hold on the second wild-card spot in the Eastern Conference.
Nick Suzuki had a goal and two assists for the Montreal Canadiens in a 4-2 win against the Florida Panthers on Sunday afternoon in Sunrise, Fla. Juraj
The Canadiens captain is hesitating less to speak his mind, and we've just had another solid example.
You’ll be hard-pressed to find a captain around the league who is more plugged in to his team’s pipeline and scouting department.
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