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Canadiens vs. Sabres Top Six Minutes: Montreal’s offence comes through in the third

Alexandre Carrier gets into a battle with three Sabres at the blue line to keep the puck in. He kicks the puck free to Newhook, who makes a touch pass to Demidov, whose shot is stopped, but Oliver ...
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Monday Habs Headlines: Predicting the extension for Mike Matheson

In today’s links, contract comparables for Matheson, Martin St-Louis’s lack of trust in the depth, Suzuki “probable” for Team Canada, Gallagher’s French lessons, and Marchand gets fined for ...
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Kaiden Guhle out 4-6 weeks, Laine and Dach day-to-day

The Canadiens announce that Kaiden Guhle is out for 4-6 weeks with a lower body injury. Kirby Dach and Patrik Laine are ...
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Laval vs. Abbotsford recap & highlights: Condotta, Belzile lead the way in 5-2 win

The forward lines showed a small shuffle, as Joshua Roy joined the top line and Alex Belzile dropped down to centre the second line. Lucas Condotta and Tyler Thorpe joined Xavier Simoneau on the third ...
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Bottom Six Minutes: Samuel Montembeault doesn’t look like himself

Samuel Montembeault took the blame for Saturday’s loss after the game, and whether or not that’s actually fair, he hasn’t looked like himself.
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Canadiens vs. Rangers Top Six Minutes: A rough third ends the home point streak

Cole Caufield sees that defencemen Matthew Robertson played the puck a little bit too far ahead, and poked it past him to start a two-on-zero. Caufield made the cross-ice pass to Juraj Slafkovský, and ...
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Sunday Habs Headlines: Samuel Montembeault takes the blame for Saturday’s loss

In today’s links, Monty’s mea culpa, an interview with the wise Brendan Gallagher, a deep dive of Owen Protz’s Brampton Bulldogs, a potential Heritage Classic in Winnipeg, and Anthony Stolarz ...
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Bottom Six Minutes: Can we talk about Cole Caufield?

The Bell Centre has seen two games in this young NHL season, and both have ended with overtime wins for the Montreal Canadiens. Both games were tight. Both games required a late one-goal comeback on ...
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Laval vs. Abbotsford recap & highlights: Jacob Fowler shuts out the Canucks in the home-opener

In net, Jacob Fowler got the nod for the Rocket home-opener, with Kaapo Kähhkönen likely getting the nod on Saturday. In front of a hyped home crowd, the Rocket shot out of the gate, with Nate Clurman ...
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Canadiens vs. Predators Top Six Minutes: Giving the fans their money’s worth

The point streak extends to four games. Overtime Suzuki wins the faceoff, and Hutson has the puck. Demidov comes on the ice, sets up Suzuki, and the captain clangs the puck off the crossbar. Demidov ...
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Friday Habs Headlines: Zachary Bolduc becoming a fan favourite

In today’s links, Zachary Bolduc is wasting no time endearing himself to Montreal, the Laval Rocket prepare for their home opener, and Brady Tkachuk is out for 6 to 8 weeks.