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2017–18 Montreal Canadiens
2017–18 Montreal Canadiens
Division	TBD Atlantic
Conference	TBD Eastern
2017–18 record	1–3–0
Home record	0–1–0
Road record	1–2–0
Goals for	5
Goals against	13
Team information
General manager	Marc Bergevin
Coach	Claude Julien
Captain	Max Pacioretty
Alternate captains	Brendan Gallagher; Tomas Plekanec; Shea Weber
Arena	Bell Centre
Minor league affiliate(s)	Laval Rocket (AHL); Brampton Beast (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals	4 tied (1)
Assists	5 tied (1)
Points	Brendan Gallagher (2)
Penalty minutes	Ales Hemsky (8)
Plus/minus	Jordie Benn; Ales Hemsky; Brandon Davidson (0)
Wins	Carey Price (1)
Goals against average	Al Montoya (3.00)
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The 2017–18 Montreal Canadiens season is the 109th season for the franchise that was founded on December 4, 1909, and their 101st season in the National Hockey League.^[1]

Standings

Divisional standings

Atlantic Division
Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	z – Tampa Bay Lightning	82	54	23	5	48	296	236	+60	113
2	x – Boston Bruins	82	50	20	12	47	270	214	+56	112
3	x – Toronto Maple Leafs	82	49	26	7	42	277	232	+45	105
4	Florida Panthers	82	44	30	8	41	248	246	+2	96
5	Detroit Red Wings	82	30	39	13	25	217	255	−38	73
6	Montreal Canadiens	82	29	40	13	27	209	264	−55	71
7	Ottawa Senators	82	28	43	11	26	221	291	−70	67
8	Buffalo Sabres	82	25	45	12	24	199	280	−81	62

Source: National Hockey League^[2]
x – Clinched playoff spot; z – Clinched conference

Conference standings

Template:2017–18 NHL Eastern Conference standings

Schedule and results

Preseason

The preseason schedule was released on June 19, 2017.^[3]

2017 preseason game log: 2–6–0 (Home: 2–3–0 ; Road: 0–3–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1^[a]	September 18	Montreal	2–3	Boston		—	—	0–1–0	Recap
2	September 20	Washington	4–2	Montreal		Lindgren	21,288	0–2–0	Recap
3	September 21	New Jersey	4–1	Montreal		Price	21,288	0–3–0	Recap
4	September 23	Montreal	1–5	Ottawa		Montoya	14,818	0–4–0	Recap
5^[b]	September 25	Montreal	1–5	Toronto		—	—	0–5–0	Recap
6^[a]	September 27	Toronto	4–2	Montreal		Price	—	0–6–0	Recap
7	September 29	Florida	1–3	Montreal		Lindgren	21,288	1–6–0	Recap
8	September 30	Ottawa	2–9	Montreal		Price	21,288	2–6–0	Recap
Notes: ^a Game was played at Videotron Centre in Quebec City, Quebec. ^b Game was played at Ricoh Coliseum in Toronto, Ontario.

Regular season

The regular season schedule was published on June 22, 2017.^[4]

2017–18 game log

October: 1–3–0 (Home: 0–1–1 ; Road: 1–2–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
1	October 5	Montreal	3–2	Buffalo	SO	Price	19,070	1–0–0	2	Recap
2	October 7	Montreal	1–6	Washington		Price	18,506	1–1–0	2	Recap
3	October 8	Montreal	0–2	NY Rangers		Price	18,006	1–2–0	2	Recap
4	October 10	Chicago	3–1	Montreal		Price	21,302	1–3–0	2	Recap
5	October 14	Toronto	4–3	Montreal	OT	Price		1–3–1	3
6	October 17	Montreal	–	San Jose
7	October 18	Montreal	–	Los Angeles
8	October 20	Montreal	–	Anaheim
9	October 24	Florida	–	Montreal
10	October 26	Los Angeles	–	Montreal
11	October 28	NY Rangers	–	Montreal
12	October 30	Montreal	–	Ottawa

November: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
13	November 2	Montreal	–	Minnesota
14	November 4	Montreal	–	Winnipeg
15	November 5	Montreal	–	Chicago
16	November 7	Vegas	–	Montreal
17	November 9	Minnesota	–	Montreal
18	November 11	Buffalo	–	Montreal
19	November 14	Columbus	–	Montreal
20	November 16	Arizona	–	Montreal
21	November 18	Toronto	–	Montreal
22	November 21	Montreal	–	Dallas
23	November 22	Montreal	–	Nashville
24	November 25	Buffalo	–	Montreal
25	November 27	Columbus	–	Montreal
26	November 29	Ottawa	–	Montreal
27	November 30	Montreal	–	Detroit

December: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
28	December 2	Detroit	–	Montreal
29	December 5	St. Louis	–	Montreal
30	December 7	Calgary	–	Montreal
31	December 9	Edmonton	–	Montreal
32	December 14	New Jersey	–	Montreal
33	December 16	Montreal	–	Ottawa			(outdoors)
34	December 19	Montreal	–	Vancouver
35	December 22	Montreal	–	Calgary
36	December 23	Montreal	–	Edmonton
37	December 27	Montreal	–	Carolina
38	December 28	Montreal	–	Tampa Bay
39	December 30	Montreal	–	Florida

January: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
40	January 2	San Jose	–	Montreal
41	January 4	Tampa Bay	–	Montreal
42	January 7	Vancouver	–	Montreal
43	January 13	Boston	–	Montreal
44	January 15	NY Islanders	–	Montreal
45	January 17	Montreal	–	Boston
46	January 19	Montreal	–	Washington
47	January 20	Boston	–	Montreal
48	January 23	Colorado	–	Montreal
49	January 25	Carolina	–	Montreal
50	January 30	Montreal	–	St. Louis

February: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
51	February 1	Montreal	–	Carolina
52	February 3	Anaheim	–	Montreal
53	February 4	Ottawa	–	Montreal
54	February 8	Montreal	–	Philadelphia
55	February 10	Nashville	–	Montreal
56	February 14	Montreal	–	Colorado
57	February 15	Montreal	–	Arizona
58	February 17	Montreal	–	Vegas
59	February 20	Montreal	–	Philadelphia
60	February 22	NY Rangers	–	Montreal
61	February 24	Tampa Bay	–	Montreal
62	February 26	Philadelphia	–	Montreal
63	February 28	NY Islanders	–	Montreal

March: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
64	March 2	Montreal	–	NY Islanders
65	March 3	Montreal	–	Boston
66	March 6	Montreal	–	New Jersey
67	March 8	Montreal	–	Florida
68	March 10	Montreal	–	Tampa Bay
69	March 12	Montreal	–	Columbus
70	March 13	Dallas	–	Montreal
71	March 15	Pittsburgh	–	Montreal
72	March 17	Montreal	–	Toronto
73	March 19	Florida	–	Montreal
74	March 21	Montreal	–	Pittsburgh
75	March 23	Montreal	–	Buffalo
76	March 24	Washington	–	Montreal
77	March 26	Detroit	–	Montreal
78	March 31	Montreal	–	Pittsburgh

April: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
79	April 1	New Jersey	–	Montreal
80	April 3	Winnipeg	–	Montreal
81	April 5	Montreal	–	Detroit
82	April 7	Montreal	–	Toronto

Legend: Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Player statistics

As of October 11, 2017^[5]

Skaters

Regular season
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Max Pacioretty	3	1	0	1	-1	2
Tomas Plekanec	3	0	0	0	-2	2
Phillip Danault	3	1	0	1	-1	0
Jacob de la Rose	3	0	0	0	-1	2
Alex Galchenyuk	3	0	0	0	-1	0
Paul Byron	3	0	1	1	-1	2
Charles Hudon	3	0	0	0	-2	0
Artturi Lehkonen	3	0	0	0	-2	0
Andrew Shaw	3	0	0	0	-2	2
Brendan Gallagher	3	1	1	2	-1	2
Aleš Hemský	2	0	0	0	0	8
Jonathan Drouin	3	0	1	1	-2	2
Shea Weber	3	0	1	1	0	0
Jordie Benn	3	0	0	0	-2	0
Karl Alzner	3	0	1	1	-4	0
Jeff Petry	3	0	0	0	-3	2
Mark Streit	2	0	0	0	-2	0
Victor Mete	3	0	0	0	-1	0
Brandon Davidson	1	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltenders

Regular season^[5]
Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Carey Price	4	4	200:04	1	3	0	11	3.30	109	.899	0	0	0	0
Al Montoya	1	0	39:52	0	0	0	2	3.00	9	.778	0	0	0	0

Roster

Updated April 17, 2024^[6]^[7]


No.	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
17	Josh Anderson	RW	R	30	2020	Burlington, Ontario
40	Joel Armia	RW	R	30	2018	Pori, Finland
22	Cole Caufield	RW	R	23	2019	Mosinee, Wisconsin
77	Kirby Dach	C	R	23	2022	St. Albert, Alberta
28	Christian Dvorak	C	L	28	2021	Palos, Illinois
71	Jake Evans	C	R	27	2014	Toronto, Ontario
11	Brendan Gallagher (A)	RW	R	32	2010	Edmonton, Alberta
21	Kaiden Guhle	D	L	22	2020	Edmonton, Alberta
54	Jordan Harris	D	L	23	2018	Haverhill, Massachusetts
49	Rafael Harvey-Pinard	LW	L	25	2019	Saguenay, Quebec
48	Lane Hutson	D	L	20	2022	Holland, Michigan
26	Johnathan Kovacevic	D	R	26	2022	Niagara Falls, Ontario
8	Mike Matheson (A)	D	L	30	2022	Pointe-Claire, Quebec
35	Sam Montembeault	G	L	27	2021	Bécancour, Quebec
15	Alex Newhook	C	L	23	2023	St. John's, Newfoundland
70	Tanner Pearson	LW	L	31	2023	Kitchener, Ontario
55	Michael Pezzetta	LW	L	26	2016	Toronto, Ontario
31	Carey Price	G	L	36	2005	Anahim Lake, British Columbia
30	Cayden Primeau	G	L	24	2017	Farmington Hills, Michigan
58	David Savard	D	R	33	2021	Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec
20	Juraj Slafkovsky	LW	L	20	2022	Košice, Slovakia
14	Nick Suzuki (C)	C	R	24	2018	London, Ontario
36	Colin White	C	R	27	2024	Boston, Massachusetts
72	Arber Xhekaj	D	L	23	2021	Hamilton, Ontario
56	Jesse Ylonen	RW	R	24	2018	Scottsdale, Arizona

Awards and honours

Awards

Regular season
Player	Award	Awarded	Ref

Milestones

Regular Season
Player	Milestone	Reached	Ref
Victor Mete	1st Career NHL Game	October 5, 2017	^[8]

Transactions

The Canadiens have been involved in the following transactions during the 2017–18 season.

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
June 22, 2017 (2017-06-22)	To Vegas Golden Knights 5th-round pick in 2019	To Montreal Canadiens David Schlemko	^[9]
October 4, 2017 (2017-10-04)	To Buffalo Sabres Zach Redmond	To Montreal Canadiens Nicolas Deslauriers	^[10]
October 4, 2017 (2017-10-04)	To Chicago Blackhawks Andreas Martinsen	To Montreal Canadiens Kyle Baun	^[11]

Free agents acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01)	Karl Alzner	Washington Capitals	5 years, $23.125 million	^[12]
July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01)	Peter Holland	Arizona Coyotes	2 years, $1.35 million	^[13]
July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01)	Byron Froese	Tampa Bay Lightning	2 years, $1.3 million	^[14]
July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01)	Matt Taormina	Tampa Bay Lightning	2 years, $1.3 million	^[15]
July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01)	Joe Morrow	Boston Bruins	1 year, $650,000	^[16]
July 3, 2017 (2017-07-03)	Ales Hemsky	Dallas Stars	1 year, $1 million	^[17]
July 25, 2017 (2017-07-25)	Mark Streit	Pittsburgh Penguins	1 year, $700,000	^[18]

Free agents lost

Date	Player	New team	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
June 26, 2017 (2017-06-26)	Ryan Johnston	Luleå HF	2 years	^[19]
July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01)	Joel Hanley	Arizona Coyotes	1 year, $725,000	^[20]
July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01)	Brian Flynn	Dallas Stars	1 year, $700,000	^[21]
July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01)	Keegan Lowe	Edmonton Oilers	1 year, $650,000	^[22]
July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01)	Stefan Matteau	Vegas Golden Knights	1 year, $650,000	^[23]
July 3, 2017 (2017-07-03)	Alexander Radulov	Dallas Stars	5 years, $31.25 million	^[24]
July 6, 2017 (2017-07-06)	Nikita Nesterov	CSKA Moscow	3 years	^[25]
July 28, 2017 (2017-07-28)	Andrei Markov	Ak Bars Kazan	2 years	^[26]
August 4, 2017 (2017-08-04)	Dalton Thrower	Allen Americans	2 years	^[27]
August 14, 2017 (2017-08-14)	Dwight King	Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg	2 years	^[28]
August 17, 2017 (2017-08-17)	Connor Crisp	Toledo Walleye	1 year	^[29]
September 5, 2017 (2017-09-05)	Mark MacMillan	Wichita Thunder	Unknown	^[30]

Claimed via waivers

Player	Previous team	Date	Ref

Lost via waivers

Player	New team	Date	Ref

Lost via retirement

Date	Player	Ref

Lost via Expansion Draft

Date	Player	Ref
June 21, 2017	Alexei Emelin	^[31]

Player signings

Date	Player	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
June 28, 2017 (2017-06-28)	Jacob De La Rose	1 year, $725,000 contract extension	^[32]
July 2, 2017 (2017-07-02)	Carey Price	8 years, $84 million contract extension	^[33]
July 5, 2017 (2017-07-05)	Alex Galchenyuk	3 years, $14.7 million contract extension	^[34]
July 6, 2017 (2017-07-06)	Charlie Lindgren	1 year, $700,000 two-way contract extension	^[35]

Draft picks

Below are the Montreal Canadiens' selections at the 2017 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 23 and 24, 2017 at the United Center in Chicago.

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	25	Ryan Poehling	C	United States	St. Cloud State Huskies (NCHC)
2	56	Josh Brook	D	Canada	Moose Jaw Warriors (WHL)
2	58¹	Joni Ikonen	C	Finland	Frolunda HC (J20 SuperElit)
3	68²	Scott Walford	D	Canada	Victoria Royals (WHL)
3	87	Cale Fleury	D	Canada	Kootenay Ice (WHL)
5	149	Jarret Tyszka	D	Canada	Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL)
7	199³	Cayden Primeau	G	United States	Lincoln Stars (USHL)

Draft notes:^[36]

This was the Washington Capitals’ original second-round pick, traded to the Canadiens on June 24, 2016 in exchange for Lars Eller and a second-round pick in 2018.^[37]
The Canadiens acquired this pick from the Buffalo Sabres' as the result of a trade on June 17, 2017 that sent Nathan Beaulieu to Buffalo in exchange for it.^[38]
The Canadiens original seventh-round pick was traded on June 25, 2016 to the Winnipeg Jets in exchange for a sixth-round pick in the 2016 draft.^[39] This pick was acquired from the Philadelphia Flyers' on June 24, 2017 in exchange for the Canadiens' seventh-round pick in 2018.^[40]

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