Alex Ovechkin scored the overtime game-winning goal in a 3-2 win for the Washington Capitals over the Montreal Canadiens at Capital One Arena on Monday night. In a physical Game 1 matchup, the teams combined for 75 hits in a battle for every inch of ice that required some bonus hockey to find a winner. … Read more
Now that the Washington Capitals’ resurgent 2024-25 regular season has come to an end, we look forward to the first round of the playoffs: a match-up against the upstart Montreal Canadiens. In this post, we’ll examine both the Capitals and the Canadiens’ performance throughout the season, as well as head-to-head performances. The statistics used in … Read more
Photo: David Kirouac/Imagn Images The Washington Capitals and Montreal Canadiens will face off for the second time ever in the first round of the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs. Montreal overcame a 3-1 series deficit to beat Presidents’ Trophy-winning Washington in seven games during the 2010 Eastern Conference Quarterfinals. The best-of-seven series will start with Game … Read more
Photo: NHL.com The NHL released the full schedule for the first round of the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs on Thursday. The Washington Capitals and Montreal Canadiens will open their series at Capital One Arena on Monday (7 PM ET, Monumental Sports Network locally, ESPN nationally). There will be one two-day break in between games of … Read more
Photo: Newsday After a 4-2 win over the Carolina Hurricanes at Bell Centre on Wednesday, the Montreal Canadiens clinched the second wild-card spot in the Eastern Conference and will play the Washington Capitals, the top seed in the conference, in the first round of the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs. Washington, who is currently 51-21-9 (.685 … Read more
Steven Lorentz put it pretty perfectly ahead of the Toronto Maple Leafs‘ fourth-last game of the season and final game against the Montreal Canadiens. Steven Lorentz, beauty: "I know people want to see another Canadian team in the playoffs, but we don't care about another Canadian team in the playoffs. We care about our team, … Read more
In today’s NHL rumors rundown, the Montreal Canadiens have signed Ivan Demidov to a three-year entry-level deal. What’s next? Meanwhile, are the Vancouver Canucks more likely to extend or trade goaltender Thatcher Demko? Finally, Gabriel Landeskog was loaned to the AHL for a conditioning stint. Does that mean his NHL return is imminent? Demidov Signs … Read more
Jacob Fowler was a wall in net the past two seasons for Boston College (photo: Brody Hannon). The NHL’s Montreal Canadiens announced on Friday that the team has agreed to terms on a three-year, entry-level contract with Boston College sophomore goaltender Jacob Fowler. Fowler also signed a one-year, one-way AHL contract for the remainder of … Read more
Photo: WTOP With the trade deadline for the 2024-25 NHL season come and gone, teams now know the team they will have for the Stanley Cup Playoffs and the race leading up to it. NoVa Caps does their fifth power rankings of the year (⬆️Up, ⬇️Down, ➡️No Change represent spaces moved since power rankings from … Read more
The Montreal Canadiens take on the Seattle Kraken at Climate Pledge Arena tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others. CANADIENS (31-27-6) at KRAKEN (27-34-4) 10:30 p.m. ET; KHN, KING 5, KONG, TSN2, RDS Canadiens projected lineup Cole Caufield — Nick Suzuki — Juraj SlafkovskyJoshua Roy — Alex Newhook — Brendan … Read more