Despite a visible effort from the Canucks, Montréal completely outplayed them on both sides of the ice. The Canadiens piled 36 scoring chances on Vancouver, while the Canucks managed 28. Both teams were evenly-matched in high-danger scoring chances with 10, though two of Vancouver’s came while on the power play.

The Montreal Canadiens will take on the Ottawa Senators on Saturday night in Ottawa. This will be the third of four games between the two rivals this season, and with plenty of implications in the standings,

The Canadiens sit 10 points up on the Senators as the rivals renew hostilities on Hockey Day in Canada. For Ottawa, the game is a chance to reclaim some on the teams' parallel rebuilds.

The Detroit Red Wings already are one down in their season series against division rival Montreal Canadiens, so Saturday's showdown is massive.

The Buffalo Sabres won on home ice last night and have a chance for their second win as as many days by welcoming the Montreal Canadiens to KeyBank Center. Montreal is five points better than the Sabres in the Atlantic Division standings.

The Montreal Canadiens are sixth in Sportsnet's weekly power rankings after going 6-3-1 in their last 10 games and finding themselves in the third place of the Atlantic Division.

Defenseman Lane Hutson scored with 1:20 left in overtime and the Montreal Canadiens beat the Dallas Stars 4-3 on Sunday. It was the 13th career goal and first in OT for Hutson, last season's Calder Trophy winner with six goals and 60 assists. Brendan ...

Montreal has been one of the league’s highest-scoring teams this season, driven by captain Nick Suzuki and a group of up-and-coming players. After Suzuki, their point leaders are defenseman Lane Hutson (age 21) and forwards Cole Caufield (25), Ivan Demidov (20) and Juraj Slavkovsky (21).

One name who has been floating around the rumor mill who would be an amazing addition to the Canadiens' roster is St. Louis Blues star center Robert Thomas.

In the darkest moments of this nascent Canucks rebuild, it's worth taking stock of the very real opportunity that lies ahead.