2018–19 Montreal Canadiens season

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2018–19 Montreal Canadiens
Division TBD Atlantic
Conference TBD Eastern
2018–19 record 31–18–7
Home record 17–10–4
Road record 14–8–3
Goals for 172
Goals against 162
Team information
General Manager Marc Bergevin
Coach Claude Julien
Captain Shea Weber
Alternate captains Paul Byron
Brendan Gallagher
Arena Bell Centre
Minor league affiliations Laval Rocket (AHL)
Team leaders
Goals Brendan Gallagher (22)
Assists Max Domi (32)
Points Max Domi (49)
Penalties in minutes Max Domi (67)
Plus/minus Phillip Danault (+21)
Wins Carey Price (23)
Goals against average Carey Price (2.55)
<2017–18 2019–20>

The 2018–19 Montreal Canadiens season is the 110th season for the franchise that was founded on December 4, 1909, and their 102nd in the National Hockey League.[1]

Standings

Divisional standings

Atlantic Division
Pos Team GP W L OTL ROW GF GA GD Pts
1 p – Tampa Bay Lightning 82 62 16 4 56 325 222 +103 128
2 x – Boston Bruins 82 49 24 9 47 259 215 +44 107
3 x – Toronto Maple Leafs 82 46 28 8 46 286 251 +35 100
4 Montreal Canadiens 82 44 30 8 41 249 236 +13 96
5 Florida Panthers 82 36 32 14 33 267 280 −13 86
6 Buffalo Sabres 82 33 39 10 28 226 271 −45 76
7 Detroit Red Wings 82 32 40 10 29 227 277 −50 74
8 Ottawa Senators 82 29 47 6 29 242 302 −60 64
Source: National Hockey League
p – Clinched Presidents Trophy; x – Clinched playoff spot.

Conference standings

Template:2018–19 NHL Eastern Conference standings

Schedule and results

Preseason

The preseason schedule was published on June 18, 2018.[2]

Regular season

The regular season schedule was released on June 21, 2018.[3]

2018–19 game log
February: 3–0–2 (Home: 3–0–2 ; Road: 0–0–0)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap
52 February 2 New Jersey 3–2 Montreal OT Niemi 21,302 28–18–6 62 Recap
53 February 3 Edmonton 3–4 Montreal OT Price 21,302 29–18–6 64 Recap
54 February 5 Anaheim 1–4 Montreal Price 20,680 30–18–6 66 Recap
55 February 7 Winnipeg 2–5 Montreal Price 21,302 31–18–6 68 Recap
56 February 9 Toronto 4–3 Montreal OT Price 21,302 31–18–7 69 Recap
57 February 14 Montreal Nashville
58 February 16 Montreal Tampa Bay
59 February 17 Montreal Florida
60 February 19 Columbus Montreal
61 February 21 Philadelphia Montreal
62 February 23 Montreal Toronto
63 February 25 Montreal New Jersey
64 February 26 Montreal Detroit

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

Player statistics

As of February 9, 2019[4]

Skaters

Regular season
Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM
Max Domi 56 17 32 49 8 67
Jonathan Drouin 56 17 29 46 3 24
Tomas Tatar 55 17 23 40 11 24
Phillip Danault 56 11 29 40 21 33
Jeff Petry 56 10 28 38 –7 20
Brendan Gallagher 56 22 14 36 13 26
Jesperi Kotkaniemi 56 10 17 27 4 24
Andrew Shaw 37 12 14 26 7 38
Artturi Lehkonen 56 7 17 24 11 20
Shea Weber 32 9 12 21 16 20
Paul Byron 36 10 9 19 9 6
Joel Armia 31 6 7 13 4 10
Jordie Benn 55 4 9 13 11 31
Kenny Agostino 36 2 9 11 –1 26
Matthew Peca 34 3 7 10 –10 4
Mike Reilly 49 3 6 9 0 16
Victor Mete 45 0 8 8 19 4
Brett Kulak 32 3 3 6 5 11
Charles Hudon 30 3 2 5 –9 16
Noah Juulsen 21 1 4 5 5 6
Michael Chaput 32 0 5 5 –4 14
Nicolas Deslauriers 42 2 1 3 –9 20
Xavier Ouellet 19 0 3 3 –3 13
David Schlemko 18 0 2 2 –1 4
Tomas Plekanec 3 1 0 1 0 0
Karl Alzner 9 0 1 1 1 2

Goaltenders

Regular season[4]
Player GP GS TOI W L OT GA GAA SA SV% SO G A PIM
Carey Price 42 41 2,468:42 23 13 5 105 2.55 1,239 .915 3 0 1 2
Antti Niemi 15 15 897:04 8 5 2 54 3.61 506 .893 0 0 1 0

Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Canadiens. Stats reflect time with the Canadiens only.
Denotes player was traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Canadiens only.
Bold/italics denotes franchise record.

Roster

Updated July 16, 2022[5][6]

# Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
34 Canada Jake Allen G L 33 2020 Fredericton, New Brunswick
17 Canada Josh Anderson RW R 29 2020 Burlington, Ontario
40 Finland Joel Armia RW R 30 2018 Pori, Finland
52 Canada Justin Barron D R 22 2022 Halifax, Nova Scotia
41 Canada Paul Byron (A) LW L 34 2015 Ottawa, Ontario
22 United States Cole Caufield RW R 23 2019 Mosinee, Wisconsin
Canada Kirby Dach (RFA) C R 23 2022 St. Albert, Alberta
63 Russia Evgenii Dadonov RW L 35 2022 Chelyabinsk, Soviet Union
92 Canada Jonathan Drouin LW L 29 2017 Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts, Quebec
28 United States Christian Dvorak C L 28 2021 Palos, Illinois
44 Canada Joel Edmundson D L 30 2020 Brandon, Manitoba
71 Canada Jake Evans C R 27 2014 Toronto, Ontario
11 Canada Brendan Gallagher (A) RW R 31 2010 Edmonton, Alberta
54 United States Jordan Harris D L 23 2018 Haverhill, Massachusetts
68 Canada Mike Hoffman LW L 34 2021 Kitchener, Ontario
Canada Mike Matheson D L 30 2022 Pointe-Claire, Quebec
35 Canada Sam Montembeault (RFA) G L 27 2021 Bécancour, Quebec
55 Canada Michael Pezzetta LW L 26 2016 Toronto, Ontario
32 United States Rem Pitlick C L 27 2022 Ottawa, Ontario
31 Canada Carey Price G L 36 2005 Anahim Lake, British Columbia
58 Canada David Savard D R 33 2021 Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec
Slovakia Juraj Slafkovsky LW L 20 2022 Kosice, Slovakia
14 Canada Nick Suzuki (A) C R 24 2018 London, Ontario
20 United States Chris Wideman D R 34 2021 St. Louis, Missouri


Awards and honours

Milestones

Regular season
Player Milestone Reached Ref
Jesperi Kotkaniemi 1st career NHL game
1st career NHL assist
1st career NHL point
October 3, 2018 [7]
Max Domi 100th career NHL assist October 3, 2018 [7]
Jonathan Drouin 100th career NHL assist October 13, 2018 [8]
Tomas Plekanec 1,000th career NHL game October 17, 2018 [9]
Jordie Benn 400th career NHL game October 23, 2018 [10]
Jesperi Kotkaniemi 1st career NHL goal November 1, 2018 [11]
Phillip Danault 200th career NHL game November 3, 2018 [12]
David Schlemko 400th career NHL game November 16, 2018 [13]
Andrew Shaw 100th career NHL assist November 24, 2018 [14]
Andrew Shaw 200th career NHL point December 2, 2018 [15]
Andrew Shaw 100th career NHL goal December 6, 2018 [16]
Charles Hudon 100th career NHL game December 19, 2018 [17]
Carey Price 300th career NHL win December 20th, 2018 [18]
Nicolas Deslauriers 300th career NHL game January 10, 2019 [19]
Joel Armia 200th career NHL game January 10, 2019 [19]
Jeff Petry 200th career NHL point January 14, 2019 [20]
Jordie Benn 100th career NHL point January 15, 2019 [21]
Carey Price 600th career NHL game February 9, 2019 [22]


Transactions

The Canadiens have been involved in the following transactions during the 2018–19 season.

Trades

Date Details Ref
June 23, 2018 (2018-06-23) To Edmonton Oilers
WSH's 2nd-round pick in 2018 – Olivier Rodrigue
To Montreal Canadiens
3rd-round pick in 2018 – Jordan Harris
5th-round pick in 2018 – Samuel Houde
[23]
June 23, 2018 (2018-06-23) To San Jose Sharks
EDM's 4th-round pick in 2018 – Jasper Weatherby
To Montreal Canadiens
VGK's 4th-round pick in 2018 – Jack Gorniak
FLA's 5th-round pick in 2018 – Mikael Hakkarainen
[23]
June 23, 2018 (2018-06-23) To Calgary Flames
WPG's 4th-round pick in 2018 – Milos Roman
To Montreal Canadiens
4th-round pick in 2019
[23]
June 23, 2018 (2018-06-23) To Chicago Blackhawks
FLA's 5th-round pick in 2018 – Mikael Hakkarainen
To Montreal Canadiens
5th-round pick in 2019
[23]
June 23, 2018 (2018-06-23) To Philadelphia Flyers
7th-round pick in 2019
To Montreal Canadiens
MTL's 7th-round pick in 2018 – Brett Stapley
[23]
June 23, 2018 (2018-06-23) To Edmonton Oilers
Hayden Hawkey
To Montreal Canadiens
5th-round pick in 2019
[24]
June 30, 2018 (2018-06-30) To Winnipeg Jets
Simon Bourque
To Montreal Canadiens
Joel Armia
Steve Mason
7th-round pick in 2019
4th-round pick in 2020
[25]
August 20, 2018 (2018-08-20) To Calgary Flames
Kerby Rychel
To Montreal Canadiens
Hunter Shinkaruk
[26]
September 10, 2018 (2018-09-10) To Vegas Golden Knights
Max Pacioretty
To Montreal Canadiens
Tomas Tatar
Nick Suzuki
2nd-round pick in 2019
[27]
October 1, 2018 (2018-10-01) To Calgary Flames
Matt Taormina
Rinat Valiev
To Montreal Canadiens
Brett Kulak
[28]
October 3, 2018 (2018-10-03) To Minnesota Wild
William Bitten
To Montreal Canadiens
Gustav Olofsson
[29]
February 9, 2019 (2019-02-09) To Philadelphia Flyers
David Schlemko
Byron Froese
To Montreal Canadiens
Dale Weise
Christian Folin
[30]

Free agents

Date Player Team Contract term Ref
June 8, 2018 (2018-06-08) Markus Eisenschmid to Adler Mannheim (DEL) 2-year [31]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01) Kenny Agostino from Boston Bruins 1-year [32]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01) Daniel Carr to Vegas Golden Knights 1-year [33]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01) Michael Chaput from Chicago Blackhawks 2-year [32]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01) Adam Cracknell to Toronto Maple Leafs 1-year [34]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01) Zachary Fucale to Vegas Golden Knights 1-year [35]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01) Xavier Ouellet from Detroit Red Wings 1-year [32]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01) Matthew Peca from Tampa Bay Lightning 2-year [32]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01) Tomas Plekanec from Toronto Maple Leafs 1-year [32]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01) Chris Terry to Detroit Red Wings 2-year [36]
July 3, 2018 (2018-07-03) Jeremy Gregoire to Milwaukee Admirals (AHL) 1-year [37]
August 21, 2018 (2018-08-21) Tom Parisi to Cardiff Devils (EIHL) 1-year [38]
September 21, 2018 (2018-09-21) Joel Teasdale from Blainville-Boisbriand Armada (QMJHL) 3-year [39]
October 10, 2018 (2018-10-10) Logan Shaw to San Diego Gulls (AHL) 1-year [40]

Waivers

Date Player Team Ref
October 17, 2018 (2018-10-17) Jacob de la Rose to Detroit Red Wings [41]
December 2, 2018 (2018-12-02) Nikita Scherbak to Los Angeles Kings [42]

Signings

Date Player Contract term Ref
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01) Jesperi Kotkaniemi 3-year [32]
July 5, 2018 (2018-07-05) Jacob de la Rose 2-year [48]
July 13, 2018 (2018-07-13) Joel Armia 1-year [49]
July 15, 2018 (2018-07-15) Phillip Danault 3-year [50]
August 20, 2018 (2018-08-20) Hunter Shinkaruk 1-year [51]
September 10, 2018 (2018-09-10) Michael McCarron 1-year [52]
September 21, 2018 (2018-09-21) Josh Brook 3-year [53]
September 23, 2018 (2018-09-23) Paul Byron 4-year [54]
October 4, 2018 (2018-10-04) Cale Fleury 3-year [55]

Draft picks

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Below are the Montreal Canadiens' selections at the 2018 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 22 and 23, 2018, at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas.

Round # Player Pos Nationality College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1 3 Jesperi Kotkaniemi C  Finland Assat (Liiga)
2 35 Jesse Ylonen RW  Finland Espoo United (Mestis)
2 381 Alexander Romanov D  Russia Krasnaya Armiya (MHL)
2 562 Jacob Olofsson C  Sweden Timra IK (Allsvenskan)
3 66 Cameron Hillis C  Canada Guelph Storm (OHL)
3 713 Jordan Harris D  United States Kimball Union Academy (USHS)
4 974 Allan McShane C  Canada Oshawa Generals (OHL)
4 1235 Jack Gorniak RW  United States West Salem High School (USHS)
5 128 Cole Fonstad C  Canada Prince Albert Raiders (WHL)
5 1336 Samuel Houde C  Canada Chicoutimi Sagueneens (QMJHL)
7 1907 Brett Stapley C  Canada Vernon Vipers (BCHL)

Notes:

  1. The Chicago Blackhawks' second-round pick went to the Montreal Canadiens as the result of a trade on February 26, 2016, that sent Tomas Fleischmann and Dale Weise to Chicago in exchange for Phillip Danault and this pick.[56]
  2. The Toronto Maple Leafs' second-round pick went to the Montreal Canadiens as the result of a trade on February 25, 2018, that sent Tomas Plekanec and Kyle Baun to Toronto in exchange for Kerby Rychel, Rinat Valiev and this pick.[57]
  3. The Edmonton Oilers' third-round pick went to the Montreal Canadiens as the result of a trade on June 23, 2018, that sent Washington's second-round pick in 2018 (62nd overall) to Edmonton in exchange for a fifth-round pick in 2018 (133rd overall) and this pick.[23]
  4. The Montreal Canadiens' fourth-round pick was re-acquired as the result of a trade on November 23, 2017, that sent Torrey Mitchell to the Los Angeles Kings in exchange for this pick (being conditional at the time of the trade).[58]
  5. The Vegas Golden Knights' fourth-round pick went to the Montreal Canadiens as the result of a trade on June 23, 2018, that sent Edmonton's fourth-round pick in 2018 (102nd overall) to San Jose in exchange for Florida's fifth-round pick in 2018 (139th overall) and this pick.[23]
  6. The Edmonton Oilers' fifth-round pick went to the Montreal Canadiens as the result of a trade on June 23, 2018, that sent Washington's second-round pick in 2018 (62nd overall) to Edmonton in exchange for a third-round pick in 2018 (71st overall) and this pick.[23]
  7. The Montreal Canadiens' seventh-round pick was re-acquired as the result of a trade on June 23, 2018, that sent a seventh-round pick in 2019 to Philadelphia in exchange for this pick.[23]

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