2018–19 Montreal Canadiens season
2018–19 Montreal Canadiens | |
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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]
Contents
Standings
Divisional standings
Pos | Team | GP | W | L | OTL | ROW | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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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 |
Conference standings
Template:2018–19 NHL Eastern Conference standings
Schedule and results
Preseason
The preseason schedule was published on June 18, 2018.[2]
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# | Date | Visitor | Score | Home | OT | Decision | Attendance | Record | Recap |
1 | September 17 | New Jersey | 1–3 | Montreal | Lindgren | 19,422 | 1–0–0 | Recap | |
2 | September 19 | Florida | 5–2 | Montreal | Niemi | 19,691 | 1–1–0 | Recap | |
3[a] | September 20 | Washington | 2–5 | Montreal | Lindgren | — | 2–1–0 | Recap | |
4 | September 22 | Ottawa | 2–3 | Montreal | Price | 20,405 | 3–1–0 | Recap | |
5 | September 24 | Montreal | 5–1 | Toronto | Niemi | 18,843 | 4–1–0 | Recap | |
6 | September 26 | Toronto | 5–3 | Montreal | Price | 20,486 | 4–2–0 | Recap | |
7 | September 29 | Montreal | 0–3 | Ottawa | Price | 14,398 | 4–3–0 | Recap | |
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Regular season
The regular season schedule was released on June 21, 2018.[3]
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Legend: Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Overtime/shootout loss (1 point) |
Player statistics
As of February 9, 2019[4]
Skaters
Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM |
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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
Player | GP | GS | TOI | W | L | OT | GA | GAA | SA | SV% | SO | G | A | PIM |
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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
Awards and honours
Milestones
Player | Milestone | Reached | Ref |
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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 | |
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June 23, 2018 | 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 | 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 | To Calgary Flames
WPG's 4th-round pick in 2018 – Milos Roman |
To Montreal Canadiens
4th-round pick in 2019 |
[23] |
June 23, 2018 | To Chicago Blackhawks
FLA's 5th-round pick in 2018 – Mikael Hakkarainen |
To Montreal Canadiens
5th-round pick in 2019 |
[23] |
June 23, 2018 | To Philadelphia Flyers
7th-round pick in 2019 |
To Montreal Canadiens
MTL's 7th-round pick in 2018 – Brett Stapley |
[23] |
June 23, 2018 | To Edmonton Oilers
Hayden Hawkey |
To Montreal Canadiens
5th-round pick in 2019 |
[24] |
June 30, 2018 | 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 | To Calgary Flames
Kerby Rychel |
To Montreal Canadiens
Hunter Shinkaruk |
[26] |
September 10, 2018 | To Vegas Golden Knights
Max Pacioretty |
To Montreal Canadiens
Tomas Tatar Nick Suzuki 2nd-round pick in 2019 |
[27] |
October 1, 2018 | To Calgary Flames
Matt Taormina Rinat Valiev |
To Montreal Canadiens
Brett Kulak |
[28] |
October 3, 2018 | To Minnesota Wild
William Bitten |
To Montreal Canadiens
Gustav Olofsson |
[29] |
February 9, 2019 | To Philadelphia Flyers
David Schlemko Byron Froese |
To Montreal Canadiens
Dale Weise Christian Folin |
[30] |
Free agents
Date | Player | Team | Contract term | Ref |
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June 8, 2018 | Markus Eisenschmid | to Adler Mannheim (DEL) | 2-year | [31] |
July 1, 2018 | Kenny Agostino | from Boston Bruins | 1-year | [32] |
July 1, 2018 | Daniel Carr | to Vegas Golden Knights | 1-year | [33] |
July 1, 2018 | Michael Chaput | from Chicago Blackhawks | 2-year | [32] |
July 1, 2018 | Adam Cracknell | to Toronto Maple Leafs | 1-year | [34] |
July 1, 2018 | Zachary Fucale | to Vegas Golden Knights | 1-year | [35] |
July 1, 2018 | Xavier Ouellet | from Detroit Red Wings | 1-year | [32] |
July 1, 2018 | Matthew Peca | from Tampa Bay Lightning | 2-year | [32] |
July 1, 2018 | Tomas Plekanec | from Toronto Maple Leafs | 1-year | [32] |
July 1, 2018 | Chris Terry | to Detroit Red Wings | 2-year | [36] |
July 3, 2018 | Jeremy Gregoire | to Milwaukee Admirals (AHL) | 1-year | [37] |
August 21, 2018 | Tom Parisi | to Cardiff Devils (EIHL) | 1-year | [38] |
September 21, 2018 | Joel Teasdale | from Blainville-Boisbriand Armada (QMJHL) | 3-year | [39] |
October 10, 2018 | Logan Shaw | to San Diego Gulls (AHL) | 1-year | [40] |
Waivers
Date | Player | Team | Ref |
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October 17, 2018 | Jacob de la Rose | to Detroit Red Wings | [41] |
December 2, 2018 | Nikita Scherbak | to Los Angeles Kings | [42] |
Contract terminations
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Retirement
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Signings
Date | Player | Contract term | Ref |
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July 1, 2018 | Jesperi Kotkaniemi | 3-year | [32] |
July 5, 2018 | Jacob de la Rose | 2-year | [48] |
July 13, 2018 | Joel Armia | 1-year | [49] |
July 15, 2018 | Phillip Danault | 3-year | [50] |
August 20, 2018 | Hunter Shinkaruk | 1-year | [51] |
September 10, 2018 | Michael McCarron | 1-year | [52] |
September 21, 2018 | Josh Brook | 3-year | [53] |
September 23, 2018 | Paul Byron | 4-year | [54] |
October 4, 2018 | 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) |
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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:
- 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]
- 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]
- 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]
- 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]
- 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]
- 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]
- 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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