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Playoff outsiders Flames, Canadiens striving to improve chances

The Calgary Flames and Montreal Canadiens are longshot squads to make the Stanley Cup playoffs, but both head into Saturday’s meeting in Calgary with a small bit of hope. The Flames are renewed after Thursday’s 4-1 comeback victory over the defending Stanley Cup-champion Vegas Golden Knights at home. Calgary sits eight points out of a playoff position with 16 games remaining, and it snapped a three-game losing skid immediately following the trade deadline. “It was

Bruins hope for another bounce back in visit to Montreal

Despite ups and downs that were virtually nonexistent during last season’s President’s Trophy run, the Boston Bruins have still found their way to second in the Eastern Conference standings with 15 games to go. How? Bouncing back from losses has been a key reason. The Bruins had been 3-0-1 over a four-game span before a lackluster 5-1 loss on Monday against the St. Louis Blues, and now have a chance to respond in a Thursday

Cole Caufield, Canadiens seek another win over lowly Jackets

Cole Caufield and the Canadiens likely will welcome the Columbus Blue Jackets with open arms for Tuesday’s game in Montreal. Caufield, after all, played a significant role in the Canadiens winning the first two contests of the three-game season series. The 23-year-old capped a three-point performance by scoring in overtime of Montreal’s 4-3 victory versus visiting Columbus on Oct. 26, and he also tallied in a 4-2 road win over the Blue Jackets on Nov.

Leafs focus on improving ‘D’ ahead of visit to Canadiens

The Montreal Canadiens host the Toronto Maple Leafs in a classic NHL matchup Saturday night. Despite the distance between teams – Montreal is seventh in the Atlantic Division while the Leafs sit third – both are facing similar situations: the quest to find improvement. For Toronto, it’s about being firm and becoming a team that doesn’t need to outscore its problems. The Leafs’ defensive structure is that focus for growth, with general manager Brad Treliving

Canes itching for redemption after layoff, host Habs

The Carolina Hurricanes ought to be more than ready to take on the visiting Montreal Canadiens on Thursday night — they will have had five days without a game since a frustrating home loss. “We just played a boatload of really top-end teams and managed to do pretty well,” Carolina coach Rod Brind’Amour said. “But now you look up to turn the page and there’s a whole bunch more coming.” The Hurricanes haven’t played since

Winners of 8 straight, Predators seek No. 9 vs. Canadiens

Focused and confident, the Nashville Predators are primed to extend their longest winning stretch of the season. Meanwhile, the only drama surrounding the Montreal Canadiens might be what their roster will look like after this week’s trade deadline. The surging Predators eye a ninth consecutive victory when they host the Canadiens on Tuesday night. No NHL team is currently playing better hockey than Nashville, which has outscored opponents 37-13 and has scored at least four

Lightning, Canadiens aim to shake off OT disappointment

According to Tampa Bay coach Jon Cooper, his squad was dealt a tough hand in a very rare, late, home loss Thursday, but the Lightning have a chance at redemption when the Montreal Canadiens arrive on the Gulf Coast for Saturday night’s match. Cooper may have a point. After the Buffalo Sabres’ Tage Thompson tied it at 2 with a third-period power-play goal, the 6-foot-6 center drew a hooking call in overtime that set up

Canadiens eye consecutive wins, visit defensive-minded Panthers

Matthew Tkachuk is heating up — and so are the Florida Panthers. The Panthers, who have allowed two goals or fewer in 14 straight games, will face the Montreal Canadiens in Sunrise, Fla., on Thursday night having gone 12-2-0 during that span. Meanwhile, after scoring just five goals through his first 36 games of the season, Tkachuk has 16 in 22 games since Jan. 1. In fact, since the calendar flipped to 2024, Tkachuk is

One lengthy skid will end when Coyotes, Canadiens clash

If the Arizona Coyotes are to halt their longest winless stretch in nearly 20 years, they will need to do so without their star. On the other hand, it’s also been a while since the Montreal Canadiens won a game. The visiting Coyotes can end their 12-game winless slide by handing the Canadiens a sixth consecutive defeat Tuesday night. As if being outscored 56-29 during an 0-10-2 rut that dates to Jan. 24 isn’t bad

Canadiens may be solution to Devils’ power-play woes

The New Jersey Devils are mired in a dreadful power-play slump and feeling frustration about the lack of results. With just two goals in their past 46 chances with the man advantage spanning 14 games, the Devils hope to turn things around on Saturday afternoon against the Montreal Canadiens in Newark, N.J. The Canadiens are one of the NHL’s worst penalty-killing teams. The Devils owned a 28.8 power-play percentage after Luke Hughes and Alexander Holtz