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2024–25 Montreal Canadiens season

The 2024–25 Montreal Canadiens season is the franchise's 116th season since its establishment on December 4, 1909, and their 108th season (107th season of play) as member of the National Hockey League.

2024–25 Montreal Canadiens
DivisionAtlantic
ConferenceEastern
2024–25 record7–11–3
Home record5–5–2
Road record2–6–1
Goals for58
Goals against80
Team information
General manager Kent Hughes
CoachMartin St. Louis
CaptainNick Suzuki
Alternate captainsBrendan Gallagher
Mike Matheson
ArenaBell Centre
Minor league affiliate(s)Laval Rocket (AHL)
Trois-Rivières Lions (ECHL)
Team leaders
GoalsCole Caufield (12)
AssistsMike Matheson
Nick Suzuki (12)
PointsNick Suzuki (19)
Penalty minutesMike Matheson (27)
Plus/minusKaiden Guhle
Joshua Roy (±0)
WinsSam Montembeault (6)
Goals against averageSam Montembeault (3.06)
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Standings

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Divisional standings

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Atlantic Division
Pos Team
 GP W L OTL RW GF GA GD Pts
1 Toronto Maple Leafs 21 13 6 2 11 64 52 +12 28
2 Florida Panthers 22 12 9 1 10 75 76 −1 25
3 Tampa Bay Lightning 20 11 7 2 9 76 61 +15 24
4 Buffalo Sabres 21 11 9 1 8 69 65 +4 23
5 Boston Bruins 23 10 10 3 7 51 72 −21 23
6 Detroit Red Wings 21 9 10 2 8 53 65 −12 20
7 Ottawa Senators 21 9 11 1 7 66 68 −2 19
8 Montreal Canadiens 21 7 11 3 7 58 80 −22 17
Updated to game(s) played on November 26, 2024. Source: National Hockey League[1]
Rules for classification: 1) Fewer number of games played (GP, only during regular season); 2) Greater number of regulation wins (RW); 3) Greater number of wins in regulation and overtime, excluding shootout wins (ROW); 4) Greater number of total wins, including shootouts (W); 5) Greater number of points earned in head-to-head play; if teams played an uneven number of head-to-head games, the result of the first game on the home ice of the team with the extra home game is discarded; 6) Greater goal differential (GD); 7) Greater number of goals scored (GF)

Conference standings

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Eastern Conference Wild Card
Pos Div Team
 GP W L OTL RW GF GA GD Pts
1 ME New York Rangers 20 12 7 1 12 67 55 +12 25
2 AT Buffalo Sabres 21 11 9 1 8 69 65 +4 23
3 AT Boston Bruins 23 10 10 3 7 51 72 −21 23
4 ME New York Islanders 22 8 9 5 5 56 64 −8 21
5 ME Philadelphia Flyers 22 9 10 3 4 64 78 −14 21
6 ME Columbus Blue Jackets 20 9 9 2 7 70 72 −2 20
7 AT Detroit Red Wings 21 9 10 2 8 53 65 −12 20
8 AT Ottawa Senators 21 9 11 1 7 66 68 −2 19
9 ME Pittsburgh Penguins 23 7 12 4 4 59 93 −34 18
10 AT Montreal Canadiens 21 7 11 3 7 58 80 −22 17
Updated to game(s) played on November 26, 2024. Source: National Hockey League[2]
Rules for classification: 1) Fewer number of games played (GP, only during regular season); 2) Greater number of regulation wins (RW); 3) Greater number of wins in regulation and overtime, excluding shootout wins (ROW); 4) Greater number of total wins, including shootouts (W); 5) Greater number of points earned in head-to-head play; if teams played an uneven number of head-to-head games, the result of the first game on the home ice of the team with the extra home game is discarded; 6) Greater goal differential (GD); 7) Greater number of goals scored (GF)

Schedule and results

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Preseason

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The preseason schedule was published on June 19, 2024.[3]

Regular season

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The regular season schedule was released on July 2, 2024.[10]

2024–25 game log
November: 3–5–2 (home: 2–1–2; road: 1–4–0)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap
12 November 2 Montreal 1–3 Pittsburgh Montembeault 17,362 4–7–1 9 [22]
13 November 5 Calgary 3–2 Montreal OT Montembeault 21,105 4–7–2 10 [23]
14 November 7 Montreal 3–5 New Jersey Montembeault 16,514 4–8–2 10 [24]
15 November 9 Montreal 1–4 Toronto Montembeault 19,277 4–9–2 10 [25]
16 November 11 Montreal 7–5 Buffalo Montembeault 15,687 5–9–2 12 [26]
17 November 14 Montreal 0–3 Minnesota Montembeault 17,012 5–10–2 12 [27]
18 November 16 Columbus 1–5 Montreal Montembeault 21,105 6–10–2 14 [28]
19 November 18 Edmonton 0–3 Montreal Montembeault 21,105 7–10–2 16 [29]
20 November 23 Vegas 6–2 Montreal Montembeault 21,105 7–11–2 16 [30]
21 November 26 Utah 3–2 Montreal OT Montembeault 21,105 7–11–3 17 [31]
22 November 27 Montreal Columbus
23 November 30 Montreal NY Rangers

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

Suspensions/fines

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Player Explanation Length Salary Date issued Ref
Arber Xhekaj Unsportsmanlike conduct against Leafs forward Cedric Pare N/A $3,385.42 September 29, 2024 [32]

Player statistics

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As of November 26, 2024

Skaters

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Regular season[33]
Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM
Nick Suzuki 21 7 12 19 −2 4
Cole Caufield 21 12 5 17 −5 4
Mike Matheson 20 1 12 13 −9 27
Brendan Gallagher 21 8 4 12 −4 4
Lane Hutson 21 0 11 11 −13 12
Juraj Slafkovsky 18 1 10 11 −5 6
Josh Anderson 21 4 6 10 −1 23
Jake Evans 21 4 6 10 −4 6
Joel Armia 21 2 7 9 −10 12
Christian Dvorak 21 2 6 8 −6 0
Kirby Dach 21 1 7 8 −17 10
Emil Heineman 20 4 2 6 −5 8
Kaiden Guhle 16 2 4 6 ±0 8
Alex Newhook 21 5 0 5 −10 6
Jayden Struble 16 2 3 5 −3 25
David Savard 20 0 5 5 −4 16
Logan Mailloux 5 1 2 3 −4 6
Oliver Kapanen 12 0 2 2 −4 2
Arber Xhekaj 18 0 2 2 −6 23
Justin Barron 10 1 0 1 −5 6
Michael Pezzetta 3 0 0 0 −1 4
Joshua Roy 1 0 0 0 ±0 2
Lucas Condotta 3 0 0 0 −1 0
Alex Barre-Boulet 2 0 0 0 −2 2

Goaltenders

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Regular season[34]
Player GP GS TOI W L OT GA GAA SA SV% SO G A PIM
Sam Montembeault 17 16 862:12 6 9 2 44 3.06 436 .899 2 0 0 0
Cayden Primeau 8 5 392:12 1 2 1 30 4.59 190 .842 0 0 0 2

†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.

Awards and honours

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Milestones

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Transactions

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The Canadiens have been involved in the following transactions during the 2024–25 season.

Key

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 †  Contract is entry-level.
 ‡  Contract initially takes effect in the 2025–26 season.

Trades

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Date Details Ref
June 28, 2024 To Los Angeles Kings
WPG 1st-round pick in 2024 (26th overall)
COL 2nd-round pick in 2024 (57th overall)
7th-round pick in 2024 (198th overall) 		To Montreal Canadiens
1st-round pick in 2024 (21st overall) 		[45]
June 30, 2024 To New Jersey Devils
Johnathan Kovacevic 		To Montreal Canadiens
4th-round pick in 20261 		[46]
August 19, 2024 To Columbus Blue Jackets
Jordan Harris 		To Montreal Canadiens
Patrik Laine
2nd-round pick in 2026 		[47]

Notes

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  1. Montreal will receive the highest of the (3) fourth-round picks currently owned by New Jersey (Dallas’, Winnipeg’s or New Jersey’s own), once the final draft order has been established.

Players acquired

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Date Player Former team (League) Term Via Ref
July 1, 2024 (2024-07-01) Alex Barre-Boulet Tampa Bay Lightning 1-year Free agency [48]
October 9, 2024 (2024-10-09) Gustav Lindstrom Anaheim Ducks 1-year Free agency [49]

Players lost

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Date Player New team (League) Term Via Ref
July 1, 2024 (2024-07-01) Mitchell Stephens Seattle Kraken 2-year Free agency [50]
Jesse Ylonen Tampa Bay Lightning 1-year Free agency [51]
July 3, 2024 (2024-07-03) Arnaud Durandeau Amur Khabarovsk (KHL) 1-year Free agency [52]
July 29, 2024 (2024-07-29) Philippe Maillet HC Ambrì-Piotta (NL) 1-year Free agency [53]
August 2, 2024 (2024-08-02) Brady Keeper HK Poprad (Tipos Extraliga) 1-year Free agency [54]
August 13, 2024 (2024-08-13) Colin White San Jose Barracuda (AHL) 1-year Free agency [55]
September 4, 2024 (2024-09-04) Mattias Norlinder Modo Hockey (SHL) 2-year Free agency [56]
October 4, 2024 (2024-10-04) Tanner Pearson Vegas Golden Knights 1-year Free agency [57]

Signings

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Date Player Term Ref
July 1, 2024 (2024-07-01) Juraj Slafkovsky 8-year‡ [58]
July 30, 2024 (2024-07-30) Justin Barron 2-year [59]
Arber Xhekaj 2-year [60]
July 31, 2024 (2024-07-31) Kaiden Guhle 6-year‡ [61]

Draft picks

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See also: Montreal Canadiens draft picks

Below are the Montreal Canadiens' selections at the 2024 NHL entry draft, which was held on June 28–29, 2024, at Sphere in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Round # Player Pos. Nationality Team (League)
1 5 Ivan Demidov D   Russia SKA-1946 (MHL)
1 211 Michael Hage C   Canada Chicago Steel (USHL)
3 70 Aatos Koivu C   Finland HC-TPS (U20 SM-sarja)
3 782 Logan Sawyer LW   Canada Brooks Bandits (AJHL)
4 102 Owen Protz D   Canada Brantford Bulldogs (OHL)
5 1303 Tyler Thorpe RW   Canada Vancouver Giants (WHL)
5 134 Mikus Vecvanags G   Latvia HS Riga (OHL Latvia)
6 166 Ben Merrill C   United States Saint Sebastian's Arrows (USHS)
7 2104 Makar Khanin RW   Russia HC Dinamo Saint Petersburg (MHL)
7 2245 Rasmus Bergqvist D   Sweden Skelleftea AIK (J20 Nationell)

Notes

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  1. The Los Angeles Kings' first-round pick went to Montreal as the result of a trade on June 28, 2024, that sent Winnipeg's first-round pick, Colorado's second-round pick and a seventh-round pick all in 2024 (26th, 57th and 198th overall) to Los Angeles in exchange for this pick.[62]
  2. The Minnesota Wild's third-round pick went to Montreal as the result of a trade July 1, 2023, that sent Joel Edmundson to Washington in exchange for a seventh-round pick in 2024 and this pick.[63]
    Washington previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on February 28, 2023, that sent Marcus Johansson to Minnesota in exchange for this pick.[64]
  3. The San Jose Sharks' fifth-round pick went to Montreal as the result of a trade on March 3, 2023, that sent Arvid Henrikson to San Jose in exchange for Nick Bonino and this pick.[65]
  4. The Washington Capitals' seventh-round pick went to Montreal as the result of a trade July 1, 2023, that sent Joel Edmundson to Washington in exchange for a third-round pick in 2024 and this pick.[66]
  5. The Edmonton Oilers' seventh-round pick went to Montreal as the result of a trade on March 21, 2022, that sent Brett Kulak to Edmonton in exchange for William Lagesson, a conditional second-round pick in 2022 and this pick.[67]

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