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The art of the timely save: How Carey Price lifted the Canadiens in their most fragile moment of the season – The Athletic
Carey Price put on a master class in timely saves in the timeliest of games, and did it so quietly it was almost difficult to notice. → Read More
Max Domi’s importance to the Canadiens’ high-pressure style grows with every game – The Athletic
There is a ripple effect to Max Domi adapting so well to his new position and his important role on the Canadiens. → Read More
Q&A with Saku Koivu: on his life in Turku, being a captain in Montreal and his future in hockey – The Athletic
Saku Koivu took some time out from his duties as director of player development for TPS Turku in Finland to spend some time with The Athletic and answer some questions. → Read More
Markov won't be back with Canadiens this season
Defenseman Andrei Markov will not be back with the Montreal Canadiens this season, the team announced Thursday. → Read More
Senators keep roster intact after run to conference final
After the NHL Draft, free agency and other offseason moves, NHL.com is taking a look at where each team stands. Today, the Ottawa Senators. → Read More
Fleury brings Stanley Cup home for 'last day as a Penguin'
SOREL-TRACY, Quebec -- Marc-Andre Fleury was in the middle of Colisee Cardin, the biggest rink in his hometown, and stood with the Stanley Cup as hundreds of local minor hockey players waited their turn for a picture with their local hero Saturday night. The kids came out from the stands in small groups, one team at a time, wearing their jerseys, and Fleury made sure to shake hands and chat with… → Read More
Canadiens lose Markov, add Drouin, Alzner, Schlemko during offseason
After the NHL Draft, free agency and other offseason moves, NHL.com is taking a look at where each team stands. Today, the Montreal Canadiens: → Read More
Lightning take risk moving Jonathan Drouin due to other issues
On the surface, the Tampa Bay Lightning trading forward Jonathan Drouin to the Montreal Canadiens for defense prospect Mikhail Sergachev on Thursday appears to be a perfect match. → Read More
Jonathan Drouin traded to Canadiens by Lightning, signs six-year contract
Forward Jonathan Drouin was traded by the Tampa Bay Lightning to the Montreal Canadiens on Thursday for defense prospect Mikhail Sergachev.The Lightning also receive a conditional second-round pick in the 2018 NHL Draft and the Canadiens receive a conditional sixth-round pick in 2018. → Read More
Marc-Andre Fleury passes crease, Stanley Cup to Matt Murray
Marc-Andre Fleury knew what he had to do, how symbolic it was, how appropriate it was. When Fleury accepted the Stanley Cup from Mark Streit, he skated around the ice with it for the third time in a Pittsburgh Penguins uniform. Everyone knows it was most likely the last. → Read More
Key moment, Game 6: Patric Hornqvist scores winning goal for Penguins
NASHVILLE -- The Pittsburgh Penguins won the Stanley Cup for a second year in a row, getting the decisive goal by forward Patric Hornqvist late in the third period and defeating the Nashville Predators 2-0 in Game 6 of the Final at Bridgestone Arena on Sunday.After 30 goals were scored in the first five games of the series, there were no goals Sunday until the Penguins finally broke through at… → Read More
Long road to Stanley Cup Final for Frederick Gaudreau's parents
NASHVILLE -- Considering the long, unconventional route Nashville Predators center Frederick Gaudreau has taken to the Stanley Cup Final, it only made sense his parents would do the same.Once the Predators reached the Final against the Pittsburgh Penguins, Jean-Pierre Gaudreau and France Desrosiers decided they couldn't miss it. → Read More
Key moment, Game 5: Sidney Crosby sparks Penguins by drawing penalty
PITTSBURGH -- A turning point in a game rarely comes in the first 33 seconds.It could be argued that it didn't in Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Final between the Pittsburgh Penguins and Nashville Predators here Thursday, either.But with the way Penguins captain Sidney Crosby went on to dominate a 6-0 win that gave Pittsburgh a 3-2 lead in the best-of-7 series, it is hard not to look at his opening… → Read More
Predators confident hitting road for Game 5 of Cup Final
Through four games of the Stanley Cup Final, it would be easy to assume the Nashville Predators are in a bit of trouble, because in order for them to win the best-of-7 series, they need to win at least one game on the road, and the Pittsburgh Penguins don't.With each team holding serve on home ice, and the series tied 2-2 heading into Game 5 at PPG Paints Arena on Thursday, the common perception… → Read More
Mark Streit, Nico Hischier represent evolution of Swiss hockey
Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Mark Streit has been a part of some of the greatest moments in his native Switzerland's hockey history at the Olympics, the IIHF World Championship and simply by becoming an excellent NHL defenseman.He fully recognizes how he is in the process of being part of another big moment for Swiss hockey. → Read More
Predators react to Finnish call of Pekka Rinne's big Game 4 saves
By now the entire hockey world has listened to the Finnish TV call of Nashville Predators goalie Pekka Rinne's big saves on Sidney Crosby and Jake Guentzel of the Pittsburgh Penguins in the second period of Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Final on Monday.The Nashville players themselves are no different. → Read More
Key moment, Game 4: Pekka Rinne saves Predators lead in second period
The Nashville Predators' 4-1 win against the Pittsburgh Penguins in Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Final on Monday turned on a single, incredible play by Nashville's longest-tenured player.Goaltender Pekka Rinne made a series of three saves on Penguins center Sidney Crosby and forward Jake Guentzel in the second period not long after rookie Frederick Gaudreau gave the Predators a 2-1 lead. → Read More
Predators have trusted analytics throughout run to Cup Final
Throughout the Nashville Predators run to the Stanley Cup Final, coach Peter Laviolette has often referred to analytics when asked to assess a player.Laviolette won't go into the numbers themselves, and also emphasizes what he sees from watching them play, but analytics are clearly a part of Laviolette's evaluation process. → Read More
Key moment, Game 3: Penalty, quick goals start Predators surge
The Nashville Predators won Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final 5-1 against the Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday, but the score is not a fair indication of how stressful the victory was for the home team and its fans.The Predators were down 1-0 after the first period when the Penguins scored an early goal on Pekka Rinne and managed to tame the raucous Bridgestone Arena crowd. → Read More
Stanley Cup Final postcard: Nashville
This was a game day unlike any other, one 19 years in the making.This city never hosted a Stanley Cup Final game before Game 3 between the Nashville Predators and Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday. As early as 2:30 p.m. CT, a little over two hours before a free open-air concert by Country Music Hall of Fame member Alan Jackson on Broadway and a little under five hours before the opening faceoff,… → Read More