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2017–18 Montreal Canadiens season

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2017–18 Montreal Canadiens
DivisionTBD Atlantic
ConferenceTBD Eastern
2017–18 record1–0–0
Home record0–0–0
Road record1–0–0
Goals for3
Goals against2
Team information
General managerMarc Bergevin
CoachClaude Julien
CaptainMax Pacioretty
Alternate captainsBrendan Gallagher
Tomas Plekanec
Shea Weber
ArenaBell Centre
Minor league affiliate(s)Laval Rocket (AHL)
Brampton Beast (ECHL)
Team leaders
WinsCarey Price (1)
Goals against averageCarey Price (2.00)

The 2017–18 Montreal Canadiens season will be the 109th season for the franchise that was founded on December 4, 1909, and their 101st season in the National Hockey League.[1]

Standings

Divisional standings

Atlantic Division
Pos Team GP W L OTL ROW GF GA GD Pts
1 z – Tampa Bay Lightning 82 54 23 5 48 296 236 +60 113
2 x – Boston Bruins 82 50 20 12 47 270 214 +56 112
3 x – Toronto Maple Leafs 82 49 26 7 42 277 232 +45 105
4 Florida Panthers 82 44 30 8 41 248 246 +2 96
5 Detroit Red Wings 82 30 39 13 25 217 255 −38 73
6 Montreal Canadiens 82 29 40 13 27 209 264 −55 71
7 Ottawa Senators 82 28 43 11 26 221 291 −70 67
8 Buffalo Sabres 82 25 45 12 24 199 280 −81 62
Source: National Hockey League[2]
x – Clinched playoff spot; z – Clinched conference

Conference standings

Template:2017–18 NHL Eastern Conference standings

Schedule and results

Preseason

The preseason schedule was released on June 19, 2017.[3]

Regular season

The regular season schedule was published on June 22, 2017.[4]

2017–18 game log
October: 1–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 1–0–0)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap
1 October 5 Montreal 3–2 Buffalo SO Price 1–0–0 2 Recap
2 October 7 Montreal Washington
3 October 8 Montreal NY Rangers
4 October 10 Chicago Montreal
5 October 14 Toronto Montreal
6 October 17 Montreal San Jose
7 October 18 Montreal Los Angeles
8 October 20 Montreal Anaheim
9 October 24 Florida Montreal
10 October 26 Los Angeles Montreal
11 October 28 NY Rangers Montreal
12 October 30 Montreal Ottawa

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

Player statistics

As of September 18, 2017[5]

Skaters
Goaltenders
Regular season[5]
Player GP GS TOI W L OT GA GAA SA SV% SO G A PIM
Carey Price 1 1 65:00 1 0 0 2 2.00 45 .956 0 0 0 0
Al Montoya 0 0 0:00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Roster

Updated July 18, 2024[6][7]

No. Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
17 Canada Josh Anderson RW R 30 2020 Burlington, Ontario
40 Finland Joel Armia RW R 31 2018 Pori, Finland
Canada Alex Barre-Boulet C L 27 2024 Montmagny, Quebec
22 United States Cole Caufield RW R 23 2019 Mosinee, Wisconsin
77 Canada Kirby Dach Injured Reserve C R 23 2022 St. Albert, Alberta
28 United States Christian Dvorak C L 28 2021 Palos, Illinois
71 Canada Jake Evans C R 28 2014 Toronto, Ontario
11 Canada Brendan Gallagher (A) RW R 32 2010 Edmonton, Alberta
21 Canada Kaiden Guhle D L 22 2020 Edmonton, Alberta
54 United States Jordan Harris D L 24 2018 Haverhill, Massachusetts
49 Canada Rafael Harvey-Pinard LW L 25 2019 Saguenay, Quebec
Canada Connor Hughes G L 27 2024 London, Ontario
48 United States Lane Hutson D L 20 2022 Holland, Michigan
8 Canada Mike Matheson (A) D L 30 2022 Pointe-Claire, Quebec
35 Canada Sam Montembeault G L 27 2021 Bécancour, Quebec
15 Canada Alex Newhook C L 23 2023 St. John's, Newfoundland
55 Canada Michael Pezzetta LW L 26 2016 Toronto, Ontario
31 Canada Carey Price Injured Reserve G L 36 2005 Anahim Lake, British Columbia
30 United States Cayden Primeau G L 24 2017 Farmington Hills, Michigan
58 Canada David Savard D R 33 2021 Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec
20 Slovakia Juraj Slafkovsky LW L 20 2022 Košice, Slovakia
14 Canada Nick Suzuki (C) C R 24 2018 London, Ontario
72 Canada Arber Xhekaj (RFA) D L 23 2021 Hamilton, Ontario


Transactions

The Canadiens have been involved in the following transactions during the 2017–18 season.