The Montreal Canadiens are currently in freefall. After a hot start to their year that saw them in second place overall, the Canadiens are now outside the playoff picture.

The Canadiens have struggled defending leads this season, and they just got a master-class in that very thing from the Kings.

Canadiens forward Jake Evans exited the game early after a second-period collision with Tom Wilson that drew backlash but no penalty. “I just thought it was high,” Canadiens head coach Martin St. Louis said about Wilson’s hit. “I thought he came from a long distance and high.”

A security guard at the Bell Centre was briefly lifted into the air after after his coat got caught in a garage door mechanism late Wednesday night, but emergency officials say he was not injured. Urgences-Santé told CityNews that the guard became stuck in the garage door as it opened around 10:30 p.

With that in mind, the Habs are presented with two options. They can attempt a waiver claim for Texier, and add $2.1 million cap hit to the books, or they can wait to see if the situation sours a little further, which could lead to a mutually agreed contract termination.

The Montreal Canadiens were on the wrong end of an 8-4 shellacking at the hands of the Washington Capitals on Thursday night at the Bell Centre. The Canadiens were in the game until late in the third.

The Montreal Canadiens recalled forward Florian Xhekaj, the younger brother of bruising defenceman Arber Xhekaj, from the American Hockey League's Laval Rocket on Friday.

The Montreal Canadiens have been one of the better stories in the first quarter of the season, doubling down on the excitement they generated through their surprising run to the Stanley Cup Playoffs in 2024-25.

Florian Xhekaj's recall and first regular-season game with his brother in the NHL may turn out to be the emotional boost the Montreal Canadiens need to get out of their five-game losing streak.