Hockey Inside Out

The Canadiens’ Cole Caufield earned the nickname Mr. Saturday Night. He showed why again last Saturday, scoring two goals — including the winner — in a 4-3 overtime victory over the Buffalo Sabres at the Bell Centre...

The Canadiens' power play has been struggling this season, ranking 26th in the NHL after Tuesday night's 4-3 overtime loss to the San Jose Sharks with a 13.8 per cent success rate. The Canadiens went 0-for-2 against the...

The Canadiens blew a two-goal lead for the fourth time in nine games this season when they lost 4-3 in overtime to the San Jose Sharks Tuesday night at the Bell Centre. Are the Canadiens just playing dumb hockey after...

Playing for the Canadiens comes with a lot of pressure under Montreal's very bright hockey spotlight. That spotlight is even brighter for francophone players and the Canadiens have several of them this season, including...

The Canadiens’ Lane Hutson was averaging 26:27 of ice time through the team’s first seven games this season, which led the team and ranked sixth in the NHL. Can the 5-foot-10, 163-pound defenceman maintain that type of...

The Canadiens’ Ivan Demidov is in danger of losing his Quebec drivers’ license as a result of a couple of speeding tickets for going 111 km/h on the Bonaventure Expressway — where the speed limit is 70 km/h — and for...

That's the main question answered on this week's Hockey Inside/Out Show, as The Gazette's Stu Cowan is joined by former Canadiens teammates and 1986 Stanley Cup champions Chris Nilan and Brian Skrudland. Jakub Dobes...

The Carolina Hurricanes showed why they are the defending Stanley Cup champions during a 6-4 win Tuesday night at the Bell Centre in the Canadiens’ home opener. What’s the biggest lesson the Canadiens can take away from...

The Carolina Hurricanes put targets on the backs of the Canadiens’ Lane Hutson and Cole Caufield in the Eastern Conference final, hitting them every chance they had. On this Hockey Inside/Out Show bonus episode, The...

<p>The Carolina Hurricanes put targets on the backs of the Canadiens’ Lane Hutson and Cole Caufield in the Eastern Conference final, hitting them every chance they had.</p><p><br></p><p>On this Hockey Inside/Out Show...

<p>Only three days after carrying to torch into the Bell Centre ahead of Game 3 of the Eastern Conference final against the Carolina Hurricanes, former Canadien Claude Lemieux died by suicide at age 60, shocking the...

<p>Has defenceman Arber Xhekaj played his last game with the Canadiens?</p><p><br></p><p>What about forward Kirby Dach? Xhekaj and Dach, both 25, can become restricted free agents on July 1.</p><p><br></p><p>Those are...

<p>Now that the Canadiens’ season is over — losing to the Carolina Hurricanes in the Eastern Conference final — what was the main takeaway from this season, and where do they need to improve the...

<p>It’s impressive that the Canadiens were able to advance to the Eastern Conference final in Year 4 of a rebuild.</p><p><br></p><p>However, the Carolina Hurricanes have shown that the Canadiens still have a lot more...

<p>The future is looking very bright for the Canadiens’ Ivan Demidov, who led all NHL rookies in scoring this season with 19-43-62 totals while playing in all 82 games.</p><p><br></p><p>But have the playoffs been a...