Canadiens

He got into fights, blocked shots, and to nobody's surprise, he got a spot in the Canadiens NHL roster to start the season. Xhekaj has had a great start to the ...

But Xhekaj mostly brings some great physical presence to the Canadiens, and last night, he got into his first NHL fight. Xhekaj answered that question after the game. Xhekaj didn’t seem to have any problems dealing with the Arizona Coyotes tough guy, despite him being one of the toughest guys in the league. He chirped opponents and didn’t care a bit that they were star players in the league. Xhekaj has had a great start to the season, and in five games, he’s had one assist. The story of Arber Xhekaj is nothing but amazing.

Faisons un petit retour en arrière. Lors du premier match de la saison des Canadiens, contre les Maple Leafs de Toronto, William Nylander a marqué un but ...

Eh bien sachez qu’ils regardaient effectivement des reprises de l’entrée de zone des Maple Leafs parce qu’il y a une télé caché dans le sol derrière le banc du tricolore! Faisons un petit retour en arrière. Lors du premier match de la saison des Canadiens, contre les Maple Leafs de Toronto, William Nylander a marqué un but lors d’un jeu très serré.

MONTREAL – Top draft pick Juraj Slafkovsky scored his first NHL goal and the Montreal Canadiens had a three-goal first period in a 6-2 victory over the ...

“There’s a lot of pressure for an 18-year-old, first overall pick, to play here in Montreal and the fans made a nice gesture to encourage the kid scoring his first goal. “That’s the beauty of the game. Suzuki was given a penalty shot when he was tripped by Juuso Valimaki while Montreal was short-handed. “I’m happy for the kid,” Canadiens coach Martin St. To score my first goal in this building, it’s a dream come true for sure,” he said. “I think nothing better could happen after a first NHL goal than what happened out there.”

Just about everything went right for the Montreal Canadiens in their 6-2 victory over the Arizona Coyotes on Oct. 20. That's the point.

He currently writes about all things Habs for THW, with it being a career highlight for him to have covered the 2021 Stanley Cup Final as a credentialed member of the press. Ultimately, a win over the Coyotes is nothing to celebrate. Secondly, the Canadiens don’t need to finish last again for a shot at Bedard. It certainly doesn’t change because the Canadiens dominated a Coyotes team ripe for the picking. Simply put, the Canadiens are not a playoff-caliber team based on their The Canadiens then proceeded to lose nine of their next 13 games en route to a league-worst 22-49-11 record and an For a good period of time, just about everything went right for the Montreal Canadiens in their 6-2 victory over the Arizona Coyotes on Oct. It’s just one game after all, similar to the one the Canadiens played on Oct. However, they can still find solace in how a) things likely won’t go their way to that degree ever again and b) the Canadiens still somewhat let the Coyotes back into the game after leading 5-0 at one point, dominating every which at the very start of the game. All anyone can say definitively is this Canadiens teams is playing better than last year’s, which is an admittedly low bar to reach. Firstly, considering the 21 in the league with 14 through five games.