Glen Metropolit News

Montreal Canadiens' Glen Metropolit is dragged by Columbus Blue Jackets' Rostislav Klesla during the first period in Montreal on Tuesday.

Montreal Canadiens' Ryan O'Byrne hammers Maple Leafs' Alexei Ponikarovsky as Habs' Matt D'Agostini works the puck during the second period of their season opener in Toronto on Oct.

Pavel Datsyuk and Henrik Zetterberg scored on Detroit's first two shootout attempts to give the Red Wings a 3-2 win over the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday night.

With a team riddled with key long-term injuries plaguing the offensive chemistry and effectiveness of the defensive schemes being implemented, the team has lost its most versatile forward and team leader, Brian Gionta .

Habs' offence stalling Canadiens, fresh after off-season makeover, struggle to score goals By BILL BEACON The Canadian Press Thu.

The Montreal Canadiens of the early 1950s -- a team featuring Maurice Richard, Elmer Lach, Bernie Geoffrion and Kenny Mosdell -- inexplicably had lost its scoring touch.

Tomas Plekanec leads the Montreal Canadiens with 17 points after his three-assist outing on Thursday.

At the Montreal Canadiens fan practice the players all took part in a Skills Contest and 3rd line grinder Glen Metropolit stole the show with his 4 for 4 slap shot accuracy shooting.A Mike Cammalleri goes first, but be sure to watch Metro, its awesome:

PITTSBURGH -- Niclas Bergfors had a goal and two assists, and the New Jersey Devils closed within a victory of tying the NHL record of 10 consecutive road victories to start a season, beating the Pittsburgh Penguins, 4-1, on Thursday night.

Tomas Plekanec led the way as the Montreal Canadiens won the battle of the special teams on Thursday night in the desert en route to a 4-2 win over the Phoenix Coyotes.

Assembling a winner from the many new parts the Montreal Canadiens acquired in the summer is taking time - particularly when it comes to scoring goals.

Despite allowing four goals to Minnesota in a 5-2 loss Tuesday, Jonas "The Monster" Gustavsson has been huge for the Maple Leafs.

In the third period of Saturday night's 3-1 loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning, Canadiens coach Jacques Martin benched his third and fourth lines.

Montreal's Mike Cammalleri fired the only goal of the shootout goal Thursday, giving the Canadiens a 2-1 victory over the Boston Bruins.

He is the latest new face among many to turn up in the Montreal Canadiens dressing room this season, and none was more surprised to be there on Saturday than defenceman Jay Leach.

Fresh off a hard-fought win over one of their fiercest rivals, the Montreal Canadiens return to the Bell Centre tonight for a matchup with the Tampa Bay Lightning.

Carey Price wasn't happy to lose a shutout on Thursday night but he knew there wasn't time to worry about it.

Patrice Bergeron's goal with 52 seconds left in regulation helped the Bruins avoid a historic third straight shutout, but Michael Cammalleri scored in the shootout to give the Montreal Canadiens a 2-1 victory over Boston on Thursday night.

Reaction to the news that Bruins center David Krejci has been diagnosed with the H1N1 flu virus has been underwhelming following the game-day skate for tonight's Bruins-Canadiens game at TD Garden .

Written By: Mark "The Hard Hitter" Ritter For Toronto Maple Leaf players, heading into Montreal to take on the Canadiens is akin to being at the depths of hell.