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The Montreal Canadiens were leading by a goal late in the game, ready to pull off a road upset of the Washington Capitals.

On paper, it almost looks like a gimme. But as just about everyone knows, expecting such can be dangerous and surely Canadiens head coach Jacques Martin will be driving that point home ahead of his team's tilt against the Carolina Hurricanes on Tuesday night at the Bell Centre.

Ryan Malone and Alex Tanguay each had a goal and an assist to lead the Tampa Bay Lightning to a 3-1 win over the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday night.

When Canadiens head coach Jacques Martin announced that Carey Price would start last night's game against the Bruins, he explained that he had a lot of confidence in the 22-year-old netminder.

No one has ever doubted the talent of Andrei Kostitsyn, but coach Jacques Martin says it will take more than that for the enigmatic Montreal Canadiens winger to get off the fourth line and back in a scoring role.

Arpon Basu MONTREAL - Published on Saturday, Oct. 17, 2009 10:05PM EDT Last updated on Sunday, Oct.

The pressing question going into Saturday's game between the Canadiens and Ottawa Senators has nothing to do with Montreal snap its four-game losing streak.

The Montreal Canadiens returned to the ice on Monday in anticipation of Tuesday's game against the Flames in Calgary.

Montreal defenseman Josh Gorges scored with only 12.8 seconds left on the overtime clock, and Carey Price made 43 saves in the Canadiens' season-opening 4-3 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Thursday night.