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Habs lose Gionta from lineup Brian Gionta, seen celebrating a goal with Roman Hamrlik in a game earlier this month, has been sidelined with a broken bone in his left foot.

While nothing is official yet, both Scott Gomez and Travis Moen remain game time decisions for tonight's contest between the Montreal Canadiens and the Detroit Red Wings at the Bell Centre.

Head coach Jacques Martin has been around long enough to know you can't blame a team's shortcomings on injuries.

Montreal Canadiens' Brian Gionta congratulates Maxime Lapierre after Lapierre's goal against the Buffalo Sabres on Sept.

Maxim Lapierre was the lone scorer in the shootout to give the Montreal Canadiens a 3-2 win Tuesday over the Carolina Hurricanes.

In the interest of integrity and honesty, I'll state now that the comb I'll use to sift through the Montreal Canadiens' goaltending situation will not be nearly as fine-toothed as the one employed by Chris Boyle in a hyper-detailed breakdown of the Carey Price/Jaroslav Halak dynamic.

The Canadiens received some good news this week when Ryan O'Byrne joined his teammates for a full practice in Phoenix.

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.

MONTREAL a ' Roman Hamrlik has seen more ice time than he did Thursday against the Boston Bruins.

MontrA©al Canadiens GM Bob Gainey made the decision to boost his defense by claiming off re-entry waivers Jay Leach from New Jersey.

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.

With a possible injury to another defeceman on Thursday night, the Montreal Canadiens have used the waiver wire to fill a hole.

If the Montreal Canadiens and Tampa Bay Lightning go into a shootout, things won't look bright for the Bolts.

Montreal Canadiens coach Jacques Martin had a simple message for his players ahead of Thursday night's game against the Boston Bruins.

For the Boston Bruins, a shootout loss was an improvement over a shutout loss. 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.

The Canadiens were six minutes into what was supposed to be a high-energy shooting and skating drill when head coach Jacques Martin decided he didn't like what he saw.

Forward Scott Gomez buries the puck past Toronto goalie Vesa Toskala on Saturday, one of Montreal's six wins beyond regulation.

Leafs can't buy a break Montreal Canadiens goalie Jaroslav Halak stops a shot against Toronto Maple Leafs Francois Beauchemin , who is covered by Montreal Canadiens Roman Hamrlik , during NHL overtime hockey action in Montreal October 31, 2009.

Mike Cammalleri and Scott Gomez scored in a shootout to lift the Montreal Canadiens to a chippy 5-4 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs after they squandered a two-goal lead in the third period Saturday night.

Patrick Sharp scored with 4:10 left to give the Chicago Blackhawks a 3-2 victory over the Montreal Canadiens on Friday night.