Max Pacioretty News

Canadiens' Max Pacioretty, right, shows a referee apparent markings of an alleged bite to his arm by Maple Leafs forward Mikhail Grabovski in a Feb.

An injury will keep Wade Redden out of Game 5 Friday night. For some reason, fans think this means they have to ridicule him and others that miss playoff games.

The Ottawa Senators had not won a playoff series since 2007, when they lost to Anaheim in their first and only shot in the Stanley Cup final in 2007.

May 9, 2013; Montreal, Quebec, CAN; Montreal Canadiens team cheer after loosing against Ottawa Senators in game five of the first round of the 2013 Stanley Cup Playoffs at the Bell Centre.

Ottawa Senators' Chris Neil pushes Montreal Canadiens' Max Pacioretty to the ice during the second period of game three of first round NHL Stanley Cup playoff hockey at the Scotiabank Place in Ottawa on Sunday, May 5, 2013.

One of the traps that people often fall into when predicting an outcome of a game, series or season is that they assume that what has happened in the recent past must continue.

Coach Michel Therrien says his team didn't bother looking at video from the Game 3 Karnage in Kanata.

The Montreal Canadiens defenceman was on the hot-seat after he was spotted by Hockey Night in Canada cameras dressing down teammate Max Pacioretty on the bench, fought Ottawa centre Kyle Turris and took 25 minutes in penalites.

Rookie defenceman Jarred Tinordi said it wasn't difficult for the Canadiens to get up for Game 2 of their playoff series against the Ottawa Senators.

The 2013 Stanley Cup playoffs are only in the quarterfinals, but don't doubt that some fans are looking ahead to see if dream matchups like the Chicago Blackhawks vs.

The Habs said through Twitter that top scorer Max Pacioretty and captain Brian Gionta will miss Game 2 Friday against Ottawa.

For defenseman P.K. Subban and the Montreal Canadiens, it felt like a long wait to erase memories of the 2011-12 NHL season.

With the playoffs set to get going tonight, and the Leafs vs. Bruins on tap for Wednesday, I figure that this is a good time to take a quick pause and look back at the regular season that was.

And fans of the Montreal Canadiens and Toronto Maple Leafs will have to wait a little longer to see those teams meet again in the post-season. The Ottawa Senators beat the Boston Bruins 4-2 on Sunday night in the final game of the regular season to cement the Eastern Conference standings.

The Montreal Canadiens are still in contention for the Northeast Division title.

''I'm going to have a hard time drawing on any positives you know, when you're going home and watching the important hockey being played from your couch again,'' Wheeler said.

Having taken care of their business early in the season , the Habs, at 27-14-5, are off to the playoffs one season after they were at near laughingstock levels in the basement of the Eastern Conference in 2011-12. -- Montreal is still in a fight with the Boston Bruins for the Northeast Division crown and the conference's second seed.