Tomas Plekanec News

The Phoenix Coyotes may soon have a new owner that will keep the team in Glendale for the foreseeable future.

Rookie phenom Alex Galchenyuk was crushed after the Montreal Canadiens were eliminated from the playoffs.

Montreal Canadiens' goaltender Peter Budaj reacts with teammates Josh Gorges, left, and Tomas Plekanec after the Ottawa Senators scored in the third period of Game 5 in Montreal on Thursday.

Ottawa didn't want to leave anything to chance, and they did not as they took care of business in Montreal, downing the Habs 6-1 to eliminate the Canadiens in 5 games and advance to the second round of the playoffs.

The Canadiens jumped out to a 12-6 shot advantage but fell behind 2-0 in the 1st period with Peter Budaj making his first career playoff start for the injured Carey Price.

On the day PK Subban was named a finalist for the Norris Trophy as NHL top defenseman, he fired the shot that gave Montreal the lead in Game 4 and just 61 seconds later rookie Alex Galchenyuk added to the Montreal advantage.

These are always my least favorite games. Believe me: Nothing that's been said in this series, none of the antics on the ice, and none of the mind games from Paul MacLean will have even a fraction of the same effect on Montreal's psyche for this game as the final score from Sunday will.

Only a couple days ago, Jean-Gabriel Pageau was asked if he was pinching himself, just to make sure he wasn't dreaming.

Despite dominating the entire game, the Canadiens now find themselves down 1-0 in their first round series against the Senators.

The Montreal Canadiens deserved a victory in Game One. For thirty minutes, the Canadiens mercilessly took the Senators to task, and with the help of a prolonged man advantage in the back half of the second period, the Canadiens had unleashed forty-one shots at Senators goaltender Craig Anderson by the end of the period.

The Montreal Canadiens are back in the playoffs tonight, and tonight the Canadiens take to the ice in the playoffs.

Daniel Alfredsson has tormented the Canadiens since he began his Ottawa Senators career in 1995, but he has never faced Montreal in the playoffs.

The Canadiens-Senators series may not be the playoff matchup you were hoping for, but Tomas Plekanec predicts it will be a compelling one.

Montreal Canadiens centre Tomas Plekanec, front, waits to shoot as teammates Raphael Diaz, left, Josh Gorges and Brandon Prust, right, look on during the team's practice Monday, April 29, 2013 in Brossard, Que.

All of Canada may have wanted to see the Montreal Canadiens meet the Toronto Maple Leafs in the first round of the playoffs, but that's not going to happen.

The regular season is over for the Montreal Canadiens, but the wait continues to see if they will capture the Northeast Division.

P.K. Subban of the Montreal Canadiens and Phil Kessel of the Toronto Maple Leafs.

The team that's been struggling of late is not what these Canadiens are. What they are is the best Habs team in nearly 20 years.

Since clinching a playoff berth, the Montreal Canadiens have endured a slide that they're hoping won't cost them home-ice advantage in the first round.

Attending the last home game of the regular season for the second straight year, I have a few different observations.