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National Hockey League season
2024–25 Montreal Canadiens
DivisionAtlantic
ConferenceEastern
2024–25 record18–18–3
Home record10–7–2
Road record8–11–1
Goals for117
Goals against132
Team information
General managerKent Hughes
CoachMartin St. Louis
CaptainNick Suzuki
Alternate captainsBrendan Gallagher
Mike Matheson
ArenaBell Centre
Minor league affiliate(s)Laval Rocket (AHL)
Trois-Rivières Lions (ECHL)
Team leaders
GoalsCole Caufield (21)
AssistsNick Suzuki (27)
PointsNick Suzuki (38)
Penalty minutesArber Xhekaj (57)
Plus/minusJake Evans (+6)
WinsSam Montembeault (14)
Goals against averageJakub Dobes (0.48)
← 2023–24

The 2024–25 Montreal Canadiens season is the franchise's 116th season since its establishment on December 4, 1909, and their 108th season (107th season of play) as member of the National Hockey League.

Standings

Divisional standings

Atlantic Division
Pos Team GP W L OTL RW GF GA GD Pts
1 Toronto Maple Leafs 40 25 13 2 22 126 111 +15 52
2 Florida Panthers 40 24 14 2 19 135 124 +11 50
3 Boston Bruins 41 20 17 4 14 107 126 −19 44
4 Tampa Bay Lightning 36 20 14 2 17 136 101 +35 42
5 Ottawa Senators 38 19 17 2 14 112 111 +1 40
6 Montreal Canadiens 39 18 18 3 14 117 132 −15 39
7 Detroit Red Wings 39 17 18 4 14 107 126 −19 38
8 Buffalo Sabres 40 14 21 5 11 122 137 −15 33
Updated to game(s) played on January 4, 2025. Source: National Hockey League
Rules for classification: 1) Fewer number of games played (GP, only during regular season); 2) Greater number of regulation wins (RW); 3) Greater number of wins in regulation and overtime, excluding shootout wins (ROW); 4) Greater number of total wins, including shootouts (W); 5) Greater number of points earned in head-to-head play; if teams played an uneven number of head-to-head games, the result of the first game on the home ice of the team with the extra home game is discarded; 6) Greater goal differential (GD); 7) Greater number of goals scored (GF)

Conference standings

Eastern Conference Wild Card
Pos Div Team GP W L OTL RW GF GA GD Pts
1 AT Tampa Bay Lightning 36 20 14 2 17 136 101 +35 42
2 AT Ottawa Senators 38 19 17 2 14 112 111 +1 40
3 ME Columbus Blue Jackets 40 17 17 6 14 137 145 −8 40
4 ME Pittsburgh Penguins 40 17 17 6 11 122 148 −26 40
5 AT Montreal Canadiens 39 18 18 3 14 117 132 −15 39
6 AT Detroit Red Wings 39 17 18 4 14 107 126 −19 38
7 ME Philadelphia Flyers 39 17 18 4 9 121 141 −20 38
8 ME New York Rangers 38 17 20 1 17 107 121 −14 35
9 ME New York Islanders 39 14 18 7 11 103 124 −21 35
10 AT Buffalo Sabres 40 14 21 5 11 122 137 −15 33
Updated to game(s) played on January 4, 2025. Source: National Hockey League
Rules for classification: 1) Fewer number of games played (GP, only during regular season); 2) Greater number of regulation wins (RW); 3) Greater number of wins in regulation and overtime, excluding shootout wins (ROW); 4) Greater number of total wins, including shootouts (W); 5) Greater number of points earned in head-to-head play; if teams played an uneven number of head-to-head games, the result of the first game on the home ice of the team with the extra home game is discarded; 6) Greater goal differential (GD); 7) Greater number of goals scored (GF)

Schedule and results

Preseason

The preseason schedule was published on June 19, 2024.

2024 preseason game log: 2–4–0 (Home: 2–2–0; Road: 0–2–0)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Recap
1 September 23 Philadelphia 0–5 Montreal Primeau 20,690 1–0–0
2 September 24 New Jersey 0–3 Montreal Montembeault 20,539 2–0–0
3 September 26 Montreal 1–2 Toronto Dobes 18,107 2–1–0
4 September 28 Toronto 2–1 Montreal Primeau 21,105 2–2–0
5 October 1 Ottawa 4–3 Montreal Primeau 20,983 2–3–0
6 October 5 Montreal 2–4 Ottawa Montembeault 16,266 2–4–0

Regular season

The regular season schedule was released on July 2, 2024.

2024–25 game log
October: 4–6–1 (home: 3–4–0; road: 1–2–1)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap
1 October 9 Toronto 0–1 Montreal Montembeault 21,105 1–0–0 2
2 October 10 Montreal 4–6 Boston Primeau 17,850 1–1–0 2
3 October 12 Ottawa 1–4 Montreal Montembeault 21,105 2–1–0 4
4 October 14 Pittsburgh 6–3 Montreal Montembeault 21,105 2–2–0 4
5 October 17 Los Angeles 4–1 Montreal Montembeault 21,105 2–3–0 4
6 October 19 Montreal 3–4 NY Islanders SO Primeau 15,411 2–3–1 5
7 October 22 NY Rangers 7–2 Montreal Montembeault 21,105 2–4–1 5
8 October 26 St. Louis 2–5 Montreal Montembeault 21,105 3–4–1 7
9 October 27 Montreal 4–3 Philadelphia Primeau 17,440 4–4–1 9
10 October 29 Seattle 8–2 Montreal Montembeault 21,105 4–5–1 9
11 October 31 Montreal 3–6 Washington Primeau 15,789 4–6–1 9
November: 4–6–2 (home: 2–1–2; road: 2–5–0)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap
12 November 2 Montreal 1–3 Pittsburgh Montembeault 17,362 4–7–1 9
13 November 5 Calgary 3–2 Montreal OT Montembeault 21,105 4–7–2 10
14 November 7 Montreal 3–5 New Jersey Montembeault 16,514 4–8–2 10
15 November 9 Montreal 1–4 Toronto Montembeault 19,277 4–9–2 10
16 November 11 Montreal 7–5 Buffalo Montembeault 15,687 5–9–2 12
17 November 14 Montreal 0–3 Minnesota Montembeault 17,012 5–10–2 12
18 November 16 Columbus 1–5 Montreal Montembeault 21,105 6–10–2 14
19 November 18 Edmonton 0–3 Montreal Montembeault 21,105 7–10–2 16
20 November 23 Vegas 6–2 Montreal Montembeault 21,105 7–11–2 16
21 November 26 Utah 3–2 Montreal OT Montembeault 21,105 7–11–3 17
22 November 27 Montreal 4–3 Columbus OT Primeau 15,485 8–11–3 19
23 November 30 Montreal 3–4 NY Rangers Montembeault 18,006 8–12–3 19
December: 9–5–0 (home: 5–2–0; road: 4–3–0)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap
24 December 1 Montreal 3–6 Boston Primeau 17,850 8–13–3 19
25 December 3 NY Islanders 1–2 Montreal OT Montembeault 21,105 9–13–3 21
26 December 5 Nashville 0–3 Montreal Montembeault 21,105 10–13–3 23
27 December 7 Washington 4–2 Montreal Montembeault 21,105 10–14–3 23
28 December 9 Anaheim 2–3 Montreal SO Montembeault 21,105 11–14–3 25
29 December 12 Pittsburgh 9–2 Montreal Montembeault 21,105 11–15–3 25
30 December 14 Montreal 2–4 Winnipeg Montembeault 15,225 11–16–3 25
31 December 17 Buffalo 1–6 Montreal Montembeault 21,105 12–16–3 27
32 December 20 Montreal 4–3 Detroit Montembeault 19,515 13–16–3 29
33 December 21 Detroit 1–5 Montreal Montembeault 21,105 14–16–3 31
34 December 23 Montreal 4–5 Columbus Montembeault 17,875 14–17–3 31
35 December 28 Montreal 4–0 Florida Dobes 19,483 15–17–3 33
36 December 29 Montreal 5–2 Tampa Bay Montembeault 19,092 16–17–3 35
37 December 31 Montreal 3–2 Vegas Montembeault 17,925 17–17–3 37
January: 1–1–0 (home: 0–0–0; road: 1–1–0)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap
38 January 3 Montreal 2–4 Chicago Montembeault 19,620 17–18–3 37
39 January 4 Montreal 2–1 Colorado SO Dobes 18,087 18–18–3 39
40 January 6 Vancouver Montreal
41 January 10 Montreal Washington
42 January 11 Dallas Montreal
43 January 14 Montreal Utah
44 January 16 Montreal Dallas
45 January 18 Toronto Montreal
46 January 19 NY Rangers Montreal
47 January 21 Tampa Bay Montreal
48 January 23 Montreal Detroit
49 January 25 New Jersey Montreal
50 January 28 Winnipeg Montreal
51 January 30 Minnesota Montreal
February: 0–0–0 (home: 0–0–0; road: 0–0–0)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap
52 February 2 Montreal Anaheim
53 February 4 Montreal San Jose
54 February 5 Montreal Los Angeles
55 February 8 New Jersey Montreal
56 February 9 Tampa Bay Montreal
57 February 22 Montreal Ottawa
58 February 25 Carolina Montreal
59 February 27 San Jose Montreal
March: 0–0–0 (home: 0–0–0; road: 0–0–0)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap
60 March 1 Montreal Buffalo
61 March 3 Buffalo Montreal
62 March 6 Montreal Edmonton
63 March 8 Montreal Calgary
64 March 11 Montreal Vancouver
65 March 12 Montreal Seattle
66 March 15 Florida Montreal
67 March 18 Ottawa Montreal
68 March 20 Montreal NY Islanders
69 March 22 Colorado Montreal
70 March 25 Montreal St. Louis
71 March 27 Montreal Philadelphia
72 March 28 Montreal Carolina
73 March 30 Montreal Florida
April: 0–0–0 (home: 0–0–0; road: 0–0–0)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap
74 April 1 Florida Montreal
75 April 3 Boston Montreal
76 April 5 Philadelphia Montreal
77 April 6 Montreal Nashville
78 April 8 Detroit Montreal
79 April 11 Montreal Ottawa
80 April 12 Montreal Toronto
81 April 14 Chicago Montreal
82 April 16 Carolina Montreal

Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Suspensions/fines

Player Explanation Length Salary Date issued Ref
Arber Xhekaj Unsportsmanlike conduct against Leafs forward Cedric Pare N/A $3,385.42 September 29, 2024

Player statistics

As of December 24, 2024

Skaters

Regular season
Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM
Nick Suzuki 34 11 24 35 0 4
Cole Caufield 34 17 15 32 −4 10
Lane Hutson 34 2 24 26 −14 20
Jake Evans 34 8 13 21 +2 6
Juraj Slafkovsky 31 4 15 19 −11 12
Mike Matheson 32 2 15 17 −12 31
Brendan Gallagher 34 9 7 16 −4 17
Joel Armia 34 6 10 16 −1 16
Emil Heineman 33 8 6 14 0 12
Josh Anderson 34 6 7 13 −5 42
Christian Dvorak 34 2 9 11 −6 2
Patrik Laine 10 8 1 9 −7 4
Kirby Dach 34 2 7 9 −24 26
David Savard 32 1 8 9 0 22
Alex Newhook 34 6 0 6 −14 10
Kaiden Guhle 28 2 4 6 −5 19
Jayden Struble 22 2 3 5 −6 29
Arber Xhekaj 31 1 4 5 −2 43
Logan Mailloux 5 1 2 3 −4 6
Alexandre Carrier 3 0 2 2 +1 0
Oliver Kapanen 12 0 2 2 −4 2
Lucas Condotta 7 1 0 1 −2 0
Justin Barron 17 1 0 1 −4 8
Michael Pezzetta 3 0 0 0 −1 4
Joshua Roy 4 0 0 0 −1 2
Alex Barre-Boulet 2 0 0 0 −2 2

Goaltenders

Regular season
Player GP GS TOI W L OT GA GAA SA SV% SO G A PIM
Sam Montembeault 28 27 1512:21 12 14 2 74 2.94 742 .900 3 0 0 0
Cayden Primeau 11 7 523:42 2 3 1 41 4.70 250 .836 0 0 0 2

Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Canadiens. Stats reflect time with the Canadiens only.
Denotes player was traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Canadiens only.
Bold/italics denotes franchise record.

Awards and honours

Awards

Regular season
Player Award Awarded Ref
Patrik Laine NHL Third Star of the Week December 22, 2024
Lane Hutson NHL Rookie of the Month December 31, 2024

Milestones

Regular Season
Player Milestone Reached Ref
Kirby Dach 100th career NHL point October 9, 2024
Oliver Kapanen 1st career NHL game
1st career NHL assist
1st career NHL point		 October 10, 2024
Emil Heineman 1st career NHL goal
1st career NHL point		 October 12, 2024
David Savard 800th career NHL game October 17, 2024
Arber Xhekaj 100th career NHL game October 17, 2024
Justin Barron 100th career NHL game October 19, 2024
Logan Mailloux 1st career NHL goal October 19, 2024
Emil Heineman 1st career NHL assist November 2, 2024
Nick Suzuki 300th career NHL point November 11, 2024
Jake Evans 100th career NHL point November 16, 2024
Nick Suzuki 400th career NHL game December 7, 2024
Lane Hutson 1st career NHL goal December 14, 2024
Jake Evans 300th career NHL game December 20, 2024
Nick Suzuki 200th career NHL assist December 21, 2024
Jakub Dobes 1st career NHL game
1st career NHL win
1st career NHL shutout		 December 28, 2024
Josh Anderson 100th career NHL assist December 29, 2024
Cole Caufield 100th career NHL goal December 31, 2024

Transactions

The Canadiens have been involved in the following transactions during the 2024–25 season.

Key

 †  Contract is entry-level.
 ‡  Contract initially takes effect in the 2025–26 season.

Trades

Date Details Ref
June 28, 2024 To Los Angeles Kings
WPG 1st-round pick in 2024 (26th overall)
COL 2nd-round pick in 2024 (57th overall)
7th-round pick in 2024 (198th overall) 		To Montreal Canadiens
1st-round pick in 2024 (21st overall)
June 30, 2024 To New Jersey Devils
Johnathan Kovacevic 		To Montreal Canadiens
4th-round pick in 2026
August 19, 2024 To Columbus Blue Jackets
Jordan Harris 		To Montreal Canadiens
Patrik Laine
2nd-round pick in 2026
December 6, 2024 To Edmonton Oilers
Jacob Perreault 		To Montreal Canadiens
Noel Hoefenmayer
December 18, 2024 To Nashville Predators
Justin Barron 		To Montreal Canadiens
Alexandre Carrier

Notes

  1. Montreal will receive the highest of the (3) fourth-round picks currently owned by New Jersey (Dallas’, Winnipeg’s or New Jersey’s own), once the final draft order has been established.

Players acquired

Date Player Former team (League) Term Via Ref
July 1, 2024 (2024-07-01) Alex Barre-Boulet Tampa Bay Lightning 1-year Free agency
October 9, 2024 (2024-10-09) Gustav Lindstrom Anaheim Ducks 1-year Free agency

Players lost

Date Player New team (League) Term Via Ref
July 1, 2024 (2024-07-01) Mitchell Stephens Seattle Kraken 2-year Free agency
Jesse Ylonen Tampa Bay Lightning 1-year Free agency
July 3, 2024 (2024-07-03) Arnaud Durandeau Amur Khabarovsk (KHL) 1-year Free agency
July 28, 2024 (2024-07-28) Philippe Maillet HC Ambrì-Piotta (NL) 1-year Free agency
August 2, 2024 (2024-08-02) Brady Keeper HK Poprad (Tipos Extraliga) 1-year Free agency
August 13, 2024 (2024-08-13) Colin White San Jose Barracuda (AHL) 1-year Free agency
September 4, 2024 (2024-09-04) Mattias Norlinder Modo Hockey (SHL) 2-year Free agency
October 4, 2024 (2024-10-04) Tanner Pearson Vegas Golden Knights 1-year Free agency

Signings

Date Player Term Ref
July 1, 2024 (2024-07-01) Juraj Slafkovsky 8-year
July 30, 2024 (2024-07-30) Justin Barron 2-year
Arber Xhekaj 2-year
July 31, 2024 (2024-07-31) Kaiden Guhle 6-year

Draft picks

See also: Montreal Canadiens draft picks

Below are the Montreal Canadiens' selections at the 2024 NHL entry draft, which was held on June 28–29, 2024, at Sphere in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Round # Player Pos. Nationality Team (League)
1 5 Ivan Demidov D  Russia SKA-1946 (MHL)
1 21 Michael Hage C  Canada Chicago Steel (USHL)
3 70 Aatos Koivu C  Finland HC-TPS (U20 SM-sarja)
3 78 Logan Sawyer LW  Canada Brooks Bandits (AJHL)
4 102 Owen Protz D  Canada Brantford Bulldogs (OHL)
5 130 Tyler Thorpe RW  Canada Vancouver Giants (WHL)
5 134 Mikus Vecvanags G  Latvia HS Riga (OHL Latvia)
6 166 Ben Merrill C  United States Saint Sebastian's Arrows (USHS)
7 210 Makar Khanin RW  Russia HC Dinamo Saint Petersburg (MHL)
7 224 Rasmus Bergqvist D  Sweden Skelleftea AIK (J20 Nationell)

Notes

  1. The Los Angeles Kings' first-round pick went to Montreal as the result of a trade on June 28, 2024, that sent Winnipeg's first-round pick, Colorado's second-round pick and a seventh-round pick all in 2024 (26th, 57th and 198th overall) to Los Angeles in exchange for this pick.
  2. The Minnesota Wild's third-round pick went to Montreal as the result of a trade July 1, 2023, that sent Joel Edmundson to Washington in exchange for a seventh-round pick in 2024 and this pick.
    Washington previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on February 28, 2023, that sent Marcus Johansson to Minnesota in exchange for this pick.
  3. The San Jose Sharks' fifth-round pick went to Montreal as the result of a trade on March 3, 2023, that sent Arvid Henrikson to San Jose in exchange for Nick Bonino and this pick.
  4. The Washington Capitals' seventh-round pick went to Montreal as the result of a trade July 1, 2023, that sent Joel Edmundson to Washington in exchange for a third-round pick in 2024 and this pick.
  5. The Edmonton Oilers' seventh-round pick went to Montreal as the result of a trade on March 21, 2022, that sent Brett Kulak to Edmonton in exchange for William Lagesson, a conditional second-round pick in 2022 and this pick.

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