2024–25 Montreal Canadiens season

National Hockey League season

2024–25 Montreal Canadiens
Division	Atlantic
Conference	Eastern
2024–25 record	0–0–0
Home record	0–0–0
Road record	0–0–0
Team information
General manager	Kent Hughes
Coach	Martin St. Louis
Captain	Nick Suzuki
Alternate captains	Brendan Gallagher Mike Matheson
Arena	Bell Centre
Minor league affiliate(s)	Laval Rocket (AHL) Trois-Rivières Lions (ECHL)
← 2023–24 →

The 2024–25 Montreal Canadiens season will be 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.

Schedule and results

Preseason

The preseason schedule was published on June 19, 2024.^[1]

2024 preseason game log: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1	September 23	Philadelphia	–	Montreal
2	September 24	New Jersey	–	Montreal
3	September 26	Montreal	–	Toronto
4	September 28	Toronto	–	Montreal
5	October 1	Montreal	–	Ottawa
6	October 5	Ottawa	–	Montreal

Regular season

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

2024–25 game log

October: 0–0–0 (home: 0–0–0; road: 0–0–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
1	October 9	Toronto		Montreal
2	October 10	Montreal		Boston
3	October 12	Ottawa		Montreal
4	October 14	Pittsburgh		Montreal
5	October 17	Los Angeles		Montreal
6	October 19	Montreal		NY Islanders
7	October 22	NY Rangers		Montreal
8	October 26	St. Louis		Montreal
9	October 27	Montreal		Philadelphia
10	October 29	Seattle		Montreal
11	October 31	Montreal		Washington

November: 0–0–0 (home: 0–0–0; road: 0–0–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
12	November 2	Montreal		Pittsburgh
13	November 5	Calgary		Montreal
14	November 7	Montreal		New Jersey
15	November 9	Montreal		Toronto
16	November 11	Montreal		Buffalo
17	November 14	Montreal		Minnesota
18	November 16	Columbus		Montreal
19	November 18	Edmonton		Montreal
20	November 23	Vegas		Montreal
21	November 26	Utah		Montreal
22	November 27	Montreal		Columbus
23	November 30	Montreal		NY Rangers

December: 0–0–0 (home: 0–0–0; road: 0–0–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
24	December 1	Montreal		Boston
25	December 3	NY Islanders		Montreal
26	December 5	Nashville		Montreal
27	December 7	Washington		Montreal
28	December 9	Anaheim		Montreal
29	December 12	Pittsburgh		Montreal
30	December 14	Montreal		Winnipeg
31	December 17	Buffalo		Montreal
32	December 20	Montreal		Detroit
33	December 21	Detroit		Montreal
34	December 23	Montreal		Columbus
35	December 28	Montreal		Florida
36	December 29	Montreal		Tampa Bay
37	December 31	Montreal		Vegas

January: 0–0–0 (home: 0–0–0; road: 0–0–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
38	January 3	Montreal		Chicago
39	January 4	Montreal		Colorado
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)

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)	^[3]
June 30, 2024	To New Jersey Devils Johnathan Kovacevic	To Montreal Canadiens 4th-round pick in 2026¹	^[4]
August 19, 2024	To Columbus Blue Jackets Jordan Harris	To Montreal Canadiens Patrik Laine 2nd-round pick in 2026	^[5]

Notes

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 Barré-Boulet	Tampa Bay Lightning	1-year	Free agency	^[6]

Players lost

Date	Player	New team (League)	Term	Via	Ref
July 1, 2024 (2024-07-01)	Mitchell Stephens	Seattle Kraken	2-year	Free agency	^[7]
July 1, 2024 (2024-07-01)	Jesse Ylönen	Tampa Bay Lightning	1-year	Free agency	^[8]
July 3, 2024 (2024-07-03)	Arnaud Durandeau	Amur Khabarovsk (KHL)	1-year	Free agency	^[9]
July 29, 2024 (2024-07-29)	Philippe Maillet	HC Ambrì-Piotta (NL)	1-year	Free agency	^[10]
August 2, 2024 (2024-08-02)	Brady Keeper	HK Poprad (Tipos Extraliga)	1-year	Free agency	^[11]
August 13, 2024 (2024-08-13)	Colin White	San Jose Barracuda (AHL)	1-year	Free agency	^[12]
September 4, 2024 (2024-09-04)	Mattias Norlinder	Modo Hockey (SHL)	2-year	Free agency	^[13]

Signings

Date	Player	Term	Ref
July 1, 2024 (2024-07-01)	Juraj Slafkovský	8-year^‡	^[14]
July 30, 2024 (2024-07-30)	Justin Barron	2-year	^[15]
July 30, 2024 (2024-07-30)	Arber Xhekaj	2-year	^[16]
July 31, 2024 (2024-07-31)	Kaiden Guhle	6-year^‡	^[17]

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	21¹	Michael Hage	C	Canada	Chicago Steel (USHL)
3	70	Aatos Koivu	C	Finland	HC-TPS (U20 SM-sarja)
3	78²	Logan Sawyer	LW	Canada	Brooks Bandits (AJHL)
4	102	Owen Protz	D	Canada	Brantford Bulldogs (OHL)
5	130³	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	210⁴	Makar Khanin	RW	Russia	HC Dinamo Saint Petersburg (MHL)
7	224⁵	Rasmus Bergqvist	D	Sweden	Skelleftea AIK (J20 Nationell)

Notes

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.^[18]
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.^[19]
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.^[20]
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.^[21]
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.^[22]
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.^[23]

References

^ "Canadiens share 2024-25 preseason schedule". NHL.com. June 19, 2024. Retrieved September 15, 2024.
^ "Canadiens announce 2024-25 regular season schedule". NHL.com. July 2, 2024. Retrieved September 15, 2024.
^ "Canadiens acquire first-round pick from Los Angeles Kings". Montreal Canadiens. June 28, 2024. Retrieved September 17, 2024 – via NHL.com.
^ "Kovacevic Traded to Devils". New Jersey Devils. June 30, 2024. Retrieved September 17, 2024 – via NHL.com.
^ "Canadiens acquire Patrik Laine and a 2026 second-round pick". Montreal Canadiens. August 19, 2024. Retrieved September 17, 2024 – via NHL.com.
^ "One-year contract for Alex Barré-Boulet". Montreal Canadiens. July 1, 2024. Retrieved September 17, 2024 – via NHL.com.
^ Seattle Kraken [@SeattleKraken] (July 1, 2024). "Welcome to The Deep! 🌊" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
^ "Lightning sign four skaters to one-year, two-way contracts". Tampa Bay Lightning. July 1, 2024. Retrieved September 17, 2024 – via NHL.com.
^ Duffett, Nate (July 3, 2024). "Recent Acquisition Leaves Canadiens for KHL Opportunity". FanSided.com. Retrieved September 17, 2024.
^ "Philippe Maillet in biancoblù, Virtanen rinnova fino al 2028" (in Italian). HC Ambrì-Piotta. July 29, 2024. Retrieved September 17, 2024.
^ Šerý, Rudolf (August 2, 2024). "Prichádza obranca z farmy Canadiens" (in Slovak). HK Poprad. Retrieved September 17, 2024.
^ "San Jose Barracuda sign forward Colin White". San Jose Barracuda. August 13, 2024. Retrieved September 17, 2024.
^ O'Brien, Derek (September 4, 2024). "Mattias Norlinder returns to Sweden; donations raised to pay contract". The Hockey News. Retrieved September 17, 2024.
^ "Eight-year contract extension for Juraj Slafkovský". Montreal Canadiens. July 1, 2024. Retrieved September 17, 2024 – via NHL.com.
^ "Two-year contract for Justin Barron". Montreal Canadiens. July 30, 2024. Retrieved September 17, 2024 – via NHL.com.
^ "Two-year contract for Arber Xhekaj". Montreal Canadiens. July 30, 2024. Retrieved September 17, 2024 – via NHL.com.
^ "Six-year contract extension for Kaiden Guhle". Montreal Canadiens. July 31, 2024. Retrieved September 17, 2024 – via NHL.com.
^ "Canadiens move up in draft after trade with Kings". Sportsnet.ca. June 28, 2024. Retrieved September 17, 2024.
^ "Capitals Acquire Joel Edmundson from Montreal Canadiens". Washington Capitals. July 1, 2023. Retrieved September 17, 2024 – via NHL.com.
^ "Minnesota Wild Acquires Marcus Johansson from the Washington Capitals". Minnesota Wild. February 28, 2023. Retrieved September 17, 2024 – via NHL.com.
^ "Acquisition of a 2024 5th-round pick and Tony Sund from the Sharks". Montreal Canadiens. March 3, 2023. Retrieved September 17, 2024 – via NHL.com.
^ "Edmundson traded to Capitals by Canadiens". NHL.com. July 5, 2023. Retrieved September 17, 2024.
^ "RELEASE: Oilers acquire Brett Kulak from Montreal". Edmonton Oilers. March 21, 2022. Retrieved September 17, 2024 – via NHL.com.

Montreal Canadiens

Founded in 1909
Based in Montreal, Quebec

Franchise

History

Personnel

Owner(s): Molson family (Geoff Molson, chairman)
General manager: Kent Hughes
Head coach: Martin St. Louis
Team captain: Nick Suzuki
Current roster

Arenas

Rivalries

Affiliates

AHL: Laval Rocket
ECHL: Trois-Rivières Lions

Media

TV: TSN2 (English); RDS (French)
Radio: TSN Radio 690 (English); 98,5 FM (French)

Culture and lore

Category
Commons

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See also	Entry draft Winter Classic 4 Nations Face-Off Stadium Series Stanley Cup playoffs Stanley Cup Finals Transactions Three Star Awards Suspensions and fines