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2019–20 Montreal Canadiens
DivisionAtlantic
ConferenceEastern
2019–20 record12–10–6
Home record7–6–3
Road record5–4–3
Goals for93
Goals against98
Team information
General managerMarc Bergevin
CoachClaude Julien
CaptainShea Weber
Alternate captainsPaul Byron
Brendan Gallagher
ArenaBell Center
Minor league affiliate(s)Laval Rocket (AHL)
Team leaders
GoalsBrendan Gallagher (11)
AssistsTomas Tatar (15)
PointsTomas Tatar (24)
Penalty minutesTomas Tatar (22)
Plus/minusShea Weber (+9)
WinsCarey Price (11)
Goals against averageCarey Price (3.13)

The 2019–20 Montreal Canadiens season is the 111th season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on December 4, 1909.

Standings

Divisional standings

Atlantic Division
Pos Team
 GP W L OTL RW GF GA GD Pts
1 p – Boston Bruins 70 44 14 12 38 227 174 +53 100
2 Tampa Bay Lightning 70 43 21 6 35 245 195 +50 92
3 Toronto Maple Leafs 70 36 25 9 28 238 227 +11 81
4 Florida Panthers 69 35 26 8 30 231 228 +3 78
5 Montreal Canadiens 71 31 31 9 19 212 221 −9 71
6 Buffalo Sabres 69 30 31 8 22 195 217 −22 68
7 Ottawa Senators 71 25 34 12 18 191 243 −52 62
8 Detroit Red Wings 71 17 49 5 13 145 267 −122 39
Source: National Hockey League[1]
p – Clinched Presidents' Trophy

Conference Wild Card standings

Template:2019–20 NHL Eastern Conference Wild Card standings

Schedule and results

Preseason

The preseason schedule was published on June 18, 2019.[2]

Regular season

The regular season schedule was released on June 25, 2019.[3]

2019–20 game log
December: 1–1–0 (Home: 1–0–0 ; Road: 0–1–0)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap
27 December 1 Montreal 1–3 Boston Price 17,850 11–10–6 28 Recap
28 December 3 NY Islanders 2–4 Montreal Price 20,440 12–10–6 30 Recap
29 December 5 Colorado – Montreal
30 December 6 Montreal – NY Rangers
31 December 10 Montreal – Pittsburgh
32 December 11 Ottawa – Montreal
33 December 14 Detroit – Montreal
34 December 17 Montreal – Vancouver
35 December 19 Montreal – Calgary
36 December 21 Montreal – Edmonton
37 December 23 Montreal – Winnipeg
38 December 28 Montreal – Tampa Bay
39 December 29 Montreal – Florida
40 December 31 Montreal – Carolina

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

Player statistics

As of December 4, 2019

Skaters

Regular season[4]
Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM
Tomas Tatar 28 9 15 24 −4 22
Shea Weber 28 9 14 23 9 14
Brendan Gallagher 28 11 10 21 4 4
Phillip Danault 28 7 14 21 7 8
Max Domi 28 6 11 17 3 12
Jonathan Drouin 19 7 8 15 4 6
Joel Armia 26 10 5 15 3 6
Jeff Petry 28 3 12 15 −4 14
Nick Suzuki 28 6 8 14 −2 4
Artturi Lehkonen 28 6 6 12 4 14
Ben Chiarot 28 3 7 10 6 12
Victor Mete 26 3 5 8 6 10
Nick Cousins 22 2 5 7 3 4
Nate Thompson 28 1 7 8 −1 7
Jesperi Kotkaniemi 21 3 2 5 −6 2
Jordan Weal 20 3 1 4 −5 10
Paul Byron 19 1 3 4 3 4
Mike Reilly 11 0 4 4 1 4
Brett Kulak 17 0 2 2 −6 8
Cale Fleury 22 1 0 1 −6 2
Christian Folin 5 0 1 1 2 2
Charles Hudon 8 0 1 1 −4 0
Ryan Poehling 4 0 0 0 0 0
Matthew Peca 1 0 0 0 0 0

Goaltenders

Regular season[5]
Player GP GS TOI W L OT GA GAA SA SV% SO G A PIM
Carey Price 23 23 1,343:00 11 9 3 70 3.13 691 .899 1 0 0 0
Keith Kinkaid 6 5 340:00 1 1 3 24 4.24 192 .875 0 0 0 0

†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

Milestones

Regular season
Player Milestone Reached Ref
Cale Fleury 1st career NHL game October 3, 2019 [6]
Nick Suzuki 1st career NHL game October 3, 2019 [6]
Nate Thompson 700th career NHL game October 9, 2019 [7]
Nick Suzuki 1st career NHL assist
1st career NHL point		 October 9, 2019 [8]
Jonathan Drouin 200th career NHL point October 12, 2019 [9]
Victor Mete 1st career NHL goal October 17, 2019 [10]
Nick Suzuki 1st career NHL goal October 17, 2019 [10]
Brendan Gallagher 300th career NHL point October 20, 2019 [11]
Brendan Gallagher 500th career NHL game October 30, 2019 [12]
Tomas Tatar 300th career NHL point November 9, 2019 [13]
Shea Weber 100th career NHL powerplay goal November 9, 2019 [13]
Cale Fleury 1st career NHL goal
1st career NHL point		 November 16, 2019 [14]
Phillip Danault 100th career NHL assist November 16, 2019 [15]
Jesperi Kotkaniemi 100th career NHL game December 3, 2019 [16]

Roster

Updated September 3, 2024[17][18]

No. Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
17 Canada Josh Anderson RW R 30 2020 Burlington, Ontario
40 Finland Joel Armia RW R 31 2018 Pori, Finland
27 Canada Alex Barre-Boulet C L 27 2024 Montmagny, Quebec
52 Canada Justin Barron D R 22 2022 Halifax, Nova Scotia
13 United States Cole Caufield RW R 23 2019 Mosinee, Wisconsin
77 Canada Kirby Dach Injured Reserve C R 23 2022 St. Albert, Alberta
28 United States Christian Dvorak C L 28 2021 Palos, Illinois
71 Canada Jake Evans C R 28 2014 Toronto, Ontario
11 Canada Brendan Gallagher (A) RW R 32 2010 Edmonton, Alberta
21 Canada Kaiden Guhle D L 22 2020 Edmonton, Alberta
49 Canada Rafael Harvey-Pinard Injured Reserve LW L 25 2019 Saguenay, Quebec
– Canada Connor Hughes G L 27 2024 London, Ontario
48 United States Lane Hutson D L 20 2022 Holland, Michigan
92 Finland Patrik Laine RW R 26 2024 Tampere, Finland
8 Canada Mike Matheson (A) D L 30 2022 Pointe-Claire, Quebec
35 Canada Sam Montembeault G L 27 2021 Bécancour, Quebec
15 Canada Alex Newhook C L 23 2023 St. John's, Newfoundland
55 Canada Michael Pezzetta LW L 26 2016 Toronto, Ontario
31 Canada Carey Price Injured Reserve G L 37 2005 Anahim Lake, British Columbia
30 United States Cayden Primeau G L 25 2017 Farmington Hills, Michigan
58 Canada David Savard D R 33 2021 Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec
20 Slovakia Juraj Slafkovsky LW L 20 2022 Košice, Slovakia
14 Canada Nick Suzuki (C) C R 25 2018 London, Ontario
72 Canada Arber Xhekaj D L 23 2021 Hamilton, Ontario

Transactions

The Canadiens have been involved in the following transactions during the 2019–20 season.

Trades

Date Details Ref
June 22, 2019 (2019-06-22) To Florida Panthers
CHI's 5th-round pick in 2019 		To Montreal Canadiens
5th-round pick in 2020 		[19]
June 22, 2019 (2019-06-22) To San Jose Sharks
4th-round pick in 2019 		To Montreal Canadiens
4th-round pick in 2020 		[20]
June 22, 2019 (2019-06-22) To Philadelphia Flyers
7th-round pick in 2020 		To Montreal Canadiens
7th-round pick in 2019 		[21]
June 22, 2019 (2019-06-22) To Los Angeles Kings
CBJ's 2nd-round pick in 2019 		To Montreal Canadiens
3rd-round pick in 2019
5th-round pick in 2019 		[22]
June 30, 2019 (2019-06-30) To Chicago Blackhawks
Andrew Shaw
7th-round pick in 2021 		To Montreal Canadiens
2nd-round pick in 2020
7th-round pick in 2020
3rd-round pick in 2021 		[23]
June 30, 2019 (2019-06-30) To Anaheim Ducks
Nicolas Deslauriers 		To Montreal Canadiens
4th-round pick in 2020 		[24]

Free agents

Date Player Team Contract term Ref
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01) Riley Barber from Hershey Bears (AHL) 1-year [25]
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01) Keith Kinkaid from New Jersey Devils 1-year [26]
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01) Brett Lernout to Vegas Golden Knights 1-year [27]
July 3, 2019 (2019-07-03) Phil Varone from Philadelphia Flyers 1-year [28]
July 4, 2019 (2019-07-04) Ben Chiarot from Winnipeg Jets 3-year [29]
July 5, 2019 (2019-07-05) Nick Cousins from Arizona Coyotes 1-year [30]
July 18, 2019 (2019-07-18) Hunter Shinkaruk to Charlotte Checkers (AHL) 1-year [31]
September 13, 2019 (2019-09-13) Daniel Audette to Springfield Thunderbirds (AHL) 1-year [32]

Signings

Date Player Contract term Ref
July 11, 2019 (2019-07-11) Joel Armia 2-year [33]
July 11, 2019 (2019-07-11) Artturi Lehkonen 2-year [34]
July 19, 2019 (2019-07-19) Charles Hudon 1-year [35]
July 27, 2019 (2019-07-27) Michael McCarron 1-year [36]

Draft picks

See also: List of Montreal Canadiens draft picks

Below are the Montreal Canadiens' selections at the 2019 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 21 and 22, 2019, at Rogers Arena in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Round # Player Pos Nationality College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1 15 Cole Caufield RW  United States U.S. National Development Team (USHL)
2 46 Jayden Struble D  United States St. Sebastian's (USHS-Prep)
3 641 Mattias Norlinder D  Sweden MODO (Sweden Jrs.)
3 77 Gianni Fairbrother D  Canada Everett Silvertips (WHL)
5 1262 Jacob Leguerrier D  Canada Soo Greyhounds (OHL)
5 1313 Rhett Pitlick LW  United States Chaska (USHS-MN)
5 1384 Frederik Nissen Dichow G  Denmark Vojens (Denmark Jrs.)
6 170 Arsen Khisamutdinov C  Russia JHC Reaktor (Russian Jrs.)
7 2015 Rafael Harvey-Pinard LW  Canada Rouyn-Noranda Huskies (QMJHL)
7 2066 Kieran Ruscheinski D  Canada Calgary Northstars (AMHL)

Notes:

  1. The Los Angeles Kings' third-round pick went to the Montreal Canadiens as the result of a trade on June 22, 2019 that sent Columbus' second-round pick in 2019 (50th overall) to Los Angeles in exchange for a fifth-round pick in 2019 (126th overall) and this pick.[37]
  2. The Los Angeles Kings' fifth-round pick went to the Montreal Canadiens as the result of a trade on June 22, 2019 that sent Columbus' second-round pick in 2019 (50th overall) to Los Angeles in exchange for a third-round pick in 2019 (64th overall) and this pick[37]
  3. The Edmonton Oilers' fifth-round pick went to the Montreal Canadiens as the result of a trade on June 23, 2018 that sent Hayden Hawkey to Edmonton in exchange for this pick.[38]
  4. The Arizona Coyotes' fifth-round pick went to the Montreal Canadiens as the result of a trade on February 11, 2019 that sent Calgary's fourth-round pick in 2019 to Los Angeles in exchange for Nate Thompson and this pick.[39]
    Los Angeles previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on January 24, 2019 that sent Dominik Kubalik to Chicago in exchange for this pick.[40]
    Chicago previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on July 12, 2018 that sent Marian Hossa, Vinnie Hinostroza, Jordan Oesterle and a third-round pick in 2019 to Arizona in exchange for Marcus Kruger, MacKenzie Entwistle, Jordan Maletta, Andrew Campbell and this pick.[41]
  5. The Montreal Canadiens' seventh-round pick was re-acquired as the result of a trade on June 22, 2019 that sent a seventh-round pick in 2020 to Philadelphia in exchange for this pick.[42]
    Philadelphia previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on June 23, 2018 that sent Montreal's seventh-round pick in 2018 to Montreal in exchange for this pick.[43]
  6. The Winnipeg Jets' seventh-round pick went to the Montreal Canadiens as the result of a trade on June 30, 2018 that sent Simon Bourque to Winnipeg in exchange for Steve Mason, Joel Armia, a fourth-round pick in 2020 and this pick.[44]

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