# 2010–11 Montreal Canadiens season

The 2010–11 Montreal Canadiens season was the franchise's 102nd overall season and its 94th since joining the National Hockey League (NHL). The Canadiens finished sixth overall in the Eastern Conference before losing to the eventual Stanley Cup champions, the Boston Bruins, in the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals of the 2011 Stanley Cup playoffs.

## Off-season

On September 29, 2010, the Canadiens named forward Brian Gionta team captain.

## Regular season

The Canadiens opened their season with a road game against long-time rival Toronto Maple Leafs on October 7. The home opener was on October 13 against the Tampa Bay Lightning.
The Canadiens were the most penalized team in the league with 327 power-play opportunities against.

## Standings
### Divisional standings

Northeast Division vte :
| | | GP | W | L | OTL | ROW | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1 | y – Boston Bruins | 82 | 46 | 25 | 11 | 44 | 246 | 195 | 103 |
| 2 | Montreal Canadiens | 82 | 44 | 30 | 8 | 41 | 216 | 209 | 96 |
| 3 | Buffalo Sabres | 82 | 43 | 29 | 10 | 38 | 245 | 229 | 96 |
| 4 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 82 | 37 | 34 | 11 | 32 | 218 | 251 | 85 |
| 5 | Ottawa Senators | 82 | 32 | 40 | 10 | 30 | 192 | 250 | 74 |

### Conference standings

Eastern Conference :
| R | vte | Div | GP | W | L | OTL | ROW | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1 | z – Washington Capitals | SE | 82 | 48 | 23 | 11 | 43 | 224 | 197 | 107 |
| 2 | y – Philadelphia Flyers | AT | 82 | 47 | 23 | 12 | 44 | 259 | 223 | 106 |
| 3 | y – Boston Bruins | NE | 82 | 46 | 25 | 11 | 44 | 246 | 195 | 103 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh Penguins | AT | 82 | 49 | 25 | 8 | 39 | 238 | 199 | 106 |
| 5 | Tampa Bay Lightning | SE | 82 | 46 | 25 | 11 | 40 | 247 | 240 | 103 |
| 6 | Montreal Canadiens | NE | 82 | 44 | 30 | 8 | 41 | 216 | 209 | 96 |
| 7 | Buffalo Sabres | NE | 82 | 43 | 29 | 10 | 38 | 245 | 229 | 96 |
| 8 | New York Rangers | AT | 82 | 44 | 33 | 5 | 35 | 233 | 198 | 93 |
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| 9 | Carolina Hurricanes | SE | 82 | 40 | 31 | 11 | 35 | 236 | 239 | 91 |
| 10 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NE | 82 | 37 | 34 | 11 | 32 | 218 | 251 | 85 |
| 11 | New Jersey Devils | AT | 82 | 38 | 39 | 5 | 35 | 174 | 209 | 81 |
| 12 | Atlanta Thrashers | SE | 82 | 34 | 36 | 12 | 29 | 223 | 269 | 80 |
| 13 | Ottawa Senators | NE | 82 | 32 | 40 | 10 | 30 | 192 | 250 | 74 |
| 14 | New York Islanders | AT | 82 | 30 | 39 | 13 | 26 | 229 | 264 | 73 |
| 15 | Florida Panthers | SE | 82 | 30 | 40 | 12 | 26 | 195 | 229 | 72 |
bold – qualified for playoffs; y – Won division; z – Placed first in conference (and division)
AT – Atlantic Division, NE – Northeast Division, SE – Southeast Division

## Schedule and results
### Pre-season

2010 Pre-season
#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionRecordRecap
1September 22Boston Bruins4–2Montreal CanadiensPrice, Sanford0–1–0
2September 24Ottawa Senators2–4Montreal CanadiensMayer1–1–0
3September 25Montreal Canadiens2–6Ottawa SenatorsPrice1–2–0
4September 26Minnesota Wild3–4Montreal CanadiensAuld2–2–0
5September 27Florida Panthers2–6Montreal CanadiensPrice3–2–0
6September 30Buffalo Sabres5–3Montreal CanadiensAuld3–3–0
7October 2 (in Quebec City, QC)Montreal Canadiens7–2New York Islanders (SS)Price4–3–0
(SS) = Split-squad games. :

### Regular season

2010–11 Game Log :
October: 7–3–1, 15 Points (home: 3–2–1; road: 4–1–0)
GameDateOpponentScoreDecisionLocationAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
1October 7Toronto Maple Leafs2–3PriceAir Canada Centre19,6460–1–00
2October 9Pittsburgh Penguins3–2PriceConsol Energy Center18,1061–1–02
3October 13Tampa Bay Lightning3–4 OTPriceBell Centre21,2731–1–13
4October 15Buffalo Sabres2–1PriceHSBC Arena17,2642–1–15
5October 16Ottawa Senators4–3PriceBell Centre21,2733–1–17
6October 21New Jersey Devils0–3PriceBell Centre21,2733–2–17
7October 23Ottawa Senators3–0PriceScotiabank Place20,3014–2–19
8October 25Phoenix Coyotes3–2 OTPriceBell Centre21,2735–2–111
9October 27New York Islanders5–3PriceBell Centre21,2736–2–113
10October 29New York Islanders3–1AuldNassau Coliseum11,9227–2–115
11October 30Florida Panthers1–3PriceBell Centre21,2737–3–115 :
November: 8–5–0, 16 Points (home: 6–2–0; road: 2–3–0) Season: 15–8–1 (home: 9–4–1; road: 6–4–0)
GameDateOpponentScoreDecisionLocationAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
12November 2Columbus Blue Jackets0–3PriceNationwide Arena18,5007–4–115
13November 5Buffalo Sabres3–2PriceHSBC Arena18,0268–4–117
14November 6Ottawa Senators2–3PriceBell Centre21,2738–5–117
15November 9Vancouver Canucks2–0PriceBell Centre21,2739–5–119
16November 11Boston Bruins3–1PriceTD Garden17,56510–5–121
17November 13Carolina Hurricanes7–2PriceBell Centre21,27311–5–123
18November 16Philadelphia Flyers3–0PriceBell Centre21,27312–5–125
19November 18Nashville Predators0–3PriceBell Centre21,27312–6–125
20November 20Toronto Maple Leafs2–0PriceBell Centre21,27313–6–127
21November 22Philadelphia Flyers2–3PriceWachovia Center19,75313–7–127
22November 24Los Angeles Kings4–1PriceBell Centre21,27314–7–129
23November 26Atlanta Thrashers0–3AuldPhilips Arena13,06814–8–129
24November 27Buffalo Sabres3–1PriceBell Centre21,27315–8–131 :
December: 6–8–1, 13 Points (home: 3–1–1; road: 3–7–0) Season: 21–16–2 (home: 12–5–2; road: 9–11–0)
GameDateOpponentScoreDecisionLocationAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
25December 1Edmonton Oilers3–4 OTPriceBell Centre21,27315–8–232
26December 2New Jersey Devils5–1PricePrudential Center11,43416–8–234
27December 4San Jose Sharks3–1PriceBell Centre21,27317–8–236
28December 7Ottawa Senators4–1PriceBell Centre21,27318–8–238
29December 10Detroit Red Wings2–4PriceJoe Louis Arena20,06618–9–238
30December 11Toronto Maple Leafs1–3AuldAir Canada Centre19,65618–10–238
31December 15Philadelphia Flyers3–5PriceBell Centre21,27318–11–238
32December 16Boston Bruins4–3PriceBell Centre21,27319–11–240
33December 19Colorado Avalanche2–3PricePepsi Center18,00719–12–240
34December 21Dallas Stars2–5PriceAmerican Airlines Center17,80519–13–240
35December 23Carolina Hurricanes3–2PriceRBC Center16,98120–13–242
36December 26New York Islanders1–4PriceNassau Coliseum3,13620–14–242
37December 28Washington Capitals0–3PriceVerizon Center18,39820–15–242
38December 30Tampa Bay Lightning1–4PriceSt. Pete Times Forum20,19120–16–242
39December 31Florida Panthers3–2 OTAuldBankAtlantic Center20,07221–16–244 :
January: 6–2–3, 15 Points (home: 4–1–2; road: 2–1–1) Season: 27–18–5 (home: 16–6–4; road: 11–12–1)
GameDateOpponentScoreDecisionLocationAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
40January 2Atlanta Thrashers3–4 OTPriceBell Centre21,27321–16–345
41January 6Pittsburgh Penguins2–1 SOPriceBell Centre21,27322–16–347
42January 8Boston Bruins3–2 OTPriceBell Centre21,27323–16–349
43January 11New York Rangers2–1AuldMadison Square Garden18,20024–16–351
44January 12Pittsburgh Penguins2–5PriceBell Centre21,27324–17–351
45January 15New York Rangers3–2PriceBell Centre21,27325–17–353
46January 17Calgary Flames5–4 OTPriceBell Centre21,27326–17–355
47January 18Buffalo Sabres1–2 OTPriceHSBC Arena18,22526–17–456
48January 21Ottawa Senators7–1PriceScotiabank Place20,33727–17–458
49January 22Anaheim Ducks3–4 SOPriceBell Centre21,27327–17–559
50January 25Philadelphia Flyers2–5PriceWells Fargo Center19,87827–18–559 :
February: 6–5–2, 14 Points (home: 4–2–2; road: 2–3–0) Season: 33–23–7 (home: 20–8–6; road: 13–15–1)
GameDateOpponentScoreDecisionLocationAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
51February 1Washington Capitals3–2 SOPriceVerizon Center18,39828–18–561
52February 2Florida Panthers3–2AuldBell Centre21,27329–18–563
53February 5New York Rangers2–0PriceBell Centre21,27330–18–565
54February 6New Jersey Devils1–4PriceBell Centre21,27330–19–565
55February 9Boston Bruins6–8PriceTD Garden17,56530–20–565
56February 10New York Islanders3–4 SOAuldBell Centre21,27330–20–666
57February 12Toronto Maple Leafs3–0PriceBell Centre21,27331–20–668
58February 15Buffalo Sabres2–3 SOPriceBell Centre21,27331–20–769
59February 17Edmonton Oilers1–4PriceRexall Place16,83931–21–769
60February 20Calgary Flames0–4PriceMcMahon Stadium41,02231–22–769
61February 22Vancouver Canucks3–2PriceRogers Arena18,86032–22–771
62February 24Toronto Maple Leafs4–5PriceBell Centre21,27332–23–771
63February 26Carolina Hurricanes4–3AuldBell Centre21,27333–23–773 :
March: 8–7–0, 16 Points (home: 3–3–0; road: 5–4–0) Season: 41–30–7 (home: 23–11–6; road: 18–19–1)
GameDateOpponentScoreDecisionLocationAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
64March 1Atlanta Thrashers3–1PricePhilips Arena11,15634–23–775
65March 3Florida Panthers4–0PriceBankAtlantic Center19,72235–23–777
66March 5Tampa Bay Lightning4–2PriceSt. Pete Times Forum20,27436–23–779
67March 8Boston Bruins4–1PriceBell Centre21,27337–23–781
68March 10St. Louis Blues1–4PriceScottrade Center19,15037–24–781
69March 12Pittsburgh Penguins3–0PriceConsol Energy Center18,08738–24–783
70March 15Washington Capitals2–4PriceBell Centre21,27338–25–783
71March 17Tampa Bay Lightning3–2 SOPriceBell Centre21,27339–25–785
72March 18New York Rangers3–6PriceMadison Square Garden18,20039–26–785
73March 20Minnesota Wild8–1AuldXcel Energy Center18,59540–26–787
74March 22Buffalo Sabres0–2PriceBell Centre21,27340–27–787
75March 24Boston Bruins0–7PriceTD Garden17,56540–28–787
76March 26Washington Capitals0–2PriceBell Centre21,27340–29–787
77March 29Atlanta Thrashers3–1PriceBell Centre21,27341–29–789
78March 30Carolina Hurricanes2–6PriceRBC Center18,70141–30–789 :
April: 3–0–1, 7 Points (home: 1–0–0; road: 2–0–1) Season: 44–30–8 (home: 24–11–6; road: 20–19–2)
GameDateOpponentScoreDecisionLocationAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
79April 2New Jersey Devils3–1PricePrudential Center17,62542–30–791
80April 5Chicago Blackhawks2–1 OTPriceBell Centre21,27343–30–793
81April 7Ottawa Senators2–3 OTAuldScotiabank Place19,80943–30–894
82April 9Toronto Maple Leafs4–1PriceAir Canada Centre19,67644–30–896 :
Legend:
  Win
  Loss
  Overtime/shootout loss :

## Playoffs

On April 5, 2011, the Canadiens qualified for the 2011 Stanley Cup playoffs with a 2–1 overtime victory against the Chicago Blackhawks. On April 9, 2011, it was determined that the Canadiens would play the Boston Bruins in the first round of the playoffs.
The Boston Bruins entered the playoffs as the third seed in the Eastern Conference after winning the Northeast Division with 103 points. The Montreal Canadiens earned the sixth seed with 96 points, winning the tiebreaker over Buffalo in regulation + overtime wins (41 to 38). One of the greatest rivalries in North American professional sports, this was the 33rd meeting of these teams in the postseason, which is the most frequent playoff series in NHL history. Montreal had a record of 24–8 against Boston in the 32 previous series played by the franchises, winning 18 straight between 1946 and 1987. Boston had only beaten Montreal en route to winning the championship once before, in 1929. The most recent meeting of these teams in the postseason was in the 2009 Eastern Conference quarterfinals, which ended with Boston sweeping Montreal.
In this series, the Boston Bruins dropped their first two games at home, but came back to hang on to a game three victory in Montreal. In game four, Andrei Kostitsyn gave the Montreal Canadiens a 3–1 lead, which they couldn't take advantage of, falling 5–4 on an overtime goal by former Montreal Canadien Michael Ryder. In game five, Boston's Ryder made a miraculous glove save while teammate and goaltender Tim Thomas was out of position, and the contest went into double overtime for Nathan Horton to win it 2–1 for Boston. In game six, Montreal scored twice on 5-on-3 power plays and won it 2–1. Game seven was also forced into overtime, where Nathan Horton again won the game 4–3 and sent the Bruins to the second round of the playoffs. Boston became the first team to win a seven-game post-season series despite being held scoreless on the power play.
On April 10, the scheduled date of the French-language Canadian federal election debate between party leaders was changed from April 14 to April 13 so it would not conflict with game one of the series. Games six and seven were played back-to-back due to a Lady Gaga concert, held on April 25 at the Bell Centre, and the requirement that the first round of the playoffs end by April 27.
This was Montreal's first Game 7 loss since 1994, also against the Bruins, and their last to date.
2011 Stanley Cup Playoffs :
Eastern Conference Quarter-finals: vs. (3) Boston Bruins – Boston wins series 4–3
#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceSeriesRecap
1April 14Montreal Canadiens2–0Boston BruinsPrice17,565Canadiens lead 1–0
2April 16Montreal Canadiens3–1Boston BruinsPrice17,565Canadiens lead 2–0
3April 18Boston Bruins4–2Montreal CanadiensPrice21,273Canadiens lead 2–1
4April 21Boston Bruins5–4Montreal Canadiens1OTPrice21,273Series tied 2–2
5April 23Montreal Canadiens1–2Boston Bruins2OTPrice17,565Bruins lead 3–2
6April 26Boston Bruins1–2Montreal CanadiensPrice21,273Series tied 3–3
7April 27Montreal Canadiens3–4Boston BruinsOTPrice17,565Bruins win 4–3 :
Legend:
  Win
  Loss :

## Player statistics
### Skaters

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes
Regular season :
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM |
| Tomas Plekanec | 77 | 22 | 35 | 57 | 8 | 60 |
| Michael Cammalleri | 67 | 19 | 28 | 47 | 2 | 33 |
| Brian Gionta | 82 | 29 | 17 | 46 | 3 | 24 |
| Andrei Kostitsyn | 81 | 20 | 25 | 45 | 3 | 36 |
| P. K. Subban | 77 | 14 | 24 | 38 | −8 | 124 |
| Scott Gomez | 80 | 7 | 31 | 38 | −15 | 48 |
| Roman Hamrlik | 79 | 5 | 29 | 34 | 6 | 81 |
| Benoit Pouliot | 79 | 13 | 17 | 30 | 2 | 87 |
| James Wisniewski$^†$ | 43 | 7 | 23 | 30 | 4 | 20 |
| Mathieu Darche | 59 | 12 | 14 | 26 | 7 | 10 |
| Jeff Halpern | 72 | 11 | 15 | 26 | 6 | 29 |
| Max Pacioretty | 37 | 14 | 10 | 24 | −1 | 39 |
| David Desharnais | 43 | 8 | 14 | 22 | −3 | 12 |
| Lars Eller | 77 | 7 | 10 | 17 | −4 | 48 |
| Travis Moen | 79 | 6 | 10 | 16 | −4 | 96 |
| Jaroslav Spacek | 59 | 1 | 15 | 16 | 9 | 45 |
| Yannick Weber | 41 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 14 |
| Hal Gill | 75 | 2 | 7 | 9 | −9 | 43 |
| Alexandre Picard | 43 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 17 |
| Maxim Lapierre$^‡$ | 38 | 5 | 3 | 8 | −7 | 63 |
| Tom Pyatt | 61 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −1 | 9 |
| Josh Gorges | 36 | 1 | 6 | 7 | −3 | 18 |
| Ryan White | 27 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 38 |
| Paul Mara$^†$ | 20 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 48 |
| Andrei Markov | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| Dustin Boyd | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −6 | 2 |
| Brent Sopel$^†$ | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
| Andreas Engqvist | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aaron Palushaj | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Ryan O'Byrne$^‡$ | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Nigel Dawes$^†$ | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brendon Nash | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
Playoffs :
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM |
| Michael Cammalleri | 7 | 3 | 7 | 10 | −5 | 0 |
| Brian Gionta | 7 | 3 | 2 | 5 | −6 | 0 |
| Tomas Plekanec | 7 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −1 | 2 |
| Scott Gomez | 7 | 0 | 4 | 4 | −6 | 2 |
| P. K. Subban | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 2 |
| Roman Hamrlik | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | −1 | 6 |
| Mathieu Darche | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 0 |
| James Wisniewski | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −3 | 7 |
| Andrei Kostitsyn | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| Yannick Weber | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Lars Eller | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Brent Sopel | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 2 |
| Jeff Halpern | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 0 |
| Travis Moen | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 |
| David Desharnais | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Hal Gill | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 |
| Paul Mara | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jaroslav Spacek | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 4 |
| Benoit Pouliot | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Tom Pyatt | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan White | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |

### Goaltenders

Note: GP = Games played; TOI = Time on ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime losses; GA = Goals against; GAA= Goals against average; SA= Shots against; SV= Saves; Sv% = Save percentage; SO= Shutouts
Regular season :
| Player | GP | TOI | W | L | OT | GA | GAA | SA | Sv% | SO | G | A | PIM |
| Carey Price | 72 | 4206 | 38 | 28 | 6 | 165 | 2.35 | 2147 | .923 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 13 |
| Alex Auld | 16 | 749 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 33 | 2.64 | 383 | .914 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Playoffs :
| Player | GP | TOI | W | L | GA | GAA | SA | Sv% | SO | G | A | PIM |
| Carey Price | 7 | 455 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 2.11 | 242 | .934 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
$^†$Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Canadiens. Stats reflect time with Canadiens only. $^‡$Traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with Canadiens only.

## Suspensions/fines

| Player | Explanation | Length | Salary | Date issued | Ref |
| Michael Cammalleri | Slashing Islanders forward Nino Niederreiter | 1 game | $32,258.06 | October 4, 2010 | |

## Awards and records
### Milestones

Regular season :
| Player | Milestone | Reached |
| Tomas Plekanec | 400th Career NHL Game | October 23, 2010 |
| Lars Eller | 1st Career NHL Assist | October 25, 2010 |
| Alexandre Picard | 200th Career NHL Game | October 25, 2010 |
| Scott Gomez | 800th Career NHL Game | November 11, 2010 |
| P. K. Subban | 1st Career NHL Regular Season Goal | November 11, 2010 |
| Jaroslav Spacek | 800th Career NHL Game | December 1, 2010 |
| Roman Hamrlik | 600th Career NHL Point | December 1, 2010 |
| James Wisniewski | 100th Career NHL Assist | January 2, 2011 |
| David Desharnais | 1st Career NHL Goal | January 12, 2011 |
| Max Pacioretty | 100th Career NHL Game | January 12, 2011 |
| Andreas Engqvist | 1st Career NHL Game | January 21, 2011 |
| James Wisniewski | 300th Career NHL Game | February 1, 2011 |
| Brian Gionta | 200th Career NHL Goal | February 9, 2011 |
| Yannick Weber | 1st Career NHL Goal | February 9, 2011 |
| Andrei Kostitsyn | 300th Career NHL Game | February 10, 2011 |
| Travis Moen | 500th Career NHL Game | February 15, 2011 |
| Brendon Nash | 1st Career NHL Game | February 15, 2011 |
| Tomas Plekanec | 300th Career NHL Point | February 15, 2011 |
| Scott Gomez | 500th Career NHL Assist | February 22, 2011 |
| Brian Gionta | 600th Career NHL Game | March 5, 2011 |
| Michael Cammalleri | 200th Career NHL Assist | March 8, 2011 |
| Roman Hamrlik | 1,300th Career NHL Game | March 17, 2011 |
| Aaron Palushaj | 1st Career NHL Game | March 17, 2011 |
| P. K. Subban | 1st Career NHL Hat-trick | March 20, 2011 |
| Ryan White | 1st Career NHL Goal | March 20, 2011 |
| Carey Price | 200th Career NHL Game | March 24, 2011 |
| Jeff Halpern | 200th Career NHL Assist | March 29, 2011 |
| Brian Gionta | 400th Career NHL Point | April 2, 2011 |
| Tom Pyatt | 100th Career NHL Game | April 7, 2011 |
Playoffs :
| Player | Milestone | Reached |
| David Desharnais | 1st Career NHL Playoff Game | April 14, 2011 |
| Lars Eller | 1st Career NHL Playoff Game | April 14, 2011 |
| Ryan White | 1st Career NHL Playoff Game | April 14, 2011 |
| Mathieu Darche | 1st Career NHL Playoff Goal | April 16, 2011 |
| Lars Eller | 1st Career NHL Playoff Assist 1st Career NHL Playoff Point | April 16, 2011 |
| Hal Gill | 100th Career NHL Playoff Game | April 16, 2011 |
| David Desharnais | 1st Career NHL Playoff Assist 1st Career NHL Playoff Point | April 21, 2011 |

### Awards

Regular season :
| Player | Award | Date |
| Carey Price | NHL First Star of the Week | November 15, 2010 |
| Carey Price | NHL Second Star of the Month | November 2010 |
| Carey Price | NHL Third Star of the Week | March 7, 2011 |
| P. K. Subban | NHL Third Star of the Week | March 21, 2011 |

## Transactions

The Canadiens have been involved in the following transactions during the 2010–11 season.

### Trades

| Date | Details | Details |
| June 17, 2010 | To St. Louis Blues Jaroslav Halak | To Montreal Canadiens Lars Eller Ian Schultz |
| June 25, 2010 | To Phoenix Coyotes 1st-round pick (27th overall) in 2010 2nd-round pick in 2010 | To Montreal Canadiens 1st-round pick (22nd overall) in 2010 4th-round pick in 2010 |
| June 29, 2010 | To Nashville Predators Sergei Kostitsyn Future considerations | To Montreal Canadiens Dan Ellis Dustin Boyd Future considerations |
| August 16, 2010 | To Tampa Bay Lightning Cedrick Desjardins | To Montreal Canadiens Karri Ramo |
| November 11, 2010 | To Colorado Avalanche Ryan O'Byrne | To Montreal Canadiens Michael Bournival |
| December 28, 2010 | To New York Islanders 2nd-round pick in 2011 Conditional 5th-round pick in 2012 | To Montreal Canadiens James Wisniewski |
| December 31, 2010 | To Anaheim Ducks Maxim Lapierre | To Montreal Canadiens Brett Festerling 5th-round pick in 2012 |
| February 17, 2011 | To Anaheim Ducks 5th-round pick in 2012 | To Montreal Canadiens Paul Mara |
| February 24, 2011 | To Atlanta Thrashers Ben Maxwell 4th-round pick in 2011 | To Montreal Canadiens Nigel Dawes Brent Sopel |
| February 28, 2011 | To Atlanta Thrashers Brett Festerling | To Montreal Canadiens Drew MacIntyre |
Lost via retirement
Player
Georges Laraque
Player signings
PlayerContract terms
Mathieu Darche1 year, $575,000
Tomas Plekanec6 years, $30 million
Tom Pyatt1 year, $500,000
Benoit Pouliot1 year, $1.375 million
Curtis Sanford1 year, $550,000
Frederic St-Denis1 year, two-way, $550,000
Dustin Boyd1 year, $650,000
Mathieu Carle1 year, two-way, $660,000
Maxim Lapierre1 year, $900,000
J. T. Wyman1 year, two-way, $550,000
David Desharnais1 year, two-way, $575,000
Alexander Avtsin3 years, $1.82 million entry-level contract
Cedrick Desjardins1 year, two-way, $550,000
Ryan Russell1 year, two-way, $550,000
Alex Henry2 years, two-way, $1.025 million
Louis Leblanc3 years, $2.7 million entry-level contract
Carey Price2 years, $5.5 million
Joe Stejskal2 years, $1.16 million entry-level contract :

## Draft picks

Montreal's picks at the 2010 NHL Entry Draft in Los Angeles, California.
| Round | # | Player | Position | Nationality | College/junior/club team (league) |
| 1 | 22 (from Phoenix) | Jarred Tinordi | D | United States | U.S. National Team Development Program (USHL) |
| 4 | 113 (from Buffalo via Phoenix) | Mark MacMillan | F | Canada | Alberni Valley Bulldogs (BCHL) |
| 4 | 117 | Morgan Ellis | D | Canada | Cape Breton Screaming Eagles (QMJHL) |
| 5 | 147 | Brendan Gallagher | RW | Canada | Vancouver Giants (WHL) |
| 7 | 207 | John Westin | LW | Sweden | Modo Hockey Jr. (J20 SuperElit) |

## Farm teams
### Hamilton Bulldogs

The Hamilton Bulldogs remain Montreal's top affiliate in the American Hockey League in 2010–11.

### Wheeling Nailers

Montreal signed an affiliation agreement with the Wheeling Nailers of the ECHL for 2010–11, succeeding the Cincinnati Cyclones.

## Broadcasting

| Country | Broadcaster |
| Canada | English: CBC, TSN, NHL Network; French: RDS, RIS. |
| United States | Versus, ESPN, NBC, CBS, Fox, HDNet, NHL Network. |
| Europe | NASN, NHL Network. |
| Russia | NTV (Russia). |
| Japan South Korea Thailand | ASN. |