# 2013–14 Montreal Canadiens season

The 2013–14 Montreal Canadiens season was the 105th season of play for the franchise that was founded on December 4, 1909, and was their 97th season in the National Hockey League. Qualifying for the 2014 Stanley Cup playoffs, the Canadiens defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning by sweeping them in the first round. They upset the top team in the NHL, the Boston Bruins, in a hard fought seven game series, before falling to the New York Rangers in the Eastern Conference Final in six games.

## Standings

Atlantic Division :
| Pos | Team v t e | GP | W | L | OTL | ROW | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | p – Boston Bruins | 82 | 54 | 19 | 9 | 51 | 261 | 177 | +84 | 117 |
| 2 | x – Tampa Bay Lightning | 82 | 46 | 27 | 9 | 38 | 240 | 215 | +25 | 101 |
| 3 | x – Montreal Canadiens | 82 | 46 | 28 | 8 | 40 | 215 | 204 | +11 | 100 |
| 4 | x – Detroit Red Wings | 82 | 39 | 28 | 15 | 34 | 222 | 230 | −8 | 93 |
| 5 | Ottawa Senators | 82 | 37 | 31 | 14 | 30 | 236 | 265 | −29 | 88 |
| 6 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 82 | 38 | 36 | 8 | 29 | 231 | 256 | −25 | 84 |
| 7 | Florida Panthers | 82 | 29 | 45 | 8 | 21 | 196 | 268 | −72 | 66 |
| 8 | Buffalo Sabres | 82 | 21 | 51 | 10 | 14 | 157 | 248 | −91 | 52 |

## Schedule and results
### Regular season

2013–14 Game Log :
Legend:
  Win (2 points)
  Loss (0 points)
  Overtime/shootout loss (1 point) :

## Playoffs

The Montreal Canadiens entered the playoffs as the Atlantic Division's third seed. They swept the Tampa Bay Lightning in the first round, and faced the Presidents' Trophy-winning Boston Bruins in the second round. They defeated the Bruins in a deciding Game 7 and advanced to the Eastern Conference Final where they were eliminated by the New York Rangers in six games with their star goaltender Carey Price injured.
2014 Stanley Cup playoffs :

## Player statistics

Final stats

### Skaters

Regular Season :
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/– | PIM |
| Max Pacioretty | 73 | 39 | 21 | 60 | 8 | 35 |
| P. K. Subban | 82 | 10 | 43 | 53 | −4 | 81 |
| David Desharnais | 79 | 16 | 36 | 52 | 11 | 24 |
| Tomas Plekanec | 81 | 20 | 23 | 43 | 11 | 38 |
| Andrei Markov | 81 | 7 | 36 | 43 | 12 | 34 |
| Brendan Gallagher | 81 | 19 | 22 | 41 | 4 | 73 |
| Brian Gionta | 81 | 18 | 22 | 40 | 1 | 22 |
| Alex Galchenyuk | 65 | 13 | 18 | 31 | −12 | 26 |
| Lars Eller | 77 | 12 | 14 | 26 | −15 | 68 |
| Daniel Briere | 69 | 13 | 12 | 25 | 1 | 30 |
| Alexei Emelin | 59 | 3 | 14 | 17 | −1 | 59 |
| Rene Bourque | 63 | 9 | 7 | 16 | −1 | 32 |
| Thomas Vanek$^†$ | 18 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 8 | 8 |
| Michael Bournival | 60 | 7 | 7 | 14 | −6 | 18 |
| Josh Gorges | 66 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 12 |
| Brandon Prust | 52 | 6 | 7 | 13 | −1 | 121 |
| Travis Moen | 65 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 49 |
| Raphael Diaz$^‡$ | 46 | 0 | 11 | 11 | −4 | 12 |
| Mike Weaver$^†$ | 17 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 8 |
| Francis Bouillon | 52 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −5 | 34 |
| Ryan White | 52 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −8 | 50 |
| Dale Weise$^†$ | 17 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 17 |
| Douglas Murray | 53 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −12 | 42 |
| Jarred Tinordi | 22 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −2 | 40 |
| Nathan Beaulieu | 17 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| George Parros | 22 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −6 | 85 |
| Martin St. Pierre | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Blunden | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 5 |
| Louis Leblanc | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Joonas Nattinen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gabriel Dumont | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Christian Thomas | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
| Patrick Holland | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Playoffs :
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/– | PIM |
| P. K. Subban | 17 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 1 | 24 |
| Lars Eller | 17 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 18 |
| Rene Bourque | 17 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 27 |
| Max Pacioretty | 17 | 5 | 6 | 11 | −1 | 8 |
| Brendan Gallagher | 17 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 6 |
| Thomas Vanek | 17 | 5 | 5 | 10 | −4 | 4 |
| Andrei Markov | 17 | 1 | 9 | 10 | −4 | 10 |
| Tomas Plekanec | 17 | 4 | 5 | 9 | −7 | 8 |
| David Desharnais | 17 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 6 |
| Dale Weise | 16 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 4 |
| Daniel Briere | 16 | 3 | 4 | 7 | −1 | 4 |
| Brian Gionta | 17 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 2 |
| Mike Weaver | 17 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 14 |
| Alex Galchenyuk | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| Francis Bouillon | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| Josh Gorges | 17 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| Brandon Prust | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 32 |
| Alexei Emelin | 15 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −4 | 4 |
| Nathan Beaulieu | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Michael Bournival | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 0 |
| Douglas Murray | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
| Travis Moen | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goaltenders

Regular Season :
| Player | GP | GS | TOI | W | L | OT | GA | GAA | SA | SV% | SO | G | A | PIM |
| Carey Price | 59 | 59 | 3464 | 34 | 20 | 5 | 134 | 2.32 | 1828 | .927 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Peter Budaj | 24 | 21 | 1338 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 56 | 2.51 | 615 | .909 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Dustin Tokarski | 3 | 2 | 163 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1.84 | 93 | .946 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Playoffs :
| Player | GP | GS | TOI | W | L | GA | GAA | SA | SV% | SO | G | A | PIM |
| Carey Price | 12 | 12 | 739 | 8 | 4 | 29 | 2.35 | 358 | .919 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dustin Tokarski | 5 | 5 | 300 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 2.60 | 155 | .916 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Peter Budaj | 1 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3.00 | 8 | .625 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
$^†$Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Canadiens. Stats reflect time with the Candadiens only. $^‡$Denotes player was traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Canadiens only. Bold/italics denotes franchise record

## Suspensions/fines

| Player | Explanation | Length | Salary | Date issued |
| Alexei Emelin | Butt-ending Canucks forward Pascal Pelletier | N/A | $5,000.00 | February 7, 2014 |
| Douglas Murray | Illegal check to the head of Lightning defenceman Michael Kostka | 3 games | $23,076.93 | April 3, 2014 |
| Brandon Prust | Interfering with Rangers forward Derek Stepan | 2 games | N/A | May 23, 2014 |

## Awards and honours
### Milestones

Regular Season :
| Player | Milestone | Reached |
| Michael Bournvial | 1st Career NHL Game | October 5, 2013 |
| Tomas Plekanec | 600th Career NHL Game | October 5, 2013 |
| Michael Bournival | 1st Career NHL Goal 1st Career NHL Point | October 17, 2013 |
| Patrick Holland | 1st Career NHL Game | October 22, 2013 |
| P. K. Subban | 100th Career NHL Assist | November 27, 2013 |
| Joonas Nattinen | 1st Career NHL Game | January 18, 2014 |
| Daniel Briere | 900th Career NHL Game | March 8, 2014 |
| Max Pacioretty | 100th Career NHL Assist | March 15, 2014 |
| Max Pacioretty | 200th Career NHL Point | March 18, 2014 |
| Max Pacioretty | 100th Career NHL Goal | March 25, 2014 |
| Douglas Murray | 500th Career NHL Game | February 2, 2014 |
| Mike Weaver | 600th Career NHL Game | April 9, 2014 |
Playoffs :
| Player | Milestone | Reached |
| Michael Bournvial | 1st Career Playoff Game | April 16, 2014 |
| Alexei Emelin | 1st Career Playoff Game 1st Career Playoff Assist 1st Career Playoff Point | April 16, 2014 |
| Michael Bournival | 1st Career Playoff Assist 1st Career Playoff Point | April 22, 2014 |
| Brian Gionta | 100th Career Playoff Game | May 1, 2014 |
| Nathan Beaulieu | 1st Career Playoff Game 1st Career Playoff Assist 1st Career Playoff Point | May 12, 2014 |
| Rene Bourque | 1st Career Playoff Hat-trick | May 27, 2014 |

## Transactions

The Canadiens have been involved in the following transactions during the 2013–14 season:

### Trades

| Date | Details | Details |
| June 30, 2013 | To Florida Panthers 7th round-pick in 2013 – MacKenzie Weegar | To Montreal Canadiens 7th round-pick in 2014 – Hugo Fagerblom |
| July 2, 2013 | To New York Rangers Danny Kristo | To Montreal Canadiens Christian Thomas |
| July 5, 2013 | To Florida PanthersPhilippe Lefebvre 7th-round pick in 2014 – Hugo Fagerblom | To Montreal CanadiensGeorge Parros |
| February 3, 2014 | To Vancouver CanucksRaphael Diaz | To Montreal CanadiensDale Weise |
| February 6, 2014 | To Los Angeles KingsSteve Quailer | To Montreal CanadiensRobert Czarnik |
| March 4, 2014 | To Florida Panthers5th-round pick in 2015 – Ryan Pilon | To Montreal CanadiensMike Weaver |
| March 5, 2014 | To Nashville PredatorsFuture considerations | To Montreal CanadiensDevan Dubnyk |
| March 5, 2014 | To New York IslandersSebastian Collberg Conditional 2nd-round pick in 2014 – Johnathan MacLeod | To Montreal CanadiensThomas Vanek Conditional 5th-round pick in 2014 – Nikolas Koberstein |
| June 14, 2014 | To Anaheim DucksLouis Leblanc | To Montreal CanadiensConditional 5th-round pick in 2015 |
* ↑ Pick subsequently traded back to Florida Panthers.
* ↑ Pick subsequently traded to New York Islanders.
* ↑ Condition satisfied; pick subsequently traded to Tampa Bay Lightning.
* ↑ Condition not satisfied.

### Free agents acquired

| Player | Former team | Contract terms |
| Daniel Briere | Philadelphia Flyers | 2 years, $8 million |
| Stefan Fournier | Halifax Mooseheads | 3 years, $1.75 million entry-level contract |
| Martin St. Pierre | Rockford IceHogs | 1 year, $550,000 |
| Nick Tarnasky | Rochester Americans | 1 year, $550,000 |
| Robert Mayer | Hamilton Bulldogs | 2 years, $1.24 million |
| Douglas Murray | Pittsburgh Penguins | 1 year, $1.5 million |
| Daniel Carr | Union College | 2 years, $1.85 million entry-level contract |

### Free agents lost

| Player | New team | Contract terms |
| Yannick Weber | Vancouver Canucks | 1 year, $650,000 |
| Michael Ryder | New Jersey Devils | 2 years, $7 million |
| Frederic St. Denis | Columbus Blue Jackets | 1 year, $575,000 (two-way) |
| Jeff Halpern | Phoenix Coyotes | 1 year, $600,000 (two-way) |
| Jason DeSantis | HIFK | 1 year |
| Petteri Nokelainen | Brynäs IF | 1 year |

### Lost via retirement

* Player
* Blake Geoffrion

### Player signings

| Player | Date | Contract terms |
| Gabriel Dumont | July 10, 2013 | 2 years, $1.125 million |
| Michael McCarron | July 11, 2013 | 3 years, $2.775 million entry-level contract |
| Ryan White | July 12, 2013 | 1 year, $700,000 |
| Sven Andrighetto | July 15, 2013 | 3 years, $1.9 million entry-level contract |
| Dustin Tokarski | August 19, 2013 | 1 year, $575,000 |
| Zach Fucale | September 13, 2013 | 3 years, $2.775 million entry-level contract |
| Alexei Emelin | October 31, 2013 | 4 years, $16.4 million contract extension |
| Mac Bennett | March 26, 2014 | 2 years, $1.38 million entry-level contract |
| Dustin Tokarski | April 12, 2014 | 2 years, $1.125 million contract extension |
| Jacob de la Rose | April 14, 2014 | 3 years, $2.775 million entry-level contract |
| Connor Crisp | April 24, 2014 | 3 years, $2.4 million entry-level contract |
| Greg Pateryn | May 8, 2014 | 2 years, $1.125 million contract extension |
| Dalton Thrower | May 30, 2014 | 3 years, $2.18 million entry-level contract |
| Dale Weise | June 17, 2014 | 2 years, $2.05 million contract extension |
| Andrei Markov | June 23, 2014 | 3 years, $17.25 million contract extension |

## Draft picks

Montreal Canadiens' picks at the 2013 NHL Entry Draft, which was held in Newark, New Jersey on June 30, 2013.
| Round | # | Player | Pos | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
| 1 | 25 | Michael McCarron | RW | United States | Western Michigan University (CCHA) |
| 2 | 34 | Jacob de la Rose | LW | Sweden | Leksands IF (SHL) |
| 2 | 36 | Zach Fucale | G | Canada | Halifax Mooseheads (QMJHL) |
| 2 | 55 | Artturi Lehkonen | LW | Finland | KalPa (SM-liiga) |
| 3 | 71 | Connor Crisp | LW | Canada | Erie Otters (OHL) |
| 3 | 86 | Sven Andrighetto | RW | Switzerland | Rouyn-Noranda Huskies (QMJHL) |
| 4 | 116 | Martin Reway | LW | Slovakia | Gatineau Olympiques (QMJHL) |
| 6 | 176 | Jeremy Gregoire | C | Canada | Baie-Comeau Drakkar (QMJHL) |