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. The Montreal 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.
==Off-season==
==Standings==
===Divisional standings===
===Conference standings===
==Schedule and results==
===Pre-season===
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# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Record 	Recap
1 	September 15 	Buffalo 	5–4 	Montreal 	SO 	Fucale 	21,273 	0–0–1 	Recap
2 	September 16 	Boston 	6–3 	Montreal 	 	Mayer 	21,273 	0–1–1 	Recap
3 	September 20 	Montreal 	6–0 	Carolina 	 	Budaj 	15,176 	1–1–1 	Recap
4 	September 21 	Carolina 	3–1 	Montreal 	 	Price 	21,273 	1–2–1 	Recap
5 	September 23 	New Jersey 	2–3 	Montreal 	 	Price 	21,273 	2–2–1 	Recap
6 	September 25 	Montreal 	2–5 	Ottawa 	 	Budaj 	16,194 	2–3–1 	Recap
7 	September 26 	Ottawa 	1–3 	Montreal 	 	Price 	21,273 	3–3–1 	Recap
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Game was played at Pepsi Coliseum in Quebec City, Quebec.	
Notes:
Game was played at Pepsi Coliseum in Quebec City, Quebec.	
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Game was played at Pepsi Coliseum in Quebec City, Quebec.	
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Game was played at Pepsi Coliseum in Quebec City, Quebec.	
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Game was played at Pepsi Coliseum in Quebec City, Quebec.	
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Game was played at Pepsi Coliseum in Quebec City, Quebec.	
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Game was played at Pepsi Coliseum in Quebec City, Quebec.	
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Game was played at Pepsi Coliseum in Quebec City, Quebec.	
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Game was played at Pepsi Coliseum in Quebec City, Quebec.	
Notes:
Game was played at Pepsi Coliseum in Quebec City, Quebec.
===Regular season===
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October: 8–5–0 (Home: 4–4–0 ; Road: 4–1–0)	October: 8–5–0 (Home: 4–4–0 ; Road: 4–1–0)	October: 8–5–0 (Home: 4–4–0 ; Road: 4–1–0)	October: 8–5–0 (Home: 4–4–0 ; Road: 4–1–0)	October: 8–5–0 (Home: 4–4–0 ; Road: 4–1–0)	October: 8–5–0 (Home: 4–4–0 ; Road: 4–1–0)	October: 8–5–0 (Home: 4–4–0 ; Road: 4–1–0)	October: 8–5–0 (Home: 4–4–0 ; Road: 4–1–0)	October: 8–5–0 (Home: 4–4–0 ; Road: 4–1–0)	October: 8–5–0 (Home: 4–4–0 ; Road: 4–1–0)	October: 8–5–0 (Home: 4–4–0 ; Road: 4–1–0)
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Record 	Pts 	Recap
1 	October 1 	Toronto 	4–3 	Montreal 	 	Price 	21,273 	0–1–0 	0 	Recap
2 	October 5 	Philadelphia 	1–4 	Montreal 	 	Price 	21,273 	1–1–0 	2 	Recap
3 	October 9 	Montreal 	2–3 	Calgary 	 	Price 	19,289 	1–2–0 	2 	Recap
4 	October 10 	Montreal 	4–1 	Edmonton 	 	Budaj 	16,839 	2–2–0 	4 	Recap
5 	October 12 	Montreal 	4–1 	Vancouver 	 	Price 	18,910 	3–2–0 	6 	Recap
6 	October 15 	Montreal 	3–0 	Winnipeg 	 	Price 	15,004 	4–2–0 	8 	Recap
7 	October 17 	Columbus 	3–5 	Montreal 	 	Price 	21,273 	5–2–0 	10 	Recap
8 	October 19 	Nashville 	2–1 	Montreal 	 	Price 	21,273 	5–3–0 	10 	Recap
9 	October 22 	Edmonton 	4–3 	Montreal 	 	Price 	21,273 	5–4–0 	10 	Recap
10 	October 24 	Anaheim 	1–4 	Montreal 	 	Price 	21,273 	6–4–0 	12 	Recap
11 	October 26 	San Jose 	2–0 	Montreal 	 	Price 	21,273 	6–5–0 	12 	Recap
12 	October 28 	Montreal 	2–0 	NY Rangers 	 	Budaj 	18,006 	7–5–0 	14 	Recap
13 	October 29 	Dallas 	1–2 	Montreal 	 	Price 	21,273 	8–5–0 	16 	Recap
==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 went on to defeat the Bruins in a deciding Game 7 and advancing to the Eastern Conference Finals where they were eliminated by New York Rangers in 6 games.
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Atlantic Division Semifinal vs. (A2) Tampa Bay Lightning: Montreal won series 4–0	Atlantic Division Semifinal vs. (A2) Tampa Bay Lightning: Montreal won series 4–0	Atlantic Division Semifinal vs. (A2) Tampa Bay Lightning: Montreal won series 4–0	Atlantic Division Semifinal vs. (A2) Tampa Bay Lightning: Montreal won series 4–0	Atlantic Division Semifinal vs. (A2) Tampa Bay Lightning: Montreal won series 4–0	Atlantic Division Semifinal vs. (A2) Tampa Bay Lightning: Montreal won series 4–0	Atlantic Division Semifinal vs. (A2) Tampa Bay Lightning: Montreal won series 4–0	Atlantic Division Semifinal vs. (A2) Tampa Bay Lightning: Montreal won series 4–0	Atlantic Division Semifinal vs. (A2) Tampa Bay Lightning: Montreal won series 4–0	Atlantic Division Semifinal vs. (A2) Tampa Bay Lightning: Montreal won series 4–0	
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Series 	Recap 	
1 	April 16 	Montreal 	5–4 	Tampa Bay 	OT 	Price 	19,204 	1–0 	Recap 	
2 	April 18 	Montreal 	4–1 	Tampa Bay 	 	Price 	19,204 	2–0 	Recap 	
3 	April 20 	Tampa Bay 	2–3 	Montreal 	 	Price 	21,273 	3–0 	Recap 	
4 	April 22 	Tampa Bay 	3–4 	Montreal 	 	Price 	21,273 	4–0 	Recap 	
==Player statistics==
Final Stats
;Skaters
 Regular Season
Player	 	 	 	 	 	
 	73	39	21	60	8 	35
 	82	10	43	53	 	81
 	79	16	36	52	11	24
 	81	7 	36	43	12	34
 	81	20	23	43	11	38
 	81	19	22	41	4 	73
 	81	18	22	40	1 	22
 	65	13	18	31	 	26
 	77	12	14	26	 	68
 	69	13	12	25	1 	30
 	59	3 	14	17	 	59
 	63	9 	7 	16	 	32
 	18	6 	9 	15	8 	8
 	66	1 	13	14	6 	12
 	60	7 	7 	14	 	18
 	52	6 	7 	13	 	121
 	65	2 	10	12	2 	49
 	46	0 	11	11	 	12
 	17	1 	6 	7 	9 	8
 	52	2 	4 	6 	 	34
 	52	2 	4 	6 	 	50
 	17	3 	1 	4 	4 	17
 	53	0 	2 	2 	 	42
 	22	0 	2 	2 	 	40
 	17	0 	2 	2 	6 	8
 	22	0 	1 	1 	 	85
 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	7 	0 	0 	0 	 	5
 	8 	0 	0 	0 	1 	4
 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	2 	0 	0 	0 	 	0
 	5 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 Playoffs
Player	 	 	 	 	 	
 	17	5	9	14	1	24
 	17	5	8	13	6	18
 	17	8	3	11	4	27
 	17	5	6	11	 	8
 	17	4	7	11	0	6
 	17	1	9	10	 	10
 	17	5	5	10	 	4
 	17	4	5	9 	 	8
 	17	2	6	8 	4	6
 	16	3	4	7 	 	4
 	17	1	6	7 	0	2
 	17	3	4	7 	5	4
 	17	1	3	4 	8	14
 	5 	2	1	3 	0	2
 	9 	2	0	2 	4	4
 	17	0	2	2 	0	6
 	13	0	2	2 	1	32
 	15	0	2	2 	 	4
 	7 	0	2	2 	3	2
 	14	0	1	1 	 	0
 	3 	0	0	0 	 	0
 	4 	0	0	0 	0	0
;Goaltenders
 Regular Season
Player	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	59	59	3464	34	20	5	134	2.32	1828	.927	6	0	2	4
 	24	21	1338	10	8 	3	56 	2.51	615 	.909	1	0	0	6
 	3 	2 	163 	2 	0 	0	5 	1.84	93 	.946	1	0	0	0
 Playoffs
Player	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	12	12	739	8	4	29	2.35	358	.919	1	0	0	0
 	5 	5 	300	2	3	13	2.60	155	.916	0	0	0	0
 	1 	0 	20 	0	0	3 	9.00	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
==Roster==
== 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 	To Montreal Canadiens 7th round-pick in 2014
July 2, 2013 	To New York Rangers Danny Kristo 	To Montreal Canadiens Christian Thomas
July 5, 2013 	To Florida PanthersPhilippe LefebvreFLA's 7th-round pick in 2014 	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 	To Montreal CanadiensMike Weaver
March 5, 2014 	To Nashville PredatorsFuture Considerations 	To Montreal CanadiensDevan Dubnyk
March 5, 2014 	To New York IslandersSebastian CollbergConditional 2nd-round pick in 2014	To Montreal CanadiensThomas VanekConditional 5th-round pick in 2014
June 14, 2014 	To Anaheim DucksLouis Leblanc 	To Montreal CanadiensConditional 5th-round pick in 2015
=== Free agents acquired ===
Player 	Former team 	Contract terms
Daniel BriereCanadiens sign Daniel Briere to a two-year deal 	Philadelphia Flyers	2 years, $8 million
Stefan FournierCANADIENS SIGN FORWARD STEFAN FOURNIER TO A THREE-YEAR CONTRACT 	Halifax Mooseheads 	3 years, $1.75 million entry-level contract
Martin St. PierreCanadiens sign free agent Martin St-Pierre to a one-year contract	Rockford IceHogs 	1 year, $550,000
Nick TarnaskyCanadiens sign free agent Nick Tarnasky to a one-year contract 	Rochester Americans	1 year, $550,000
Robert MayerCanadiens sign Robert Mayer to a two-year contract 	Hamilton Bulldogs 	2 years, $1.24 million
Douglas MurrayAugust 22, 2013 	Pittsburgh Penguins	1 year, $1.5 million
Daniel CarrCanadiens sign forwards Connor Crisp and Daniel Carr to contracts 	Union College 	2 years, $1.85 million entry-level contract
=== Free agents lost ===
Player 	New team 	Contract terms
Yannick WeberCanucks sign Weber, Biega & Blain 	Vancouver Canucks 	1 year, $650,000
Michael Ryder 	New Jersey Devils 	2 years, $7 million
Frédéric St. Denis 	Columbus Blue Jackets	1 year, $575,000 (two-way)
Jeff HalpernCoyotes Sign Halpern to One-Year, Two-Way Contract	Phoenix Coyotes 	1 year, $600,000 (two-way)
 
=== Claimed via waivers ===
Player	Previous team	Date
=== Lost via waivers ===
Player	New team	Date
=== Player signings ===
Player 	Date 	Contract terms
Gabriel DumontThe Canadiens have agreed to terms on a 2-year, 2-way contract with forward Gabriel Dumont.	July 10, 2013 	2 years, $1.125 million
Michael McCarronCanadiens sign Michael McCarron to an entry level contract. 	July 11, 2013 	3 years, $2.775 million entry-level contract
Ryan WhiteCanadiens agree to terms on a one-year contract with forward Ryan White 	July 12, 2013 	1 year, $700,000
Sven AndrighettoThree-year contract for Sven Andrighetto 	July 15, 2013 	3 years, $1.9 million entry-level contract
Dustin TokarskiCanadiens sign goaltender Dustin Tokarski to a one-year contract 	August 19, 2013 	1 year, $575,000
Zachary FucaleCanadiens sign goaltender Zachary Fucale to a three-year contract 	September 13, 2013	3 years, $2.775 million entry-level contract
Alexei EmelinFour-year contract extension for Emelin 	October 31, 2013 	4 years, $16.4 million contract extension
Mac BennettCanadiens sign defenseman Mac Bennett to a two-year contract 	March 26, 2014 	2 years, $1.38 million entry-level contract
Dustin TokarskiCanadiens sign goaltender Dustin Tokarski to a two-year contract extension 	April 12, 2014 	2 years, $1.125 million contract extension
Jacob de la RoseCanadiens sign forward Jacob de la Rose to a three-year contract 	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 PaterynCanadiens sign defenseman Greg Pateryn to a two-year contract extension 	May 8, 2014 	2 years, $1.125 million contract extension
Dalton ThrowerCanadiens sign defenseman Dalton Thrower to a three-year contract 	May 30, 2014 	3 years, $2.18 million entry-level contract
Dale WeiseCanadiens agree to terms on a two-year contract extension with forward Dale Weise 	June 17, 2014 	2 years, $2.05 million contract extension
Andrei MarkovCanadiens agree to terms on a three-year contract extension with defenseman 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 Broncos (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)
;Draft notes
* The Nashville Predators' second-round pick went to the Montreal Canadiens as a result of a February 27, 2012 trade that sent Andrei Kostitsyn to the Predators in exchange for a 2013 conditional fifth-round pick and this pick.
* The Calgary Flames' second-round pick went to the Montreal Canadiens as a result of a January 12, 2012 trade that sent Michael Cammalleri, Karri Ramo and a 2012 fifth-round pick (#124–Ryan Culkin) to the Flames in exchange for Rene Bourque, Patrick Holland and this pick.
* The Dallas Stars' third-round pick went to the Montreal Canadiens as a result of a February 26, 2013 trade that sent Erik Cole to the Stars in exchange for Michael Ryder and this pick.
* The Montreal Canadiens' fifth-round pick went to the Los Angeles Kings as the result of a trade on April 2, 2013 that sent Davis Drewiske to Montreal in exchange for this pick.
* The Montreal Canadiens’ seventh-round pick went to the Florida Panthers as the result of a trade on June 30, 2013 that sent a seventh-round pick in 2014 to Montreal in exchange for this pick.
==References==
Category:Montreal Canadiens seasons
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