2016–17 Montreal Canadiens season

The 2016–17 Montreal Canadiens season was the 108th season for the franchise that was founded on December 4, 1909, and their 100th season in the National Hockey League (NHL).
==Standings==
===Divisional standings===
===Conference standings===
==Schedule and results==
===Pre-season===
2016 Pre-season Game Log: 4–1–2 (Home: 3–1–1 ; Road: 1–0–1)	2016 Pre-season Game Log: 4–1–2 (Home: 3–1–1 ; Road: 1–0–1)	2016 Pre-season Game Log: 4–1–2 (Home: 3–1–1 ; Road: 1–0–1)	2016 Pre-season Game Log: 4–1–2 (Home: 3–1–1 ; Road: 1–0–1)	2016 Pre-season Game Log: 4–1–2 (Home: 3–1–1 ; Road: 1–0–1)	2016 Pre-season Game Log: 4–1–2 (Home: 3–1–1 ; Road: 1–0–1)	2016 Pre-season Game Log: 4–1–2 (Home: 3–1–1 ; Road: 1–0–1)	2016 Pre-season Game Log: 4–1–2 (Home: 3–1–1 ; Road: 1–0–1)	2016 Pre-season Game Log: 4–1–2 (Home: 3–1–1 ; Road: 1–0–1)	2016 Pre-season Game Log: 4–1–2 (Home: 3–1–1 ; Road: 1–0–1)	2016 Pre-season Game Log: 4–1–2 (Home: 3–1–1 ; Road: 1–0–1)
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Record 	Recap 	
1 	September 26 	New Jersey 	3–2 	Montreal 	 	Lindgren 	21,288 	0–1–0 	Recap 	
2 	September 27 	Washington 	2–5 	Montreal 	 	Montoya 	21,288 	1–1–0 	Recap 	
3 	September 29 	Ottawa 	4–3 	Montreal 	OT 	Condon 	21,288 	1–1–1 	Recap 	
4 	October 1 	Montreal 	3–2 	Ottawa 	OT 	Montoya 	17,147 	2–1–1 	Recap 	
5 	October 2 	Montreal 	2–3 	Toronto 	OT 	Condon 	18,912 	2–1–2 	Recap 	
6 	October 4 	Boston 	3–4 	Montreal 	 	— 	— 	3–1–2 	Recap 	
7 	October 6 	Toronto 	1–6 	Montreal 	 	Price 	21,288 	4–1–2 	Recap 	
===Regular season===
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October: 8–0–1 (Home: 5–0–0 ; Road: 3–0–1)	October: 8–0–1 (Home: 5–0–0 ; Road: 3–0–1)	October: 8–0–1 (Home: 5–0–0 ; Road: 3–0–1)	October: 8–0–1 (Home: 5–0–0 ; Road: 3–0–1)	October: 8–0–1 (Home: 5–0–0 ; Road: 3–0–1)	October: 8–0–1 (Home: 5–0–0 ; Road: 3–0–1)	October: 8–0–1 (Home: 5–0–0 ; Road: 3–0–1)	October: 8–0–1 (Home: 5–0–0 ; Road: 3–0–1)	October: 8–0–1 (Home: 5–0–0 ; Road: 3–0–1)	October: 8–0–1 (Home: 5–0–0 ; Road: 3–0–1)	October: 8–0–1 (Home: 5–0–0 ; Road: 3–0–1)	October: 8–0–1 (Home: 5–0–0 ; Road: 3–0–1)
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Record 	Pts 	Recap 	
1 	October 13 	Montreal 	4–1 	Buffalo 	 	Montoya 	19,070 	1–0–0 	2 	Recap 	
2 	October 15 	Montreal 	3–4 	Ottawa 	SO 	Montoya 	18,195 	1–0–1 	3 	Recap 	
3 	October 18 	Pittsburgh 	0–4 	Montreal 	 	Montoya 	21,288 	2–0–1 	5 	Recap 	
4 	October 20 	Arizona 	2–5 	Montreal 	 	Price 	21,288 	3–0–1 	7 	Recap 	
5 	October 22 	Montreal 	4–2 	Boston 	 	Price 	17,565 	4–0–1 	9 	Recap 	
6 	October 24 	Philadelphia 	1–3 	Montreal 	 	Price 	21,288 	5–0–1 	11 	Recap 	
7 	October 26 	Montreal 	3–2 	NY Islanders 	 	Montoya 	12,194 	6–0–1 	13 	Recap 	
8 	October 27 	Tampa Bay 	1–3 	Montreal 	 	Price 	21,288 	7–0–1 	15 	Recap 	
9 	October 29 	Toronto 	1–2 	Montreal 	 	Price 	21,288 	8–0–1 	17 	Recap 	
===Playoffs===
2017 Stanley Cup playoffs 	2017 Stanley Cup playoffs 	2017 Stanley Cup playoffs 	2017 Stanley Cup playoffs 	2017 Stanley Cup playoffs 	2017 Stanley Cup playoffs 	2017 Stanley Cup playoffs 	2017 Stanley Cup playoffs 	2017 Stanley Cup playoffs 	2017 Stanley Cup playoffs 	2017 Stanley Cup playoffs
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Eastern Conference First Round vs. (WC1) New York Rangers: New York wins 4–2	Eastern Conference First Round vs. (WC1) New York Rangers: New York wins 4–2	Eastern Conference First Round vs. (WC1) New York Rangers: New York wins 4–2	Eastern Conference First Round vs. (WC1) New York Rangers: New York wins 4–2	Eastern Conference First Round vs. (WC1) New York Rangers: New York wins 4–2	Eastern Conference First Round vs. (WC1) New York Rangers: New York wins 4–2	Eastern Conference First Round vs. (WC1) New York Rangers: New York wins 4–2	Eastern Conference First Round vs. (WC1) New York Rangers: New York wins 4–2	Eastern Conference First Round vs. (WC1) New York Rangers: New York wins 4–2	Eastern Conference First Round vs. (WC1) New York Rangers: New York wins 4–2	
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Series 	Recap 	
1 	April 12 	NY Rangers 	2–0 	Montreal 	 	Price 	21,288 	0–1 	Recap 	
2 	April 14 	NY Rangers 	3–4 	Montreal 	OT 	Price 	21,288 	1–1 	Recap 	
3 	April 16 	Montreal 	3–1 	NY Rangers 	 	Price 	18,006 	2–1 	Recap 	
4 	April 18 	Montreal 	1–2 	NY Rangers 	 	Price 	18,006 	2–2 	Recap 	
5 	April 20 	NY Rangers 	3–2 	Montreal 	OT 	Price 	21,288 	2–3 	Recap 	
6 	April 22 	Montreal 	1–3 	NY Rangers 	 	Price 	18,006 	2–4 	Recap 	
==Player statistics==
Final stats
===Skaters===
 Regular Season
Player	 	 	 	 	 	
 	81	35	32	67	15	38
 	76	18	36	54	10	62
 	61	17	27	44	-5	24
 	81	22	21	43	21	29
 	78	17	25	42	20	38
 	82	13	27	40	5 	35
 	62	6 	30	36	18	16
 	68	12	17	29	4 	110
 	64	10	19	29	7 	39
 	73	18	10	28	-1	8
 	78	10	18	28	10	24
 	80	8 	20	28	3 	22
 	74	4 	24	28	8 	44
 	78	8 	9 	17	5 	38
 	51	6 	4 	10	2 	4
‡ 	31	4 	6 	10	5 	6
 	76	2 	8 	10	1 	71
 	33	2 	7 	9 	4 	6
‡ 	27	2 	6 	8 	1 	4
‡ 	24	1 	5 	6 	1 	4
 	31	1 	4 	5 	-4	41
† 	13	1 	4 	5 	3 	4
 	16	0 	5 	5 	6 	2
 	14	2 	2 	4 	-1	4
‡ 	26	0 	4 	4 	1 	10
† 	13	2 	0 	2 	-1	4
† 	10	0 	2 	2 	-3	4
 	3 	0 	2 	2 	1 	2
† 	17	1 	0 	1 	-2	2
 	3 	1 	0 	1 	1 	0
† 	11	0 	1 	1 	-2	17
 	9 	0 	0 	0 	-3	4
 	3 	0 	0 	0 	0 	17
 	7 	0 	0 	0 	-3	4
 	7 	0 	0 	0 	-3	4
 	2 	0 	0 	0 	-1	0
† 	9 	0 	0 	0 	-4	0
 	4 	0 	0 	0 	1 	0
 Playoffs
Player	 	 	 	 	 	
 	6	2	5	7	0 	6
 	6	2	2	4	-1	2
 	6	1	2	3	-3	8
 	6	1	2	3	-4	0
 	6	1	2	3	1 	5
 	6	0	3	3	0 	4
 	6	0	2	2	1 	2
 	6	1	0	1	-3	0
 	2	1	0	1	1 	2
 	3	1	0	1	1 	0
 	6	1	0	1	-3	2
 	5	0	1	1	-3	0
 	6	0	1	1	-1	10
 	6	0	1	1	-2	7
 	6	0	0	0	-3	6
 	3	0	0	0	-1	0
 	1	0	0	0	0 	0
 	6	0	0	0	-1	0
 	2	0	0	0	-1	0
 	1	0	0	0	-1	0
 	2	0	0	0	-1	0
 	6	0	0	0	0 	0
 	5	0	0	0	-2	7
===Goaltenders===
 Regular season
Player	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	62	62	3,708:08	37	20	5	138	2.23	1794	.923	3	0	1	4
 	19	18	1124:53 	8 	6 	4	50 	2.67	569 	.912	2	0	2	2
 	2 	2 	121:42 	2 	0 	0	3 	1.48	59 	.949	0	0	0	0
 Playoffs
Player	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	6	6	387:28	2	4	12	1.86	179	.933	0	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
Andrew Shaw	Boarding Washington prospect Connor Hobbs	3 games (all pre-season)	N/A 	September 29, 2016	
==Awards and honours==
===Awards===
 Regular season
Player 	Award 	Awarded 	Ref
 	NHL Third Star of the Week 	October 31, 2016	
Shea Weber	NHL Second Star of the Month	November 1, 2016	
 	NHL Third Star of the Week 	March 6, 2017 	
===Milestones===
 Regular Season
Player 	Milestone 	Reached 	Ref
 	1st Career NHL Game 	October 13, 2016 	
 	1st Career NHL Game 	October 13, 2016 	
Artturi Lehkonen	1st Career NHL Goal1st Career NHL Point 	October 15, 2016 	
 	100th Career NHL Point 	October 18, 2016 	
 	100th Career NHL Assist 	November 15, 2016	
 	500th Career NHL Game 	November 19, 2016	
Alex Galchenyuk 	300th Career NHL Game 	December 4, 2016 	
Jeff Petry 	400th Career NHL Game 	December 29, 2016	
 	800th Career NHL Game 	December 31, 2016	
 	1st Career NHL Game1st Career NHL Goal1st Career NHL Point	January 7, 2017 	
 	100th Career NHL Game 	January 20, 2017 	
 	200th Career NHL Game 	January 21, 2017 	
 	200th Career NHL Game 	February 7, 2017 	
Max Pacioretty 	200th Career NHL Goal 	February 9, 2017 	
 	900th Career NHL Game 	February 11, 2017	
 	300th Career NHL Game 	February 12, 2017	
Max Pacioretty 	400th Career NHL Point 	February 28, 2017	
Shea Weber 	300th Career NHL Assist 	February 28, 2017	
 	100th Career NHL Point 	March 12, 2017 	
Alex Galchenyuk 	200th Career NHL Point 	March 14, 2017 	
 	500th Career NHL Game 	March 14, 2017 	
 	600th Career NHL Game 	March 19, 2017 	
Max Pacioretty 	200th Career NHL Assist 	April 1, 2017 	
Brandon Davidson	100th Career NHL Game 	April 7, 2017 	
 Playoffs
Player 	Milestone 	Reached 	Ref
 	1st Career Playoff Game 	April 12, 2017	
 	1st Career Playoff Game 	April 12, 2017	
 	1st Career Playoff Game 	April 12, 2017	
 	1st Career Playoff Game 	April 12, 2017	
Paul Byron 	1st Career Playoff Goal 1st Career Playoff Point 	April 14, 2017	
Phillip Danault 	1st Career Playoff Assist1st Career Playoff Point	April 14, 2017	
 	1st Career Playoff Game 	April 16, 2017	
Artturi Lehkonen	1st Career Playoff Goal1st Career Playoff Point 	April 16, 2017	
 	1st Career Playoff Goal 	April 22, 2017	
 	1st Career Playoff Game 	April 22, 2017	
==Transactions==
The Canadiens have been involved in the following transactions during the 2016–17 season:
===Trades===
Date	Details 	Details 	Ref
 	To Washington CapitalsLars Eller 	To Montreal Canadiens2nd-round pick in 20172nd-round pick in 2018 	
 	To Chicago Blackhawks2nd-round pick in 2016MIN's 2nd-round pick in 2016 	To Montreal CanadiensAndrew Shaw 	
 	To Winnipeg Jets7th-round pick in 2017 	To Montreal Canadiens7th-round pick in 2016 	
 	To Nashville PredatorsP. K. Subban 	To Montreal CanadiensShea Weber 	
 	To Florida PanthersTim Bozon 	To Montreal CanadiensJonathan Racine 	
 	To Tampa Bay LightningJonathan Racine6th-round pick in 2017 	To Montreal CanadiensNikita Nesterov 	
 	To Carolina HurricanesPhilip Samuelsson 	To Montreal CanadiensKeegan Lowe 	
 	To Dallas StarsGreg Pateryn4th-round pick in 2017 	To Montreal CanadiensJordie Benn 	
 	To Edmonton OilersDavid Desharnais 	To Montreal CanadiensBrandon Davidson 	
 	To Detroit Red Wings6th-round pick in 2018 	To Montreal CanadiensSteve Ott 	
 	To Los Angeles KingsConditional 4th-round pick in 2018 	To Montreal CanadiensDwight King 	
 	To Colorado AvalancheSven Andrighetto 	To Montreal CanadiensAndreas Martinsen 	
 	To Tampa Bay LightningMikhail SergachevConditional 2nd-round pick in 2018	To Montreal CanadiensJonathan DrouinConditional 6th-round pick in 2018	
 	To Buffalo SabresNathan Beaulieu 	To Montreal Canadiens3rd-round pick in 2017 	
===Free agents acquired===
Date	Player 	Former team 	Contract terms(in U.S. dollars) 	Ref
 	Al Montoya 	Florida Panthers 	1 year, $950,000 	
 	Alexander Radulov 	CSKA Moscow 	1 year, $5.75 million 	
 	Zach Redmond 	Colorado Avalanche 	2 years, $1.225 million 	
 	Philip Samuelsson 	Springfield Falcons 	1 year, $600,000 two-way contract 	
 	Chris Terry 	Carolina Hurricanes 	1 year, $600,000 two-way contract 	
 	Bobby Farnham 	New Jersey Devils 	1 year, $575,000 two-way contract 	
 	Markus Eisenschmid	St. John's IceCaps 	2 years, $1.285 million entry-level contract	
 	Antoine Waked 	Rouyn-Noranda Huskies	3 years, $2.18 million entry-level contract 	
 	Jakub Jerabek 	Vityaz Podolsk 	1 year, $925,000 entry-level contract 	
===Free agents lost===
Date	Player 	New team 	Contract terms(in U.S. dollars) 	Ref
 	Bud Holloway 	CSKA Moscow 	2 years 	
 	Michael Bournival	Tampa Bay Lightning 	1 year, $575,000 two-way contract	
 	Tom Gilbert 	Los Angeles Kings 	1 year, $1.4 million 	
 	Gabriel Dumont 	Tampa Bay Lightning 	1 year, $575,000 two-way contract	
 	Darren Dietz 	Washington Capitals 	1 year, $575,000 two-way contract	
 	Victor Bartley 	Minnesota Wild 	1 year, $650,000 two-way contract	
 	Morgan Ellis 	St. Louis Blues 	1 year, $575,000 two-way contract	
 	Ben Scrivens 	Dinamo Minsk 	1 year 	
 	Mac Bennett 	Rochester Americans 	1 year 	
 	Stefan Fournier 	Arizona Coyotes 	1 year, $632,500 two-way contract	
 	Lucas Lessio 	KHL Medveščak Zagreb	1 year 	
 	Max Friberg 	Frölunda HC 	3 years 	
===Lost via waivers===
Player 	New team 	Date 	Ref
Mike Condon 	Pittsburgh Penguins	October 11, 2016	
Mark Barberio	Colorado Avalanche 	February 2, 2017	
===Player signings===
Date	Player 	Contract terms(in U.S. dollars) 	Ref
 	Andrew Shaw 	6 years, $23.4 million 	
 	Mikhail Sergachev	3 years, $2.775 million entry-level contract	
 	Daniel Carr 	2 years, $1.45 million contract extension 	
 	Phillip Danault 	2 years, $1.824 million contract extension 	
 	Al Montoya 	2 years, $1.065 million contract extension 	
 	Chris Terry 	1 year, $650,000 contract extension 	
 	Simon Bourque 	3 years, $2.16 million entry-level contract 	
 	Jeremiah Addison 	3 years, $2.16 million entry-level contract 	
 	Victor Mete 	3 years, $2.244 million entry-level contract	
 	Andreas Martinsen	1 year, $675,000 contract extension 	
 	Charles Hudon 	2 years, $1.3 million contract extension 	
 	Jonathan Drouin 	6 years, $33 million contract extension 	
==Draft picks==
Below are the Montreal Canadiens' selections at the 2016 NHL Entry Draft, held on June 24–25, 2016 at the First Niagara Center in Buffalo, New York.
Round	# 	Player 	Pos 	Nationality 	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1 	9 	Mikhail Sergachev	Defence	Russia 	Windsor Spitfires (OHL)
3 	70 	William Bitten 	Centre 	Canada 	Flint Firebirds (OHL)
4 	100	Victor Mete 	Defence	Canada 	London Knights (OHL)
5 	124	Casey Staum 	Defence	United States	Hill-Murray Pioneers (MSHSL)
6 	160	Michael Pezzetta 	Centre 	Canada 	Sudbury Wolves (OHL)
7 	187	Arvid Henrikson 	Defence	Sweden 	AIK Jrs. (Sweden)
;Notes
* The Canadiens' second-round pick went to the Chicago Blackhawks as the result of a trade on June 24, 2016 that sent Andrew Shaw to Montreal in exchange for Minnesota's second-round pick in 2016 (45th overall) and this pick.
* This was actually the Vancouver Canucks' fifth-round pick, which went to the Canadiens as the result of a trade on July 1, 2015 that sent Brandon Prust to Vancouver in exchange for Zack Kassian and this pick. The Montreal Canadiens' fifth-round pick had previously gone to the Buffalo Sabres as the result of a trade on March 2, 2015 that sent Brian Flynn to Montreal in exchange for this pick.
* This was Winnipeg Jets' seventh-round pick, as the Canadiens' seventh-round pick had gone to the Buffalo Sabres as the result of a trade on March 2, 2015 that sent Torrey Mitchell to Montreal in exchange for Jack Nevins and this pick. The Jet's pick went to the Canadiens as the result of a trade on June 25, 2016 that sent a seventh-round pick in 2017 to Winnipeg in exchange for this pick.
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==References==
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