2017–18 Montreal Canadiens season

The 2017–18 Montreal Canadiens season was the 109th season for the franchise that was founded on December 4, 1909, and their 101st in the National Hockey League. For the second time in the past three seasons, the Canadiens failed to make the playoffs.
==Standings==
===Divisional standings===
===Conference standings===
==Schedule and results==
===Preseason===
The preseason schedule was released on June 19, 2017.
2017 preseason game log: 2–6–0 (Home: 2–3–0 ; Road: 0–3–0)	2017 preseason game log: 2–6–0 (Home: 2–3–0 ; Road: 0–3–0)	2017 preseason game log: 2–6–0 (Home: 2–3–0 ; Road: 0–3–0)	2017 preseason game log: 2–6–0 (Home: 2–3–0 ; Road: 0–3–0)	2017 preseason game log: 2–6–0 (Home: 2–3–0 ; Road: 0–3–0)	2017 preseason game log: 2–6–0 (Home: 2–3–0 ; Road: 0–3–0)	2017 preseason game log: 2–6–0 (Home: 2–3–0 ; Road: 0–3–0)	2017 preseason game log: 2–6–0 (Home: 2–3–0 ; Road: 0–3–0)	2017 preseason game log: 2–6–0 (Home: 2–3–0 ; Road: 0–3–0)	2017 preseason game log: 2–6–0 (Home: 2–3–0 ; Road: 0–3–0)
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Record 	Recap
1 	September 18 	Montreal 	2–3 	Boston 	 	— 	— 	0–1–0 	Recap
2 	September 20 	Washington 	4–2 	Montreal 	 	Lindgren 	21,288 	0–2–0 	Recap
3 	September 21 	New Jersey 	4–1 	Montreal 	 	Price 	21,288 	0–3–0 	Recap
4 	September 23 	Montreal 	1–5 	Ottawa 	 	Montoya 	14,818 	0–4–0 	Recap
5 	September 25 	Montreal 	1–5 	Toronto 	 	— 	— 	0–5–0 	Recap
6 	September 27 	Toronto 	4–2 	Montreal 	 	Price 	— 	0–6–0 	Recap
7 	September 29 	Florida 	1–3 	Montreal 	 	Lindgren 	21,288 	1–6–0 	Recap
8 	September 30 	Ottawa 	2–9 	Montreal 	 	Price 	21,288 	2–6–0 	Recap
Notes:
 Game was played at Videotron Centre in Quebec City, Quebec.
 Game was played at Ricoh Coliseum in Toronto, Ontario.	
Notes:
 Game was played at Videotron Centre in Quebec City, Quebec.
 Game was played at Ricoh Coliseum in Toronto, Ontario.	
Notes:
 Game was played at Videotron Centre in Quebec City, Quebec.
 Game was played at Ricoh Coliseum in Toronto, Ontario.	
Notes:
 Game was played at Videotron Centre in Quebec City, Quebec.
 Game was played at Ricoh Coliseum in Toronto, Ontario.	
Notes:
 Game was played at Videotron Centre in Quebec City, Quebec.
 Game was played at Ricoh Coliseum in Toronto, Ontario.	
Notes:
 Game was played at Videotron Centre in Quebec City, Quebec.
 Game was played at Ricoh Coliseum in Toronto, Ontario.	
Notes:
 Game was played at Videotron Centre in Quebec City, Quebec.
 Game was played at Ricoh Coliseum in Toronto, Ontario.	
Notes:
 Game was played at Videotron Centre in Quebec City, Quebec.
 Game was played at Ricoh Coliseum in Toronto, Ontario.	
Notes:
 Game was played at Videotron Centre in Quebec City, Quebec.
 Game was played at Ricoh Coliseum in Toronto, Ontario.	
Notes:
 Game was played at Videotron Centre in Quebec City, Quebec.
 Game was played at Ricoh Coliseum in Toronto, Ontario.
===Regular season===
The regular season schedule was published on June 22, 2017.
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October: 4–7–1 (Home: 2–2–1 ; Road: 2–5–0)	October: 4–7–1 (Home: 2–2–1 ; Road: 2–5–0)	October: 4–7–1 (Home: 2–2–1 ; Road: 2–5–0)	October: 4–7–1 (Home: 2–2–1 ; Road: 2–5–0)	October: 4–7–1 (Home: 2–2–1 ; Road: 2–5–0)	October: 4–7–1 (Home: 2–2–1 ; Road: 2–5–0)	October: 4–7–1 (Home: 2–2–1 ; Road: 2–5–0)	October: 4–7–1 (Home: 2–2–1 ; Road: 2–5–0)	October: 4–7–1 (Home: 2–2–1 ; Road: 2–5–0)	October: 4–7–1 (Home: 2–2–1 ; Road: 2–5–0)	October: 4–7–1 (Home: 2–2–1 ; Road: 2–5–0)
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Record 	Pts 	Recap
1 	October 5 	Montreal 	3–2 	Buffalo 	SO 	Price 	19,070 	1–0–0 	2 	Recap
2 	October 7 	Montreal 	1–6 	Washington 	 	Price 	18,506 	1–1–0 	2 	Recap
3 	October 8 	Montreal 	0–2 	NY Rangers 	 	Price 	18,006 	1–2–0 	2 	Recap
4 	October 10 	Chicago 	3–1 	Montreal 	 	Price 	21,302 	1–3–0 	2 	Recap
5 	October 14 	Toronto 	4–3 	Montreal 	OT 	Price 	21,302 	1–3–1 	3 	Recap
6 	October 17 	Montreal 	2–5 	San Jose 	 	Price 	17,377 	1–4–1 	3 	Recap
7 	October 18 	Montreal 	1–5 	Los Angeles 	 	Montoya 	18,230 	1–5–1 	3 	Recap
8 	October 20 	Montreal 	2–6 	Anaheim 	 	Price 	17,174 	1–6–1 	3 	Recap
9 	October 24 	Florida 	1–5 	Montreal 	 	Price 	21,302 	2–6–1 	5 	Recap
10 	October 26 	Los Angeles 	4–0 	Montreal 	 	Price 	21,302 	2–7–1 	5 	Recap
11 	October 28 	NY Rangers 	4–5 	Montreal 	 	Price 	21,302 	3–7–1 	7 	Recap
12 	October 30 	Montreal 	8–3 	Ottawa 	 	Montoya 	15,069 	4–7–1 	9 	Recap
==Player statistics==
Final
;Skaters
 Regular season
Player	 	 	 	 	 	
 	82	31	23	54	-13	34
 	82	19	32	51	-31	22
 	77	13	33	46	-28	30
 	82	12	30	42	-30	28
 	64	17	20	37	-16	30
 	82	20	15	35	-4 	23
 	72	10	20	30	-12	38
 	52	8 	17	25	0 	34
‡ 	60	6 	18	24	3 	39
 	66	12	9 	21	-11	20
 	51	10	10	20	-8 	53
 	26	6 	10	16	-8 	14
 	38	6 	10	16	2 	8
 	77	4 	11	15	-2 	34
 	58	10	4 	14	7 	55
 	55	4 	8 	12	-2 	29
 	82	1 	11	12	-7 	40
‡ 	38	5 	6 	11	-11	26
 	48	3 	8 	11	0 	26
† 	19	0 	8 	8 	1 	8
 	49	0 	7 	7 	5 	4
 	26	4 	2 	6 	-5 	8
† 	30	2 	4 	6 	-5 	8
 	37	1 	4 	5 	3 	6
‡ 	25	1 	3 	4 	-1 	6
 	23	1 	2 	3 	1 	4
 	4 	1 	1 	2 	-2 	2
‡ 	13	0 	1 	1 	-3 	9
 	18	0 	1 	1 	-1 	32
 	18	0 	1 	1 	-5 	6
 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	2
 	2 	0 	0 	0 	-2 	0
 	7 	0 	0 	0 	-1 	10
‡ 	11	0 	0 	0 	0 	2
;Goaltenders
 Regular season
Player	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	49	48	2,854:37	16	26	7	148	3.11	1487	.900	1	0	0	0
† 	19	17	1,026:16	7 	5 	4	42 	2.46	592 	.929	1	0	0	0
 	14	14	832:58 	4 	8 	2	42 	3.03	457 	.908	2	0	0	2
‡ 	4 	3 	222:31 	2 	1 	0	14 	3.77	102 	.863	0	0	1	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.
==Awards and honours==
===Awards===
 Regular season
Player 	Award 	Awarded 	Ref
 	NHL Second Star of the Week	December 4, 2017	
Carey Price	NHL All-Star Game selection	January 10, 2018	
===Milestones===
 Regular season
Player 	Milestone 	Reached 	Ref
Victor Mete 	1st career NHL game 	October 5, 2017 	
Karl Alzner 	100th career NHL assist 	October 14, 2017 	
Victor Mete 	1st career NHL assist1st career NHL point	October 17, 2017 	
Jonathan Drouin 	100th career NHL point 	October 17, 2017 	
Brendan Gallagher	100th career NHL assist 	October 24, 2017 	
Karl Alzner 	600th career NHL game 	October 24, 2017 	
Andrew Shaw 	400th career NHL game 	October 26, 2017 	
Charles Hudon 	1st career NHL goal 	October 30, 2017 	
Charlie Lindgren 	1st career NHL shutout 	November 5, 2017 	
Paul Byron 	300th career NHL game 	November 14, 2017	
Jakub Jerabek 	1st career NHL game 	November 22, 2017	
Brendan Gallagher	200th career NHL point 	November 27, 2017	
Paul Byron 	1st career NHL hat-trick 	December 2, 2017 	
Brendan Gallagher	100th career NHL goal 	December 2, 2017 	
Shea Weber 	500th career NHL point 	December 5, 2017 	
Max Pacioretty 	600th career NHL game 	December 28, 2017	
Jonathan Drouin 	200th career NHL game 	January 4, 2018 	
Alex Galchenyuk 	100th career NHL goal 	January 13, 2018 	
Artturi Lehkonen 	100th career NHL game 	January 13, 2018 	
Jakub Jerabek 	1st career NHL assist1st career NHL point	January 15, 2018 	
Jakub Jerabek 	1st career NHL goal 	January 17, 2018 	
Tomas Plekanec 	600th career NHL point 	February 4, 2018 	
Jeff Petry 	500th career NHL game 	February 10, 2018	
Joe Morrow 	100th career NHL game 	February 17, 2018	
Noah Juulsen 	1st career NHL game 	February 22, 2018	
Byron Froese 	100th career NHL game 	February 28, 2018	
Jacob de la Rose 	100th career NHL game 	February 28, 2018	
Noah Juulsen 	1st career NHL goal1st career NHL point 	March 2, 2018 	
Alex Galchenyuk 	400th career NHL game 	March 2, 2018 	
Brendan Gallagher	400th career NHL game 	March 24, 2018 	
Noah Juulsen 	1st career NHL assist 	March 26, 2018 	
Mike Reilly 	100th career NHL game 	April 1, 2018 	
==Transactions==
The Canadiens have been involved in the following transactions during the 2017–18 season.
===Trades===
Date	Details 	Details 	Ref
 	To Vegas Golden Knights5th-round pick in 2019	To Montreal CanadiensDavid Schlemko 	
 	To Buffalo SabresZach Redmond 	To Montreal CanadiensNicolas Deslauriers 	
 	To Chicago BlackhawksAndreas Martinsen 	To Montreal CanadiensKyle Baun 	
 	To Los Angeles KingsTorrey Mitchell 	To Montreal CanadiensConditional 5th-round draft pick in 2018 	
 	To New York RangersPeter Holland 	To Montreal CanadiensAdam Cracknell 	
 	To Edmonton OilersAl Montoya 	To Montreal CanadiensConditional 4th-round draft pick in 2018 	
 	To Washington CapitalsJakub Jerabek 	To Montreal Canadiens5th-round draft pick in 2019 	
 	To Toronto Maple LeafsKyle BaunTomas Plekanec	To Montreal CanadiensKerby RychelRinat Valiev2nd-round pick in 2018	
 	To Winnipeg JetsJoe Morrow 	To Montreal Canadiens4th-round pick in 2018 	
 	To Minnesota Wild5th-round pick in 2019 	To Montreal CanadiensMike Reilly 	
 	To Arizona CoyotesAlex Galchenyuk 	To Montreal CanadiensMax Domi 	
Notes:
# Montreal to retain 50% of salary as part of trade.
===Free agents acquired===
Date	Player 	Former team 	Contract terms(in U.S. dollars) 	Ref
 	Karl Alzner 	Washington Capitals 	5-year, $23.125 million 	
 	Peter Holland 	Arizona Coyotes 	2-year, $1.35 million 	
 	Byron Froese 	Tampa Bay Lightning 	2-year, $1.3 million 	
 	Matt Taormina 	Tampa Bay Lightning 	2-year, $1.3 million two-way contract 	
 	Joe Morrow 	Boston Bruins 	1-year, $650,000 	
 	Ales Hemsky 	Dallas Stars 	1-year, $1 million 	
 	Mark Streit 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	1-year, $700,000 	
 	Hayden Verbeek 	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds 	3-year, $2.33 million entry-level contract	
 	Alexandre Alain	Blainville-Boisbriand Armada	3-year, $2.33 million entry-level contract	
 	Michal Moravcik	HC Plzeň 	2-year, $1.85 million entry-level contract	
 	David Sklenicka	HC Plzeň 	2-year, $1.85 million entry-level contract	
===Free agents lost===
Date	Player 	New team 	Contract terms(in U.S. dollars) 	Ref
 	Ryan Johnston 	Luleå HF 	2-year 	
 	Joel Hanley 	Arizona Coyotes 	1-year, $725,000 two-way contract	
 	Brian Flynn 	Dallas Stars 	1-year, $700,000 two-way contract	
 	Keegan Lowe 	Edmonton Oilers 	1-year, $650,000 two-way contract	
 	Stefan Matteau 	Vegas Golden Knights 	1-year, $650,000 two-way contract	
 	Alexander Radulov 	Dallas Stars 	5-year, $31.25 million 	
 	Nikita Nesterov 	CSKA Moscow 	3-year 	
 	Andrei Markov 	Ak Bars Kazan 	2-year 	
 	Dalton Thrower 	Allen Americans 	2-year 	
 	Dwight King 	Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg	2-year 	
 	Connor Crisp 	Toledo Walleye 	1-year 	
 	Mark MacMillan 	Wichita Thunder 	Unknown 	
 	Markus Eisenschmid	Adler Mannheim 	2-year 	
===Claimed via waivers===
Player 	Previous team 	Date	Ref
Antti Niemi	Florida Panthers	 	
Logan Shaw 	Anaheim Ducks 	 	
===Lost via waivers===
Player 	New team 	Date	Ref
Brandon Davidson	Edmonton Oilers	 	
===Players released===
Date 	Player 	Via 	Ref
October 16, 2017	Mark Streit 	Contract termination	
October 29, 2017	Martin Reway	Contract termination	
===Lost via Expansion Draft===
Date 	Player 	Ref
June 21, 2017	Alexei Emelin	
===Player signings===
Date	Player 	Contract terms(in U.S. dollars) 	Ref
 	Jacob de la Rose 	1-year, $725,000 contract extension 	
 	Carey Price 	8-year, $84 million contract extension 	
 	Alex Galchenyuk 	3-year, $14.7 million contract extension 	
 	Charlie Lindgren 	1-year, $700,000 two-way contract extension	
 	Charlie Lindgren 	3-year, $2.25 million contract extension 	
 	Nicolas Deslauriers	2-year, $1.9 million contract extension 	
 	William Bitten 	3-year, $2.73 million entry-level contract 	
 	Michael Pezzetta 	3-year, $2.23 million entry-level contract 	
 	Jake Evans 	2-year, $1.85 million entry-level contract 	
 	Lukas Vejdemo 	2-year, $1.85 million entry-level contract 	
 	Antti Niemi 	1-year, $950,000 contract extension 	
 	Rinat Valiev 	1-year, $650,000 two-way contract extension	
 	Max Domi 	2-year, $6.3 million contract extension 	
==Draft picks==
Below are the Montreal Canadiens' selections at the 2017 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 23 and 24, 2017 at the United Center in Chicago.
Round	# 	Player 	Pos	Nationality 	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1 	25 	Ryan Poehling 	C 	United States	St. Cloud State University (NCHC)
2 	56 	Josh Brook 	D 	Canada 	Moose Jaw Warriors (WHL)
2 	581 	Joni Ikonen 	C 	Finland 	Frölunda HC (J20 SuperElit)
3 	682 	Scott Walford 	D 	Canada 	Victoria Royals (WHL)
3 	87 	Cale Fleury 	D 	Canada 	Kootenay Ice (WHL)
5 	149 	Jarret Tyszka 	D 	Canada 	Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL)
7 	1993	Cayden Primeau	G 	United States	Lincoln Stars (USHL)
Draft notes:
# This was the Washington Capitals' original second-round pick, traded to the Canadiens on June 24, 2016 in exchange for Lars Eller and a second-round pick in 2018.
# The Canadiens acquired this pick from the Buffalo Sabres' as the result of a trade on June 17, 2017 that sent Nathan Beaulieu to Buffalo in exchange for it.
# The Canadiens original seventh-round pick was traded on June 25, 2016 to the Winnipeg Jets in exchange for a sixth-round pick in the 2016 draft. This pick was acquired from the Philadelphia Flyers' on June 24, 2017 in exchange for the Canadiens' seventh-round pick in 2018.
==References==
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