2014–15 Montreal Canadiens season

The 2014–15 Montreal Canadiens season was the 106th season of play for the franchise that was founded on December 4, 1909, and was also their 98th season in the National Hockey League.
==Off-season==
Defenceman Douglas Murray, forward George Parros and forward Thomas Vanek became free agents. On July 1, 2014, captain Brian Gionta signed with the Buffalo Sabres, being joined by defenseman Josh Gorges, who was traded to the team the same day for the Minnesota Wild's 2016 second round pick previously acquired in a trade for Matt Moulson. Notable free agent signing included defenseman Tom Gilbert, centre Manny Malhotra and prospect Jiri Sekac, formally of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). On August 2, 2014, after months of ongoing negotiations, defenceman P. K. Subban signed an eight-year contract extension worth $72 million, avoiding salary arbitration. Subban becomes the highest paid defenseman through the 2014–15 season.
Hockey operations changes included Daniel Lacroix and Rob Ramage being appointed assistant coach and player development coach, respectively. Ramage had previously played for the Canadiens and was part of the 1993 Stanley Cup Championship team, while Lacroix worked as assistant coach with the Hamilton Bulldogs, the Canadiens' main affiliate team in the American Hockey League (AHL) during the 2009–10 season. The Canadiens also announced a reorganization within the hockey department. Rick Dudley was named senior vice president, hockey operations. Scott Mellanby was promoted to assistant general manager, to work along with Larry Carriere. Trevor Timmins was appointed vice president of player personnel, as well as retaining his responsibilities as the club's director of amateur scouting.
On June 18, 2014, it was announced that hall of famer Guy Lapointe would be honored by having his number 5 jersey retired during the 2014–15 season. Lapointe will become the 18th player to be honoured by the organization with jersey retirement and the second with the number 5, joining the late Bernie Geoffrion.
For only the second time in franchise history, the Canadiens did not name a captain, instead opting for four alternate captains for the season. On September 15, team management named Andrei Markov, Max Pacioretty, Tomas Plekanec and P. K. Subban alternative captains.
The 2014–15 season also marked changes to television broadcast rights to the Canadiens; Réseau des sports renewed its French-language television rights to the team, agreeing to a 12-year extension. Due to Quebecor Media's exclusive national French-language broadcast rights to the NHL, RDS will now only be able to broadcast games in the team's blackout region of Quebec and eastern Canada. Regional television rights in English were acquired by Sportsnet East in a three-year deal announced by Rogers on September 2, 2014. Three regional games will also be broadcast by City Montreal.
==Playoffs==
 
The Montreal Canadiens entered the playoffs as the Atlantic Division regular season champions. The Canadiens won the first three games of the series en route to defeating the Senators in six games. In Game 1, Brian Flynn scored the game-winning goal at 17:17 of the second period, and recorded two assists as the Canadiens won 4–3. Montreal's P. K. Subban was given a five-minute major and a game misconduct for slashing Ottawa's Mark Stone during the second period, resulting in a microfracture of Stone's right wrist, but did not face any further League discipline. Alex Galchenyuk's goal at 3:40 into overtime gave the Canadiens a 3–2 win in Game 2. Cameron replaced Andrew Hammond with Craig Anderson as his starting goalie for Game 3, who despite a strong outing, surrendered the tying goal by but Dale Weise with 5:47 left in the third period, who also scored at 3:40 into overtime to give Montreal a 2–1 win. Anderson rebounded in Game 4, stopping all 28 Montreal shots while Mike Hoffman scored the Senators' only goal to win 1–0. Ottawa aso took Game 5 by a score of 5–1 as Anderson stopped 45 of 46 shots, with Bobby Ryan contributing two goals. The Canadiens then eliminated the Senators in Game 6 by a score of 2–0, with goaltender Carey Price registering the shutout stopping all 43 of Ottawa's shots.
In the second round, Tampa Bay Lightning defeated the Canadiens in six games. In Game 1, Nikita Kucherov scored 2:06 into double overtime to give Tampa Bay a 2–1 win. This winning goal was controversial because the Lightning appeared to have been offside on the play, but nothing was called by the linesmen. Earlier at 2:56 of the first overtime period, Kucherov's apparent winning goal was waved off after officials ruled that he pushing Carey Price's pad into the net after the Montreal goalie made the initial save. The Lightning also won Game 2, 6–2, scoring four power play goals. Montreal's Brandon Prust was then fined $5,000 for his postgame derogatory public comments directed toward Referee Brad Watson, which he later apologized for the day afterward. In Game 3, Tyler Johnson scored with 1.1 seconds left to give Tampa Bay a 2–1 victory. The Canadiens stayed alive in Game 4, as Max Pacioretty recorded a shorthanded goal and two assists, as Montreal built a 5–0 second-period lead en route to a 6–2 win. Then, in Game 5, P.A. Parenteau scored with 4:07 left in regulation to give the Canadiens a 2–1 victory. In Game 6, Ben Bishop stopped 18 of 19 Montreal shots, and Kucherov scored two goals, as Tampa Bay won 4–1 to take the series.
==Standings==
===Divisional standings===
===Conference standings===
=== Suspensions/fines ===
Player 	Explanation 	Length	Salary 	Date issued
Alexei Emelin	Illegal check to head of Buffalo Sabres forward Brian Gionta during NHL Game No. 337 in Buffalo on Friday, November 28, 2014, at 18:06 of the third period.	— 	$11,021.51	November 29, 2014
P. K. Subban 	Diving/Embellishment during NHL Game No. 712 in New York on Thursday, January 29, 2015, at 13:05 of the first period. 	— 	$2,000.00 	February 4, 2015
P. K. Subban 	Diving/Embellishment during NHL Game No. 1005 in Montreal on Thursday, March 12, 2015, at 0:53 of the second period. 	— 	$3,000.00 	March 20, 2015
Brandon Prust	Derogatory public comments directed toward Referee Brad Watson on Sunday, May 3, 2015. 	— 	$5,000.00 	May 5, 2015
==Schedule and results==
===Pre-season===
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# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Record 	Recap
1 	September 23 	Boston 	2–3 	Montreal 	 	MacDonald 	21,287 	1–0–0 	Recap
2 	September 25 	Colorado 	2–3 	Montreal 	OT 	Budaj 	21,287 	2–0–0 	Recap
3 	September 26 	Montreal 	3–2 	Colorado 	 	Tokarski 	15,074 	3–0–0 	Recap
4 	September 28 	Washington 	2–0 	Montreal 	 	Price 	21,287 	3–1–0 	Recap
5 	October 1 	Montreal 	3–1 	Chicago 	 	Price 	20,413 	4–1–0 	Recap
6 	October 3 	Montreal 	3–4 	Ottawa 	OT 	Budaj 	19,034 	4–1–1 	Recap
7 	October 4 	Ottawa 	4–2 	Montreal 	 	Price 	21,287 	4–2–1 	Recap
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Game was played at Pepsi Coliseum in Quebec City. 	
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Game was played at Pepsi Coliseum in Quebec City. 	
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Game was played at Pepsi Coliseum in Quebec City. 	
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Game was played at Pepsi Coliseum in Quebec City. 	
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Game was played at Pepsi Coliseum in Quebec City.
===Regular season===
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# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Record 	Pts 	Recap
1 	October 8 	Montreal 	4–3 	Toronto 	 	Price 	19,745 	1–0–0 	2 	Recap
2 	October 9 	Montreal 	2–1 	Washington 	SO 	Tokarski 	18,506 	2–0–0 	4 	Recap
3 	October 11 	Montreal 	4–3 	Philadelphia 	SO 	Price 	19,745 	3–0–0 	6 	Recap
4 	October 13 	Montreal 	1–7 	Tampa Bay 	 	Price 	17,622 	3–1–0 	6 	Recap
5 	October 16 	Boston 	4–6 	Montreal 	 	Price 	21,287 	4–1–0 	8 	Recap
6 	October 18 	Colorado 	2–3 	Montreal 	 	Price 	21,287 	5–1–0 	10 	Recap
7 	October 21 	Detroit 	1–2 	Montreal 	OT 	Price 	21,287 	6–1–0 	12 	Recap
8 	October 25 	NY Rangers 	1–3 	Montreal 	 	Price 	21,287 	7–1–0 	14 	Recap
9 	October 27 	Montreal 	0–3 	Edmonton 	 	Tokarski 	16,839 	7–2–0 	14 	Recap
10 	October 28 	Montreal 	2–1 	Calgary 	SO 	Price 	19,289 	8–2–0 	16 	Recap
11 	October 30 	Montreal 	2–3 	Vancouver 	OT 	Price 	18,870 	8–2–1 	17 	Recap
===Playoffs===
Montreal defeated Ottawa in six games in the first round. After taking a 3–0 series lead, the Senators attempted a comeback, as Ottawa won the next two games. However, Price's shutout in Game 6 sealed the series victory for Montreal.
The Canadiens would face a tougher challenge in the second round against the Tampa Bay Lightning. Tampa Bay had swept the five-game regular season series from Montreal, and then proceeded to win the first three games of the series. However, on May 7, Montreal won their first game of 2014–15 against Tampa Bay, as they posted a 6–2 victory against the Lightning to save their season. Montreal would win the next game 2–1, before subsequently losing the series in Game 6 by a final score of 4–1. 
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# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Series 	Recap 	
1 	April 15 	Ottawa 	3–4 	Montreal 	 	Price 	21,287 	1–0 	Recap 	
2 	April 17 	Ottawa 	2–3 	Montreal 	OT 	Price 	21,287 	2–0 	Recap 	
3 	April 19 	Montreal 	2–1 	Ottawa 	OT 	Price 	20,500 	3–0 	Recap 	
4 	April 22 	Montreal 	0–1 	Ottawa 	 	Price 	20,500 	3–1 	Recap 	
5 	April 24 	Ottawa 	5–1 	Montreal 	 	Price 	21,287 	3–2 	Recap 	
6 	April 26 	Montreal 	2–0 	Ottawa 	 	Price 	20,500 	4–2 	Recap 	
==Player statistics==
Final
;Skaters
 Regular Season
Player	 	 	 	 	 	
 	80	37	30	67	38	32
 	82	26	34	60	8 	46
 	82	15	45	60	21	74
 	81	10	40	50	22	38
 	82	14	34	48	22	24
 	82	24	23	47	18	31
 	80	20	26	46	8 	39
 	79	10	19	29	21	34
 	77	15	12	27	−6	42
 	56	8 	14	22	0 	30
 	82	4 	14	18	6 	134
‡ 	50	7 	9 	16	−3	18
 	68	3 	11	14	5 	59
† 	45	1 	12	13	7 	16
 	72	4 	8 	12	10	30
 	64	1 	8 	9 	6 	45
† 	19	3 	4 	7 	−3	10
 	33	4 	2 	6 	−5	12
 	29	3 	2 	5 	3 	4
 	58	1 	3 	4 	−6	12
 	31	0 	4 	4 	0 	6
 	12	2 	1 	3 	0 	0
† 	20	1 	2 	3 	−2	12
 	13	0 	2 	2 	−5	19
‡ 	13	0 	2 	2 	−9	6
 	18	1 	0 	1 	−2	7
† 	5 	0 	1 	1 	−2	2
† 	14	0 	1 	1 	−2	8
 	7 	0 	0 	0 	−3	17
 	3 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	17	0 	0 	0 	0 	6
 	3 	0 	0 	0 	−1	0
† 	9 	0 	0 	0 	−2	0
‡ 	10	0 	0 	0 	0 	4
 Playoffs
Player	 	 	 	 	 	
 	12	1	7	8	1 	31
 	11	5	2	7	2 	16
 	12	2	3	5	5 	14
 	12	1	4	5	4 	6
 	12	3	2	5	5 	0
 	12	1	3	4	3 	6
 	12	1	3	4	1 	35
 	12	1	3	4	1 	10
 	11	1	2	3	−1	4
 	12	2	1	3	2 	4
 	12	1	2	3	0 	4
 	12	2	1	3	3 	16
 	7 	0	3	3	2 	0
 	12	1	2	3	−1	2
 	6 	1	2	3	−1	0
 	12	1	1	2	−1	8
 	8 	1	1	2	0 	2
 	12	0	2	2	1 	10
 	5 	0	1	1	1 	0
 	12	0	0	0	0 	4
;Goaltenders
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Player	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	66	66	3977	44	16	6	130	1.96	1953	.933	9	0	1	4
 	17	16	1005	6 	6 	4	46 	2.75	509 	.910	0	0	1	0
 Playoffs
Player	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	12	12	752	6	6	28	2.23	352	.920	1	0	0	2
†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Canadiens. Stats reflect time with the Canadiens only.
‡Denotes player was traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Canadiens only.
Bold/italics denotes franchise record
== Notable achievements ==
=== Awards ===
 Regular Season
Player	Award 	Awarded
 	NHL First Star of the Week 	October 13, 2014
 	NHL Second Star of the Week 	November 17, 2014
 	NHL Third Star of the Week 	January 5, 2015
 	NHL All-Star game selection 	January 10, 2015
 	NHL First Star of the Week 	February 2, 2015
 	NHL Third Star of the Week 	February 9, 2015
 	NHL Third Star of the Week 	February 23, 2015
 	NHL Second Star of the Month 	March 1, 2015
 	NHL Second Star of the Week 	March 2, 2015
 	Hart Memorial TrophyVezina TrophyTed Lindsay Award	June 24, 2015
=== Milestones ===
 Regular Season
Player 	Milestone 	Reached
 	1st Career NHL Game 	October 8, 2014
J. Sekac 	1st Career NHL Goal1st Career NHL Point 	October 16, 2014
 	300th Career NHL Game 	October 27, 2014
 	300th Career NHL Game 	November 5, 2014
J. Sekac 	1st Career NHL Assist 	November 8, 2014
 	300th Career NHL Game 	November 11, 2014
 	800th Career NHL Point 	November 15, 2014
 	700th Career NHL Game 	November 20, 2014
 	100th Career NHL Goal 	November 22, 2014
 	200th Career NHL Game 	November 28, 2014
 	1st Career NHL Game1st Career NHL Goal1st Career NHL Point	December 6, 2014
 	400th Career NHL Game 	December 12, 2014
 	1st Career NHL Hat-trick 	December 16, 2014
B. Prust 	100th Career NHL Point 	December 20, 2014
A. Markov 	800th Career NHL Game 	December 23, 2014
 	400th Career NHL Game200th Career NHL Win 	January 2, 2015
 	200th Career NHL Game 	January 2, 2015
 	300th Career NHL Game 	January 15, 2015
 	1st Career NHL Game 	February 3, 2015
 	1st Career NHL Goal1st Career NHL Point 	February 12, 2015
J. De la Rose	1st Career NHL Assist1st Career NHL Point 	February 12, 2015
 	100th Career NHL Point 	February 19, 2015
D. Desharnais	200th Career NHL Point 	February 28, 2015
S. Gonchar 	1,300th Career NHL Game 	March 12, 2015
A. Galchenyuk	100th Career NHL Point 	March 21, 2015
T. Plekanec 	200th Career NHL Goal 	April 4, 2015
 Playoffs
Player 	Milestone 	Reached
 	1st Career Playoff Game1st Career Playoff Goal1st Career Playoff Assist1st Career Playoff Point	April 15, 2015
 	1st Career Playoff Game 	April 15, 2015
 	1st Career Playoff Game 	April 15, 2015
 	1st Career Playoff Game 	April 22, 2015
G. Pateryn	1st Career Playoff Point 	April 24, 2015
J. Petry 	1st Career Playoff Goal1st Career Playoff Point 	May 3, 2015
== Transactions ==
The Canadiens have been involved in the following transactions during the 2014–15 season:
===Trades===
Date 	Details 	Details
June 28, 2014 	To Arizona Coyotes3rd-round pick in 20144th round pick in 2014 	To Montreal Canadiens3rd-round pick in 2014
June 30, 2014 	To Colorado AvalancheDaniel Briere 	To Montreal CanadiensP. A. Parenteau5th-round pick in 2015
July 1, 2014 	To Buffalo SabresJosh Gorges 	To Montreal CanadiensMIN's 2nd-round pick in 2016
October 5, 2014 	To Winnipeg JetsPeter BudajPatrick Holland 	To Montreal CanadiensEric Tangradi
November 11, 2014	To Dallas StarsTravis Moen 	To Montreal CanadiensSergei Gonchar
November 20, 2014	To Anaheim DucksRene Bourque 	To Montreal CanadiensBryan Allen
February 24, 2015	To Anaheim DucksJiri Sekac 	To Montreal CanadiensDevante Smith-Pelly
March 2, 2015 	To Edmonton Oilers 2nd-round pick in 2015conditional 5th-round pick in 2015	To Montreal Canadiens Jeff Petry
March 2, 2015 	To Buffalo Sabres 5th-round pick in 2016 	To Montreal Canadiens Brian Flynn
March 2, 2015 	To Buffalo Sabres Jack Nevins 7th-round pick in 2016 	To Montreal Canadiens Torrey Mitchell
=== Free agents acquired ===
Date 	Player 	Former team 	Contract terms(in U.S. dollars)	Ref
July 1, 2014 	Manny Malhotra	Carolina Hurricanes	1 year, $850,000 	
July 1, 2014 	Tom Gilbert 	Florida Panthers 	2 years, $5.6 million 	
July 1, 2014 	Jiri Sekac 	HC Lev Praha 	2 years, $2.7 million 	
July 1, 2014 	Joey MacDonald	Calgary Flames 	1 year, $600,000 	
October 2, 2014	Drayson Bowman	Carolina Hurricanes	1 year, $575,000 	
=== Free agents lost ===
Date 	Player 	New team 	Contract terms(in U.S. dollars)	Ref
June 3, 2014 	Joonas Nattinen 	Modo Hockey 	1 year 	
July 1, 2014 	Thomas Vanek 	Minnesota Wild 	3 years, $19.5 million 	
July 1, 2014 	Brian Gionta 	Buffalo Sabres 	3 years, $12.75 million 	
July 1, 2014 	Mike Blunden 	Tampa Bay Lightning 	1 year, $600,000 	
July 1, 2014 	Devan Dubnyk 	Arizona Coyotes 	1 year, $800,000 	
July 3, 2014 	Nick Tarnasky 	New York Rangers 	2 years, two-way contract 	
July 24, 2014 	Martin St. Pierre	KHL Medveščak Zagreb	1 year 	
August 7, 2014 	Ryan White 	Philadelphia Flyers 	1 year, $575,000 	
September 25, 2014	Robert Czarnik 	Indy Fuel 	1 year 	
October 14, 2014 	Francis Bouillon 	HC Ambrì-Piotta 	1 year 	
January 20, 2015 	Douglas Murray 	Kölner Haie 	1 year 	
 
===Player signings===
Date 	Player 	Contract terms(in U.S. dollars) 	Ref
July 1, 2014 	Mike Weaver 	1 year, $1.75 million contract extension 	
July 1, 2014 	Jeremy Gregoire 	3 years, $1.86 million entry-level contract 	
July 21, 2014 	Nikita Scherbak 	3 years, $3.625 million entry-level contract	
July 24, 2014 	Lars Eller 	4 years, $14 million contract extension 	
August 2, 2014 	P. K. Subban 	8 years, $72 million contract extension 	
November 29, 2014	Brendan Gallagher	6 years, $22.5 million contract extension 	
December 19, 2014	Brett Lernout 	3 years, $2.055 million entry-level contract	
April 12, 2015 	Mark MacMillan 	2 years, entry level contract 	
June 1, 2015 	Gabriel Dumont 	1-year, two-way contract extension 	
June 1, 2015 	Morgan Ellis 	1 year, two-way contract extension 	
June 2, 2015 	Jeff Petry 	6 years, $33 million contract extension 	
June 13, 2015 	Nathan Beaulieu 	2 years, $4 million contract extension 	
June 15, 2015 	Torrey Mitchell 	3 years, $3.6 million contract extension 	
==Draft picks==
Below are the Montreal Canadiens' selections made at the 2014 NHL Entry Draft, held on June 27–28, 2014 at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia. 
Round	# 	Player 	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1 	26 	Nikita Scherbak 	RW 	Russia 	Saskatoon Blades (WHL)
3 	73 	Brett Lernout 	D 	Canada 	Swift Current Broncos (WHL)
5 	125	Nikolas Koberstein	D 	Canada 	Olds Grizzlys (AJHL)
5 	147	Daniel Audette 	C 	Canada 	Sherbrooke Phoenix (QMJHL)
6 	177	Hayden Hawkey 	G 	 	Omaha Lancers (USHL)
7 	207	Jake Evans 	C 	Canada 	St. Michael's Buzzers (OJHL)
;Draft notes
*Montreal's second-round pick went to the New York Islanders, as the result of a trade on March 5, 2014 that sent Thomas Vanek and a conditional fifth-round pick in 2014 to Montreal, in exchange for Sebastian Collberg and this pick (being conditional at the time of the trade). The condition – New York would receive a second-round pick in 2014 if Montreal qualified for the 2014 Stanley Cup playoffs – was converted on April 1, 2014.
**Montreal received the fifth round pick belonging to the New York Islanders, as the result of a trade on March 5, 2014 that sent Sebastian Collberg and a conditional second-round pick in 2014 to New York, in exchange for Thomas Vanek and this pick (being conditional at the time of the trade). The condition – Montreal would receive a fifth-round pick in 2014 if Montreal qualified for the 2014 Stanley Cup playoffs – was converted on April 1, 2014.
**The Arizona Coyotes' third-round pick went to the Montreal Canadiens as the result of a trade on June 28, 2014 that sent a third and fourth-round pick in 2014 (87th and 117th overall) to Arizona in exchange for this pick.
==References==
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