Use ONE WORD to describe Ivan Demidov being out 2–4 weeks with a lower-body injury.
In two games this season, Demidov has registered a goal and an assist.

Jacob Fowler didn’t hide his disappointment after being sent to Laval

forward Florian Xhekaj expected to make his season debut tonight. Here’s a look at the projected lineup.
There’s no doubt the Habs are excited to play in front of their fans for the first time since May 27 and will be extra motivated to face the team that eliminated them from the 2026 Eastern Conference Final. 

Jacob Fowler made 29 saves in the loss.

The Montreal Canadiens open the 2026-27 season with a win, beating the #Leafs 3-2.

- After giving up an early goal, the Canadiens responded with three unanswered goals from Josh Anderson and Zachary Bolduc & Carrier
- Jakub Dobes settled in after the early goal and finished with 25 saves.

-Walsh, Pastujov (2), Belzile, Poulin, and Berard found the back of the net.
-Fowler made 23 saves to secure the win.

The Canadiens fall 6-5 to the Penguins in overtime.

Montreal battled back from a 5-1 deficit to earn a point.

-Caufield (2), Demidov, Kreider and Suzuki found the back of the net.
-Dobeš stopped 24 of 30 shots.

Florida Panthers forward Aleksander Barkov will not need surgery on his knee injury and rehab is expected to take 6-8 weeks.

Head coach Paul Maurice said Barkov could be back sooner than that if everything goes well, but also didn’t rule out it could take a little longer.

The Philadelphia Flyers have signed forward Michael Bunting to a one-year, $1.2 million contract.

Only four undefeated teams remain!

Alex Ovechkin has announced that this season 2026-2027 will be his last in the NHL.

New York Islanders goaltender Semyon Varlamov will make his first start since November 29th, 2024 (676 days).

Varlamov was out after having double partial knee replacement surgeries.

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