The Canadiens open their 2026-27 season tonight!

The Canadiens have sent several players down to Laval today.

No. 1 overall pick Gavin McKenna will make his NHL debut against the Montreal Canadiens in the Leafs’ season opener.

Kirill Marchenko will make his Toronto Maple Leafs debut in their season opener against the Montreal Canadiens.

The Canadiens finished a few points away in a three-team race for the Atlantic Division crown in 2025-26 and made it all the way to the Eastern Conference Final before bowing out to the Carolina Hurricanes in five games. General manager Kent Hughes kept his roster mostly intact, with forward Chris Kreider joining the Club while Brendan Gallagher, Patrik Laine, and Joe Veleno have moved on.

The Maple Leafs, on the other hand, are coming off a difficult season in which they finished one point above last place in the Eastern Conference, but they’re a different group in 2026-27. Just on Monday, Toronto sent forward Matthew Knies to Columbus for Kirill Marchenko. Looking back to the offseason, goaltender Joseph Woll was traded to Philadelphia in the summer and replaced with two-time Stanley Cup champion and two-time Vezina Trophy winner Sergei Bobrovsky. Toronto will also get a first look at 2026 first-overall pick Gavin McKenna, while also adding forwards Nick Paul (currently day-to-day), Jack Roslovic, and Brandon Duhaime, among others, and defenseman Darren Raddysh.

Bokondji Imama and Nicolas Deslauriers drop the gloves for the first fight of the 2026/27 NHL season!

The Carolina Hurricanes have raised their 2026 Stanley Cup Championship Banner!

Soucy was at Blue Jackets camp on a PTO and made headlines after throwing a huge, clean hit that injured Olen Zellweger, reinvigorating the debate on if pre-season games are necessary.

The Ottawa Senators have named Thomas Chabot the 11th Captain in franchise history!

The Minnesota Wild have announced that defenceman Brock Faber suffered a fractured skull in Friday’s pre-season game against the Dallas Stars and underwent successful surgery on Sunday.

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