The 2013–14 Montreal Canadiens season was the 105th season of play for the franchise that was founded on December 4, 1909, and was their 97th season in the National Hockey League. Qualifying for the 2014 Stanley Cup playoffs, the Canadiens defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning by sweeping them in the first round. They upset the top team in the NHL, the Boston Bruins, in a hard fought seven game series, before falling to the New York Rangers in the Eastern Conference Final in six games.
2013–14 Montreal Canadiens | |
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Division | 3rd Atlantic |
Conference | 4th Eastern |
2013–14 record | 46–28–8 |
Home record | 23–13–5 |
Road record | 23–15–3 |
Goals for | 215 |
Goals against | 204 |
Team information | |
General manager | Marc Bergevin |
Coach | Michel Therrien |
Captain | Brian Gionta |
Alternate captains | Josh Gorges Andrei Markov |
Arena | Bell Centre |
Average attendance | 21,273 (100%)[1] (41 games) |
Minor league affiliate(s) | Hamilton Bulldogs (AHL) Wheeling Nailers (ECHL) |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Max Pacioretty (39) |
Assists | P. K. Subban (43) |
Points | Max Pacioretty (60) |
Penalty minutes | Brandon Prust (121) |
Plus/minus | Andrei Markov (+12) |
Wins | Carey Price (34) |
Goals against average | Dustin Tokarski (1.84) |
Standings
Pos | Team | GP | W | L | OTL | ROW | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | p – Boston Bruins | 82 | 54 | 19 | 9 | 51 | 261 | 177 | +84 | 117 |
2 | x – Tampa Bay Lightning | 82 | 46 | 27 | 9 | 38 | 240 | 215 | +25 | 101 |
3 | x – Montreal Canadiens | 82 | 46 | 28 | 8 | 40 | 215 | 204 | +11 | 100 |
4 | x – Detroit Red Wings | 82 | 39 | 28 | 15 | 34 | 222 | 230 | −8 | 93 |
5 | Ottawa Senators | 82 | 37 | 31 | 14 | 30 | 236 | 265 | −29 | 88 |
6 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 82 | 38 | 36 | 8 | 29 | 231 | 256 | −25 | 84 |
7 | Florida Panthers | 82 | 29 | 45 | 8 | 21 | 196 | 268 | −72 | 66 |
8 | Buffalo Sabres | 82 | 21 | 51 | 10 | 14 | 157 | 248 | −91 | 52 |
Schedule and results
Pre-season
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# | Date | Visitor | Score | Home | OT | Decision | Attendance | Record | Recap |
1 | September 15 | Buffalo | 5–4 | Montreal | SO | Fucale | 21,273 | 0–0–1 | Recap |
2 | September 16 | Boston | 6–3 | Montreal | Mayer | 21,273 | 0–1–1 | Recap | |
3[a] | September 20 | Montreal | 6–0 | Carolina | Budaj | 15,176 | 1–1–1 | Recap | |
4 | September 21 | Carolina | 3–1 | Montreal | Price | 21,273 | 1–2–1 | Recap | |
5 | September 23 | New Jersey | 2–3 | Montreal | Price | 21,273 | 2–2–1 | Recap | |
6 | September 25 | Montreal | 2–5 | Ottawa | Budaj | 16,194 | 2–3–1 | Recap | |
7 | September 26 | Ottawa | 1–3 | Montreal | Price | 21,273 | 3–3–1 | Recap | |
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Regular season
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Legend: Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Overtime/shootout loss (1 point) |
Playoffs
The Montreal Canadiens entered the playoffs as the Atlantic Division's third seed. They swept the Tampa Bay Lightning in the first round, and faced the Presidents' Trophy-winning Boston Bruins in the second round. They defeated the Bruins in a deciding Game 7 and advanced to the Eastern Conference Final where they were eliminated by the New York Rangers in six games with their star goaltender Carey Price injured.
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Player statistics
Final stats[2]
Skaters
Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/– | PIM |
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P. K. Subban | 17 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 1 | 24 |
Lars Eller | 17 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 18 |
Rene Bourque | 17 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 27 |
Max Pacioretty | 17 | 5 | 6 | 11 | −1 | 8 |
Brendan Gallagher | 17 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 6 |
Thomas Vanek | 17 | 5 | 5 | 10 | −4 | 4 |
Andrei Markov | 17 | 1 | 9 | 10 | −4 | 10 |
Tomas Plekanec | 17 | 4 | 5 | 9 | −7 | 8 |
David Desharnais | 17 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 6 |
Dale Weise | 16 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 4 |
Daniel Briere | 16 | 3 | 4 | 7 | −1 | 4 |
Brian Gionta | 17 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 2 |
Mike Weaver | 17 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 14 |
Alex Galchenyuk | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
Francis Bouillon | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
Josh Gorges | 17 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
Brandon Prust | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 32 |
Alexei Emelin | 15 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −4 | 4 |
Nathan Beaulieu | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
Michael Bournival | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 0 |
Douglas Murray | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
Travis Moen | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Goaltenders
Player | GP | GS | TOI | W | L | OT | GA | GAA | SA | SV% | SO | G | A | PIM |
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Carey Price | 59 | 59 | 3464 | 34 | 20 | 5 | 134 | 2.32 | 1828 | .927 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
Peter Budaj | 24 | 21 | 1338 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 56 | 2.51 | 615 | .909 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
Dustin Tokarski | 3 | 2 | 163 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1.84 | 93 | .946 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Player | GP | GS | TOI | W | L | GA | GAA | SA | SV% | SO | G | A | PIM |
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Carey Price | 12 | 12 | 739 | 8 | 4 | 29 | 2.35 | 358 | .919 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Dustin Tokarski | 5 | 5 | 300 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 2.60 | 155 | .916 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Peter Budaj | 1 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3.00 | 8 | .625 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Canadiens. Stats reflect time with the Candadiens only.
‡Denotes player was traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Canadiens only.
Bold/italics denotes franchise record
Suspensions/fines
Player | Explanation | Length | Salary | Date issued | Ref |
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Alexei Emelin | Butt-ending Canucks forward Pascal Pelletier | N/A | $5,000.00 | February 7, 2014 | [3] |
Douglas Murray | Illegal check to the head of Lightning defenceman Michael Kostka | 3 games | $23,076.93 | April 3, 2014 | [4] |
Brandon Prust | Interfering with Rangers forward Derek Stepan | 2 games | N/A | May 23, 2014 | [5] |
Awards and honours
Milestones
Player | Milestone | Reached |
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Michael Bournvial | 1st Career Playoff Game | April 16, 2014 |
Alexei Emelin | 1st Career Playoff Game 1st Career Playoff Assist 1st Career Playoff Point | April 16, 2014 |
Michael Bournival | 1st Career Playoff Assist 1st Career Playoff Point | April 22, 2014 |
Brian Gionta | 100th Career Playoff Game | May 1, 2014 |
Nathan Beaulieu | 1st Career Playoff Game 1st Career Playoff Assist 1st Career Playoff Point | May 12, 2014 |
Rene Bourque | 1st Career Playoff Hat-trick | May 27, 2014 |
Transactions
The Canadiens have been involved in the following transactions during the 2013–14 season:
Trades
Date | Details | |
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June 30, 2013[6] | To Florida Panthers 7th round-pick in 2013 – MacKenzie Weegar | To Montreal Canadiens 7th round-pick in 2014[a] – Hugo Fagerblom |
July 2, 2013[7] | To New York Rangers Danny Kristo | To Montreal Canadiens Christian Thomas |
July 5, 2013[8] | To Florida Panthers Philippe Lefebvre 7th-round pick in 2014 – Hugo Fagerblom | To Montreal Canadiens George Parros |
February 3, 2014[9] | To Vancouver Canucks Raphael Diaz | To Montreal Canadiens Dale Weise |
February 6, 2014[10] | To Los Angeles Kings Steve Quailer | To Montreal Canadiens Robert Czarnik |
March 4, 2014[11] | To Florida Panthers 5th-round pick in 2015[b] – Ryan Pilon | To Montreal Canadiens Mike Weaver |
March 5, 2014[12] | To Nashville Predators Future considerations | To Montreal Canadiens Devan Dubnyk |
March 5, 2014[13] | To New York Islanders Sebastian Collberg Conditional 2nd-round pick in 2014[c] – Johnathan MacLeod | To Montreal Canadiens Thomas Vanek Conditional 5th-round pick in 2014 – Nikolas Koberstein |
June 14, 2014[14] | To Anaheim Ducks Louis Leblanc | To Montreal Canadiens Conditional 5th-round pick in 2015[d] |
Free agents acquired
Player | Former team | Contract terms |
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Daniel Briere[15] | Philadelphia Flyers | 2 years, $8 million |
Stefan Fournier[16] | Halifax Mooseheads | 3 years, $1.75 million entry-level contract |
Martin St. Pierre[17] | Rockford IceHogs | 1 year, $550,000 |
Nick Tarnasky[18] | Rochester Americans | 1 year, $550,000 |
Robert Mayer[19] | Hamilton Bulldogs | 2 years, $1.24 million |
Douglas Murray[20] | Pittsburgh Penguins | 1 year, $1.5 million |
Daniel Carr[21] | Union College | 2 years, $1.85 million entry-level contract |
Free agents lost
Player | New team | Contract terms |
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Yannick Weber[22] | Vancouver Canucks | 1 year, $650,000 |
Michael Ryder[23] | New Jersey Devils | 2 years, $7 million |
Frederic St. Denis[24] | Columbus Blue Jackets | 1 year, $575,000 (two-way) |
Jeff Halpern[25] | Phoenix Coyotes | 1 year, $600,000 (two-way) |
Jason DeSantis[26] | HIFK | 1 year |
Petteri Nokelainen[27] | Brynäs IF | 1 year |
Lost via retirement
Player |
Blake Geoffrion[28] |
Player signings
Player | Date | Contract terms |
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Gabriel Dumont[29] | July 10, 2013 | 2 years, $1.125 million |
Michael McCarron[30] | July 11, 2013 | 3 years, $2.775 million entry-level contract |
Ryan White[31] | July 12, 2013 | 1 year, $700,000 |
Sven Andrighetto[32] | July 15, 2013 | 3 years, $1.9 million entry-level contract |
Dustin Tokarski[33] | August 19, 2013 | 1 year, $575,000 |
Zach Fucale[34] | September 13, 2013 | 3 years, $2.775 million entry-level contract |
Alexei Emelin[35] | October 31, 2013 | 4 years, $16.4 million contract extension |
Mac Bennett[36] | March 26, 2014 | 2 years, $1.38 million entry-level contract |
Dustin Tokarski[37] | April 12, 2014 | 2 years, $1.125 million contract extension |
Jacob de la Rose[38] | April 14, 2014 | 3 years, $2.775 million entry-level contract |
Connor Crisp[21] | April 24, 2014 | 3 years, $2.4 million entry-level contract |
Greg Pateryn[39] | May 8, 2014 | 2 years, $1.125 million contract extension |
Dalton Thrower[40] | May 30, 2014 | 3 years, $2.18 million entry-level contract |
Dale Weise[41] | June 17, 2014 | 2 years, $2.05 million contract extension |
Andrei Markov[42] | June 23, 2014 | 3 years, $17.25 million contract extension |
Draft picks
Montreal Canadiens' picks at the 2013 NHL Entry Draft, which was held in Newark, New Jersey on June 30, 2013.
Round | # | Player | Pos | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
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1 | 25 | Michael McCarron | RW | ![]() | Western Michigan University (CCHA) |
2 | 34[a] | Jacob de la Rose | LW | ![]() | Leksands IF (SHL) |
2 | 36[b] | Zach Fucale | G | ![]() | Halifax Mooseheads (QMJHL) |
2 | 55 | Artturi Lehkonen | LW | ![]() | KalPa (SM-liiga) |
3 | 71[c] | Connor Crisp | LW | ![]() | Erie Otters (OHL) |
3 | 86 | Sven Andrighetto | RW | ![]() | Rouyn-Noranda Huskies (QMJHL) |
4 | 116 | Martin Reway | LW | ![]() | Gatineau Olympiques (QMJHL) |
6 | 176 | Jeremy Gregoire | C | ![]() | Baie-Comeau Drakkar (QMJHL) |
Notes
- a The Nashville Predators' second-round pick went to the Montreal Canadiens as a result of a February 27, 2012, trade that sent Andrei Kostitsyn to the Predators in exchange for a 2013 conditional fifth-round pick and this pick.[44]
- b The Calgary Flames' second-round pick went to the Montreal Canadiens as a result of a January 12, 2012, trade that sent Michael Cammalleri, Karri Ramo and a 2012 fifth-round pick (#124–Ryan Culkin) to the Flames in exchange for Rene Bourque, Patrick Holland and this pick.[45]
- c The Dallas Stars' third-round pick went to the Montreal Canadiens as a result of a February 26, 2013, trade that sent Erik Cole to the Stars in exchange for Michael Ryder and this pick.[46]