Tomas Plekanec News

Jaroslav Halak made 45 saves, and Tomas Plekanec had three assists as the Montreal Canadiens extended their winning streak to three with a 4-1 win over the Ottawa Senators on Tuesday night.

The Montreal Canadiens didn't need the legends of yesteryear to spur them on Monday night, holding off the Philadelphia Flyers for a 3-1 home victory.

It was a special night for the Montreal Canadiens organization. Founded on Dec. 4, 1909, the Canadiens celebrated 100 years of excellence, passion, and tradition on Friday night.

On the night the Montreal Canadiens turned 100, they played like the great teams of old.

It started out as a celebration with so much promise, and ended with a thud. So much for the Montreal Canadiensa TM 100th anniversary.

Sean Gordon MONTREAL - From Wednesday's Globe and Mail Published on Tuesday, Dec.

" Rookie Ryan White is the big winner in the Canadiens' latest roster shuffle. The team traded 2004 first-round draft choice Kyle Chipchura to the Anaheim Ducks yesterday for a fourth-round choice in 2011, and head coach Jacques Martin said the performance of players like White, Tom Pyatt and Sergei Kostitstyn rendered Chipchura redundant.

Pre-Game Notes Scott Gomez and Matt D'Agostini return to the lineup tonight after being out with injuries.

There was a ton of free-agent movement in Montreal last summer, what with the team letting several core players fly the coop and replacing them with the likes of Mike Cammalleri and Brian Gionta.

Nov. 23, 2009, was a tumultuous day for the Montreal Canadiens. Golden boy Guillaume Latendresse was traded for Benoit Pouliot, and enfant terrible Sergei Kostitsyn was called up from Hamilton, ending a 20-game penitentiary in the minors for the disgruntled forward.

It's difficult to stop Alexander Ovechkin, but the Montreal Canadiens did their best to contain the Russian superstar and his offensive-minded Washington Capitals teammates Saturday night before losing 4-3 in a shootout.

" The last thing the Canadiens need is another injury and that's why head coach Jacques Martin will be holding his breath as he awaits an update on the condition of Max Pacioretty.

Grit and determination will take you only so far. That was the problem for the Montreal Canadiens on Wednesday night, as they dropped a 3-1 decision to the Stanley Cup-champion Pittsburgh Penguins.

The Montreal Canadiens traded one problem child for another Monday, sending Guillaume Latendresse and his unfulfilled potential to the Minnesota Wild for Benoit Pouliot, who arrives in Montreal with even more unfulfilled potential.

Marc-Andre Bergeron scored twice, including the go-ahead goal 4:56 into the third period, as the Montreal Canadiens scored three times in the third to get by the Columbus Blue Jackets, 5-3, at the Bell Centre.

A quarter of the Habs' season has already passed us by. Optimism hardly abounds when we talk about the team and, with a mediocre 9-11 record, there is no reason it should.

Pavel Datsyuk and Henrik Zetterberg scored on Detroit's first two shootout attempts to give the Red Wings a 3-2 win over the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday night.

Habs withstand Caps advances Montreal Canadiens' Tomas Plekanec, right, of the Czech Republic, scores a goal on Washington Capitals goalie Michal Neuvirth , of the Czech Republic, during the second period on an NHL hockey game Friday, Nov.

A lot of teams in the NHL still have a hard time finding and drafting the right prospect.

Wow! Andrei Kostitsyn scored with just over two minutes left in the third period to tie the game.