The Canadiens host the Flyers Tonight At the Bell Center

The Flyers will play in Montreal tonight for the first time since defeating the Canadiens in Game 5 in may to see the Canadiens Cup Run end. The Habs fans for sure won't provide a warm welcome to the Flyers. "It's in the back of your mind that it's still the team that put us out last year and you're going to have a little bit of a grudge, but it's a new year," Montreal goalie Carey Price said after making 29 saves in October's victory in Philadelphia who are 5-6-4 this season. As it stands right now the Canadiens sit in the fourth spot in the Eastern Conference with a impressive 9-3-2 record.

Price has won all four regular-season games he played against the Flyers while having a 1.75 goals-against average, but was 1-3 with a 4.13 GAA in the playoff series.Price got his first shutout of the season against the Senators, he followed that game with a 6-1 lose to the Bruins in Boston."They had more of a fight and they put in the effort, and we didn't," said Price, who has a 3.45 GAA on the road compared to 1.69 at home.

The Flyers are coming of a 5-4 shootout lose to the Penguins in Pittsburgh. They put up a good fight down three goals to tie it but came up short in the Shootout. "The encouraging thing was we were able to come back against a good team," coach John Stevens said. Flyers coach John Stevens wants his team to play tougher. "Late in the (third) period we were doing a lot of good things, and then one mistake against a team that's very opportunistic and it's 4-4," said center Mike Richards, who has a seven-game point streak. "It's a tough way to lose a game in a Shootout."

The Puck Drop for tonight's game will be at 7:08 on CBC Montreal,and RDS.

Written BY Andrew Di Pardo

Habs get Blown Out 6-1 by the Bruins

Last night in Boston the Bruins enjoyed a 6-1 victory over the Montreal Canadiens and snapped there 12 game regular Season losing drought."You lose 12 in a row in the regular season, you question yourself and take a mental beating," Bruins coach Claude Julien said. "After the playoffs last season and how we've played against them this season, I don't think there is a complex anymore."The Canadiens offense played great but Manny Fernandez wasn't letting them score in other words robing them.As for the Canadiens devence there mental focus was not there last night.

"They'd gone a lot of games against us without a win and we just weren't ready, for whatever reason," Koivu said."I think they just wanted it more," Canadiens goalie Carey Price said. "They had more of a fight and they put in the effort, and we didn't."

The Boston Bruins Goaltender Manny Fernandez made 27 saves in the victory.As for the Canadiens Goaltender Carey Price made 25 saves in the 6-1 lose.

The Habs were down 4-0 until Habs captain Saku Koivu scored his 6th goal of the Season with 6:26 left in the second. "They'd gone a lot of games against us without a win and we just weren't ready, for whatever reason," Koivu said.

The Habs next game will be against the Flyers on Saturday at the Bell Center.

Written by Andrew Di Pardo

The Montreal Canadiens Visit The Boston Bruins Tonight

The Bruins are coming of a 2-1 Shootout win in Chicago. They Will hope for the same result on home ice against the Montreal Canadiens.Tim Thomas made 32 saves in last night's win. Thomas also stopped a penalty shot in overtime on Chicago's Patrick Sharp. Boston improved to 7-1-0 record in its last eight. Blake Wheeler scored in the shootout to give the Bruins a 1-0 lead. P.J. Axelsson also scored in the shootout to give the Boston Bruins a 2-1 victory over Chicago last night.

The Canadiens will look for the exact result that they archived against the Senators. They played a hard game all the way through and Carey Price got a shutout. If the Canadiens win tonight they will go ahead of the Sabers by a single point.

Next Season the Canadiens will be losing ten players(if they don't sign then)to UFA: including forwards Saku Koivu, Alex Tanguay, Alex Kovalev, Robert Lang and defenceman Mike Komisarek.The Canadiens are at the salary cap right now so that means next summer they're going to have to make some tough decisions.

Written BY Andrew Di Pardo

Price and Higgins break Canadiens Losing streak

Last Night at the Bell Center Higgins Scored his first Career Hat-Trick."I've come close a few times," Higgins said after his 3 goal Hat-Trick which led the Canadiens to a 4-0 NHL victory over the Ottawa Senators last night. "I hit the post a few times trying to get one.For it to go in was nice, especially here in front of our fans."

Guillaume Latendresse also scored for the Canadiens in there 4-0 win.Carey Price made 28 saves for the Northeast Division leaders the Montreal Canadiens who have a 9-2-2 Record.Guy Carbonneau had a few words to say about the game."this was the best 60 minutes we've played this Season."He told the Press.

Chris Higgins dedicated his hat-trick to his mother Susan."My dad gets a lot of credit for where I am right now in hockey but my mom's the heart of the family and this is for her," he said.

Last season, Ottawa was 5-3-0 against Montreal, but lost the last two games against the Canadiens.Tom Kostopoulos served the first of his three-game suspension for a so called dirty hit from behind on Toronto's Mike Van Ryn. Steve Begin and Patrice Brisebois were scratches for Montreal in last night's game against Ottawa. Luke Richardson was scratched from Ottawa's lineup.

Ruttu laded a dirty hit on Montreal Forward Maximum Lapierre.Carbonneau said he hopes the NHL reviews the incident because "it was a shot to the head."

Rutu was sent to the dressing room with a 10-minute misconduct for talking to Lapierre on the bench, and waved to the braying crowd as he left the ice."They cheered for me, so why not thank them," said Ruttu. "I want to be black or white - love me or hate me. I don't want to be a gray area."

The Canadiens next game will be tomorrow against the Bruins.

Written By Andrew Di Pardo

Ottowa Senators A.t Montreal Canadiens:Tom Kostopoulos Suspended Plus Jason Spezza Needs to Play Better Acording to Senators Coach

The NHL has suspended the Canadiens forward Tom Kostopoulos for 3 games today for a hit on the Leafs defenceman Mike Van Ryn on Saturday's 6-3 losse.Some people say it's a dirty hit because it was a hit from behind but according to Mark Messier Kostopoulos was just doing his job.

"Kostopoulos was just finishing off a body check,This would have never happened if the NHL would have never have took out the touch and grab rule."Mark Messier told the Fan 590.

Kostopoulos had a few words to say to the media.

"First and foremost, I sincerely regret the injuries suffered by Mike Van Ryn,''Kostopoulos said in a statement. ''This is an unfortunate turn of events. I was just trying to get in on the forecheck and get the puck. I didn't anticipate him turning and couldn't stop. I was trying to finish my check and obviously it did not end up well. I never intend on injuring another player. I feel bad. I hope he is going to be all right and resume playing as quickly as possible.''

Van Ryn got a concussion, a broken nose, a broken bone in his hand and a cut to his forehead from the Kostopoulos HIT. He is out for a month.

Craig Hartsburg wants Spezza to play better.

''That was yesterday, we've moved on,'' Hartsburg said following Monday's morning skate. "We've talked yesterday and he knows he has to play better, and he will play better.''

Craig Hartsburg told Jason Spezza he will not be on the same line as Danny Heatly and or Daniel Alfredsson.

"I have no problem with the way Dany Heatley's working and competing. I think Jason needs to play a better game," Hartsburg told the Ottawa Sun on Sunday. "We certainly need Jason to be our best player. That's what he's supposed to be: be one of our best players every night. He has got so much talent and his size and everything.If he shows more consistency in his work and his competing, he should be a dominant player."

Dany Heatley Will be playing on the first line, Daniel Alfredsson on the Second Line,And Jason Spezza on the third Line.

The Puck drop will be Tomorrow at 7:08 On TSN or RDS.

Written By Andrew Di Pardo

Habs lose 2 straight

The Leafs scored 3 power-play goals to defeat the Canadiens 6-3 in the 2008 Hall of Fame Game.Former Canadiens forward Mikhail Grabovski scored his first career goal against the Canadiens tonight and registered 3 assist tonight at the Air Canada Center.

Grabovski blast a quick shot by former teammate Carey Price to make it 2-0 at 1:48 in the 2nd period.He was in the penalty box for goaltender interference when Lang got the Habs on the score board 3 minutes later.

About 2 minutes later Plekanec scoreda power-play goal at 9:59 in the 2nd period and tied the game.

Hagman for the leafs scored 1 minute later and then abot 2:50 minutes later Koivu scored for the Canadiens before Antropov put the Leafs up 4-3 at 16:27 in the 2nd.At 2:49 into the 3rd period Kazak put yet another shot in the net for Toronto that made the score be 5-3.They would add 1 more goal to win the game 6-3.

The Habs record is now 8-2-2 as for the Leafs they are 6-5-4.

The Habs next game will be against ottowa on Tuesday.

Written By Andrew Di Pardo

The Canadiens will look to go back to there winning ways tonight against the Leafs

The Canadiens have the least amount of regulation loses in the NHL and have played very good on the road.They will look to continue their winning ways tonight in Toronto against a struggling club the Toronto Maple Leafs.They will look to get the same result they got the last time these two teams met the final score in that game was 6-1 in favor the Canadiens.

The Canadiens (8-1-2) are completing a four-game road trip. Their 4-0-2 road record matches Buffalo's for the best in the Eastern Conference.

Anyway the Canadiens needed Sergei Kostitsyn's goal with just 41 seconds left in the 3rd period to avoid its first regulation road loss of the season Friday in Columbus. The Canadiens however ended up losing 4-3 in a shootout.

"We turned the puck over a few times in the neutral zone, and they took advantage of it," Canadiens coach Guy Carbonneau said.

Jaroslav Halak started in Friday's game so Carey Price would be have the night of to be ready to playagainst Toronto.

Carey Price has won four of his last five starts against the Maple Leafs. He is 6-1-1 this season with a 2.17 goals-against average, the same career GAA he has versus Toronto.


Written By Andrew Di Pardo

Habs fall in Shootout

Kristian Huselius and Derick Brassard scored the only goals in the shootout to lead the Columbus Blue Jackets to a 4-3 win on home ice tonight night and ended Montreal's 3 game win streak.In the shootout Huselius scored on Canadiens goaltender Jaroslav Halak he decked than shot it under the right pad of Halak.

"Yeah, I knew which move I wanted to do," Brassard said. "When I got the puck, I was going to make another move, then I said, 'No, no, keep with the same move."

Mason improved to 2-0 in his NHL career since being called up November 4th as reaplacement for injured goalie Pascal Leclaire. Mason stopped 34 shots against the Canadiens tonight, who came in with one of the best offences and best records in the NHL.

Mason started in 2 games this season and he won both starts.

"It's definitely pretty exciting," he said. "Two wins in two games I can't complain about that.It's a lot of fun playing in shootouts, especially when you come out on the winning end," he said. "Fortunately for us we scored on two great shots. For a goaltender, when your team is up 2-0, it definitely gives you confidence to make that last save."

The Habs next game will be against the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday November 8th 2008.

Written by Andrew Di Pardo

Habs Organization for Sale?

The rumors about the Habs being moved to another city was quickly denied by owner George Gillett.He bought the Canadiens Organization and the Bell Center for $185 million US in 2001.

"Never, ever, whether in the past or now, have we considered selling or maintained in discussions about selling the team.My office does get inquiries from time to time but since the team is not for sale, there have been no negotiations."Gillett told La Presse.


"The team is not for sale period,"Canadiens spokesperson told TSN. "End of conversation." When asked by TSN to respond to the report, Balsillie's lawyer Rich Rodier said, "absolutely not, it couldn't be farther from the truth, there is nothing to it zero."

Why would the Canadiens sell there Organization short so early if they only played 100 seasons.In my opinion I don't think George Gillett will be selling his Organization any time soon.As a fact the Canadiens have been ranked the 3rd most valuable franchise in the NHL.

Written By:Andrew Di Pardo

Habs look for 4th straight win on Friday Against the Blue Jackets

The Montreal Canadiens will look for there 4th straight win of the Season on Friday.

Carey Price will start in goal for the Habs on Friday.Carey Price is 6-1-1 in 7 games this season. The Canadiens expectations for this season is to capture there 25th Stanley Cup.


Pascal Leclaire will start in goal for the Jackets on Friday.Leclaire is 3-4-0 in 7 games this season. He will look for his 4th win of the season by winning the game against the Canadiens.


In other Habs news they have signed forward David Desharnais to a two-year contract.

The last game the Habs played against this team the Habs lost 6-4 at the Bell Center they will look for a better result on Friday.

Written By Andrew Di Pardo

CANADIENS ANNOUNCED THAT THERE WILL BE AN ALL-STAR FAN BALLOTING ON NOVEMBER 12th 2008

6 Players from the All-Star host the Montreal Canadiens and the Detroit Red Wings are named on a ballot for the NHL All-Star game.

The Habs have Goaltender Carey Price, defencemen Andrei Markov and Mike Komisarek and forwards Saku Koivu, Alex Kovalev and Alex Tanguay are the Canadiens picks for the ballot.

The Red Wings have goalie Chris Osgood, defencemen Nik Lidstrom and Brian Rafalski and forwards Pavel Datsyuk, Henrik Zetterberg and Marian Hossa are the picks for the ballot.

Voting begins Nov. 12 for the lineups for the game between the Eastern and the Western Conferences teams. Fans can vote at Vote.NHL.com.

These Are the Players entered in the Ballot:


EASTERN CONFERENCE
Goaltenders
PLAYER TEAM
Martin Biron Philadelphia Flyers
Martin Brodeur New Jersey Devils
Rick DiPietro New York Islanders
Marc-Andre Fleury Pittsburgh Penguins
Kari Lehtonen Atlanta Thrashers
Henrik Lundqvist New York Rangers
Ryan Miller Buffalo Sabres
Carey Price Montreal Canadiens
Vesa Toskala Toronto Maple Leafs
Tomas Vokoun Florida Panthers

Defencemen
PLAYER TEAM
Jay Bouwmeester Florida Panthers
Zdeno Chara Boston Bruins
Sergei Gonchar Pittsburgh Penguins
Mike Green Washington Capitals
Tomas Kaberle Toronto Maple Leafs
Mike Komisarek Montreal Canadiens
Andrei Markov Montreal Canadiens
Teppo Numminen Buffalo Sabres
Chris Phillips Ottawa Senators
Wade Redden New York Rangers
Kimmo Timonen Philadelphia Flyers
Ryan Whitney Pittsburgh Penguins
Forwards
PLAYER TEAM
Daniel Alfredsson Ottawa Senators
Patrice Bergeron Boston Bruins
Daniel Briere Philadelphia Flyers
Rod Brind'Amour Carolina Hurricanes
Sidney Crosby Pittsburgh Penguins
Chris Drury New York Rangers
Patrik Elias New Jersey Devils
Simon Gagne Philadelphia Flyers
Scott Gomez New York Rangers
Dany Heatley Ottawa Senators
Trent Hunter New York Islanders
Saku Koivu Montreal Canadiens
Ilya Kovalchuk Atlanta Thrashers
Alex Kovalev Montreal Canadiens
Vincent Lecavalier Tampa Bay Lightning
Evgeni Malkin Pittsburgh Penguins
Markus Naslund New York Rangers
Alex Ovechkin Washington Capitals
Zach Parise New Jersey Devils
Mike Richards Philadelphia Flyers
Brian Rolston New Jersey Devils
Derek Roy Buffalo Sabres
Martin St. Louis Tampa Bay Lightning
Marc Savard Boston Bruins
Alexander Semin Washington Capitals
Jason Spezza Ottawa Senators
Eric Staal Carolina Hurricanes
Alex Tanguay Montreal Canadiens
Thomas Vanek Buffalo Sabres
Ray Whitney Carolina Hurricanes

WESTERN CONFERENCE
Goaltenders
PLAYER TEAM
Niklas Backstrom Minnesota Wild
Ilya Bryzgalov Phoenix Coyotes
J.S. Giguere Anaheim Ducks
Miikka Kiprusoff Calgary Flames
Pascal Leclaire Columbus Blue Jackets
Roberto Luongo Vancouver Canucks
Evgeni Nabokov San Jose Sharks
Chris Osgood Detroit Red Wings
Marty Turco Dallas Stars

Defencemen
PLAYER TEAM
Rob Blake San Jose Sharks
Dan Boyle San Jose Sharks
Brent Burns Minnesota Wild
Brian Campbell Chicago Blackhawks
Nicklas Lidstrom Detroit Red Wings
Scott Niedermayer Anaheim Ducks
Dion Phaneuf Calgary Flames
Chris Pronger Anaheim Ducks
Brian Rafalski Detroit Red Wings
Robyn Regehr Calgary Flames
Sheldon Souray Edmonton Oilers
Shea Weber Nashville Predatorss

Forwards
PLAYER TEAM
Jason Arnott Nashville Predators
Brad Boyes St. Louis Blues
Dustin Brown Los Angeles Kings
Pavel Datsyuk Detroit Red Wings
Shane Doan Phoenix Coyotes
Marian Gaborik Minnesota Wild
Ryan Getzlaf Anaheim Ducks
Milan Hejduk Colorado Avalanche
Ales Hemsky Edmonton Oilers
Shawn Horcoff Edmonton Oilers
Marian Hossa Detroit Red Wings
Jarome Iginla Calgary Flames
Olli Jokinen Phoenix Coyotes
Patrick Kane Chicago Blackhawks
Paul Kariya St. Louis Blues
Mikko Koivu Minnesota Wild
Anze Kopitar Los Angeles Kings
Patrick Marleau San Jose Sharks
Mike Modano Dallas Stars
Brenden Morrow Dallas Stars
Rick Nash Columbus Blue Jackets
Mike Ribeiro Dallas Stars
Brad Richards Dallas Stars
Joe Sakic Colorado Avalanche
Daniel Sedin Vancouver Canucks
Henrik Sedins Vancouver Canucks
Paul Stastny Colorado Avalanche
Joe Thornton San Jose Sharks
Keith Tkachuk St. Louis Blues
Jonathan Toews Chicago Blackhawks
Henrik Zetterberg Detroit Red Wings

Written by:Andrew Di Pardo

Habs complete yet another comeback

Montreal took a 1-0 lead 2 minutes in the first period when Kovalev scored from Plekanec's pass in the slot.

New York tied it 2 minutes later on a power play when Streit scored from the blue line slapshot that beat Price.

After playing terrible in the first 40 minutes, the Canadiens were down 4-1 but not ready to give up just yet. They rallyed for four goals in the third period to complete yet another comeback with a 5-4 win against the New York Islanders tonight at the Nassau Coliseum.

Alex Kovalev scored the game winning goal with less than five minutes remaining in the third giving the Canadiens a third straight win.Kovalev finished off a great night he scored 2 goals and had 2 assists.

Carey Price made 27 saves in the win.Tomas Plekanec got 2 goals and 2 asisst tonight.

The Islanders have not won a game in six games since a 4-3 overtime victory at Tampa Bay on Oct. 16. Danis, who played at one time with the Canadiens stopped 27 shots.

The Habs next game will be on next friday against Columbus.


Written By Andrew Di Pardo

Habs At Islanders:VAKLENTENKO HAB PLAYER NO-MORE

Montreals draft pick Pavel Valentenko has signed a three-year deal with Dynamo Moscow of the KHL league.Valentenko was not happey that the Canadiens had assigned him to the Hamilton Bulldogs of the AHL league.

"Valentenko has been supporting his family since he was 15, and took a pay cut to pursue his NHL dream when he signed with Montreal before the 2007-08 season."Hedges said.

"His goal was to play in the NHL, but financially, playing in the AHL wasn't cutting it," said Hedges. "He was very upset at doing this.

"He came over here to make the NHL. He didn't just run home. He had to do it. He knows he shouldn't have done what he did contractually, but he had to. It's not a Radulov situation."

The Islanders will look to snap a 5 game windless streak with a win tonight but really is it possible just look at who won more games from this match-up last season. The Canadiens were 4-0-0 against the Islanders last season.

The Islanders have been playing without there number 1 goalie Rick DiPietro (who has a lower-body injury), and have allowed 16 goals in their last four games. New York lost 3-2 in overtime against Philadelphia on Thursday night.

Islanders coach Scott Gordon was not upset by the loss.

"I told our guys that it was just like a tie," Gordon said. "The secondary point would have just been a bonus. It is more about the 60-minute body of work that we put together. Tonight, our guys played a good hockey game."

Gorden is yet to realize that teams miss the Playoffs by a point.

Written By Andrew Di Pardo