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A Montreal Canadiens team struggling for answers in the early going this season got a bit of a boost on Monday. Goaltender Carey Price returned to practice on Monday morning in Montreal, a welcome sign for a team struggling to stop pucks and desperate to start winning as they wallow in the depths of the Eastern Conference. #Habs Price spent about 12 minutes receiving shots by Stéphane Waite. Continue to Article

November 20, 2017 2:00:pm EST

The 2017-18 season isn’t even two months old, and the Montreal Canadiens already find themselves at a crossroads. The Canadiens, who are 8-11-2 after three straight losses to Columbus, Arizona and Toronto, have over $7 million in cap space, but they have nowhere to use it. Clearly, losing Andrei Markov and Alexander Radulov (for nothing) hurt this edition of the Canadiens. Continue to Article

November 19, 2017 8:09:pm EST

It took Auston Matthews only two periods to get into his groove. Back after missing four games with an upper body injury, Matthews scored twice in the third period to help the Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Montreal Canadiens 6-0 Saturday night for their sixth straight win. Ron Hainsey and Nazem Kadri scored 37 seconds apart in the second period, and James van Riemsdyk and Connor Brown also scored for Toronto. Continue to Article

November 19, 2017 12:01:am EST

On Saturday night the Toronto Maple Leafs didn’t need any magic from Auston Matthews. In a 6-0 win over the Montreal Canadiens, the 20-year-old scored twice to announce with some level of certainty that he’s ready to make a difference after missing four games with an upper-body injury. The Maple Leafs went 4-0-0 in his absence, but there’s no wrong time to get a superstar back – and it appears Matthews is back. Continue to Article

November 18, 2017 10:08:pm EST