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Max Pacioretty broke a long goal drought to help the Montreal Canadiens end a five-game losing streak. Paul Byron scored in a shootout and Montreal beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 2-1 on Thursday night. Pacioretty scored in regulation for Montreal in its first victory since Dec. 22. Continue to Article

January 05, 2018 12:04:am EST

With trade speculation swirling and his offensive game sputtering, Montreal Canadiens captain Max Pacioretty finally busted out of a career-long goal drought on Thursday. With the trade winds blowing hard in Montreal and GM Marc Bergevin’s recent not-so-grand transaction history worrying fans, it was ironic that Pacioretty’s slump-busting tally came off an (unintentional) feed from Mikhail Sergachev, the young stud of a blueliner whom he shipped to Tampa this season for Jonathan Drouin – who hasn’t had nearly the impact during his first season in Montreal as the team thought he would. It wasn’t the Sergachev-to-Pacioretty type play Canadiens fans were wishing to see over the next decade, and the possibility of neither player being a part of the organization by season’s end is a very real. Continue to Article

January 04, 2018 11:38:pm EST

Shea Weber and Filip Forsberg were once All-Stars together for the Nashville Predators. The 32-year-old hasn’t played since Dec. 16, when the Canadiens fell to the Ottawa Senators during the 100 NHL Classic. Habs Eyes on the Prize notes that Weber would miss 16 games in a row if he manages to play in Montreal’s first game after that break, which would be on Jan. 30. Continue to Article

January 03, 2018 6:39:pm EST

Montreal Canadiens captain Pacioretty has hit the 30-goal mark in five of his past six seasons. This year, he'll be lucky to reach 20. Continue to Article

January 02, 2018 3:30:pm EST

Max Pacioretty has been through the rigamarole of an NHL season before. “I’ve gone through ups and downs, but never this low,” Pacioretty told the Montreal Gazette. “If it happens, it happens,” Pacioretty said, responding to the trade rumors that have engulfed him since a report on Saturday from Sportsnet said the Canadiens were shopping their captain. Continue to Article

January 02, 2018 12:35:pm EST