2019–20 Montreal Canadiens season

The 2019–20 Montreal Canadiens season was the 111th season for the franchise that was established on December 4, 1909, and their 103rd season as a franchise in the National Hockey League.

2019–20 Montreal Canadiens
Division	5th Atlantic
Conference	12th Eastern
2019–20 record	31–31–9
Home record	14–17–6
Road record	17–14–3
Goals for	212
Goals against	221
Team information
General manager	Marc Bergevin
Coach	Claude Julien Kirk Muller (interim, Aug. 13 – Aug. 21)[1]
Captain	Shea Weber
Alternate captains	Paul Byron Brendan Gallagher
Arena	Bell Centre
Average attendance	21,085 (98.9%)[2]
Minor league affiliate(s)	Laval Rocket (AHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Brendan Gallagher Tomas Tatar (22)
Assists	Tomas Tatar (39)
Points	Tomas Tatar (61)
Penalty minutes	Ben Chiarot (61)
Plus/minus	Phillip Danault (+18)
Wins	Carey Price (27)
Goals against average	Cayden Primeau (2.52)
← 2018–19 2020–21 →

As a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the season was suspended by league officials on March 12, 2020, after several other professional and collegiate sports organizations likewise followed suit.^[3][4] On May 26, the NHL regular season was officially declared over with all remaining games being cancelled.^[5] The Canadiens would advance to the playoffs for the first time since the 2016–17 season, defeating the Pittsburgh Penguins in the qualifying round, but were eliminated by the Philadelphia Flyers in the first round in six games.^[6]

Standings

Divisional standings

Atlantic Division

Pos	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	p – Boston Bruins	70	44	14	12	38	227	174	+53	100
2	Tampa Bay Lightning	70	43	21	6	35	245	195	+50	92
3	Toronto Maple Leafs	70	36	25	9	28	238	227	+11	81
4	Florida Panthers	69	35	26	8	30	231	228	+3	78
5	Montreal Canadiens	71	31	31	9	19	212	221	−9	71
6	Buffalo Sabres	69	30	31	8	22	195	217	−22	68
7	Ottawa Senators	71	25	34	12	18	191	243	−52	62
8	Detroit Red Wings	71	17	49	5	13	145	267	−122	39

Source: National Hockey League^[7]
p – Clinched Presidents' Trophy

Eastern Conference

Pos	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	PCT	Qualification
1	Boston Bruins	70	44	14	12	38	227	174	+53	.714	Advance to Seeding round-robin tournament[8]
2	Tampa Bay Lightning	70	43	21	6	35	245	195	+50	.657
3	Washington Capitals	69	41	20	8	31	240	215	+25	.652
4	Philadelphia Flyers	69	41	21	7	31	232	196	+36	.645
5	Pittsburgh Penguins	69	40	23	6	29	224	196	+28	.623	Advance to 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs qualifying round[8]
6	Carolina Hurricanes	68	38	25	5	27	222	193	+29	.596
7	New York Islanders	68	35	23	10	24	192	193	−1	.588
8	Toronto Maple Leafs	70	36	25	9	28	238	227	+11	.579
9	Columbus Blue Jackets	70	33	22	15	25	180	187	−7	.579
10	Florida Panthers	69	35	26	8	30	231	228	+3	.565
11	New York Rangers	70	37	28	5	31	234	222	+12	.564
12	Montreal Canadiens	71	31	31	9	19	212	221	−9	.500
13	Buffalo Sabres	69	30	31	8	22	195	217	−22	.493
14	New Jersey Devils	69	28	29	12	22	189	230	−41	.493
15	Ottawa Senators	71	25	34	12	18	191	243	−52	.437
16	Detroit Red Wings	71	17	49	5	13	145	267	−122	.275

Source: National Hockey League^[9]

Schedule and results

Preseason

The preseason schedule was published on June 18, 2019.^[10]

2019 preseason game log: 5–2–0 (Home: 4–1–0 ; Road: 1–1–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1	September 16	New Jersey	2–4	Montreal		Primeau	19,080	1–0–0	[11]
2	September 18[a]	Florida	3–4	Montreal		Lindgren	3,500	2–0–0	[12]
3	September 19	Florida	4–5	Montreal	SO	Price	19,101	3–0–0	[13]
4	September 21	Montreal	4–0	Ottawa		Kinkaid	11,185	4–0–0	[14]
5	September 23	Toronto	3–0	Montreal		Lindgren	–	4–1–0	[15]
6	September 25	Montreal	0–3	Toronto		Kinkaid	18,863	4–2–0	[16]
7	September 28	Ottawa	3–4	Montreal	OT	Price	20,746	5–2–0	[17]
Notes: a Game played at K. C. Irving Regional Centre in Bathurst, New Brunswick as part of Kraft Hockeyville.

Regular season

The regular season schedule was released on June 25, 2019.^[18]

2019–20 game log
October: 7–4–2 (Home: 3–3–0 ; Road: 4–1–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 3 Montreal 3–4 Carolina SO Price 18,680 0–0–1 1 [19] 2 October 5 Montreal 6–5 Toronto SO Price 19,547 1–0–1 3 [20] 3 October 9 Montreal 4–5 Buffalo OT Kinkaid 15,383 1–0–2 4 [21] 4 October 10 Detroit 4–2 Montreal Price 21,302 1–1–2 4 [22] 5 October 12 St. Louis 3–6 Montreal Price 21,302 2–1–2 6 [23] 6 October 15 Tampa Bay 3–1 Montreal Price 20,406 2–2–2 6 [24] 7 October 17 Minnesota 0–4 Montreal Price 20,419 3–2–2 8 [25] 8 October 19 Montreal 5–2 St. Louis Price 18,096 4–2–2 10 [26] 9 October 20 Montreal 3–4 Minnesota Kinkaid 17,344 4–3–2 10 [27] 10 October 24 San Jose 4–2 Montreal Price 21,052 4–4–2 10 [28] 11 October 26 Toronto 2–5 Montreal Price 21,302 5–4–2 12 [29] 12 October 30 Montreal 4–1 Arizona Price 14,004 6–4–2 14 [30] 13 October 31 Montreal 5–4 Vegas OT Kinkaid 18,035 7–4–2 16 [31]
November: 4–5–4 (Home: 3–3–3 ; Road: 1–2–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 14 November 2 Montreal 1–4 Dallas Price 18,532 7–5–2 16 [32] 15 November 5 Boston 4–5 Montreal Price 21,302 8–5–2 18 [33] 16 November 7 Montreal 2–3 Philadelphia OT Price 16,788 8–5–3 19 [34] 17 November 9 Los Angeles 2–3 Montreal Price 21,302 9–5–3 21 [35] 18 November 12 Columbus 2–3 Montreal SO Price 20,758 10–5–3 23 [36] 19 November 15 Montreal 5–2 Washington Price 18,573 11–5–3 25 [37] 20 November 16 New Jersey 4–3 Montreal OT Kinkaid 21,016 11–5–4 26 [38] 21 November 19 Montreal 2–5 Columbus Price 14,118 11–6–4 26 [39] 22 November 20 Ottawa 2–1 Montreal OT Price 20,862 11–6–5 27 [40] 23 November 23 NY Rangers 6–5 Montreal Price 21,302 11–7–5 27 [41] 24 November 26 Boston 8–1 Montreal Price 21,302 11–8–5 27 [42] 25 November 28 New Jersey 6–4 Montreal Price 20,876 11–9–5 27 [43] 26 November 30 Philadelphia 4–3 Montreal OT Kinkaid 21,213 11–9–6 28 [44]
December: 7–7–0 (Home: 2–2–0 ; Road: 5–5–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 27 December 1 Montreal 1–3 Boston Price 17,850 11–10–6 28 [45] 28 December 3 NY Islanders 2–4 Montreal Price 20,440 12–10–6 30 [46] 29 December 5 Colorado 3–2 Montreal Primeau 21,302 12–11–6 30 [47] 30 December 6 Montreal 2–1 NY Rangers Price 17,354 13–11–6 32 [48] 31 December 10 Montreal 4–1 Pittsburgh Price 18,422 14–11–6 34 [49] 32 December 11 Ottawa 2–3 Montreal OT Primeau 21,055 15–11–6 36 [50] 33 December 14 Detroit 2–1 Montreal Price 21,302 15–12–6 36 [51] 34 December 17 Montreal 3–1 Vancouver Price 18,788 16–12–6 38 [52] 35 December 19 Montreal 4–3 Calgary OT Price 19,172 17–12–6 40 [53] 36 December 21 Montreal 3–4 Edmonton Price 18,347 17–13–6 40 [54] 37 December 23 Montreal 6–2 Winnipeg Price 15,325 18–13–6 42 [55] 38 December 28 Montreal 4–5 Tampa Bay Price 19,092 18–14–6 42 [56] 39 December 29 Montreal 5–6 Florida Price 19,651 18–15–6 42 [57] 40 December 31 Montreal 1–3 Carolina Lindgren 18,680 18–16–6 42 [58]
January: 5–6–1 (Home: 2–5–1 ; Road: 3–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 41 January 2 Tampa Bay 2–1 Montreal Price 20,904 18–17–6 42 [59] 42 January 4 Pittsburgh 3–2 Montreal OT Price 21,302 18–17–7 43 [60] 43 January 6 Winnipeg 3–2 Montreal Price 20,882 18–18–7 43 [61] 44 January 7 Montreal 3–4 Detroit Lindgren 17,538 18–19–7 43 [62] 45 January 9 Edmonton 4–2 Montreal Price 21,302 18–20–7 43 [63] 46 January 11 Montreal 2–1 Ottawa OT Price 18,088 19–20–7 45 [64] 47 January 13 Calgary 0–2 Montreal Price 20,790 20–20–7 47 [65] 48 January 15 Chicago 4–1 Montreal Lindgren 21,302 20–21–7 47 [66] 49 January 16 Montreal 4–1 Philadelphia Price 17,377 21–21–7 49 [67] 50 January 18 Vegas 4–5 Montreal SO Price 21,302 22–21–7 51 [68] 51 January 27 Washington 4–2 Montreal Price 21,302 22–22–7 51 [69] 52 January 30 Montreal 3–1 Buffalo Price 16,604 23–22–7 53 [70]
February: 7–6–2 (Home: 4–3–2 ; Road: 3–3–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 53 February 1 Florida 0–4 Montreal Price 21,302 24–22–7 55 [71] 54 February 2 Columbus 4–3 Montreal Price 21,302 24–23–7 55 [72] 55 February 4 Montreal 5–4 New Jersey SO Lindgren 13,283 25–23–7 57 [73] 56 February 6 Anaheim 2–3 Montreal OT Price 20,896 26–23–7 59 [74] 57 February 8 Toronto 1–2 Montreal OT Price 21,302 27–23–7 61 [75] 58 February 10 Arizona 3–2 Montreal Price 20,789 27–24–7 61 [76] 59 February 12 Montreal 1–4 Boston Price 17,850 27–25–7 61 [77] 60 February 14 Montreal 1–4 Pittsburgh Price 18,650 27–26–7 61 [78] 61 February 15 Dallas 4–3 Montreal OT Price 21,302 27–26–8 62 [79] 62 February 18 Montreal 3–4 Detroit Price 18,947 27–27–8 62 [80] 63 February 20 Montreal 4–3 Washington OT Price 18,573 28–27–8 64 [81] 64 February 22 Montreal 3–0 Ottawa Price 18,374 29–27–8 66 [82] 65 February 25 Vancouver 4–3 Montreal OT Price 21,187 29–27–9 67 [83] 66 February 27 NY Rangers 5–2 Montreal Price 20,946 29–28–9 67 [84] 67 February 29 Carolina 3–4 Montreal OT Lindgren 21,207 30–28–9 69 [85]
March: 1–3–0 (Home: 0–1–0 ; Road: 1–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 68 March 3 Montreal 6–2 NY Islanders Price 12,788 31–28–9 71 [86] 69 March 5 Montreal 0–4 Tampa Bay Price 19,092 31–29–9 71 [87] 70 March 7 Montreal 1–4 Florida Lindgren 17,873 31–30–9 71 [88] 71 March 10 Nashville 4–2 Montreal Price 21,021 31–31–9 71 [89]
Cancelled games # Date Visitor Home 72 March 12 Buffalo Montreal 73 March 15 Montreal Anaheim 74 March 17 Montreal Los Angeles 75 March 19 Montreal San Jose 76 March 21 Montreal Colorado 77 March 24 Buffalo Montreal 78 March 26 Florida Montreal 79 March 28 NY Islanders Montreal 80 March 31 Montreal Chicago 81 April 1 Montreal Nashville 82 April 4 Montreal Toronto
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Playoffs

Main article: 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs

The Canadiens defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins in the qualifying round in four games.^[90][91]

The Canadiens faced the Philadelphia Flyers in the first round,^[92] but were eliminated in six games.

2020 Stanley Cup playoffs
Eastern Conference Qualifying Round vs. (5) Pittsburgh Penguins: Montreal won 3–1 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Series Recap 1 August 1 Montreal 3–2 Pittsburgh OT Price 1–0 [93] 2 August 3 Montreal 1–3 Pittsburgh Price 1–1 [94] 3 August 5 Pittsburgh 3–4 Montreal Price 2–1 [95] 4 August 7 Pittsburgh 0–2 Montreal Price 3–1 [96]
Eastern Conference First Round vs. (1) Philadelphia Flyers: Philadelphia won 4–2 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Series Recap 1 August 12 Montreal 1–2 Philadelphia Price 0–1 [97] 2 August 14 Montreal 5–0 Philadelphia Price 1–1 [98] 3 August 16 Philadelphia 1–0 Montreal Price 1–2 [99] 4 August 18 Philadelphia 2–0 Montreal Price 1–3 [100] 5 August 19 Montreal 5–3 Philadelphia Price 2–3 [101] 6 August 21 Philadelphia 3–2 Montreal Price 2–4 [102]
Legend:   Win   Loss

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular season[103] Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Tomas Tatar 68 22 39 61 5 36 Phillip Danault 71 13 34 47 18 32 Max Domi 71 17 27 44 −3 35 Brendan Gallagher 59 22 21 43 9 29 Nick Suzuki 71 13 28 41 −15 6 Jeff Petry 71 11 29 40 −10 26 Shea Weber 65 15 21 36 8 33 Joel Armia 58 16 14 30 2 28 Artturi Lehkonen 70 13 14 27 2 24 Nick Cousins‡ 58 9 13 22 1 33 Ben Chiarot 69 9 12 21 5 61 Jordan Weal 49 8 7 15 −8 14 Jonathan Drouin 27 7 8 15 −6 14 Nate Thompson‡ 63 4 10 14 −2 21 Ilya Kovalchuk†‡ 22 6 7 13 6 2 Victor Mete 51 4 7 11 5 20 Paul Byron 29 4 6 10 5 4 Jesperi Kotkaniemi 36 6 2 8 −11 23 Brett Kulak 56 0 7 7 −1 12 Dale Weise 23 1 4 5 1 16 Mike Reilly‡ 14 0 4 4 2 6 Jake Evans 13 2 1 3 1 0 Marco Scandella†‡ 20 1 2 3 1 8 Christian Folin 16 1 1 2 −1 13 Charles Hudon 15 1 1 2 −9 0 Ryan Poehling 27 1 1 2 −4 4 Xavier Ouellet 12 0 2 2 0 4 Lukas Vejdemo 7 1 0 1 0 0 Cale Fleury 41 1 0 1 −4 6 Karl Alzner 4 0 0 0 −1 0 Gustav Olofsson 3 0 0 0 −4 2 Otto Leskinen 5 0 0 0 0 0 Matthew Peca‡ 5 0 0 0 −2 0 Riley Barber‡ 9 0 0 0 −1 2

Playoffs[104] Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Nick Suzuki 10 4 3 7 3 0 Jonathan Drouin 10 1 6 7 3 8 Shea Weber 10 3 2 5 3 16 Joel Armia 10 3 2 5 5 10 Jesperi Kotkaniemi 10 4 0 4 4 23 Paul Byron 10 1 3 4 4 6 Artturi Lehkonen 10 1 3 4 4 8 Brendan Gallagher 9 1 3 4 −1 2 Jeff Petry 10 2 1 3 1 6 Phillip Danault 10 1 2 3 −1 6 Brett Kulak 10 0 3 3 2 0 Max Domi 10 0 3 3 −2 8 Tomas Tatar 10 2 0 2 −1 4 Victor Mete 10 0 2 2 1 2 Ben Chiarot 10 0 2 2 2 12 Alex Belzile 6 0 1 1 1 0 Jake Evans 6 0 1 1 −1 0 Xavier Ouellet 10 0 1 1 2 14 Charles Hudon 2 0 0 0 0 0 Dale Weise 5 0 0 0 −1 2 Jordan Weal 2 0 0 0 0 0

Goaltenders

Regular season^[105]

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Carey Price	58	58	3,439:49	27	25	6	160	2.79	1,755	.909	4	0	0	6
Charlie Lindgren	6	6	360:51	2	4	0	20	3.33	178	.888	0	0	0	0
Cayden Primeau	2	2	119:06	1	1	0	5	2.52	72	.931	0	0	0	0
Keith Kinkaid	6	5	339:59	1	1	3	24	4.24	192	.875	0	0	0	0

Playoffs^[106]

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Carey Price	10	10	605:32	5	5	18	1.78	282	.936	2	0	0	0

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Canadiens. Stats reflect time with the Canadiens 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
Nick Cousins	Boarding Red Wings defenceman Mike Green	N/A	$2,688.17	January 8, 2020	[107]
Claude Julien	Inappropriate comments against officials during a postgame press conference	N/A	$10,000.00	February 17, 2020	[108]

Awards and honours

Awards

Regular season

Player	Award	Awarded	Ref
Shea Weber	NHL All-Star Game selection	December 30, 2019	[109]
Nick Suzuki	NHL All-Rookie Team selection	September 21, 2020	[110]

Milestones

Regular Season Player Milestone Reached Ref Cale Fleury 1st career NHL game October 3, 2019 [111] Nick Suzuki 1st career NHL game October 3, 2019 [111] Nick Suzuki 1st career NHL assist 1st career NHL point October 9, 2019 [112] Nate Thompson 700th career NHL game October 9, 2019 [113] Jonathan Drouin 200th career NHL point October 12, 2019 [114] Victor Mete 1st career NHL goal October 17, 2019 [115] Nick Suzuki 1st career NHL goal October 17, 2019 [115] Brendan Gallagher 300th career NHL point October 20, 2019 [116] Brendan Gallagher 500th career NHL game October 30, 2019 [117] Tomas Tatar 300th career NHL point November 9, 2019 [118] Shea Weber 100th career NHL powerplay goal November 9, 2019 [118] Phillip Danault 100th career NHL assist November 16, 2019 [119] Cale Fleury 1st career NHL goal 1st career NHL point November 16, 2019 [120] Otto Leskinen 1st career NHL game December 5, 2019 [121] Cayden Primeau 1st career NHL game December 5, 2019 [121] Phillip Danault 300th career NHL game December 11, 2019 [122] Cayden Primeau 1st career NHL win December 11, 2019 [123] Joel Armia 100th career NHL point December 17, 2019 [124] Jordan Weal 200th career NHL game December 29, 2019 [125] Lukas Vejdemo 1st career NHL game December 31, 2019 [126] Artturi Lehkonen 100th career NHL point January 4, 2020 [127] Ilya Kovalchuk 900th career NHL game January 9, 2020 [128] Nick Cousins 300th career NHL game January 13, 2020 [129] Dale Weise 500th career NHL game January 27, 2020 [130] Ryan Poehling 1st career NHL assist February 4, 2020 [131] Jake Evans 1st career NHL game February 6, 2020 [132] Brett Kulak 200th career NHL game February 8, 2020 [133] Jake Evans 1st career NHL goal 1st Career NHL point February 10, 2020 [134] Lukas Vejdemo 1st career NHL goal 1st career NHL point March 10, 2020 [135] Jake Evans 1st career NHL assist March 10, 2020 [136]

Playoffs Player Milestone Reached Max Domi 1st career Playoff game August 1, 2020 Jesperi Kotkaniemi 1st career Playoff game 1st career Playoff goal 1st career Playoff point August 1, 2020 Brett Kulak 1st career Playoff game 1st career Playoff assist 1st career Playoff point August 1, 2020 Victor Mete 1st career Playoff game August 1, 2020 Nick Suzuki 1st career Playoff game 1st career Playoff goal 1st career Playoff point August 1, 2020 Nick Suzuki 1st career Playoff assist August 5, 2020 Alex Belzile 1st career Playoff game August 7, 2020 Paul Byron 1st career Playoff assist August 7, 2020 Alex Belzile 1st career Playoff assist 1st career Playoff point August 14, 2020 Max Domi 1st career Playoff assist 1st career Playoff point August 14, 2020 Jake Evans 1st career Playoff game 1st career Playoff assist 1st career Playoff point August 14, 2020 Victor Mete 1st career Playoff assist 1st career Playoff point August 14, 2020 Phillip Danault 1st career Playoff goal August 19, 2020 Charles Hudon 1st career Playoff game August 19, 2020 Xavier Ouellet 1st career Playoff assist August 19, 2020

Transactions

The Canadiens have been involved in the following transactions during the 2019–20 season.

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
June 22, 2019 (2019-06-22)	To Florida Panthers CHI's 5th-round pick in 2019	To Montreal Canadiens 5th-round pick in 2020	[137]
June 22, 2019 (2019-06-22)	To San Jose Sharks 4th-round pick in 2019	To Montreal Canadiens 4th-round pick in 2020	[138]
June 22, 2019 (2019-06-22)	To Philadelphia Flyers 7th-round pick in 2020	To Montreal Canadiens 7th-round pick in 2019	[139]
June 22, 2019 (2019-06-22)	To Los Angeles Kings CBJ's 2nd-round pick in 2019	To Montreal Canadiens 3rd-round pick in 2019 5th-round pick in 2019	[140]
June 30, 2019 (2019-06-30)	To Chicago Blackhawks Andrew Shaw 7th-round pick in 2021	To Montreal Canadiens 2nd-round pick in 2020 7th-round pick in 2020 3rd-round pick in 2021	[141]
June 30, 2019 (2019-06-30)	To Anaheim Ducks Nicolas Deslauriers	To Montreal Canadiens 4th-round pick in 2020	[142]
January 2, 2020 (2020-01-02)	To Buffalo Sabres SJ's 4th-round pick in 2020	To Montreal Canadiens Marco Scandella	[143]
January 2, 2020 (2020-01-02)	To Ottawa Senators Mike Reilly	To Montreal Canadiens Andrew Sturtz 5th-round pick in 2021	[144]
January 7, 2020 (2020-01-07)	To Nashville Predators Michael McCarron	To Montreal Canadiens Laurent Dauphin	[145]
February 18, 2020 (2020-02-18)	To St. Louis Blues Marco Scandella	To Montreal Canadiens 2nd-round pick in 2020 Conditional 4th-round pick in 2021	[146]
February 20, 2020 (2020-02-20)	To Pittsburgh Penguins Riley Barber Phil Varone	To Montreal Canadiens Joseph Blandisi Jake Lucchini	[147]
February 23, 2020 (2020-02-23)	To Washington Capitals Ilya Kovalchuk	To Montreal Canadiens 3rd-round pick in 2020	[148]
February 24, 2020 (2020-02-24)	To Philadelphia Flyers Nate Thompson	To Montreal Canadiens 5th-round pick in 2021	[149]
February 24, 2020 (2020-02-24)	To Ottawa Senators Matthew Peca	To Montreal Canadiens Aaron Luchuk 7th-round pick in 2020	[150]
February 24, 2020 (2020-02-24)	To Vegas Golden Knights Nick Cousins	To Montreal Canadiens 4th-round pick in 2021	[151]
September 2, 2020 (2020-09-02)	To St. Louis Blues WSH's 3rd-round pick in 2020 CHI's 7th-round pick in 2020	To Montreal Canadiens Jake Allen 7th-round pick in 2022	[152]
September 12, 2020 (2020-09-12)	To Carolina Hurricanes 5th-round pick in 2020	To Montreal Canadiens Joel Edmundson	[153]

Free agents

Date	Player	Team	Contract term	Ref
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)	Riley Barber	from Washington Capitals	1-year	[154]
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)	Keith Kinkaid	from New Jersey Devils	1-year	[155]
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)	Brett Lernout	to Vegas Golden Knights	1-year	[156]
July 3, 2019 (2019-07-03)	Phil Varone	from Philadelphia Flyers	1-year	[157]
July 4, 2019 (2019-07-04)	Ben Chiarot	from Winnipeg Jets	3-year	[158]
July 5, 2019 (2019-07-05)	Nick Cousins	from Arizona Coyotes	1-year	[159]
July 18, 2019 (2019-07-18)	Hunter Shinkaruk	to Charlotte Checkers (AHL)	1-year	[160]
September 13, 2019 (2019-09-13)	Daniel Audette	to Springfield Thunderbirds (AHL)	1-year	[161]
January 3, 2020 (2020-01-03)	Ilya Kovalchuk	from Los Angeles Kings	1-year	[162]
April 21, 2020 (2020-04-21)	Vasili Demchenko	from Metallurg Magnitogorsk (KHL)	1-year	[163]

Contract terminations

Date	Player	Via	Ref
December 7, 2019 (2019-12-07)	David Sklenicka	Mutual termination	[164]

Signings

Date	Player	Contract term	Ref
July 11, 2019 (2019-07-11)	Joel Armia	2-year	[165]
July 11, 2019 (2019-07-11)	Artturi Lehkonen	2-year	[166]
July 19, 2019 (2019-07-19)	Charles Hudon	1-year	[167]
July 27, 2019 (2019-07-27)	Michael McCarron	1-year	[168]
March 19, 2020 (2020-03-19)	Alex Belzile	1-year	[169]
March 25, 2020 (2020-03-25)	Gustav Olofsson	1-year	[170]
March 26, 2020 (2020-03-26)	Jesse Ylonen	3-year	[171]
April 3, 2020 (2020-04-03)	Laurent Dauphin	1-year	[172]
May 1, 2020 (2020-05-01)	Arsen Khisamutdinov	2-year	[173]
May 12, 2020 (2020-05-12)	Cam Hillis	3-year	[174]
July 13, 2020 (2020-07-13)	Alexander Romanov	3-year	[175]
September 4, 2020 (2020-09-04)	Lukas Vejdemo	1-year	[176]
September 16, 2020 (2020-09-16)	Joel Edmundson	4-year	[177]
September 23, 2020 (2020-09-23)	Jake Evans	2-year	[178]
September 25, 2020 (2020-09-25)	Joseph Blandisi	1-year	[179]
September 25, 2020 (2020-09-25)	Jeff Petry	4-year	[180]
September 28, 2020 (2020-09-28)	Jake Lucchini	1-year	[181]

Draft picks

See also: List of Montreal Canadiens draft picks

Below are the Montreal Canadiens' selections at the 2019 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 21 and 22, 2019, at Rogers Arena in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	15	Cole Caufield	RW	United States	U.S. National Team Development Team (USHL)
2	46	Jayden Struble	D	United States	St. Sebastian's (USHS-Prep)
3	641	Mattias Norlinder	D	Sweden	MODO (Sweden Jrs.)
3	77	Gianni Fairbrother	D	Canada	Everett Silvertips (WHL)
5	1262	Jacob LeGuerrier	D	Canada	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL)
5	1313	Rhett Pitlick	LW	United States	Chaska (USHS-MN)
5	1384	Frederik Nissen Dichow	G	Denmark	Vojens (Denmark Jrs.)
6	170	Arsen Khisamutdinov	C	Russia	JHC Reaktor (MHL)
7	2015	Rafael Harvey-Pinard	LW	Canada	Rouyn-Noranda Huskies (QMJHL)
7	2066	Kieran Ruscheinski	D	Canada	Calgary Northstars (AMHL)

Notes

1. The Los Angeles Kings' third-round pick went to the Montreal Canadiens as the result of a trade on June 22, 2019, that sent Columbus' second-round pick in 2019 (50th overall) to Los Angeles in exchange for a fifth-round pick in 2019 (126th overall) and this pick.^[182]
2. The Los Angeles Kings' fifth-round pick went to the Montreal Canadiens as the result of a trade on June 22, 2019 that sent Columbus' second-round pick in 2019 (50th overall) to Los Angeles in exchange for a third-round pick in 2019 (64th overall) and this pick^[182]
3. The Edmonton Oilers' fifth-round pick went to the Montreal Canadiens as the result of a trade on June 23, 2018, that sent Hayden Hawkey to Edmonton in exchange for this pick.^[183]
4. The Arizona Coyotes' fifth-round pick went to the Montreal Canadiens as the result of a trade on February 11, 2019, that sent Calgary's fourth-round pick in 2019 to Los Angeles in exchange for Nate Thompson and this pick.^[184]

   Los Angeles previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on January 24, 2019, that sent Dominik Kubalik to Chicago in exchange for this pick.^[185]

   Chicago previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on July 12, 2018 that sent Marian Hossa, Vinnie Hinostroza, Jordan Oesterle, and a third-round pick in 2019 to Arizona in exchange for Marcus Kruger, MacKenzie Entwistle, Jordan Maletta, Andrew Campbell, and this pick.^[186]

5. The Montreal Canadiens' seventh-round pick was re-acquired as the result of a trade on June 22, 2019, that sent a seventh-round pick in 2020 to Philadelphia in exchange for this pick.^[187]

   Philadelphia previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on June 23, 2018, that sent Montreal's seventh-round pick in 2018 to Montreal in exchange for this pick.^[188]

6. The Winnipeg Jets' seventh-round pick went to the Montreal Canadiens as the result of a trade on June 30, 2018, that sent Simon Bourque to Winnipeg in exchange for Steve Mason, Joel Armia, a fourth-round pick in 2020, and this pick.^[189]

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