2022–23 Montreal Canadiens season
Season of play of professional ice hockey team From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Season of play of professional ice hockey team From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 2022–23 Montreal Canadiens season was the franchise's 114th season since its establishment on December 4, 1909, and their 106th season as member of the National Hockey League. On March 28, 2023, the Canadiens were eliminated from playoff contention for the second consecutive season following a 3–2 loss to the Philadelphia Flyers.[2]
2022–23 Montreal Canadiens | |
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Division | 8th Atlantic |
Conference | 15th Eastern |
2022–23 record | 31–45–6 |
Home record | 17–21–3 |
Road record | 14–24–3 |
Goals for | 232 |
Goals against | 307 |
Team information | |
General manager | Kent Hughes |
Coach | Martin St. Louis |
Captain | Nick Suzuki |
Alternate captains | Joel Edmundson Brendan Gallagher |
Arena | Bell Centre |
Average attendance | 21,078[1] |
Minor league affiliate(s) | Laval Rocket (AHL) Trois-Rivières Lions (ECHL) |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Cole Caufield Nick Suzuki (26) |
Assists | Nick Suzuki (40) |
Points | Nick Suzuki (66) |
Penalty minutes | Arber Xhekaj (101) |
Plus/minus | Rafael Harvey-Pinard Mike Matheson (+7) |
Wins | Sam Montembeault (16) |
Goals against average | Sam Montembeault (3.42) |
Pos | Team | GP | W | L | OTL | RW | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | Boston Bruins | 82 | 65 | 12 | 5 | 54 | 305 | 177 | +128 | 135 |
2 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 82 | 50 | 21 | 11 | 42 | 279 | 222 | +57 | 111 |
3 | Tampa Bay Lightning | 82 | 46 | 30 | 6 | 38 | 283 | 254 | +29 | 98 |
4 | Florida Panthers | 82 | 42 | 32 | 8 | 36 | 290 | 273 | +17 | 92 |
5 | Buffalo Sabres | 82 | 42 | 33 | 7 | 30 | 296 | 300 | −4 | 91 |
6 | Ottawa Senators | 82 | 39 | 35 | 8 | 31 | 261 | 271 | −10 | 86 |
7 | Detroit Red Wings | 82 | 35 | 37 | 10 | 28 | 240 | 279 | −39 | 80 |
8 | Montreal Canadiens | 82 | 31 | 45 | 6 | 21 | 232 | 307 | −75 | 68 |
Pos | Div | Team | GP | W | L | OTL | RW | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | ME | x – New York Islanders | 82 | 42 | 31 | 9 | 36 | 243 | 222 | +21 | 93 |
2 | AT | x – Florida Panthers | 82 | 42 | 32 | 8 | 36 | 290 | 273 | +17 | 92 |
3 | ME | e – Pittsburgh Penguins | 82 | 40 | 31 | 11 | 31 | 262 | 264 | −2 | 91 |
4 | AT | e – Buffalo Sabres | 82 | 42 | 33 | 7 | 30 | 296 | 300 | −4 | 91 |
5 | AT | e – Ottawa Senators | 82 | 39 | 35 | 8 | 31 | 261 | 271 | −10 | 86 |
6 | AT | e – Detroit Red Wings | 82 | 35 | 37 | 10 | 28 | 240 | 279 | −39 | 80 |
7 | ME | e – Washington Capitals | 82 | 35 | 37 | 10 | 27 | 255 | 265 | −10 | 80 |
8 | ME | e – Philadelphia Flyers | 82 | 31 | 38 | 13 | 26 | 222 | 277 | −55 | 75 |
9 | AT | e – Montreal Canadiens | 82 | 31 | 45 | 6 | 21 | 232 | 307 | −75 | 68 |
10 | ME | e – Columbus Blue Jackets | 82 | 25 | 48 | 9 | 15 | 214 | 330 | −116 | 59 |
2022 preseason game log: 0–6–2 (home: 0–5–0; road: 0–1–2) | |||||||||
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# | Date | Visitor | Score | Home | OT | Decision | Attendance | Record | Recap |
1 | September 26 | New Jersey | 2–1 | Montreal | Primeau | 19,308 | 0–1–0 | [5] | |
2 | September 28 | Montreal | 0–3 | Toronto | Montembeault | 17,519 | 0–2–0 | [6] | |
3 | September 29 | Winnipeg | 4–3 | Montreal | Primeau | 19,544 | 0–3–0 | [7] | |
4 | October 1 | Montreal | 4–5 | Ottawa | OT | Primeau | 15,878 | 0–3–1 | [8] |
5 | October 3 | Toronto | 5–1 | Montreal | Allen | 19,636 | 0–4–1 | [9] | |
6 | October 4 | Ottawa | 5–4 | Montreal | Montembeault | 19,550 | 0–5–1 | [10] | |
7 | October 6[a] | Ottawa | 4–3 | Montreal | Primeau | 1,078 | 0–6–1 | [11] | |
8 | October 8[a] | Montreal | 2–3 | Ottawa | OT | Allen | 1,155 | 0–6–2 | [12] |
Notes: |
The regular season schedule was released on July 6, 2022.[13]
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Legend: Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Overtime/shootout loss (1 point) |
Final stats
Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM |
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Nick Suzuki | 82 | 26 | 40 | 66 | −13 | 33 |
Kirby Dach | 58 | 14 | 24 | 38 | −2 | 43 |
Cole Caufield | 46 | 26 | 10 | 36 | −10 | 2 |
Mike Hoffman | 67 | 14 | 20 | 34 | −10 | 28 |
Mike Matheson | 48 | 8 | 26 | 34 | +7 | 33 |
Josh Anderson | 69 | 21 | 11 | 32 | −8 | 72 |
Jonathan Drouin | 58 | 2 | 27 | 29 | −18 | 18 |
Christian Dvorak | 64 | 10 | 18 | 28 | −12 | 6 |
Rafael Harvey-Pinard | 34 | 14 | 6 | 20 | +7 | 10 |
David Savard | 62 | 3 | 17 | 20 | −14 | 40 |
Jake Evans | 54 | 2 | 17 | 19 | −5 | 28 |
Kaiden Guhle | 44 | 4 | 14 | 18 | −19 | 27 |
Evgenii Dadonov‡ | 50 | 4 | 14 | 18 | −10 | 16 |
Sean Monahan | 25 | 6 | 11 | 17 | −5 | 16 |
Jordan Harris | 65 | 4 | 13 | 17 | −3 | 26 |
Jesse Ylonen | 37 | 6 | 10 | 16 | −11 | 0 |
Michael Pezzetta | 63 | 7 | 8 | 15 | −4 | 77 |
Rem Pitlick | 46 | 6 | 9 | 15 | −15 | 22 |
Justin Barron | 39 | 4 | 11 | 15 | −2 | 20 |
Johnathan Kovacevic | 77 | 3 | 12 | 15 | +3 | 39 |
Brendan Gallagher | 37 | 8 | 6 | 14 | −5 | 45 |
Joel Armia | 43 | 7 | 7 | 14 | −7 | 22 |
Alex Belzile | 31 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 13 |
Arber Xhekaj | 51 | 5 | 8 | 13 | −9 | 101 |
Joel Edmundson | 61 | 2 | 11 | 13 | −29 | 58 |
Juraj Slafkovsky | 39 | 4 | 6 | 10 | −13 | 33 |
Denis Gurianov† | 23 | 5 | 3 | 8 | −7 | 6 |
Chris Tierney† | 23 | 1 | 6 | 7 | −7 | 4 |
Chris Wideman | 46 | 0 | 6 | 6 | −6 | 81 |
Anthony Richard | 13 | 3 | 2 | 5 | +2 | 6 |
Lucas Condotta | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Sean Farrell | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 0 |
Joel Teasdale | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 |
Corey Schueneman | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 |
Frederic Allard | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 |
Owen Beck | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
Player | GP | GS | TOI | W | L | OT | GA | GAA | SA | SV% | SO | G | A | PIM |
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Jake Allen | 42 | 41 | 2,450:25 | 15 | 24 | 3 | 145 | 3.55 | 1335 | .891 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Sam Montembeault | 40 | 39 | 2,333:51 | 16 | 19 | 3 | 133 | 3.42 | 1345 | .901 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Cayden Primeau | 3 | 2 | 138:35 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3.46 | 54 | .852 | 0 | 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.
Player | Explanation | Length | Salary | Date issued | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Josh Anderson | Boarding Golden Knights defenceman Alex Pietrangelo | 2 games | $59,459.46 | November 6, 2022 | [98] |
Juraj Slafkovsky | Boarding Red Wings forward Matt Luff | 2 games | $10,270.28 | November 9, 2022 | [99] |
Mike Matheson | Interference against Panthers forward Eric Staal | N/A | $5,000.00 | January 20, 2023 | [100] |
Nick Suzuki | Cross-checking Panthers forward Anton Lundell | N/A | $2,500.00 | March 17, 2023 | [101] |
Player | Award | Awarded | Ref |
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Nick Suzuki | NHL All-Star Game selection | January 5, 2023 | [102] |
Nick Suzuki | NHL Second Star of the Week | March 27, 2023 | [103] |
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The Canadiens have been involved in the following transactions during the 2022–23 season.
† Contract is entry-level.
‡
Contract initially takes effect in the 2023-24 season.
Date | Details | Ref | |
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July 7, 2022 | To New York Islanders Alexander Romanov 4th-round pick in 2022 |
To Montreal Canadiens 1st-round pick in 2022 |
[141] |
July 7, 2022 | To Chicago Blackhawks NYI's 1st-round pick in 2022 3rd-round pick in 2022 |
To Montreal Canadiens Kirby Dach |
[142] |
July 8, 2022 | To Vegas Golden Knights TBL's 4th-round pick in 20221 |
To Montreal Canadiens 4th-round pick in 2023 |
[143] |
July 16, 2022 | To Pittsburgh Penguins Jeff Petry Ryan Poehling |
To Montreal Canadiens Mike Matheson 4th-round pick in 2023 |
[144] |
August 18, 2022 | To Calgary Flames Future considerations |
To Montreal Canadiens Sean Monahan Conditional 1st-round pick in 2024, 2025, or 20262 Conditional 3rd-round pick in 20253 Conditional 4th-round pick in 20254 |
[145] |
October 26, 2022 | To Chicago Blackhawks Cam Hillis |
To Montreal Canadiens Nicolas Beaudin |
[146] |
February 26, 2023 | To Dallas Stars Evgenii Dadonov5 |
To Montreal Canadiens Denis Gurianov |
[147] |
March 3, 2023 | To Los Angeles Kings Nate Schnarr |
To Montreal Canadiens Frederic Allard |
[148] |
March 3, 2023 | To Pittsburgh Penguins Nick Bonino (via SJS)6 |
To Montreal Canadiens Tony Sund (via SJS) SJS's 5th-round pick in 2024 (via SJS) |
[149] |
To San Jose Sharks Arvid Henrikson (via MTL) PIT's 7th-round pick in 2023 (via PIT) Conditional 5th-round pick in 2024 (via PIT)7 | |||
June 27, 2023 | To Colorado Avalanche Gianni Fairbrother FLA's 1st-round pick in 20238 2nd-round pick in 2023 |
To Montreal Canadiens Alex Newhook |
[150] |
Date | Player | Former team (League) | Term | Via | Ref |
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July 13, 2022 | Madison Bowey | Vancouver Canucks | 1-year | Free agency | [157] |
Anthony Richard | Nashville Predators | 1-year | Free agency | [157] | |
Mitchell Stephens | Detroit Red Wings | 1-year | Free agency | [157] | |
October 8, 2022 | Johnathan Kovacevic | Winnipeg Jets | Waivers | [158] | |
February 23, 2023 | Chris Tierney | Florida Panthers | Waivers | [159] |
Date | Player | New team (League) | Term | Via | Ref |
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July 13, 2022 | Louie Belpedio | Philadelphia Flyers | 1-year | Free agency | [160] |
Kale Clague | Buffalo Sabres | 1-year | Free agency | [161] | |
Laurent Dauphin | Arizona Coyotes | 1-year | Free agency | [162] | |
Xavier Ouellet | Pittsburgh Penguins | 2-year | Free agency | [163] | |
July 14, 2022 | Jean-Sebastien Dea | Arizona Coyotes | 2-year | Free agency | [164] |
July 25, 2022 | William Lagesson | Carolina Hurricanes | 1-year | Free agency | [165] |
July 29, 2022 | Sami Niku | JYP (Liiga) | 1-year | Free agency | [166] |
August 12, 2022 | Josh Brook | Calgary Wranglers (AHL) | 1-year | Free agency | [167] |
August 16, 2022 | Cedric Paquette | HC Dinamo Minsk (KHL) | 1-year | Free agency | [168] |
September 8, 2022 | Mathieu Perreault | Retirement | [169] | ||
October 25, 2022 | Tyler Pitlick | St. Louis Blues | 1-year | Free agency | [170] |
February 8, 2023 | Lukas Vejdemo | Djurgårdens IF (HockeyAllsvenskan) | 1-year | Free agency | [171] |
May 9, 2023 | Frederic Allard | Luleå HF (SHL) | 2-year | Free agency | [172] |
May 10, 2023 | Otto Leskinen | Tappara (Liiga) | 2-year | Free agency | [173] |
June 5, 2023 | Tony Sund | HIFK (Liiga) | 1-year | Free agency | [174] |
Date | Player | Term | Ref |
---|---|---|---|
July 11, 2022 | Michael Pezzetta | 1-year | [175] |
Corey Schueneman | 1-year | [176] | |
July 13, 2022 | Alex Belzile | 1-year | [177] |
Nate Schnarr | 1-year | [177] | |
Juraj Slafkovsky | 3-year† | [178] | |
Joel Teasdale | 1-year | [177] | |
July 14, 2022 | Filip Mesar | 3-year† | [179] |
July 16, 2022 | Rem Pitlick | 2-year | [180] |
July 18, 2022 | Sam Montembeault | 2-year | [181] |
September 7, 2022 | Kirby Dach | 4-year | [182] |
September 8, 2022 | Cayden Primeau | 3-year | [183] |
October 1, 2022 | Jake Allen | 2-year‡ | [184] |
October 4, 2022 | Owen Beck | 3-year† | [185] |
October 5, 2022 | Logan Mailloux | 3-year† | [186] |
October 14, 2022 | William Trudeau | 3-year† | [187] |
February 10, 2023 | Jordan Harris | 2-year‡ | [188] |
March 1, 2023 | Xavier Simoneau | 2-year†‡ | [189] |
March 15, 2023 | Jayden Struble | 2-year†‡ | [190] |
March 26, 2023 | Sean Farrell | 3-year† | [191] |
March 31, 2023 | Jakub Dobes | 2-year†‡ | [192] |
June 2, 2023 | Michael Pezzetta | 2-year‡ | [193] |
June 5, 2023 | Cole Caufield | 8-year‡ | [194] |
June 20, 2023 | Sean Monahan | 1-year‡ | [195] |
Below are the Montreal Canadiens' selections at the 2022 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on July 7–8, 2022, at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec.
Round | # | Player | Pos. | Nationality | Team (League) |
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1 | 1 | Juraj Slafkovsky | LW | Slovakia | TPS (Liiga) |
1 | 261 | Filip Mesar | RW | Slovakia | HK Poprad (Tipos Extraliga) |
2 | 36 | Owen Beck | C | Canada | Mississauga Steelheads (OHL) |
2 | 622 | Lane Hutson | D | United States | U.S. NTDP (USHL) |
3 | 753 | Vinzenz Rohrer | C | Austria | Ottawa 67's (OHL) |
3 | 924 | Adam Engstrom | D | Sweden | Djurgårdens IF (SHL) |
4 | 1275 | Cedrick Guindon | LW | Canada | Owen Sound Attack (OHL) |
5 | 130 | Jared Davidson | C | Canada | Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL) |
6 | 162 | Emmett Croteau | G | Canada | Waterloo Black Hawks (USHL) |
7 | 194 | Petteri Nurmi | D | Finland | HPK (Liiga) |
7 | 2166 | Miguel Tourigny | D | Canada | Acadie-Bathurst Titan (QMJHL) |
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