2023–24 Montreal Canadiens season

The 2023–24 Montreal Canadiens season was the franchise's 115th season since its establishment on December 4, 1909, and their 107th season (106th season of play) as member of the National Hockey League.

2023–24 Montreal Canadiens
Division	8th Atlantic
Conference	15th Eastern
2023–24 record	30–36–16
Home record	16–20–5
Road record	14–16–11
Goals for	236
Goals against	289
Team information
General manager	Kent Hughes
Coach	Martin St. Louis Trevor Letowski (interim, Mar. 16 – Mar. 25)[1]
Captain	Nick Suzuki
Alternate captains	Brendan Gallagher Mike Matheson
Arena	Bell Centre
Average attendance	21,099 (99.9%)[2]
Minor league affiliate(s)	Laval Rocket (AHL) Trois-Rivières Lions (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Nick Suzuki (33)
Assists	Mike Matheson (51)
Points	Nick Suzuki (77)
Penalty minutes	Arber Xhekaj (81)
Plus/minus	Johnathan Kovacevic (+11)
Wins	Sam Montembeault (16)
Goals against average	Cayden Primeau (2.99)
← 2022–23 2024–25 →

On April 4, 2024, the Canadiens were eliminated from playoff contention for a third consecutive year following a 7–4 loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning,^[3][4] marking the first such drought for the franchise since 1999–2001 and only the third span collectively in the team's history.^[5] Similarly, the Canadiens would finish last in their division for the third consecutive season, a first occurrence in team history.^[6]

Standings

Divisional standings

Atlantic Division

Pos	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	y – Florida Panthers	82	52	24	6	42	268	200	+68	110
2	x – Boston Bruins	82	47	20	15	36	267	224	+43	109
3	x – Toronto Maple Leafs	82	46	26	10	33	303	263	+40	102
4	x – Tampa Bay Lightning	82	45	29	8	37	291	268	+23	98
5	e – Detroit Red Wings	82	41	32	9	27	278	274	+4	91
6	e – Buffalo Sabres	82	39	37	6	33	246	244	+2	84
7	e – Ottawa Senators	82	37	41	4	25	255	281	−26	78
8	e – Montreal Canadiens	82	30	36	16	20	236	289	−53	76

Source: National Hockey League^[7]
Rules for classification: 1) Fewer number of games played (GP, only during regular season); 2) Greater number of regulation wins (RW); 3) Greater number of wins in regulation and overtime, excluding shootout wins (ROW); 4) Greater number of total wins, including shootouts (W); 5) Greater number of points earned in head-to-head play; if teams played an uneven number of head-to-head games, the result of the first game on the home ice of the team with the extra home game is discarded; 6) Greater goal differential (GD); 7) Greater number of goals scored (GF)
e – Eliminated from playoff contention; x – Clinched playoff spot; y – Clinched division

Conference standings

Eastern Conference Wild Card

Pos	Div	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	AT	x – Tampa Bay Lightning	82	45	29	8	37	291	268	+23	98
2	ME	x – Washington Capitals	82	40	31	11	32	220	257	−37	91
3	AT	e – Detroit Red Wings	82	41	32	9	27	278	274	+4	91
4	ME	e – Pittsburgh Penguins	82	38	32	12	32	255	251	+4	88
5	ME	e – Philadelphia Flyers	82	38	33	11	30	235	261	−26	87
6	AT	e – Buffalo Sabres	82	39	37	6	33	246	244	+2	84
7	ME	e – New Jersey Devils	82	38	39	5	33	264	283	−19	81
8	AT	e – Ottawa Senators	82	37	41	4	25	255	281	−26	78
9	AT	e – Montreal Canadiens	82	30	36	16	20	236	289	−53	76
10	ME	e – Columbus Blue Jackets	82	27	43	12	21	237	300	−63	66

Source: National Hockey League^[8]
Rules for classification: 1) Fewer number of games played (GP, only during regular season); 2) Greater number of regulation wins (RW); 3) Greater number of wins in regulation and overtime, excluding shootout wins (ROW); 4) Greater number of total wins, including shootouts (W); 5) Greater number of points earned in head-to-head play; if teams played an uneven number of head-to-head games, the result of the first game on the home ice of the team with the extra home game is discarded; 6) Greater goal differential (GD); 7) Greater number of goals scored (GF)
e – Eliminated from playoff contention; x – Clinched playoff spot

Schedule and results

Preseason

2023 preseason game log: 3–3–0 (home: 1–3–0; road: 2–0–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1	September 25	New Jersey	4–2	Montreal		Dobes	20,129	0–1–0	[9]
2	September 27	Ottawa	3–4	Montreal		Primeau	20,225	1–1–0	[10]
3	September 29	Toronto	2–1	Montreal		Primeau	20,571	1–2–0	[11]
4	September 30	Toronto	3–1	Montreal		Montembeault	20,729	1–3–0	[12]
5	October 2	Montreal	5–4	Toronto	OT	Allen	18,631	2–3–0	[13]
6	October 7	Montreal	6–4	Ottawa		Montembeault	17,601	3–3–0	[14]

Regular season

The regular season schedule was released on June 27, 2023.^[15]

2023–24 game log
October: 5–2–2 (home: 4–2–0; road: 1–0–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 11 Montreal 5–6 Toronto SO Allen 18,948 0–0–1 1 [16] 2 October 14 Chicago 2–3 Montreal Montembeault 21,105 1–0–1 3 [17] 3 October 17 Minnesota 5–2 Montreal Montembeault 21,105 1–1–1 3 [18] 4 October 21 Washington 2–3 Montreal OT Allen 21,105 2–1–1 5 [19] 5 October 23 Montreal 3–1 Buffalo Allen 13,507 3–1–1 7 [20] 6 October 24 New Jersey 5–2 Montreal Primeau 21,105 3–2–1 7 [21] 7 October 26 Columbus 3–4 Montreal OT Montembeault 21,105 4–2–1 9 [22] 8 October 28 Winnipeg 3–4 Montreal SO Allen 21,105 5–2–1 11 [23] 9 October 30 Montreal 2–3 Vegas SO Montembeault 17,791 5–2–2 12 [24]
November: 5–9–0 (home: 1–5–0; road: 4–4–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 10 November 2 Montreal 2–3 Arizona Allen 4,600 5–3–2 12 [25] 11 November 4 Montreal 3–6 St. Louis Montembeault 18,096 5–4–2 12 [26] 12 November 7 Tampa Bay 5–3 Montreal Allen 21,105 5–5–2 12 [27] 13 November 9 Montreal 3–2 Detroit OT Primeau 18,504 6–5–2 14 [28] 14 November 11 Boston 2–3 Montreal OT Montembeault 21,105 7–5–2 16 [29] 15 November 12 Vancouver 5–2 Montreal Allen 21,105 7–6–2 16 [30] 16 November 14 Calgary 2–1 Montreal Montembeault 21,105 7–7–2 16 [31] 17 November 16 Vegas 6–5 Montreal Primeau 21,105 7–8–2 16 [32] 18 November 18 Montreal 2–5 Boston Allen 17,850 7–9–2 16 [33] 19 November 22 Montreal 4–3 Anaheim Montembeault 15,168 8–9–2 18 [34] 20 November 24 Montreal 3–2 San Jose SO Primeau 16,897 9–9–2 20 [35] 21 November 25 Montreal 0–4 Los Angeles Allen 18,145 9–10–2 20 [36] 22 November 29 Montreal 4–2 Columbus Montembeault 14,316 10–10–2 22 [37] 23 November 30 Florida 5–1 Montreal Primeau 21,105 10–11–2 22 [38]
December: 5–5–3 (home: 2–2–2; road: 3–3–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 24 December 2 Detroit 5–4 Montreal OT Allen 21,105 10–11–3 23 [39] 25 December 4 Seattle 2–4 Montreal Montembeault 20,915 11–11–3 25 [40] 26 December 7 Los Angeles 4–0 Montreal Montembeault 21,105 11–12–3 25 [41] 27 December 9 Montreal 3–2 Buffalo SO Primeau 17,123 12–12–3 27 [42] 28 December 10 Nashville 2–1 Montreal Allen 20,864 12–13–3 27 [43] 29 December 13 Pittsburgh 4–3 Montreal SO Montembeault 21,105 12–13–4 28 [44] 30 December 16 NY Islanders 3–5 Montreal Montembeault 21,105 13–13–4 30 [45] 31 December 18 Montreal 3–2 Winnipeg OT Allen 13,363 14–13–4 32 [46] 32 December 21 Montreal 3–4 Minnesota OT Montembeault 18,387 14–13–5 33 [47] 33 December 22 Montreal 5–2 Chicago Primeau 20,340 15–13–5 35 [48] 34 December 28 Montreal 3–5 Carolina Primeau 18,969 15–14–5 35 [49] 35 December 30 Montreal 1–4 Florida Allen 19,663 15–15–5 35 [50] 36 December 31 Montreal 3–4 Tampa Bay Montembeault 19,092 15–16–5 35 [51]
January: 5–5–3 (home: 3–3–1; road: 2–2–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 37 January 2 Montreal 4–3 Dallas Montembeault 18,532 16–16–5 37 [52] 38 January 4 Buffalo 6–1 Montreal Allen 21,105 16–17–5 37 [53] 39 January 6 NY Rangers 3–4 Montreal SO Montembeault 21,105 17–17–5 39 [54] 40 January 10 Montreal 2–3 Philadelphia SO Primeau 18,238 17–17–6 40 [55] 41 January 11 San Jose 3–2 Montreal Montembeault 21,105 17–18–6 40 [56] 42 January 13 Edmonton 2–1 Montreal OT Montembeault 21,105 17–18–7 41 [57] 43 January 15 Colorado 3–4 Montreal Allen 21,105 18–18–7 43 [58] 44 January 17 Montreal 3–2 New Jersey Montembeault 16,022 19–18–7 45 [59] 45 January 18 Montreal 2–6 Ottawa Primeau 19,286 19–19–7 45 [60] 46 January 20 Montreal 4–9 Boston Montembeault 17,850 19–20–7 45 [61] 47 January 23 Ottawa 4–1 Montreal Allen 21,105 19–21–7 45 [62] 48 January 25 NY Islanders 3–4 Montreal Montembeault 21,105 20–21–7 47 [63] 49 January 27 Montreal 2–3 Pittsburgh OT Allen 18,377 20–21–8 48 [64]
February: 3–7–1 (home: 2–4–0; road: 1–3–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 50 February 6 Montreal 5–2 Washington Montembeault 16,959 21–21–8 50 [65] 51 February 10 Dallas 3–2 Montreal Montembeault 21,105 21–22–8 50 [66] 52 February 11 St. Louis 7–2 Montreal Allen 21,105 21–23–8 50 [67] 53 February 13 Anaheim 0–5 Montreal Primeau 21,105 22–23–8 52 [68] 54 February 15 Montreal 4–7 NY Rangers Montembeault 18,006 22–24–8 52 [69] 55 February 17 Washington 4–3 Montreal Allen 21,105 22–25–8 52 [70] 56 February 21 Buffalo 3–2 Montreal Montembeault 21,105 22–26–8 52 [71] 57 February 22 Montreal 1–4 Pittsburgh Primeau 17,160 22–27–8 52 [72] 58 February 24 Montreal 3–4 New Jersey Allen 16,514 22–28–8 52 [73] 59 February 27 Arizona 2–4 Montreal Montembeault 21,105 23–28–8 54 [74] 60 February 29 Montreal 3–4 Florida SO Montembeault 18,918 23–28–9 55 [75]
March: 5–5–3 (home: 2–2–1; road: 3–3–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 61 March 2 Montreal 3–4 Tampa Bay SO Primeau 19,092 23–28–10 56 [76] 62 March 5 Montreal 4–3 Nashville OT Allen 17,159 24–28–10 58 [77] 63 March 7 Montreal 1–4 Carolina Montembeault 18,859 24–29–10 58 [78] 64 March 9 Toronto 3–2 Montreal Montembeault 21,105 24–30–10 58 [79] 65 March 12 Columbus 0–3 Montreal Primeau 21,105 25–30–10 60 [80] 66 March 14 Boston 2–1 Montreal OT Montembeault 21,105 25–30–11 61 [81] 67 March 16 Montreal 2–5 Calgary Primeau 19,183 25–31–11 61 [82] 68 March 19 Montreal 2–3 Edmonton OT Montembeault 18,347 25–31–12 62 [83] 69 March 21 Montreal 1–4 Vancouver Montembeault 18,804 25–32–12 62 [84] 70 March 24 Montreal 5–1 Seattle Primeau 17,151 26–32–12 64 [85] 71 March 26 Montreal 2–1 Colorado Montembeault 18,119 27–32–12 66 [86] 72 March 28 Philadelphia 1–4 Montreal Primeau 21,105 28–32–12 68 [87] 73 March 30 Carolina 3–0 Montreal Montembeault 21,105 28–33–12 68 [88]
April: 2–3–4 (home: 2–2–1; road: 0–1–3) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 74 April 2 Florida 3–5 Montreal Montembeault 21,105 29–33–12 70 [89] 75 April 4 Tampa Bay 7–4 Montreal Primeau 21,105 29–34–12 70 [90] 76 April 6 Toronto 4–2 Montreal Montembeault 21,105 29–35–12 70 [91] 77 April 7 Montreal 2–5 NY Rangers Primeau 17,854 29–36–12 70 [92] 78 April 9 Philadelphia 3–9 Montreal Montembeault 21,105 30–36–12 72 [93] 79 April 11 Montreal 2–3 NY Islanders OT Montembeault 17,255 30–36–13 73 [94] 80 April 13 Montreal 4–5 Ottawa SO Primeau 19,337 30–36–14 74 [95] 81 April 15 Montreal 4–5 Detroit OT Montembeault 19,515 30–36–15 75 [96] 82 April 16 Detroit 5–4 Montreal SO Primeau 21,105 30–36–16 76 [97]
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Player statistics

Final stats

Skaters

Regular season^[98]

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Nick Suzuki	82	33	44	77	−14	36
Cole Caufield	82	28	37	65	−4	16
Mike Matheson	82	11	51	62	−24	58
Juraj Slafkovsky	82	20	30	50	−19	55
Sean Monahan‡	49	13	22	35	−10	10
Alex Newhook	55	15	19	34	−11	18
Brendan Gallagher	77	16	15	31	−24	74
Jake Evans	82	7	21	28	−1	24
Joel Armia	66	17	8	25	+4	34
David Savard	60	6	18	24	−1	24
Kaiden Guhle	70	6	16	22	−8	56
Josh Anderson	78	9	11	20	−18	74
Jordan Harris	56	3	11	14	−5	22
Justin Barron	48	7	6	13	−3	16
Johnathan Kovacevic	62	6	7	13	+11	42
Tanner Pearson	54	5	8	13	−12	21
Michael Pezzetta	61	3	9	12	+4	59
Arber Xhekaj	44	3	7	10	+6	81
Jayden Struble	56	3	7	10	−3	57
Rafael Harvey-Pinard	45	2	8	10	−2	6
Christian Dvorak	30	5	4	9	−5	4
Joshua Roy	23	4	5	9	−2	0
Jesse Ylonen	59	4	4	8	+2	12
Gustav Lindstrom‡	14	3	1	4	0	6
Mitchell Stephens	23	2	1	3	+2	4
Kirby Dach	2	0	2	2	+2	0
Lane Hutson	2	0	2	2	–2	0
Brandon Gignac	7	1	0	1	−3	0
Logan Mailloux	1	0	1	1	+1	0
Lucas Condotta	3	0	0	0	+1	0
Emil Heineman	4	0	0	0	+2	0
Colin White†	17	0	0	0	−3	2

Goaltenders

Regular season^[99]

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Sam Montembeault	41	40	2428:16	16	15	9	127	3.14	1307	.903	0	0	2	0
Cayden Primeau	23	21	1324:50	8	9	4	66	2.99	731	.910	2	0	2	2
Jake Allen‡	21	21	1216:20	6	12	3	74	3.65	686	.892	0	0	1	2

^†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
Brendan Gallagher	Illegal check to the head of Islanders defenceman Adam Pelech	5 games	$169,270.85	January 26, 2024	[100]
Kaiden Guhle	Slashing Flyers forward Travis Konecny	1 game	$4,496.53	March 29, 2024	[101]

Awards and honours

Awards

Regular season

Player	Award	Awarded	Ref
Nick Suzuki	NHL All-Star Game selection	January 4, 2024	[102]
Nick Suzuki	NHL Third Star of the Week	February 12, 2024	[103]

Milestones

Regular Season Player Milestone Reached Ref Nick Suzuki 300th career NHL game October 30, 2023 [104] Jake Allen 400th career NHL game November 2, 2023 [105] Brendan Gallagher 400th career NHL point November 2, 2023 [106] Tanner Pearson 600th career NHL game November 2, 2023 [107] Jake Evans 200th career NHL game November 11, 2023 [108] Johnathan Kovacevic 100th career NHL game November 22, 2023 [109] Sean Monahan 700th career NHL game November 22, 2023 [110] Jayden Struble 1st career NHL game November 22, 2023 [111] Cole Caufield 100th career NHL point November 24, 2023 [112] Cayden Primeau 1st career NHL assist 1st career NHL point November 24, 2023 [113] Jayden Struble 1st career NHL assist 1st career NHL point November 24, 2023 [112] Brendan Gallagher 700th career NHL game December 4, 2023 [114] Jayden Struble 1st career NHL goal December 9, 2023 [115] Brendan Gallagher 200th career NHL assist December 18, 2023 [116] Emil Heineman 1st career NHL game December 21, 2023 [117] Sean Monahan 500th career NHL point December 28, 2023 [118] Mike Matheson 500th career NHL game December 30, 2023 [119] Mike Matheson 200th career NHL point January 11, 2024 [120] Jordan Harris 100th career NHL game January 13, 2024 [121] Joshua Roy 1st career NHL game January 13, 2024 [122] Joshua Roy 1st career NHL goal 1st career NHL point January 17, 2024 [123] Joshua Roy 1st career NHL assist January 20, 2024 [124] Josh Anderson 500th career NHL game January 23, 2024 [125] Brandon Gignac 1st career NHL goal 1st career NHL point February 13, 2024 [126] Cayden Primeau 1st career NHL shutout February 13, 2024 [127] Kaiden Guhle 100th career NHL game February 29, 2024 [128] Jesse Ylonen 100th career NHL game February 29, 2024 [128] Juraj Slafkovsky 100th career NHL game March 2, 2024 [129] Nick Suzuki 100th career NHL goal March 5, 2024 [130] Alex Newhook 200th career NHL game March 19, 2024 [131] Joel Armia 500th career NHL game April 7, 2024 [132] Cole Caufield 200th career NHL game April 7, 2024 [132] Juraj Slafkovsky 1st career NHL hat-trick April 9, 2024 [133] Lane Hutson 1st career NHL game 1st career NHL assist 1st career NHL point April 15, 2024 [134] Logan Mailloux 1st career NHL game 1st career NHL assist 1st career NHL point April 16, 2024 [135] Alex Newhook 100th career NHL point April 16, 2024 [135]

Transactions

The Canadiens have been involved in the following transactions during the 2023–24 season.

Key

 †  Contract is entry-level.
 ‡  Contract initially takes effect in the 2024–25 season.

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
July 1, 2023	To Washington Capitals Joel Edmundson1	To Montreal Canadiens MIN 3rd-round pick in 2024 7th-round pick in 2024	[136]
August 6, 2023	To Pittsburgh Penguins Mike Hoffman Rem Pitlick	To Montreal Canadiens Jeff Petry Casey DeSmith Nathan Legare 2nd-round pick in 2025	[137]
August 15, 2023	To Detroit Red Wings Jeff Petry2	To Montreal Canadiens Gustav Lindstrom Conditional 4th-round pick in 20253	[138]
September 13, 2023	To Ottawa Senators Future considerations	To Montreal Canadiens Jakov Novak	[139]
September 19, 2023	To Vancouver Canucks Casey DeSmith	To Montreal Canadiens Tanner Pearson 3rd-round pick in 2025	[140]
January 11, 2024	To Buffalo Sabres Future considerations	To Montreal Canadiens Filip Cederqvist	[141]
February 2, 2024	To Winnipeg Jets Sean Monahan	To Montreal Canadiens 1st-round pick in 2024 Conditional 3rd-round pick in 20274	[142]
March 7, 2024	To Anaheim Ducks Jan Mysak	To Montreal Canadiens Jacob Perreault	[143]
March 8, 2024	To New Jersey Devils Jake Allen5	To Montreal Canadiens Conditional 3rd-round pick in 20256	[144]
March 11, 2024	To New Jersey Devils Nathan Legare	To Montreal Canadiens Arnaud Durandeau	[145]

Notes

1. The Canadiens will retain 50% of Edmundson's remaining salary until the end of the current season.
2. The Canadiens will retain 50% of Petry's yearly salary until the end of the 2024–25 season.
3. Montreal will receive the later of Detroit or Boston's fourth-round pick in 2025.

   Detroit previously acquired Boston's 2025 fourth-round pick as the result of a trade on March 2, 2023, that sent Tyler Bertuzzi to Boston in exchange for a conditional first-round pick in 2024 (top 10 protected) and this pick.^[146]

4. Montreal will receive the Jets' third-round pick in 2027 should Winnipeg win the Stanley Cup this season – was not converted following the Jets' First Round series loss to the Colorado Avalanche on April 30, 2024.^[147]
5. The Canadiens will retain 50% of Allen's yearly salary until the end of the 2024–25 season.
6. Montreal will receive the Devils' second-round pick in 2025 should Allen play in 40 or more games during the 2024–25 season and if Allen's club at that time (New Jersey or otherwise) qualifies for the 2025 Stanley Cup playoffs.

Players acquired

Date	Player	Former team (League)	Term	Via	Ref
July 1, 2023 (2023-07-01)	Brady Keeper	Vancouver Canucks	1-year	Free agency	[148]
	Philippe Maillet	Metallurg Magnitogorsk (KHL)	1-year	Free agency	[148]
July 2, 2023 (2023-07-02)	Lias Andersson	Los Angeles Kings	1-year	Free agency	[149]
February 4, 2024 (2024-02-04)	Brandon Gignac	Laval Rocket (AHL)	2-year	Free agency	[150]
February 22, 2024 (2024-02-22)	Colin White	Pittsburgh Penguins		Waivers	[151]
June 4, 2024 (2024-06-04)	Connor Hughes	Lausanne HC (NL)	1-year‡	Free agency	[152]

Players lost

Date	Player	New team (League)	Term	Via	Ref
July 1, 2023 (2023-07-01)	Alex Belzile	New York Rangers	2-year	Free agency	[153]
	Jonathan Drouin	Colorado Avalanche	1-year	Free agency	[154]
	Anthony Richard	Boston Bruins	1-year	Free agency	[155]
	Corey Schueneman	Colorado Avalanche	1-year	Free agency	[156]
July 11, 2023 (2023-07-11)	Denis Gurianov	Nashville Predators	1-year	Free agency	[157]
July 14, 2023 (2023-07-14)	Chris Tierney	New Jersey Devils	1-year	Free agency	[158]
August 7, 2023 (2023-08-07)	Joel Teasdale	Iowa Wild (AHL)	1-year	Free agency	[159]
August 31, 2023 (2023-08-31)	Madison Bowey	Dinamo Minsk (KHL)	1-year	Free agency	[160]
September 20, 2023 (2023-09-20)	Paul Byron			Retirement	[161]
January 10, 2024 (2024-01-10)	Gustav Lindstrom	Anaheim Ducks		Waivers	[162]
January 29, 2024 (2024-01-29)	Nicolas Beaudin			Mutual termination	[163]
April 16, 2024 (2024-04-16)	Chris Wideman			Retirement	[164]
May 3, 2024 (2024-05-03)	Filip Cederqvist	Frölunda HC (SHL)	3-year	Free agency	[165]
June 19, 2024 (2024-06-19)	Lias Andersson	EHC Biel-Bienne (NL)	2-year	Free agency	[166]

Signings

Date	Player	Term	Ref
July 3, 2023 (2023-07-03)	Rafael Harvey-Pinard	2-year	[167]
July 5, 2023 (2023-07-05)	David Reinbacher	3-year†	[168]
July 10, 2023 (2023-07-10)	Mitchell Stephens	1-year	[169]
July 11, 2023 (2023-07-11)	Alex Newhook	4-year	[170]
July 13, 2023 (2023-07-13)	Nicolas Beaudin	1-year	[171]
	Lucas Condotta	2-year	[171]
July 31, 2023 (2023-07-31)	Jesse Ylonen	1-year	[172]
December 1, 2023 (2023-12-01)	Sam Montembeault	3-year‡	[173]
April 9, 2024 (2024-04-09)	Florian Xhekaj	3-year†‡	[174]
April 12, 2024 (2024-04-12)	Lane Hutson	3-year†	[175]
April 16, 2024 (2024-04-16)	Luke Tuch	2-year†‡	[176]
May 3, 2024 (2024-05-03)	Adam Engstrom	3-year†‡	[177]
May 31, 2024 (2024-05-31)	Jared Davidson	2-year†‡	[178]
June 15, 2024 (2024-06-15)	Oliver Kapanen	3-year†‡	[179]

Draft picks

See also: Montreal Canadiens draft picks

Below are the Montreal Canadiens' selections at the 2023 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 28–29, 2023, at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee.

Round	#	Player	Pos.	Nationality	Team (League)
1	5	David Reinbacher	D	Austria	EHC Kloten (NL)
3	69	Jacob Fowler	G	United States	Youngstown Phantoms (USHL)
4	101	Florian Xhekaj	LW	Canada	Hamilton Bulldogs (OHL)
4	1101	Bogdan Konyushkov	D	Russia	Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod (KHL)
4	1282	Quentin Miller	G	Canada	Quebec Remparts (QMJHL)
5	133	Sam Harris	LW	United States	Sioux Falls Stampede (USHL)
5	1443	Yevgeni Volokhin	G	Russia	Mamonty Yugry (MHL)
6	165	Filip Eriksson	C	Sweden	Växjö Lakers (J20 Nationell)
7	197	Luke Mittelstadt	D	United States	University of Minnesota (B1G)

Notes

1. The Pittsburgh Penguins' fourth-round pick went to the Montreal Canadiens as the result of a trade on July 16, 2022, that sent Jeff Petry and Ryan Poehling to Pittsburgh in exchange for Mike Matheson and this pick.^[180]
2. The Vegas Golden Knights' fourth-round pick went to the Montreal Canadiens as the result of a trade on July 8, 2022, that sent Tampa Bay's fourth-round pick in 2022 to Vegas in exchange for this pick.^[181]
3. The Calgary Flames' fifth-round pick went to the Montreal Canadiens as the result of a trade on February 14, 2022, that sent Tyler Toffoli to Calgary in exchange for Tyler Pitlick, Emil Heineman, a conditional first-round pick in 2022, and this pick.^[182]