2010–11 Montreal Canadiens season

2010–11 Montreal Canadiens · NHL
2010–11 record
General Manager	Pierre Gauthier
Coach	Jacques Martin
Captain	TBD
Alternate captains	TBD
Arena	Bell Centre
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The 2010–11 Montreal Canadiens season is their 101st season of play and 93rd in the National Hockey League (NHL).

Off-seasonEdit

In a trade that surprised many, the Canadiens traded Jaroslav Halak to the St. Louis Blues for two prospects. The trade was attributed to the fact that Halak, along with Carey Price, was to become a restricted free agent. The Canadiens did not want pay two goalies the salary of a 'number one' goalkeeper. To replace Halak, the Canadiens signed free agent Alex Auld.

Regular seasonEdit

The Canadiens will open the season with a road game against long-time rival Toronto Maple Leafs on October 7. The home opener will be on October 13 against the Tampa Bay Lightning.

PlayoffsEdit

The Canadiens will attempt to win the Stanley Cup for the first time since 1993. Their 2010 Stanley Cup Playoffs run was their most successful since their '93 Stanley Cup, going to the Eastern Conference Final, but losing to the Philadelphia Flyers in 5 games.

Schedule and resultsEdit

Pre-season Edit

2010 Pre-season
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Record	Recap
1	September 22	Boston Bruins	-	Montreal Canadiens
2	September 24	Ottawa Senators	-	Montreal Canadiens
3	September 25	Montreal Canadiens	-	Ottawa Senators
4	September 26	Minnesota Wild	-	Montreal Canadiens
5	September 27	Florida Panthers	-	Montreal Canadiens
6	September 30	Buffalo Sabres	-	Montreal Canadiens
7	October 2 (in Quebec City, QC)	Montreal Canadiens	-	New York Islanders (SS)
(SS) = Split-squad games.

Regular seasonEdit

2010-11 Game Log: 0-0-0, 0 Points (Home: 0-0-0; Road: 0-0-0)
October: 0-0-0, 0 Points (Home: 0-0-0; Road: 0-0-0) Game October Opponent Score Location/Attendance Record Points 1 7 Toronto Maple Leafs 2-3 Air Canada Centre / 19646 0-1-0 2 9 Pittsburgh Penguins - Consol Energy Center 3 13 Tampa Bay Lightning - Bell Centre 4 15 Buffalo Sabres - HSBC Arena 5 16 Ottawa Senators - Bell Centre 6 21 New Jersey Devils - Bell Centre 7 23 Ottawa Senators - Scotiabank Place 8 25 Phoenix Coyotes - Bell Centre 9 27 New York Islanders - Bell Centre 10 29 New York Islanders - Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum 11 30 Florida Panthers - Bell Centre
November: 0-0-0, 0 Points (Home: 0-0-0; Road: 0-0-0) Game November Opponent Score Location/Attendance Record Points 12 2 Columbus Blue Jackets - Nationwide Arena 13 5 Buffalo Sabres - HSBC Arena 14 6 Ottawa Senators - Bell Centre 15 9 Vancouver Canucks - Bell Centre 16 11 Boston Bruins - TD Garden 17 13 Carolina Hurricanes - Bell Centre 18 16 Philadelphia Flyers - Bell Centre 19 18 Nashville Predators - Bell Centre 20 20 Toronto Maple Leafs - Bell Centre 21 22 Philadelphia Flyers - Wachovia Center 22 24 Los Angeles Kings - Bell Centre 23 26 Atlanta Thrashers - Philips Arena 24 27 Buffalo Sabres - Bell Centre
December: 0-0-0, 0 Points (Home: 0-0-0; Road: 0-0-0) Game December Opponent Score Location/Attendance Record Points 25 1 Edmonton Oilers - Bell Centre 26 2 New Jersey Devils - Prudential Center 27 4 San Jose Sharks - Bell Centre 28 7 Ottawa Senators - Bell Centre 29 10 Detroit Red Wings - Joe Louis Arena 30 11 Toronto Maple Leafs - Air Canada Centre 31 15 Philadelphia Flyers - Bell Centre 32 16 Boston Bruins - Bell Centre 33 19 Colorado Avalanche - Pepsi Center 34 21 Dallas Stars - American Airlines Center 35 23 Carolina Hurricanes - RBC Center 36 26 New York Islanders - Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum 37 28 Washington Capitals - Verizon Center 38 30 Tampa Bay Lightning - St. Pete Times Forum 39 31 Florida Panthers - BankAtlantic Center
January: 0-0-0, 0 Points (Home: 0-0-0; Road: 0-0-0) Game January Opponent Score Location/Attendance Record Points 40 2 Atlanta Thrashers - Bell Centre 41 6 Pittsburgh Penguins - Bell Centre 42 8 Boston Bruins - Bell Centre 43 11 New York Rangers - Madison Square Garden 44 12 Pittsburgh Penguins - Bell Centre 45 15 New York Rangers - Madison Square Garden 46 17 Calgary Flames - Bell Centre 47 18 Buffalo Sabres - HSBC Arena 48 21 Ottawa Senators - Scotiabank Place 49 22 Anaheim Ducks - Bell Centre 50 25 Philadelphia Flyers - Wachovia Center
February: 0-0-0, 0 Points (Home: 0-0-0; Road: 0-0-0) Game February Opponent Score Location/Attendance Record Points 51 1 Washington Capitals - Verizon Center 52 2 Florida Panthers - Bell Centre 53 5 New York Rangers - Bell Centre 54 6 New Jersey Devils - Bell Centre 55 9 Boston Bruins - TD Garden 56 10 New York Islanders - Bell Centre 57 12 Toronto Maple Leafs - Bell Centre 58 15 Buffalo Sabres - Bell Centre 59 17 Edmonton Oilers - Rexall Place 60 20 Calgary Flames - McMahon Stadium (Calgary, AB) 61 22 Vancouver Canucks - Rogers Arena 62 24 Toronto Maple Leafs - Bell Centre 63 26 Carolina Hurricanes - Bell Centre
March: 0-0-0, 0 Points (Home: 0-0-0; Road: 0-0-0) Game March Opponent Score Location/Attendance Record Points 64 1 Atlanta Thrashers - Philips Arena 65 3 Florida Panthers - BankAtlantic Center 66 5 Tampa Bay Lightning - St. Pete Times Forum 67 8 Boston Bruins - Bell Centre 68 10 St. Louis Blues - Scottrade Center 69 12 Pittsburgh Penguins - Consol Energy Center 70 15 Washington Capitals - Bell Centre 71 17 Tampa Bay Lightning - Bell Centre 72 18 New York Rangers - Madison Square Garden 73 20 Minnesota Wild - Xcel Energy Center 74 22 Buffalo Sabres - Bell Centre 75 24 Boston Bruins - TD Garden 76 26 Washington Capitals - Bell Centre 77 29 Atlanta Thrashers - Bell Centre 78 30 Carolina Hurricanes - RBC Center
April: 0-0-0, 0 Points (Home: 0-0-0; Road: 0-0-0) Game April Opponent Score Location/Attendance Record Points 79 2 New Jersey Devils - Prudential Center 80 5 Chicago Blackhawks - Bell Centre 81 7 Ottawa Senators - Scotiabank Place 82 9 Toronto Maple Leafs - Air Canada Centre

Standings Edit

Divisional standings Edit

Conference standings Edit

Player statsEdit

SkatersEdit

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes

	Regular season
Player GP G A Pts +/- PIM

^†Player spent time with another team before joining Canadiens. Stats reflect time with Canadiens only.

^‡Traded from Canadiens mid-season. Stats reflect time with Canadiens only.

GoaltendersEdit

Note: GP = Games played; TOI = Time on ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime losses; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Saves; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average

Regular season
Player GP GS W L OT SO GA SA Sv% Min GAA

Awards and records Edit

Records Edit

Milestones Edit

Regular season
Player	Milestone	Reached
Team	Milestone	Reached

AwardsEdit

Regular season
Player	Award	Date

Transactions Edit

The Canadiens have been involved in the following transactions during the 2010–11 season.

TradesEdit

Date	Details
June 17, 2010[1]	To St. Louis Blues Jaroslav Halak	To Montreal Canadiens Lars Eller Ian Schultz
June 25, 2010[2]	To Phoenix Coyotes 1st-round pick (#27 overall) in 2010 2nd-round pick (#57 overall) in 2010	To Montreal Canadiens 1st-round pick (#22 overall) in 2010 4th-round pick (#113 overall) in 2010
June 29, 2010[3]	To Nashville Predators Sergei Kostitsyn Future Considerations	To Montreal Canadiens Dan Ellis Dustin Boyd Future Considerations
August 16, 2010[4]	To Tampa Bay Lightning Cedrick Desjardins	To Montreal Canadiens Karri Ramo

Free agents acquired Edit Player Former team Contract terms Kyle Klubertanz[5] Djurgårdens IF 1 year, entry-level, $550,000 Alex Auld[6] New York Rangers 1 year, $1 million Alexandre Picard[7] Carolina Hurricanes 1-year, $600,000

Free agents lost Edit Player New team Contract terms Georges Laraque[8] N/A Contract buy-out Dan Ellis[9] Tampa Bay Lightning 2 years, $3 million Shawn Belle[10] Edmonton Oilers 1 year, $650,000 Gregory Stewart[11] Edmonton Oilers 1 year, $550,000 Dominic Moore[12] Tampa Bay Lightning 2 years, $2.2 million Glen Metropolit[13] EV Zug 2 years Andre Benoit Ottawa Senators 1 year Mikael Johansson Farjestads BK Undisclosed

Claimed via waivers Edit Player Former team Date claimed off waivers

Lost via waivers Edit Player New team Date claimed off waivers

Lost via retirement Edit

Player signings Edit

Player	Contract terms
Mathieu Darche[14]	1 year, $575,000
Tomas Plekanec[15]	6 years, $30 million
Tom Pyatt[16]	1 year, $500,000
Benoit Pouliot[17]	1 year, $1.375 million
Curtis Sanford[18]	1 year, $550,000
Frédéric St-Denis[19]	1 year, two-way, $550,000
Dustin Boyd[20]	1 year, $650,000
Mathieu Carle[21]	1 year, two-way, $660,000
Maxim Lapierre[22]	1 year, $900,000
James T. Wyman[23]	1 year, two-way, $550,000
David Desharnais[24]	1 year, two-way, $575,000
Alexander Avtsin[25]	3 years, $1.82 million entry-level contract
Cedrick Desjardins[26]	1 year, two-way, $550,000
Ryan Russell[27]	1 year, two-way, $550,000
Alex Henry[28]	2 years, two-way, $1.025 million
Louis Leblanc[29]	3 years, entry-level contract

Roster Edit

Updated September 16, 2010.

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
35	Canada	Auld, AlexAlex Auld	1.0 G	L	39	2010	Cold Lake, Alberta
17	Canada	Boyd, DustinDustin Boyd	2.0 D	L	33	2010	Winnipeg, Manitoba
13	Canada	Cammalleri, MichaelMichael Cammalleri	6.0 LW	L	37	2009	Richmond Hill, Ontario
52	Canada	Darche, MathieuMathieu Darche	6.0 LW	L	43	2009	Montreal, Quebec
81	Denmark	Eller, LarsLars Eller	1.0 G	L	31	2010	Rodovre, Denmark
75	United States	Gill, HalHal Gill  (A)	2.0 D	L	45	2009	Concord, Massachusetts
21	United States	Gionta, BrianBrian Gionta  (C)	7.0 RW	R	41	2009	Rochester, New York
91	United States	Gomez, ScottScott Gomez	4.0 C	L	40	2009	Anchorage, Alaska
26	Canada	Gorges, JoshJosh Gorges	2.0 D	L	35	2007	Kelowna, British Columbia
15	United States	Halpern, JeffJeff Halpern	4.0 C	L	44	2010	Potomac, Maryland
44	Czech Republic	Hamrlik, RomanRoman Hamrlik	2.0 D	L	46	2007	Zlín, Czechoslovakia
46	Belarus	Kostitsyn, AndreiAndrei Kostitsyn	6.0 LW	L	35	2003	Navapolatsk, Soviet Union
40	Canada	Lapierre, MaximMaxim Lapierre	4.0 C	R	35	2003	Montreal, Quebec
79	Russia	Markov, AndreiAndrei Markov  (A)	2.0 D	L	41	1998	Voskresensk, Soviet Union
61	Canada	Maxwell, BenBen Maxwell	4.0 C	L	32	2006	North Vancouver, British Columbia
32	Canada	Moen, TravisTravis Moen	6.0 LW	L	38	2009	Stewart Valley, Saskatchewan
20	Canada	O'Byrne, RyanRyan O'Byrne	2.0 D	R	35	2003	Victoria, British Columbia
14	Czech Republic	Plekanec, TomasTomas Plekanec	4.0 C	L	37	2001	Kladno, Czechoslovakia
57	Canada	Pouliot, BenoitBenoit Pouliot	6.0 LW	L	33	2009	Alfred, Ontario
31	Canada	Price, CareyCarey Price	1.0 G	L	32	2005	Vancouver, British Columbia
94	Canada	Pyatt, TomTom Pyatt	4.0 C	L	33	2009	Thunder Bay, Ontario
6	Czech Republic	Spacek, JaroslavJaroslav Spacek	2.0 D	L	46	2009	Rokycany, Czechoslovakia
76	Canada	Subban, P.K.P.K. Subban	2.0 D	R	31	2007	Toronto, Ontario

Staff Edit

Montreal Canadiens staff
	Executive operations Ownership - Molson Group Chairman - Molson Family Vice Chairman - Jeff Joyce President: Pierre Boivin Vice-President/General Manager - Pierre Gauthier			Hockey operations Assistant General Manager, hockey administration - Julien Brisebois Director, player personnel - Trevor Timmins Head coach - Jacques Martin Assistant coaches - Kirk Muller, Perry Pearn Goaltending coach - Pierre Groulx Strength and conditioning - Lorne Goldenberg

Draft picks Edit

Montreal's picks at the 2010 NHL Entry Draft in Los Angeles, California.

Round	#	Player	Position	Nationality	College/junior/club team (league)
1	22 (from Phoenix)	Jarred Tinordi	D	United States	U.S. National U-18 Team (USHL)
4	113 (from Buffalo via Phoenix)	Mark MacMillan	F	Canada	Alberni Valley Bulldogs (BCHL)
4	117	Morgan Ellis	D	Canada	Cape Breton Screaming Eagles (QMJHL)
5	147	Brendan Gallagher	RW	Canada	Vancouver Giants (WHL)
7	207	John Westin	LW	Sweden	Modo JR. (Sweden Junior)

Farm teams Edit

Hamilton Bulldogs Edit

The Hamilton Bulldogs remain Montreal's top affiliate in the American Hockey League in 2010–11.

Cincinnati Cyclones Edit

Montreal continues their affiliation alongside the Nashville Predators for the Cincinnati Cyclones of the ECHL in 2010–11.

See also Edit

• 2010–11 NHL season

References Edit

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Bold indicates Stanley Cup Championship

2010–11 NHL season by team
Atlantic	New Jersey Devils • New York Islanders • New York Rangers • Philadelphia Flyers • Pittsburgh Penguins
Northeast	Boston Bruins • Buffalo Sabres • Montreal Canadiens • Ottawa Senators • Toronto Maple Leafs
Southeast	Atlanta Thrashers • Carolina Hurricanes • Florida Panthers • Tampa Bay Lightning • Washington Capitals
Central	Chicago Blackhawks • Columbus Blue Jackets • Detroit Red Wings • Nashville Predators • St. Louis Blues
Northwest	Calgary Flames • Colorado Avalanche • Edmonton Oilers • Minnesota Wild • Vancouver Canucks
Pacific	Anaheim Ducks • Dallas Stars • Los Angeles Kings • Phoenix Coyotes • San Jose Sharks
See also	2010 NHL Entry Draft • Winter Classic • All-Star Game • Playoffs • Transactions • Three Star Awards

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