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The Montreal Canadiens (), officially ' ( Canadian Hockey Club) and colloquially known as the Habs, are a professional ice hockey team based in Montreal. The Canadiens compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Atlantic Division in the Eastern Conference. Since 1996, the team has played its home games at the Bell Centre, originally known as the Molson Centre. The Canadiens previously played at the Montreal Forum, which housed the team for seven decades and all but their first two Stanley Cup championships.

Founded in 1909, the Canadiens are the oldest continuously operating professional ice hockey team worldwide, and the only existing NHL club to predate the founding of the league. One of the earliest North American professional sports franchises, the Canadiens' history predates that of every other Canadian franchise outside the Canadian Football League's Toronto Argonauts, as well as every American franchise outside baseball and the National Football League's Arizona Cardinals. The franchise is one of the "Original Six", the teams that made up the NHL from 1942 until the 1967 expansion. The team's championship season in 1992–93 marked the last time a Canadian team won the Stanley Cup.

The Canadiens have won the Stanley Cup more times than any other franchise, having earned 24 championships, with 23 victories since the founding of the NHL, and 22 since 1927, when NHL teams became the only ones to compete for the Stanley Cup. The Canadiens also had the most championships by a team of any of the major North American sports leagues until the New York Yankees won their 25th World Series title in 1999.

History

The Canadiens were founded by J. Ambrose O'Brien on December 4, 1909, as a charter member of the National Hockey Association (NHA), the forerunner to the National Hockey League. It was to be the team of the francophone community in Montreal, composed of francophone players, and under francophone ownership as soon as possible. The founders named the team "Les Canadiens," a term identified at the time with French speakers. The team's first season was not a success, as they placed last in the league. After the first year, ownership was transferred to George Kennedy of Montreal and the team's record improved over the next seasons. The team won its first Stanley Cup championship in the 1915–16 season. In 1917, with four other NHA teams, the Canadiens formed the NHL, and they won their first NHL Stanley Cup during the 1923–24 season, led by Howie Morenz. The team moved from the Mount Royal Arena to the Montreal Forum for the 1926–27 season.

The club began the 1930s decade successfully, with back-to-back Stanley Cup wins in 1930 and 1931. However, the Canadiens, along with cross-town rivals the Montreal Maroons, declined both on the ice and economically during the Great Depression era. Losses grew to the point where team owners considered selling interest to Cleveland, Ohio, though local investors were ultimately found to finance the Canadiens. After the Maroons suspended operations following the 1937–38 season, several of their players joined the Canadiens.

Led by the "Punch Line" of Maurice "Rocket" Richard, Toe Blake and Elmer Lach in the 1940s, the Canadiens enjoyed success again atop the NHL. From 1953 to 1960, the franchise won six Stanley Cups, including a record five straight from 1956 to 1960, with a new set of stars coming to prominence: Jean Beliveau, Dickie Moore, Doug Harvey, Bernie "Boom Boom" Geoffrion, Jacques Plante and Richard's younger brother, Henri.

The Canadiens added ten more championships in 15 seasons from 1965 to 1979, with another dynastic run of four-straight Cups from 1976 to 1979. In the 1976–77 season, the Canadiens set three still-standing team records – fewest losses (8) in an 80-game season, the longest home unbeaten streak (34), and best goal differential (+216) – and one record that lasted until the 2022–23 Boston Bruins beat it, for the most points (132) in an 80-game season. In the 1977–78 season, the team had a 28-game unbeaten streak, the second-longest in NHL history. The next generation of stars included Guy Lafleur, Yvan Cournoyer, Ken Dryden, Pete Mahovlich, Jacques Lemaire, Pierre Larouche, Steve Shutt, Bob Gainey, Serge Savard, Guy Lapointe and Larry Robinson. Scotty Bowman, who would later set a record for most NHL victories by a coach, was the team's head coach for its last five Stanley Cup victories in the 1970s.

The Canadiens won Stanley Cups in 1986, led by rookie star goaltender Patrick Roy, and in 1993, continuing their streak of winning at least one championship in every decade from the 1910s to the 1990s (this streak came to an end in the 2000s). In 1996, the Habs moved from the Montreal Forum, their home during 70 seasons and 22 Stanley Cups, to the Molson Centre (now called Bell Centre).

Following Roy's departure in 1995, the Canadiens fell into an extended stretch of mediocrity, missing the playoffs in four of their next ten seasons and failing to advance past the second round of the playoffs until 2010. By the late 1990s, with both an ailing team and monetary losses exacerbated by a record-low value of the Canadian dollar, Montreal fans feared their team would end up relocated to the United States. Team owner Molson Brewery sold control of the franchise and the Molson Centre to American businessman George N. Gillett Jr. in 2001, with the right of first refusal for any future sale by Gillett and a condition that the NHL Board of Governors must unanimously approve any attempt to move to a new city. Led by club president Pierre Boivin, the Canadiens returned to being a lucrative enterprise, earning additional revenues from broadcasting and arena events. In 2009, Gillett sold the franchise to a consortium led by the Molson family which included The Woodbridge Company, BCE/Bell, the Fonds de solidarité FTQ, Michael Andlauer, Luc Bertrand and the National Bank Financial Group for $575 million, more than double the $275 million he spent on the purchase eight years prior.

During the 2008–09 season, the Canadiens celebrated their 100th anniversary with various events,
including hosting both the 2009 NHL All-Star Game, and the 2009 NHL entry draft.

The Canadiens became the first team in NHL history to reach 3,000 victories with their 5–2 victory over the Florida Panthers on December 29, 2008.

For the 2020–21 season, the league moved the Canadiens along with the other six teams from Canada to the North Division. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Canadiens only played against teams in the division in the regular season to avoid travel restrictions between the United States and Canada. All teams in the division played without fans to begin the season. The Canadiens advanced through the 2021 Stanley Cup playoffs, beating the Toronto Maple Leafs in the first round of the playoffs 4–3, overcoming a 3–1 Maple Leafs lead in the series. The Canadiens then swept the Winnipeg Jets in the second round, advancing to the Stanley Cup semifinals. After defeating the Vegas Golden Knights in the penultimate round, clinching an overtime victory in game 6 of the series, they reached their first Stanley Cup Finals in 28 years, whilst also being the first Canadian team to do so since the Vancouver Canucks in 2011. Montreal eventually lost the Finals to the Tampa Bay Lightning, 4–1.

In 2021–22, the Canadiens were unable to replicate their success from the prior season, ultimately finishing last in the league for the first time since the 1939–40 season and the first time in the NHL's expansion era, in what was one of the worst seasons in the team's history. In the process, they set team records for most regulation losses (49), most goals against (319), fewest wins (22), and fewest points (55), while their .335 point percentage was the team's third-worst ever, after only the 1925–26 (.319) and 1939–40 (.260) campaigns. As a result, team owner Geoff Molson authorized a "rebuild" of the roster over an extended period, a first in the modern history of the franchise. The Canadiens finished fifth-last in the subsequent 2022–23 and 2023–24 seasons.

Team identity

The Canadiens organization operates in both English and French. For many years, public address announcements and press releases have been given in both languages, and the team website and social media outlets are in both languages as well. At home games, the first stanza of O Canada is sung in French, and the chorus is sung in English.

Crest and sweater design

One of sport's oldest and most recognizable logos, the classic 'C' and 'H' of the Montreal Canadiens was first used together in the 1917–18 season, when the club changed its name to "Club de hockey Canadien" from "Club athlétique Canadien", before evolving to its current form in 1952–53. The "H" stands for "hockey", not "Habitants," a popular misconception. According to About.com, the first man to refer to the team as "the Habs" was American Tex Rickard, owner of the Madison Square Garden, in 1924. Rickard apparently told a reporter that the "H" on the Canadiens' sweaters was for "Habitants". In French, the "Habitants" nickname dates back to at least 1914, when it was printed in ''Le Devoir'' to report a 9–3 win over Toronto on the ninth of February.

Since 1911, the team's primary colours are blue, white and red. The home sweater is predominantly red in colour and features four blue and white stripes: one across each arm, one across the chest and the other across the waistline. The main road sweater is white with a red and blue stripe across the waist, red at the end of both arm sleeves, and red shoulder yokes. The basic design has been in use since 1914 and took its current form in 1925, generally evolving as materials changed. Because of the team's lengthy history and significance in Quebec, the sweater has been referred to as (the holy flannel sweater).

As of 2015, the Canadiens' home red sweater is the only uniform in the league to feature the French language version of the NHL shield logo (LNH) on the neck collar, in acknowledgment of Montreal's French Canadian heritage. The road white sweater retains the English NHL shield logo.

The Canadiens used multiple designs prior to adopting the aforementioned design in 1914. The original shirt of the 1909–10 season was blue with a white C. The second season had a red shirt featuring a green maple leaf with the C logo, and green pants. Lastly, the season before adopting the current look the Canadiens wore a "barber pole" design jersey with red, white and blue stripes, and the logo being a white maple leaf reading "CAC", "Club athlétique Canadien". All three designs were worn during the 2009–10 season as part of the Canadiens' centenary.

In the 2020–21 season, the Canadiens unveiled a " Reverse Retro" alternate uniform in collaboration with Adidas. The uniform was essentially the same as their regular red uniform, but with blue as the primary colour and red as the stripe colour. A second iteration was released in the 2022–23 season, again using the same template but with red relegated to the logo only and featuring a light blue base with white/dark blue/white stripes.

This period also saw the introduction of corporate sponsor advertising across NHL-sanctioned equipment, starting with helmet ads and followed by front jersey patches on gameday uniforms. Contextually, the Canadiens' away jerseys feature the Air Canada logo in the upper right chest area whereas the name and shield for the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) is stitched onto its home counterpart.

The Canadiens' colours are a readily identifiable aspect of French Canadian culture. In the short story "The Hockey Sweater", Roch Carrier described the influence of the Canadiens and their jersey within rural Quebec communities during the 1940s. The story was later made into an animated short, ''The Sweater'', narrated by Carrier. A passage from the short story appears on the 2002 issuance of the Canadian five-dollar bill.

Motto

To you from failing hands we throw the torch. Be yours to hold it high.

The motto is from the poem "In Flanders Fields" by John McCrae, which was written in 1915, the year before the Canadiens won their first Stanley Cup championship. The motto appears on the wall of the Canadiens' dressing room as well as on the inside collar of the new Adidas Adizero jerseys introduced in 2017.

Mascot

Beginning in the 2004–05 season, the Canadiens adopted Youppi! as their official mascot, the first costumed mascot in their long history. The foregoing was the longtime mascot for Major League Baseball (MLB)'s Montreal Expos but was dropped from the franchise when they moved to Washington, D.C. prior to the 2005 MLB season and became the Washington Nationals. With the changeover, Youppi! became the first mascot in professional sports to switch leagues. He is also the first mascot in professional sports to get ejected from a game dating back to his time with the Expos. In June 2020, Youppi! became the first mascot from a Canadian-based club to be inducted into the Mascot Hall of Fame.

In November 2022, the Canadiens introduced METAL!, an "unofficial official mascot", for the team's Reverse Retro series of games that season. METAL! was retired ahead of the 2024–25 season.

Rivalries

Toronto Maple Leafs

The Canadiens have developed strong rivalries with two fellow Original Six franchises, with whom they frequently shared divisions and competed in postseason play. The oldest is with the Toronto Maple Leafs, who first faced the Canadiens as the Toronto Arenas in 1917. The teams met 16 times in the playoffs, including five Stanley Cup Finals. Featuring the two largest cities in Canada and two of the largest fanbases in the league, the rivalry is sometimes dramatized as being emblematic of Canada's English and French linguistic divide. From 1938 to 1970, they were the only two Canadian teams in the league.

Boston Bruins

The team's other Original Six rivals are the Boston Bruins, who, since their NHL debut in 1924 have played the Canadiens more than any other team in both regular season play and List of the most frequent NHL playoff series, the playoffs combined. The teams have played 34 playoff series, seven of which were in the finals.

Quebec Nordiques (1979–1995)

The Canadiens also had an intraprovincial rivalry with the Quebec Nordiques during their existence from 1979 to 1995, nicknamed the "Battle of Quebec (ice hockey), Battle of Quebec".

Broadcasting

Montreal Canadiens games are broadcast locally in both the French and English languages. CHMP-FM, CHMP 98.5 is the Canadiens' French-language radio flagship. As of the 2017–18 NHL season, 2017–18 season, the team's regional television in both languages, and its English-language radio rights, are held by Bell Media. CKGM, ''TSN Radio 690'', is the English-language radio flagship; it acquired the rights under a seven-year deal which began in the 2011–12 NHL season, 2011–12 season. In June 2017, Bell Media reached a five-year extension.

Regional television rights in French are held by Réseau des sports (RDS) under a 12-year deal that began in the 2014–15 NHL season, 2014–15 season. A sister to the English-language network The Sports Network, TSN, RDS was the only French-language sports channel in Canada until the 2011 launch of TVA Sports, and was also the previous national French rightsholder of the NHL; as a result, the Canadiens forwent a separate regional contract, and allowed all of its games to be televised nationally in French as part of RDS's overall NHL rights.

With TVA Sports becoming the national French rightsholder in the 2014–15 season through a sub-licensing agreement with Sportsnet, RDS subsequently announced a 12-year deal to maintain regional rights to Canadiens games not shown on TVA Sports. As a result, games on RDS are Blackout (broadcasting), blacked out outside the Canadiens' home market of Quebec, Atlantic Canada and parts of Eastern Ontario shared with the Ottawa Senators. At least 22 Canadiens games per season (primarily through its Saturday night ''La Soirée du hockey #Present day, La super soirée LNH''), including all playoff games, are televised nationally by TVA Sports.

TSN2 assumed the English-language regional television rights in the 2017–18 season, with John Bartlett (sportscaster), John Bartlett on play-by-play, and Dave Poulin, Mike Johnson (ice hockey), Mike Johnson and Craig Button on colour commentary. All other games, including all playoff games, are televised nationally by NHL on Sportsnet, Sportsnet or CBC. Bartlett returned to Sportsnet over the 2018 off-season, and was succeeded by Bryan Mudryk.

English-language regional rights were previously held by Sportsnet East (with CJNT-DT, CJNT ''City Montreal'' as an overflow channel), under a three-year deal that expired following the 2016–17 NHL season, 2016–17 season; the games were called by Bartlett and Jason York. Prior to this deal, TSN held the rights from 2010 through 2014; the games were broadcast on a part-time channel with Dave Randorf on play-by-play.

Season-by-season record

''This is a list of the last five seasons completed by the Canadiens. For the full season-by-season history, see List of Montreal Canadiens seasons.''

''Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime Losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against''

Players and personnel

Current roster

Honoured members

Retired numbers

Collectively, the Canadiens have retired number, retired 15 numbers in honour of 18 players,
the most of any team in the NHL. All honourees were born in Canada and were members of at least two Stanley Cup winning Canadiens teams. Howie Morenz was the first honouree, on November 2, 1937. The NHL retired Wayne Gretzky's No. 99 for all its member teams at the 50th National Hockey League All-Star Game, 2000 NHL All-Star Game.

Hall of Fame

The Montreal Canadiens have an affiliation with a number of inductees to the Hockey Hall of Fame. Thirty-seven of these players are from three separate notable dynasties: 12 from 1955 to 1960, 11 from 1964 to 1969, and 13 from 1975 to 1979. Howie Morenz and Georges Vézina, Georges Vezina were the first Canadiens given the honour in 1945, while Shea Weber was the most recently inducted, in 2024. Along with players, a number of inductees from the builders category are affiliated with the club. The first inductee was vice president William Northey (ice hockey), William Northey in 1945. The most recent inductee was Pat Burns in 2014.

In addition to players and builders, seven broadcasters for the Montreal Canadiens have been awarded the Foster Hewitt Memorial Award from the Hockey Hall of Fame. The first two recipients of the award were Danny Gallivan and Rene Lecavalier in 1984. The other five award recipients are Doug Smith (sportscaster), Doug Smith (1985), Dick Irvin Jr. (1988), Richard Garneau (1999), Gilles Tremblay (ice hockey), Gilles Tremblay (2002), and Pierre Houde (2024).

Players

Builders

Team captains

* Jack Laviolette, 1909–1910, 1911–1912
* Newsy Lalonde, 1910–1911, 1912–1913, 1916–1922
* Jimmy Gardner (ice hockey), Jimmy Gardner, 1913–1915
* Howard McNamara, 1915–1916
* Sprague Cleghorn, 1922–1925
* Billy Coutu, 1925–1926
* Sylvio Mantha, 1926–1932, 1933–1936
* George Hainsworth, 1932–1933
* Babe Siebert, Albert "Babe" Siebert, 1936–1939
* Walter Buswell, 1939–1940
* Toe Blake, 1940–1948
* Bill Durnan, 1948 (January–April)
* Émile Bouchard, Emile Bouchard, 1948–1956
* Maurice Richard, 1956–1960
* Doug Harvey, 1960–1961
* Jean Beliveau, 1961–1971
* Henri Richard, 1971–1975
* Yvan Cournoyer, 1975–1979
* Serge Savard, 1979–1981
* Bob Gainey, 1981–1989
* Guy Carbonneau and Chris Chelios, 1989–1990 (co-captains)
* Guy Carbonneau, 1990–1994
* Kirk Muller, 1994–1995
* Mike Keane, 1995 (April–December)
* Pierre Turgeon, 1995–1996
* Vincent Damphousse, 1996–1999
* Saku Koivu, 1999–2009
* Brian Gionta, 2010–2014
* Max Pacioretty, 2015–2018
* Shea Weber, 2018–2022
* Nick Suzuki, 2022–present

Head coaches

* Joseph Cattarinich, Joe Cattarinich and Jack Laviolette, 1909–1910
* Adolphe Lecours, 1911
* Napoléon Dorval, Napoleon Dorval, 1911–1913
* Jimmy Gardner (ice hockey), Jimmy Gardner, 1913–1915
* Newsy Lalonde, 1915–1921, 1932–1934
* Léo Dandurand, Leo Dandurand, 1921–1926
* Cecil Hart, 1926–1932, 1936–1938
* Newsy Lalonde and Leo Dandurand, 1934–1935
* Sylvio Mantha, 1935–1936
* Cecil Hart and Jules Dugal, 1938–1939
* Babe Siebert, Albert "Babe" Siebert, 1939
* Alfred Lépine, Alfred "Pit" Lepine, 1939–1940
* Dick Irvin, 1940–55
* Toe Blake, Hector "Toe" Blake, 1955–1968
* Claude Ruel, 1968–1970, 1979–1981
* Al MacNeil, 1970–1971
* Scotty Bowman, 1971–1979
* Bernie Geoffrion, 1979
* Bob Berry (ice hockey), Bob Berry, 1981–1984
* Jacques Lemaire, 1984–1985
* Jean Perron, 1985–1988
* Pat Burns, 1988–1992
* Jacques Demers, 1992–1995
* Mario Tremblay, 1995–1997
* Alain Vigneault, 1997–2000
* Michel Therrien, 2000–2003, 2012–2017
* Claude Julien (ice hockey), Claude Julien, 2003–2006, 2017–2021
* Bob Gainey, 2006 (January–May), 2009 (March–June) (interim)
* Guy Carbonneau, 2006–2009
* Jacques Martin (ice hockey), Jacques Martin, 2009–2011
* Randy Cunneyworth, 2011–2012 (interim)
* Dominique Ducharme (ice hockey), Dominique Ducharme, 2021–2022
* Martin St. Louis, 2022–present

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First-round draft picks

* 1963 NHL amateur draft, 1963: Garry Monahan (1st overall)
* 1964 NHL amateur draft, 1964: Claude Chagnon (6th overall)
* 1965 NHL amateur draft, 1965: Pierre Bouchard (5th overall)
* 1966 NHL amateur draft, 1966: Phil Myre (5th overall)
* 1967 NHL amateur draft, 1967: Elgin McCann (8th overall)
* 1968 NHL amateur draft, 1968: Michel Plasse (1st overall), Roger Belisle (2nd overall), and Jim Pritchard (3rd overall)
* 1969 NHL amateur draft, 1969: Réjean Houle, Rejean Houle (1st overall), and Marc Tardif (2nd overall)
* 1970 NHL amateur draft, 1970: Ray Martynuik (5th overall), and Chuck Lefley (6th overall)
* 1971 NHL amateur draft, 1971: Guy Lafleur (1st overall), Chuck Arnason (7th overall), and Murray Wilson (11th overall)
* 1972 NHL amateur draft, 1972: Steve Shutt (4th overall), Michel Larocque (6th overall), Dave Gardner (ice hockey), Dave Gardner (8th overall), and John Van Boxmeer (14th overall)
* 1973 NHL amateur draft, 1973: Bob Gainey (8th overall)
* 1974 NHL amateur draft, 1974: Cam Connor (5th overall), Doug Risebrough (7th overall), Rick Chartraw (10th overall), Mario Tremblay (12th overall), and Gord McTavish (15th overall)
* 1975 NHL amateur draft, 1975: Robin Sadler (9th overall), and Pierre Mondou (15th overall)
* 1976 NHL amateur draft, 1976: Peter Lee (ice hockey), Peter Lee (12th overall), Rod Schutt (13th overall), and Bruce Baker (ice hockey), Bruce Baker (18th overall)
* 1977 NHL amateur draft, 1977: Mark Napier (ice hockey), Mark Napier (10th overall), and Norm Dupont (18th overall)
* 1978 NHL amateur draft, 1978: Danny Geoffrion (8th overall), and Dave Hunter (17th overall)
* 1980 NHL entry draft, 1980: Doug Wickenheiser (1st overall)
* 1981 NHL entry draft, 1981: Mark Hunter (ice hockey), Mark Hunter (7th overall), Gilbert Delorme (18th overall), and Jan Ingman (19th overall)
* 1982 NHL entry draft, 1982: Alain Héroux, Alain Heroux (19th overall)
* 1983 NHL entry draft, 1983: Alfie Turcotte (17th overall)
* 1984 NHL entry draft, 1984: Petr Svoboda (5th overall), and Shayne Corson (8th overall)
* 1985 NHL entry draft, 1985: José Charbonneau, Jose Charbonneau (12th overall), and Tom Chorske (16th overall)
* 1986 NHL entry draft, 1986: Mark Pederson (15th overall)
* 1987 NHL entry draft, 1987: Andrew Cassels (17th overall)
* 1988 NHL entry draft, 1988: Éric Charron, Eric Charron (20th overall)
* 1989 NHL entry draft, 1989: Lindsay Vallis (13th overall)
* 1990 NHL entry draft, 1990: Turner Stevenson (12th overall)
* 1991 NHL entry draft, 1991: Brent Bilodeau (17th overall)
* 1992 NHL entry draft, 1992: David Wilkie (ice hockey), David Wilkie (20th overall)
* 1993 NHL entry draft, 1993: Saku Koivu (21st overall)
* 1994 NHL entry draft, 1994: Brad Brown (18th overall)
* 1995 NHL entry draft, 1995: Terry Ryan (ice hockey, born 1977), Terry Ryan (8th overall)
* 1996 NHL entry draft, 1996: Matt Higgins (ice hockey), Matt Higgins (18th overall)
* 1997 NHL entry draft, 1997: Jason Ward (ice hockey), Jason Ward (11th overall)
* 1998 NHL entry draft, 1998: Eric Chouinard (16th overall)
* 2000 NHL entry draft, 2000: Ron Hainsey (13th overall), and Marcel Hossa (16th overall)
* 2001 NHL entry draft, 2001: Mike Komisarek (7th overall), and Alexander Perezhogin (25th overall)
* 2002 NHL entry draft, 2002: Chris Higgins (ice hockey), Chris Higgins (14th overall)
* 2003 NHL entry draft, 2003: Andrei Kostitsyn (10th overall)
* 2004 NHL entry draft, 2004: Kyle Chipchura (18th overall)
* 2005 NHL entry draft, 2005: Carey Price (5th overall)
* 2006 NHL entry draft, 2006: David Fischer (ice hockey), David Fischer (20th overall)
* 2007 NHL entry draft, 2007: Ryan McDonagh (12th overall), and Max Pacioretty (22nd overall)
* 2009 NHL entry draft, 2009: Louis Leblanc (18th overall)
* 2010 NHL entry draft, 2010: Jarred Tinordi (22nd overall)
* 2011 NHL entry draft, 2011: Nathan Beaulieu (17th overall)
* 2012 NHL entry draft, 2012: Alex Galchenyuk (3rd overall)
* 2013 NHL entry draft, 2013: Michael McCarron (25th overall)
* 2014 NHL entry draft, 2014: Nikita Scherbak (26th overall)
* 2015 NHL entry draft, 2015: Noah Juulsen (26th overall)
* 2016 NHL entry draft, 2016: Mikhail Sergachev (9th overall)
* 2017 NHL entry draft, 2017: Ryan Poehling (25th overall)
* 2018 NHL entry draft, 2018: Jesperi Kotkaniemi (3rd overall)
* 2019 NHL entry draft, 2019: Cole Caufield (15th overall)
* 2020 NHL entry draft, 2020: Kaiden Guhle (16th overall)
* 2021 NHL entry draft, 2021: Logan Mailloux (31st overall)
* 2022 NHL entry draft, 2022: Juraj Slafkovský, Juraj Slafkovsky (1st overall), and Filip Mešár, Filip Mesar (26th overall)
* 2023 NHL entry draft, 2023: David Reinbacher (5th overall)
* 2024 NHL entry draft, 2024: Ivan Demidov (ice hockey), Ivan Demidov (5th overall), and Michael Hage (21st overall)

Franchise individual records

Franchise scoring leaders

These are the top-ten point-scorers in franchise history. Figures are updated after each completed NHL regular season.
* – current Canadiens player
''Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games Played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; P/G = Points per game''

Records – skaters

;Career

* Most seasons: 20, Henri Richard
* Most games: 1,256, Henri Richard
* Most goals: 544, Maurice Richard
* Most assists: 728, Guy Lafleur
* Most points: 1,246, Guy Lafleur
* Most penalty minutes: 2,248, Chris Nilan
* Most consecutive games played: 560, Doug Jarvis

;Season

* Most goals in a season: 60, Steve Shutt (1976–77); Guy Lafleur (1977–78)
* Most powerplay goals in a season: 20, Yvan Cournoyer (1966–67)
* Most powerplay goals in a season, defenceman: 19, Sheldon Souray (2006–07)*
* Most assists in a season: 82, Pete Mahovlich (1974–75)
* Most points in a season: 136, Guy Lafleur (1976–77)
* Most penalty minutes in a season: 358, Chris Nilan (1984–85)
* Most points in a season, defenceman: 85, Larry Robinson (1976–77)
* Most points in a season, rookie: 71, Mats Näslund, Mats Naslund (1982–83); Kjell Dahlin (1985–86)
* Most goals in a season, defenceman: 28, Guy Lapointe (1974–75)

* Indicates a league record.

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Records – goaltenders

;Career

* Most games played: 707, Carey Price
* Most seasons: 16, Georges Vezina
* Most shutouts: 75, George Hainsworth
* Most wins: 360, Carey Price

;Season

* Most games in a season: 72, Carey Price (2010–11)
* Most wins in a season: 44, Carey Price (2014–15)
* Most shutouts in a season: 22, George Hainsworth (1928–29)*

* Indicates a league record.

Source:

See also

* Bell Sports Complex
* List of Montreal Canadiens award winners
* List of Montreal Canadiens players
* List of Montreal Canadiens goaltenders
* List of Montreal Canadiens general managers
* List of Montreal Canadiens presidents
* Montreal Junior Canadiens

Notes

References

Further reading

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External links

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CBC Digital Archives: Montreal Canadiens at 100

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