The Montreal Canadiens will return to the Stanley Cup playoffs for the first time since the 2021 final when their first-round ...

Here at Last Word on Hockey, we will preview and review all of the 2025 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs. In every series, we try to give at least three articles throughout the series’ lifespan.

MONTREAL - Across 240 career NHL games, Montreal Canadiens centre Kirby Dach had never before found ... alongside Slafkovsky and the red-hot Patrik Laine, who scored his third goal (all coming ...

Patrik Laine and the Montreal Canadiens have their sights set on upsetting the Washington Capitals in the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. After clinching their spot in the postseason with ...

But when Patrik Laine was asked about how special it would be for the Finnish star to go up against a player like Washington Capitals captain and NHL goal-scoring leader Alex Ovechkin, he had ...

“I find that their forward group — especially now with the addition of (Ivan) Demidov — gives them a little bit of a new look, especially if Marty deploys Demidov, (Patrik) Laine and ...

The Canadiens return to home ice, where they enjoyed a lot of success down the stretch.

Laine logged a power-play assist, five shots on goal, three hits, two PIM and a minus-2 rating in Monday's 3-2 overtime loss to the Capitals in Game 1. Laine snapped a five-game point drought with ...

Patrik Laine played zero shifts in the third period of Montreal Canadiens' Game 2 loss against the Washington Capitals, and ended the game with 10:10 minutes of play time. Speaking postgame after ...

Patrik Laine, for example, doesn’t seem to be particularly excited about facing the best scorer in NHL history: We know Laine is not afraid to speak his mind to the media. He did it earlier this year ...