Topic: Montreal Canadiens

Bruins, Lightning advance to second round

The Tampa Bay Lightning and Boston Bruins advanced to the second round of the National Hockey League playoffs with dramatic one-goal victories in seventh-game showdowns Wednesday.Nathan Horton scored 5:43 into over-time to give the Bruins a 4-3 home victory over the Montreal ...

Bruins edge Canadiens in OT to advance

Nathan Horton scored 5:43 into over-time to give the Boston a 4-3 victory over Montreal that advanced the Bruins into the second round of the National Hockey League playoffs.Boston defeated the Canadiens four games to three in the best-of-seven Eastern Conference first-round ...

Bruins' Ference fined $2,500 for obscene gesture

TORONTO (Reuters) - Boston Bruins defenseman Andrew Ference has been fined $2,500 for making an obscene gesture to the crowd during Game Four against the Montreal Canadiens, the NHL said on Friday.Ference pointed the middle finger of his left hand at the ...

Bruins hit back with 4-2 win over Habs

MONTREAL (Reuters) - The Boston Bruins clawed their way back into the NHL first-round playoff series against Montreal with a 4-2 road win over the Canadiens on Monday.The Bruins lost the first two games of the best-of-seven Eastern Conference series but cut ...

Boston "Priced" out as Canadiens take 2-0 lead

BOSTON (Reuters) - Carey Price produced 34 saves to spur Montreal to a 3-1 win over the Boston Bruins on Saturday and put the Canadiens 2-0 up in the Eastern Conference series."If we're sitting here and celebrating (being 2-0 up), we're making ...

Bruins' Chara suffering from dehydration

Slovak star Zdeno Chara sat out Saturday's Boston-Montreal playoff contest after being hospitalized following game one with dehydration.The 34-year-old, 6ft 9in Chara was taken to hospital after logging a whopping 25 minutes of ice time in the Bruins 2-0 loss to Montreal ...

Carey Price in top form as Habs blank Boston

BOSTON (Reuters) - Montreal goaltender Carey Price was in spectacular form in earning his third career NHL playoff shutout as the Canadiens beat Boston 2-0 on Thursday.Price turned aside 31 shots while Brian Gionta scored both goals at Boston's TD Garden to ...

Defending NHL champ Hawks face top seed Canucks

Chicago, which sneaked into the playoffs on the final day of the season, will have a chance to defend their title when they open the post-season against the President's Trophy winning Vancouver.The Blackhawks-Canucks' game is one of five on tap for Wednesday, ...

Conservatives lead in poll

Prime Minister Stephen Harper's Conservatives continued to hold a strong lead over rivals in the lead-up to two televised election debates, according to a new poll Monday.Support for the Tories was at 41.2 percent, 11 points ahead of the main opposition Liberals, ...

Canadiens advance to playoffs, Chicago still in contention

MONTREAL (Reuters) - Rookie defenseman P.K. Subban scored a power play game winning goal in overtime to give the Montreal Canadiens a 2-1 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks on Tuesday, which advanced them to the playoffs.The Stanley Cup champion Blackhawks kept their ...