2020–21 Montreal Canadiens season

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2020–21 Montreal Canadiens
Division 4th North
2020–21 record 24–21–11
Home record 13–11–4
Road record 11–10–7
Goals for 159
Goals against 168
Team information
General Manager Marc Bergevin
Coach Claude Julien (Jan. 13 – Feb. 24)
Dominique Ducharme (interim) (Feb. 24 – Jul. 7)
Captain Shea Weber
Alternate captains Paul Byron
Brendan Gallagher
Arena Bell Centre
Minor league affiliations Laval Rocket (AHL)
Team leaders
Goals Tyler Toffoli (28)
Assists Jeff Petry (30)
Points Tyler Toffoli (44)
Penalties in minutes Ben Chiarot (50)
Plus/minus Joel Edmundson (+28)
Wins Carey Price (12)
Goals against average Carey Price (2.64)
<2019–20 2021–22>

The 2020–21 Montreal Canadiens season was the 112th for the club that was established on December 4, 1909, and their 104th season as a franchise in the National Hockey League.

Due to the Canada–U.S. border restrictions brought in as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Canadiens were re-aligned with the other six Canadian franchises into the newly-formed North Division. The league's 56 game season was played entirely within the new divisions, meaning that Montreal and the other Canadian teams played an all-Canadian schedule for the 2020–21 regular season as well as the first two rounds of the 2021 Stanley Cup playoffs.

On May 10, 2021, the Canadiens clinched a playoff berth after a 4–3 overtime loss to the Edmonton Oilers.[1] In the First Round, the Canadiens successfully overcame a 3–1 series deficit to defeat the Toronto Maple Leafs in seven games.[2] In the Second Round, the Canadiens swept the Winnipeg Jets in four games.[3] Since they were the lowest-remaining team from the second round, they played against the Vegas Golden Knights in the Stanley Cup Semifinals,[4][5] defeating them in six games. The Canadiens won the Clarence S. Campbell Bowl and advanced to the Stanley Cup Finals for the first time since 1993,[6] subsequently ending a 10-year Canadian team Finals appearance drought, the Vancouver Canucks (in 2011) being the previous team to reach such juncture.[7] In the 2021 Stanley Cup Finals against the Tampa Bay Lightning, the Canadiens lost the first three games of the series, finally earning a win in game four. However, the Canadiens were defeated in five games.[8]

Standings

Divisional standings

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Schedule and results

Regular season

The regular season schedule was published on December 23, 2020.[9]

2020–21 game log

Legend:       Win (2 points)       Loss (0 points)       Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Playoffs

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Main article: 2021 Stanley Cup playoffs
2021 Stanley Cup playoffs

Legend:       Win       Loss

Player statistics

Skaters

Goaltenders

Regular season[95]
Player GP GS TOI W L OT GA GAA SA SV% SO G A PIM
Carey Price 25 25 1,478:45 12 7 5 65 2.64 659 .901 1 0 0 0
Jake Allen 29 27 1,702:36 11 12 5 76 2.68 817 .907 0 0 0 2
Cayden Primeau 4 4 201:54 1 2 1 14 4.16 93 .849 0 0 0 0
Playoffs[96]
Player GP GS TOI W L GA GAA SA SV% SO G A PIM
Carey Price 22 22 1,341:38 13 9 51 2.28 673 .924 1 0 0 0

†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.

Awards and honours

Milestones

Transactions

The Canadiens had been involved in the following transactions during the 2020–21 season.

Trades

Date Details Ref
October 6, 2020 (2020-10-06) To Columbus Blue Jackets
Max Domi
3rd-round pick in 2020		 To Montreal Canadiens
Josh Anderson		 [118]
October 7, 2020 (2020-10-07) To Tampa Bay Lightning
STL's 2nd-round pick in 2020		 To Montreal Canadiens
4th-round pick in 2020
2nd-round pick in 2021		 [119]
October 7, 2020 (2020-10-07) To San Jose Sharks
ANA's 4th-round pick in 2020		 To Montreal Canadiens
WSH's 3rd-round pick in 2021		 [120]
October 7, 2020 (2020-10-07) To Chicago Blackhawks
OTT's 7th-round pick in 2020		 To Montreal Canadiens
MTL's 7th-round pick in 2021		 [121]
March 26, 2021 (2021-03-26) To Buffalo Sabres
3rd-round pick in 2021
5th-round pick in 2021		 To Montreal Canadiens
Eric Staal1		 [122]
April 11, 2021 (2021-04-11) To Detroit Red Wings
Hayden Verbeek
5th-round pick in 2021		 To Montreal Canadiens
Jon Merrill		 [123]
April 12, 2021 (2021-04-12) To Philadelphia Flyers
7th-round pick in 2022		 To Montreal Canadiens
Erik Gustafsson2		 [124]

Notes:

  1. The Buffalo Sabres will retain 50% of Staal's salary for the remainder of the 2020-21 season.
  2. The Philadelphia Flyers will retain 50% of Gustafsson's salary for the remainder of the 2020-21 season.

Contract terminations

Date Player Via Ref
October 6, 2020 (2020-10-06) Karl Alzner Unconditional waivers [125]
December 31, 2020 (2020-12-31) Alexandre Alain Mutual termination [126]

Waivers

Date Player Team Ref
January 11, 2021 (2021-01-11) Noah Juulsen to Florida Panthers [127]
April 12, 2021 (2021-04-12) Victor Mete to Ottawa Senators [128]

Free agents

Date Player Team Contract term Ref
October 9, 2020 (2020-10-09) Brandon Baddock from New Jersey Devils 1-year [129]
October 9, 2020 (2020-10-09) Max Friberg to Frölunda HC (SHL) 3-year [130]
October 9, 2020 (2020-10-09) Keith Kinkaid to New York Rangers 2-year [131]
October 12, 2020 (2020-10-12) Tyler Toffoli from Vancouver Canucks 4-year [132]
November 23, 2020 (2020-11-23) Aaron Luchuk to Orlando Solar Bears (ECHL) 1-year [133]
November 27, 2020 (2020-11-27) Antoine Waked to Indy Fuel (ECHL) 1-year [134]
December 23, 2020 (2020-12-23) Michael Frolik from Buffalo Sabres 1-year [135]
December 28, 2020 (2020-12-28) Corey Perry from Dallas Stars 1-year [136]
December 30, 2020 (2020-12-30) Christian Folin to Vaxjo Lakers (SHL) 1-year [137]
January 4, 2021 (2021-01-04) Andrew Sturtz to Rapid City Rush (ECHL) 1-year [138]
April 2, 2021 (2021-04-02) Corey Schueneman from Laval Rocket (AHL) 1-year [139]
May 19, 2021 (2021-05-19) Vasili Demchenko to Avangard Omsk (KHL) 1-year [140]
June 15, 2021 (2021-06-15) Otto Leskinen to Jokerit (KHL) 2-year [141]

Signings

Date Player Contract term Ref
September 30, 2020 (2020-09-30) Michael McNiven 1-year [142]
October 8, 2020 (2020-10-08) Noah Juulsen 1-year [143]
October 8, 2020 (2020-10-08) Josh Anderson 7-year [144]
October 9, 2020 (2020-10-09) Victor Mete 1-year [145]
October 9, 2020 (2020-10-09) Xavier Ouellet 2-year [146]
October 14, 2020 (2020-10-14) Jake Allen 2-year [147]
October 14, 2020 (2020-10-14) Brendan Gallagher 6-year [148]
October 20, 2020 (2020-10-20) Kaiden Guhle 3-year [149]
March 1, 2021 (2021-03-01) Gianni Fairbrother 3-year [150]
March 27, 2021 (2021-03-27) Cole Caufield 3-year [151]
April 6, 2021 (2021-04-06) Jan Mysak 3-year [152]
May 12, 2021 (2021-05-12) Rafael Harvey-Pinard 2-year [153]
June 3, 2021 (2021-06-03) Mattias Norlinder 3-year [154]
June 19, 2021 (2021-06-19) Lukas Vejdemo 1-year [155]
June 21, 2021 (2021-06-21) Laurent Dauphin 1-year [156]
June 27, 2021 (2021-06-27) Brandon Baddock 1-year [157]

Draft picks

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See also: List of Montreal Canadiens draft picks

Below are the Montreal Canadiens' selections at the 2020 NHL Entry Draft, which was held virtually via Video conference call from the NHL Network studio in Secaucus, New Jersey on October 6–7, 2020. Originally scheduled for June 26–27, 2020 at the Bell Center in Montreal, Quebec, the draft was subsequently postponed on March 25, 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic and moved to such format hereafter.

Round # Player Pos Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)
1 16 Kaiden Guhle D  Canada Prince Albert Raiders (WHL)
2 47 Luke Tuch LW  United States U.S. NTDP (USHL)
2 481 Jan Mysak C  Czech Republic Hamilton Bulldogs (OHL)
4 1022 Jack Smith C  United States St. Cloud Cathedral (USHS-MN)
4 109 Blake Biondi C  United States Hermantown High School (USHS-MN)
4 1243 Sean Farrell LW  United States Chicago Steel (USHL)
5 1364 Jakub Dobes G  Czech Republic Omaha Lancers (USHL)
6 171 Alexander Gordin RW  Russia SKA-1946 (MHL)

Notes:

  1. The Chicago Blackhawks' second-round pick will go to the Montreal Canadiens as the result of a trade on June 30, 2019 that sent Andrew Shaw and a seventh-round pick in 2021 to Chicago in exchange for a seventh-round pick in 2020, a third-round pick in 2021 and this pick.[158]
  2. The Winnipeg Jets' fourth-round pick will go to the Montreal Canadiens as the result of a trade on June 30, 2018 that sent Simon Bourque to Winnipeg in exchange for Steve Mason, Joel Armia, a seventh-round pick in 2019 and this pick.[159]
  3. The Tampa Bay Lightning's fourth-round pick will go to the Montreal Canadiens as the result of a trade on October 7, 2020 that sent St. Louis' second-round pick in 2020 to Tampa Bay in exchange for a second-round pick in 2021 and this pick.[119]
  4. The Florida Panthers' fifth-round pick will go to the Montreal Canadiens as the result of a trade on June 22, 2019 that sent Chicago's fifth-round pick in 2019 to Florida in exchange for this pick.[160]

Notes

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