2017–18 Montreal Canadiens season

NHL hockey team season

2017–18 Montreal Canadiens
Division6th Atlantic
Conference14th Eastern
2017–18 record29–40–13
Home record18–14–9
Road record11–26–4
Goals for209
Goals against264
Team information
General managerMarc Bergevin
CoachClaude Julien
CaptainMax Pacioretty
Alternate captainsBrendan Gallagher
Tomas Plekanec (Oct.–Feb.)
Shea Weber
ArenaBell Centre
Average attendance21,299 (99.9%)[1]
Minor league affiliate(s)Laval Rocket (AHL)
Brampton Beast (ECHL)
Team leaders
GoalsBrendan Gallagher (31)
AssistsJonathan Drouin (33)
PointsBrendan Gallagher (54)
Penalty minutesNicolas Deslauriers (55)
Plus/minusNicolas Deslauriers (+7)
WinsCarey Price (16)
Goals against averageAntti Niemi (2.46)

The 2017–18 Montreal Canadiens season was the 109th season for the franchise that was founded on December 4, 1909, and their 101st in the National Hockey League.[2] For the second time in the past three seasons, the Canadiens failed to make the playoffs.

Standings

Atlantic Division
Pos Team
  • v
  • t
  • e
GP W L OTL ROW GF GA GD Pts
1 z – Tampa Bay Lightning 82 54 23 5 48 296 236 +60 113
2 x – Boston Bruins 82 50 20 12 47 270 214 +56 112
3 x – Toronto Maple Leafs 82 49 26 7 42 277 232 +45 105
4 Florida Panthers 82 44 30 8 41 248 246 +2 96
5 Detroit Red Wings 82 30 39 13 25 217 255 −38 73
6 Montreal Canadiens 82 29 40 13 27 209 264 −55 71
7 Ottawa Senators 82 28 43 11 26 221 291 −70 67
8 Buffalo Sabres 82 25 45 12 24 199 280 −81 62
Source: National Hockey League[3]
x – Clinched playoff spot; z – Clinched conference
Eastern Conference Wild Card
Pos Div Team
  • v
  • t
  • e
GP W L OTL ROW GF GA GD Pts
1 ME x – Columbus Blue Jackets 82 45 30 7 39 242 230 +12 97
2 ME x – New Jersey Devils 82 44 29 9 39 248 244 +4 97
3 AT Florida Panthers 82 44 30 8 41 248 246 +2 96
4 ME Carolina Hurricanes 82 36 35 11 33 228 256 −28 83
5 ME New York Islanders 82 35 37 10 32 264 296 −32 80
6 ME New York Rangers 82 34 39 9 31 231 268 −37 77
7 AT Detroit Red Wings 82 30 39 13 25 217 255 −38 73
8 AT Montreal Canadiens 82 29 40 13 27 209 264 −55 71
9 AT Ottawa Senators 82 28 43 11 26 221 291 −70 67
10 AT Buffalo Sabres 82 25 45 12 24 199 280 −81 62
Source: National Hockey League[4]
x – Clinched playoff spot

Schedule and results

Preseason

The preseason schedule was released on June 19, 2017.[5]

2017 preseason game log: 2–6–0 (Home: 2–3–0 ; Road: 0–3–0)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Recap
1[a] September 18 Montreal 2–3 Boston Fucale 0–1–0 Recap
2 September 20 Washington 4–2 Montreal Lindgren 21,288 0–2–0 Recap
3 September 21 New Jersey 4–1 Montreal Price 21,288 0–3–0 Recap
4 September 23 Montreal 1–5 Ottawa Montoya 14,818 0–4–0 Recap
5[b] September 25 Montreal 1–5 Toronto Montoya – 0–5–0 Recap
6[a] September 27 Toronto 4–2 Montreal Price – 0–6–0 Recap
7 September 29 Florida 1–3 Montreal Lindgren 21,288 1–6–0 Recap
8 September 30 Ottawa 2–9 Montreal Price 21,288 2–6–0 Recap

Notes:
a Game was played at Videotron Centre in Quebec City, Quebec.
b Game was played at Ricoh Coliseum in Toronto, Ontario.

Regular season

The regular season schedule was published on June 22, 2017.[6]

2017–18 game log
October: 4–7–1 (Home: 2–2–1 ; Road: 2–5–0)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap
1 October 5 Montreal 3–2 Buffalo SO Price 19,070 1–0–0 2 Recap
2 October 7 Montreal 1–6 Washington Price 18,506 1–1–0 2 Recap
3 October 8 Montreal 0–2 NY Rangers Price 18,006 1–2–0 2 Recap
4 October 10 Chicago 3–1 Montreal Price 21,302 1–3–0 2 Recap
5 October 14 Toronto 4–3 Montreal OT Price 21,302 1–3–1 3 Recap
6 October 17 Montreal 2–5 San Jose Price 17,377 1–4–1 3 Recap
7 October 18 Montreal 1–5 Los Angeles Montoya 18,230 1–5–1 3 Recap
8 October 20 Montreal 2–6 Anaheim Price 17,174 1–6–1 3 Recap
9 October 24 Florida 1–5 Montreal Price 21,302 2–6–1 5 Recap
10 October 26 Los Angeles 4–0 Montreal Price 21,302 2–7–1 5 Recap
11 October 28 NY Rangers 4–5 Montreal Price 21,302 3–7–1 7 Recap
12 October 30 Montreal 8–3 Ottawa Montoya 15,069 4–7–1 9 Recap
November: 8–5–2 (Home: 5–3–1 ; Road: 3–2–1)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap
13 November 2 Montreal 3–6 Minnesota Price 18,924 4–8–1 9 Recap
14 November 4 Montreal 5–4 Winnipeg OT Montoya 15,321 5–8–1 11 Recap
15 November 5 Montreal 2–0 Chicago Lindgren 21,871 6–8–1 13 Recap
16 November 7 Vegas 2–3 Montreal Lindgren 21,302 7–8–1 15 Recap
17 November 9 Minnesota 3–0 Montreal Lindgren 21,302 7–9–1 15 Recap
18 November 11 Buffalo 1–2 Montreal OT Lindgren 21,302 8–9–1 17 Recap
19 November 14 Columbus 2–1 Montreal OT Lindgren 21,302 8–9–2 18 Recap
20 November 16 Arizona 5–4 Montreal Lindgren 21,302 8–10–2 18 Recap
21 November 18 Toronto 6–0 Montreal Lindgren 21,302 8–11–2 18 Recap
22 November 21 Montreal 1–3 Dallas Lindgren 18,532 8–12–2 18 Recap
23 November 22 Montreal 2–3 Nashville SO Niemi 17,113 8–12–3 19 Recap
24 November 25 Buffalo 0–3 Montreal Price 21,302 9–12–3 21 Recap
25 November 27 Columbus 1–3 Montreal Price 21,302 10–12–3 23 Recap
26 November 29 Ottawa 1–2 Montreal Price 21,302 11–12–3 25 Recap
27 November 30 Montreal 6–3 Detroit Price 19,515 12–12–3 27 Recap
December: 4–7–1 (Home: 2–2–1 ; Road: 2–5–0)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap
28 December 2 Detroit 1–10 Montreal Price 21,302 13–12–3 29 Recap
29 December 5 St. Louis 4–3 Montreal Price 21,302 13–13–3 29 Recap
30 December 7 Calgary 3–2 Montreal OT Price 21,302 13–13–4 30 Recap
31 December 9 Edmonton 6–2 Montreal Price 21,302 13–14–4 30 Recap
32 December 14 New Jersey 1–2 Montreal OT Price 21,302 14–14–4 32 Recap
33 December 16 Montreal 0–3 Ottawa Price 33,959
(outdoors)		 14–15–4 32 Recap
34 December 19 Montreal 7–5 Vancouver Price 18,865 15–15–4 34 Recap
35 December 22 Montreal 3–2 Calgary Price 19,289 16–15–4 36 Recap
36 December 23 Montreal 1–4 Edmonton Niemi 18,347 16–16–4 36 Recap
37 December 27 Montreal 1–3 Carolina Price 14,880 16–17–4 36 Recap
38 December 28 Montreal 1–3 Tampa Bay Price 19,092 16–18–4 36 Recap
39 December 30 Montreal 0–2 Florida Price 18,013 16–19–4 36 Recap
January: 4–5–2 (Home: 3–3–2 ; Road: 1–2–0)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap
40 January 2 San Jose 4–1 Montreal Price 21,302 16–20–4 36 Recap
41 January 4 Tampa Bay 1–2 Montreal SO Price 21,302 17–20–4 38 Recap
42 January 7 Vancouver 2–5 Montreal Price 21,302 18–20–4 40 Recap
43 January 13 Boston 4–3 Montreal SO Price 21,302 18–20–5 41 Recap
44 January 15 NY Islanders 5–4 Montreal OT Price 21,302 18–20–6 42 Recap
45 January 17 Montreal 1–4 Boston Price 17,565 18–21–6 42 Recap
46 January 19 Montreal 3–2 Washington Niemi 18,506 19–21–6 44 Recap
47 January 20 Boston 4–1 Montreal Price 21,302 19–22–6 44 Recap
48 January 23 Colorado 2–4 Montreal Price 21,302 20–22–6 46 Recap
49 January 25 Carolina 6–5 Montreal Price 21,302 20–23–6 46 Recap
50 January 30 Montreal 1–3 St. Louis Price 18,149 20–24–6 46 Recap
February: 4–5–4 (Home: 4–0–3 ; Road: 0–5–1)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap
51 February 1 Montreal 0–2 Carolina Price 11,953 20–25–6 46 Recap
52 February 3 Anaheim 2–5 Montreal Niemi 21,302 21–25–6 48 Recap
53 February 4 Ottawa 1–4 Montreal Price 21,302 22–25–6 50 Recap
54 February 8 Montreal 3–5 Philadelphia Price 19,655 22–26–6 50 Recap
55 February 10 Nashville 3–2 Montreal SO Price 21,302 22–26–7 51 Recap
56 February 14 Montreal 0–2 Colorado Niemi 14,928 22–27–7 51 Recap
57 February 15 Montreal 2–5 Arizona Price 11,489 22–28–7 51 Recap
58 February 17 Montreal 3–6 Vegas Price 18,122 22–29–7 51 Recap
59 February 20 Montreal 2–3 Philadelphia OT Price 19,336 22–29–8 52 Recap
60 February 22 NY Rangers 1–3 Montreal Niemi 21,302 23–29–8 54 Recap
61 February 24 Tampa Bay 4–3 Montreal SO Niemi 21,302 23–29–9 55 Recap
62 February 26 Philadelphia 1–0 Montreal SO Lindgren 21,302 23–29–10 56 Recap
63 February 28 NY Islanders 1–3 Montreal Niemi 21,302 24–29–10 58 Recap
March: 4–9–2 (Home: 2–3–0 ; Road: 2–6–2)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap
64 March 2 Montreal 6–3 NY Islanders Lindgren 10,685 25–29–10 60 Recap
65 March 3 Montreal 1–2 Boston OT Niemi 17,565 25–29–11 61 Recap
66 March 6 Montreal 4–6 New Jersey Lindgren 14,586 25–30–11 61 Recap
67 March 8 Montreal 0–5 Florida Lindgren 14,901 25–31–11 61 Recap
68 March 10 Montreal 2–3 Tampa Bay SO Niemi 19,092 25–31–12 62 Recap
69 March 12 Montreal 2–5 Columbus Lindgren 15,864 25–32–12 62 Recap
70 March 13 Dallas 2–4 Montreal Niemi 21,302 26–32–12 64 Recap
71 March 15 Pittsburgh 5–3 Montreal Niemi 21,302 26–33–12 64 Recap
72 March 17 Montreal 0–4 Toronto Lindgren 19,364 26–34–12 64 Recap
73 March 19 Florida 2–0 Montreal Niemi 21,302 26–35–12 64 Recap
74 March 21 Montreal 3–5 Pittsburgh Price 18,574 26–36–12 64 Recap
75 March 23 Montreal 3–0 Buffalo Niemi 18,594 27–36–12 66 Recap
76 March 24 Washington 6–4 Montreal Price 21,302 27–37–12 66 Recap
77 March 26 Detroit 2–4 Montreal Price 21,302 28–37–12 68 Recap
78 March 31 Montreal 2–5 Pittsburgh Niemi 18,636 28–38–12 68 Recap
April: 1–2–1 (Home: 0–1–1 ; Road: 1–1–0)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap
79 April 1 New Jersey 2–1 Montreal Price 21,302 28–39–12 68 Recap
80 April 3 Winnipeg 5–4 Montreal OT Price 21,302 28–39–13 69 Recap
81 April 5 Montreal 4–3 Detroit Niemi 19,515 29–39–13 71 Recap
82 April 7 Montreal 2–4 Toronto Price 19,525 29–40–13 71 Recap

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

Player statistics

Final[7]

Skaters

Regular season
Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM
Brendan Gallagher 82 31 23 54 −13 34
Alex Galchenyuk 82 19 32 51 −31 22
Jonathan Drouin 77 13 33 46 −28 30
Jeff Petry 82 12 30 42 −30 28
Max Pacioretty 64 17 20 37 −16 30
Paul Byron 82 20 15 35 −4 23
Charles Hudon 72 10 20 30 −12 38
Phillip Danault 52 8 17 25 0 34
Tomas Plekanec‡ 60 6 18 24 3 39
Artturi Lehkonen 66 12 9 21 −11 20
Andrew Shaw 51 10 10 20 −8 53
Shea Weber 26 6 10 16 −8 14
Daniel Carr 38 6 10 16 2 8
Jordie Benn 77 4 11 15 −2 34
Nicolas Deslauriers 58 10 4 14 7 55
Jacob de la Rose 55 4 8 12 −2 29
Karl Alzner 82 1 11 12 −7 40
Joe Morrow‡ 38 5 6 11 −11 26
Byron Froese 48 3 8 11 0 26
Mike Reilly† 19 0 8 8 1 8
Victor Mete 49 0 7 7 5 4
Nikita Scherbak 26 4 2 6 −5 8
Logan Shaw† 30 2 4 6 −5 8
David Schlemko 37 1 4 5 3 6
Jakub Jerabek‡ 25 1 3 4 −1 6
Noah Juulsen 23 1 2 3 1 4
Kerby Rychel 4 1 1 2 −2 2
Brandon Davidson‡ 13 0 1 1 −3 9
Michael McCarron 18 0 1 1 −1 32
Brett Lernout 18 0 1 1 −5 6
Rinat Valiev 2 0 0 0 0 2
Mark Streit 2 0 0 0 −2 0
Ales Hemsky 7 0 0 0 −1 10
Torrey Mitchell‡ 11 0 0 0 0 2

Goaltenders

Regular season[7]
Player GP GS TOI W L OT GA GAA SA SV% SO G A PIM
Carey Price 49 48 2,854:37 16 26 7 148 3.11 1487 .900 1 0 0 0
Antti Niemi† 19 17 1,026:16 7 5 4 42 2.46 592 .929 1 0 0 0
Charlie Lindgren 14 14 832:58 4 8 2 42 3.03 457 .908 2 0 0 2
Al Montoya‡ 4 3 222:31 2 1 0 14 3.77 102 .863 0 0 1 0

†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Canadiens. Stats reflect time with Canadiens only.
‡Traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with Canadiens only.

Awards and honours

Awards

Regular season
Player Award Awarded Ref
Carey Price NHL Second Star of the Week December 4, 2017 [8]
Carey Price NHL All-Star Game selection January 10, 2018 [9]

Milestones

Regular season
Player Milestone Reached Ref
Victor Mete 1st career NHL game October 5, 2017 [10]
Karl Alzner 100th career NHL assist October 14, 2017 [11]
Victor Mete 1st career NHL assist
1st career NHL point		 October 17, 2017 [12]
Jonathan Drouin 100th career NHL point October 17, 2017 [12]
Brendan Gallagher 100th career NHL assist October 24, 2017 [13]
Karl Alzner 600th career NHL game October 24, 2017 [14]
Andrew Shaw 400th career NHL game October 26, 2017 [15]
Charles Hudon 1st career NHL goal October 30, 2017 [16]
Charlie Lindgren 1st career NHL shutout November 5, 2017 [17]
Paul Byron 300th career NHL game November 14, 2017 [18]
Jakub Jerabek 1st career NHL game November 22, 2017 [19]
Brendan Gallagher 200th career NHL point November 27, 2017 [20]
Paul Byron 1st career NHL hat-trick December 2, 2017 [21]
Brendan Gallagher 100th career NHL goal December 2, 2017 [21]
Shea Weber 500th career NHL point December 5, 2017 [22]
Max Pacioretty 600th career NHL game December 28, 2017 [23]
Jonathan Drouin 200th career NHL game January 4, 2018 [24]
Alex Galchenyuk 100th career NHL goal January 13, 2018 [25]
Artturi Lehkonen 100th career NHL game January 13, 2018 [25]
Jakub Jerabek 1st career NHL assist
1st career NHL point		 January 15, 2018 [26]
Jakub Jerabek 1st career NHL goal January 17, 2018 [27]
Tomas Plekanec 600th career NHL point February 4, 2018 [28]
Jeff Petry 500th career NHL game February 10, 2018 [29]
Joe Morrow 100th career NHL game February 17, 2018 [30]
Noah Juulsen 1st career NHL game February 22, 2018 [31]
Byron Froese 100th career NHL game February 28, 2018 [32]
Jacob de la Rose 100th career NHL game February 28, 2018 [32]
Noah Juulsen 1st career NHL goal
1st career NHL point		 March 2, 2018 [33]
Alex Galchenyuk 400th career NHL game March 2, 2018 [33]
Brendan Gallagher 400th career NHL game March 24, 2018 [34]
Noah Juulsen 1st career NHL assist March 26, 2018 [35]
Mike Reilly 100th career NHL game April 1, 2018 [36]

Transactions

The Canadiens have been involved in the following transactions during the 2017–18 season.

Trades

Date Details Ref
June 22, 2017 (2017-06-22) To Vegas Golden Knights
5th-round pick in 2019 		To Montreal Canadiens
David Schlemko 		[37]
October 4, 2017 (2017-10-04) To Buffalo Sabres
Zach Redmond 		To Montreal Canadiens
Nicolas Deslauriers 		[38]
October 4, 2017 (2017-10-04) To Chicago Blackhawks
Andreas Martinsen 		To Montreal Canadiens
Kyle Baun 		[39]
November 23, 2017 (2017-11-23) To Los Angeles Kings
Torrey Mitchell 		To Montreal Canadiens
Conditional 5th-round pick in 2018 		[40]
November 30, 2017 (2017-11-30) To New York Rangers
Peter Holland 		To Montreal Canadiens
Adam Cracknell 		[41]
January 4, 2018 (2018-01-04) To Edmonton Oilers
Al Montoya 		To Montreal Canadiens
Conditional 4th-round pick in 2018 		[42]
February 21, 2018 (2018-02-21) To Washington Capitals
Jakub Jerabek 		To Montreal Canadiens
5th-round pick in 2019 		[43]
February 25, 2018 (2018-02-25) To Toronto Maple Leafs
Kyle Baun
Tomas Plekanec[Note 1] 		To Montreal Canadiens
Kerby Rychel
Rinat Valiev
2nd-round pick in 2018 		[44]
February 26, 2018 (2018-02-26) To Winnipeg Jets
Joe Morrow 		To Montreal Canadiens
4th-round pick in 2018 		[45]
February 26, 2018 (2018-02-26) To Minnesota Wild
5th-round pick in 2019 		To Montreal Canadiens
Mike Reilly 		[46]
June 15, 2018 (2018-06-15) To Arizona Coyotes
Alex Galchenyuk 		To Montreal Canadiens
Max Domi 		[47]

Notes

  1. Note 1 Montreal to retain 50% of salary as part of trade.

Free agents acquired

Date Player Former team Contract terms
(in U.S. dollars)		 Ref
July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01) Karl Alzner Washington Capitals 5-year, $23.125 million [48]
July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01) Peter Holland Arizona Coyotes 2-year, $1.35 million [49]
July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01) Byron Froese Tampa Bay Lightning 2-year, $1.3 million [50]
July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01) Matt Taormina Tampa Bay Lightning 2-year, $1.3 million two-way contract [51]
July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01) Joe Morrow Boston Bruins 1-year, $650,000 [52]
July 3, 2017 (2017-07-03) Ales Hemsky Dallas Stars 1-year, $1 million [53]
July 25, 2017 (2017-07-25) Mark Streit Pittsburgh Penguins 1-year, $700,000 [54]
March 25, 2018 (2018-03-25) Hayden Verbeek Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds 3-year, $2.33 million entry-level contract [55]
April 24, 2018 (2018-04-24) Alexandre Alain Blainville-Boisbriand Armada 3-year, $2.33 million entry-level contract [56]
May 28, 2018 (2018-05-28) Michal Moravcik HC Plzeň 2-year, $1.85 million entry-level contract [57]
May 28, 2018 (2018-05-28) David Sklenicka HC Plzeň 2-year, $1.85 million entry-level contract [57]

Free agents lost

Date Player New team Contract terms
(in U.S. dollars)		 Ref
June 26, 2017 (2017-06-26) Ryan Johnston Luleå HF 2-year [58]
July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01) Joel Hanley Arizona Coyotes 1-year, $725,000 two-way contract [59]
July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01) Brian Flynn Dallas Stars 1-year, $700,000 two-way contract [60]
July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01) Keegan Lowe Edmonton Oilers 1-year, $650,000 two-way contract [61]
July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01) Stefan Matteau Vegas Golden Knights 1-year, $650,000 two-way contract [62]
July 3, 2017 (2017-07-03) Alexander Radulov Dallas Stars 5-year, $31.25 million [63]
July 6, 2017 (2017-07-06) Nikita Nesterov CSKA Moscow 3-year [64]
July 28, 2017 (2017-07-28) Andrei Markov Ak Bars Kazan 2-year [65]
August 4, 2017 (2017-08-04) Dalton Thrower Allen Americans 2-year [66]
August 14, 2017 (2017-08-14) Dwight King Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg 2-year [67]
August 17, 2017 (2017-08-17) Connor Crisp Toledo Walleye 1-year [68]
September 5, 2017 (2017-09-05) Mark MacMillan Wichita Thunder Unknown [69]
June 8, 2018 (2018-06-08) Markus Eisenschmid Adler Mannheim 2-year [70]

Claimed via waivers

Player Previous team Date Ref
Antti Niemi Florida Panthers November 14, 2017 (2017-11-14) [71]
Logan Shaw Anaheim Ducks January 15, 2018 (2018-01-15) [72]

Lost via waivers

Player New team Date Ref
Brandon Davidson Edmonton Oilers December 3, 2017 (2017-12-03) [73]

Players released

Date Player Via Ref
October 16, 2017 Mark Streit Contract termination [74]
October 29, 2017 Martin Reway Contract termination [75]

Lost via Expansion Draft

Date Player Ref
June 21, 2017 Alexei Emelin [76]

Player signings

Date Player Contract terms
(in U.S. dollars)		 Ref
June 28, 2017 (2017-06-28) Jacob de la Rose 1-year, $725,000 contract extension [77]
July 2, 2017 (2017-07-02) Carey Price 8-year, $84 million contract extension [78]
July 5, 2017 (2017-07-05) Alex Galchenyuk 3-year, $14.7 million contract extension [79]
July 6, 2017 (2017-07-06) Charlie Lindgren 1-year, $700,000 two-way contract extension [80]
February 13, 2018 (2018-02-13) Charlie Lindgren 3-year, $2.25 million contract extension [81]
February 19, 2018 (2018-02-19) Nicolas Deslauriers 2-year, $1.9 million contract extension [82]
March 7, 2018 (2018-03-07) William Bitten 3-year, $2.73 million entry-level contract [83]
March 7, 2018 (2018-03-07) Michael Pezzetta 3-year, $2.23 million entry-level contract [83]
April 9, 2018 (2018-04-09) Jake Evans 2-year, $1.85 million entry-level contract [84]
May 2, 2018 (2018-05-02) Lukas Vejdemo 2-year, $1.85 million entry-level contract [85]
May 22, 2018 (2018-05-22) Antti Niemi 1-year, $950,000 contract extension [86]
May 31, 2018 (2018-05-31) Rinat Valiev 1-year, $650,000 two-way contract extension [87]
June 16, 2018 (2018-06-16) Max Domi 2-year, $6.3 million contract extension [88]

Draft picks

Below are the Montreal Canadiens' selections at the 2017 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 23 and 24, 2017 at the United Center in Chicago.

Round # Player Pos Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)
1 25 Ryan Poehling C United States United States St. Cloud State University (NCHC)
2 56 Josh Brook D Canada Canada Moose Jaw Warriors (WHL)
2 581 Joni Ikonen C Finland Finland Frölunda HC (J20 SuperElit)
3 682 Scott Walford D Canada Canada Victoria Royals (WHL)
3 87 Cale Fleury D Canada Canada Kootenay Ice (WHL)
5 149 Jarret Tyszka D Canada Canada Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL)
7 1993 Cayden Primeau G United States United States Lincoln Stars (USHL)

Notes[89]

  1. The Washington Capitals' second-round pick went to the Montreal Canadiens as the result of a trade on June 24, 2016, that sent Lars Eller to Washington in exchange for a second-round pick in 2018 and this pick.[90]
  2. The Buffalo Sabres' third-round pick went to the Montreal Canadiens as the result of a trade on June 17, 2017, that sent Nathan Beaulieu to Buffalo in exchange for this pick.[91]
  3. The Philadelphia Flyers' seventh-round pick went to the Montreal Canadiens as the result of a trade on June 24, 2017, that sent a seventh-round pick in 2018 to Philadelphia in exchange for this pick.[92]

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