Montreal Canadiens news and notes
- Samuel Montembeault was still undergoing evaluations on Saturday, Martin St-Louis stated. [TVA Sports]
- “He believes all this isn’t too much for him,” Kaiden Guhle shares about Jakub Dobeš, who may be called upon to start Game 4. [La Presse]
- Charlie Lindgren is prepared to take over the crease for the Washington Capitals. [La Presse]
- Since Jacob Fowler isn’t an NHL-contracted player until next year, he’s ineligible to be recalled by the Canadiens. [TVA Sports]
- Patrick Chèvrefils, the former-wrestler-turned-police-officer who served as the EBUG in Game 3, says he would have joined in the second-period fracas as a Habs player if he’d been on the bench then. [TVA Sports]
- Juraj Slafkovský liked the new power-play setup with Cole Caufield on the left side and Ivan Demidov on the right. [The Athletic]
- Slafkovský is one of the players impressed with Demidov’s rapid progress. [TSN]
- Josh Anderson and Tom Wilson were given $5000 fines. [NHL.com]
- Aliaksei Protas could be in tonight’s Capitals lineup. [NHL.com]
- Martin St-Louis enjoys the cat-and-mouse game of the opposing coaches’ adjustments to each other’s adjustments. [TVA Sports]
- Despite being a Capitals prospect, Cole Hutson is fully supporting brother Lane. [TVA Sports]
- The Laval Rocket will play the Cleveland Monsters in their opening round of the AHL Playoffs, starting on either Wednesday or Thursday in Ohio. [AHL.com]
Around the league and elsewhere
- Andrei Vasilevskiy and Nikita Kucherov led the Tampa Bay Lightning to their first win over the Florida Panthers. [Raw Charge]
- Matthew Tkachuk was ejected from the game for a late interference penalty on Jake Guentzel. [Sportsnet]
- Jake Sanderson kept the Ottawa Senators alive with the overtime goal in Game 4. [Sportsnet]
- The Vegas Golden Knights got an overtime goal from Ivan Barbashev to even up their series with the Minnesota Wild. [Knights On Ice]
- Gabriel Landeskog scored in just his second game back to help the Colorado Avalanche even up with the Dallas Stars at two games apiece. [Sportsnet]
- Gabriel Vilardi appears close to returning for the Winnipeg Jets. [TSN]
- Alexander Nikishin has been signed to his ELC by the Carolina Hurricanes and is eligible for the post-season. [TSN]
- David Carle has taken himself out of the running to be the Chicago Blackhawks’ new coach. [Sportsnet]
