Montreal Canadiens news and notes
- Montreal special teams are a story of this early season, and Lane Hutson has been involved in both situations. [TSN]
- Kirby Dach was initially shocked by the trade from Chicago to Montreal, but quickly got excited by the long-term vision he saw with his new team. [La Presse]
- How simplified defence is leading to offence. [The Athletic]
- Praise for Jake Evans from his coach and teammates. [RDS]
- Play the Canadiens’ Halloween matching game. [Canadiens..com]
Around the league and elsewhere
- Steven Stamkos will play the Tampa Bay Lightning for the first time in his career as he returns to Tampa tonight with the Nashville Predators. [NHL.com]
- Aleksander Barkov is expecting to play for the Florida Panthers in Buffalo. [NHL.com]
- The Winnipeg Jets aren’t taking anything for granted as they try to push their season-opening winning streak to nine games versus the Toronto Maple Leafs. [NHL.com]
- Garnet Hathaway was fined for an elbow to Joel Eriksson Ek in Saturday’s game between the Philadelphia Flyers and Minnesota Wild. [NHL.com]
- The Ottawa Senators swapped goalies on multiple occasions last night as Anton Forsberg dealt with a skate issue. [Sportsnet]
- Senators centre Shane Pinto is week-to-week with an injury. [TSN]
- The Nottingham Panthers had a 47-second tribute to Adam Johnson on Sunday. [Sportsnet]
