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When the Canadiens say they're building for next year, it begs the question: which current Canadiens could actually stay for next year?

The effort was there for most of the night, while the execution simply was not.

Martin St-Louis made some lineup changes for tonights encounter versus Minnesota.

The Montreal Canadiens failed to play as spiritedly as they have in their successes under Martin St. Louis and took a 5-1 loss to the Columbus Blue Jackets on Wednesday at Nationwide Arena.

There could be a great number of goals in the only game on the NHL schedule.

As the season winds down, the weekly Metropolitan Division Snapshot notes that first place is now up for grabs between the Carolina Hurricanes and the New York Rangers; the Pittsburgh Penguins are flailing; and the remainder of the division is spoiling teams. All this and the week coming up in this post.

Montreal aims to take the season series versus its playoff-bound rival.

Wilson, who has been on leave since November because of a medical issue, is leaving his job after 19 seasons.

Chris Wideman, Kale Clague and Christian Dvorak each collected one goal and two assists to fuel the Montreal Canadiens to a 7-4 victory over the New Jersey Devi

The Canadiens exploded for seven goals at Prudential Center on Thursday, beating the New Jersey Devils by a score of 7-4.