2022–23 Montreal Canadiens season
The 2022–23 Montreal Canadiens season was the franchise's 114th season since its establishment on December 4, 1909, and their 106th season as member of the National Hockey League. On March 28, 2023, the Canadiens were eliminated from playoff contention following a regulation loss to the Philadelphia Flyers.[1]
2022–23 Montreal Canadiens | |
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Division | 8th Atlantic |
Conference | 15th Eastern |
2022–23 record | 31–45–6 |
Home record | 17–21–3 |
Road record | 14–24–3 |
Goals for | 232 |
Goals against | 307 |
Team information | |
General manager | Kent Hughes |
Coach | Martin St. Louis |
Captain | Nick Suzuki |
Alternate captains | Joel Edmundson Brendan Gallagher |
Arena | Bell Centre |
Minor league affiliate(s) | Laval Rocket (AHL) Trois-Rivières Lions (ECHL) |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Cole Caufield Nick Suzuki (26) |
Assists | Nick Suzuki (40) |
Points | Nick Suzuki (66) |
Penalty minutes | Arber Xhekaj (101) |
Plus/minus | Rafael Harvey-Pinard Mike Matheson (+7) |
Wins | Sam Montembeault (16) |
Goals against average | Sam Montembeault (3.42) |
Standings
Divisional standings
Pos | Team | GP | W | L | OTL | RW | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | p – Boston Bruins | 82 | 65 | 12 | 5 | 54 | 305 | 177 | +128 | 135 |
2 | x – Toronto Maple Leafs | 82 | 50 | 21 | 11 | 42 | 279 | 222 | +57 | 111 |
3 | x – Tampa Bay Lightning | 82 | 46 | 30 | 6 | 38 | 283 | 254 | +29 | 98 |
4 | x – Florida Panthers | 82 | 42 | 32 | 8 | 36 | 290 | 273 | +17 | 92 |
5 | e – Buffalo Sabres | 82 | 42 | 33 | 7 | 30 | 296 | 300 | −4 | 91 |
6 | e – Ottawa Senators | 82 | 39 | 35 | 8 | 31 | 261 | 271 | −10 | 86 |
7 | e – Detroit Red Wings | 82 | 35 | 37 | 10 | 28 | 240 | 279 | −39 | 80 |
8 | e – Montreal Canadiens | 82 | 31 | 45 | 6 | 21 | 232 | 307 | −75 | 68 |
Rules for classification: 1) Fewer number of games played (GP, only during regular season); 2) Greater number of regulation wins (RW); 3) Greater number of wins in regulation and overtime, excluding shootout wins (ROW); 4) Greater number of total wins, including shootouts (W); 5) Greater number of points earned in head-to-head play; if teams played an uneven number of head-to-head games, the result of the first game on the home ice of the team with the extra home game is discarded; 6) Greater goal differential (GD); 7) Greater number of goals scored (GF)
e – Eliminated from playoff contention; p – Clinched Presidents' Trophy; x – Clinched playoff spot
Conference standings
Pos | Div | Team | GP | W | L | OTL | RW | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | ME | x – New York Islanders | 82 | 42 | 31 | 9 | 36 | 243 | 222 | +21 | 93 |
2 | AT | x – Florida Panthers | 82 | 42 | 32 | 8 | 36 | 290 | 273 | +17 | 92 |
3 | ME | e – Pittsburgh Penguins | 82 | 40 | 31 | 11 | 31 | 262 | 264 | −2 | 91 |
4 | AT | e – Buffalo Sabres | 82 | 42 | 33 | 7 | 30 | 296 | 300 | −4 | 91 |
5 | AT | e – Ottawa Senators | 82 | 39 | 35 | 8 | 31 | 261 | 271 | −10 | 86 |
6 | AT | e – Detroit Red Wings | 82 | 35 | 37 | 10 | 28 | 240 | 279 | −39 | 80 |
7 | ME | e – Washington Capitals | 82 | 35 | 37 | 10 | 27 | 255 | 265 | −10 | 80 |
8 | ME | e – Philadelphia Flyers | 82 | 31 | 38 | 13 | 26 | 222 | 277 | −55 | 75 |
9 | AT | e – Montreal Canadiens | 82 | 31 | 45 | 6 | 21 | 232 | 307 | −75 | 68 |
10 | ME | e – Columbus Blue Jackets | 82 | 25 | 48 | 9 | 15 | 214 | 330 | −116 | 59 |
Rules for classification: 1) Fewer number of games played (GP, only during regular season); 2) Greater number of regulation wins (RW); 3) Greater number of wins in regulation and overtime, excluding shootout wins (ROW); 4) Greater number of total wins, including shootouts (W); 5) Greater number of points earned in head-to-head play; if teams played an uneven number of head-to-head games, the result of the first game on the home ice of the team with the extra home game is discarded; 6) Greater goal differential (GD); 7) Greater number of goals scored (GF)
e – Eliminated from playoff contention; x – Clinched playoff spot
Schedule and results
Preseason
2022 preseason game log: 0–6–2 (home: 0–5–0; road: 0–1–2) | |||||||||
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# | Date | Visitor | Score | Home | OT | Decision | Attendance | Record | Recap |
1 | September 26 | New Jersey | 2–1 | Montreal | Primeau | 19,308 | 0–1–0 | [4] | |
2 | September 28 | Montreal | 0–3 | Toronto | Montembeault | 17,519 | 0–2–0 | [5] | |
3 | September 29 | Winnipeg | 4–3 | Montreal | Primeau | 19,544 | 0–3–0 | [6] | |
4 | October 1 | Montreal | 4–5 | Ottawa | OT | Primeau | 15,878 | 0–3–1 | [7] |
5 | October 3 | Toronto | 5–1 | Montreal | Allen | 19,636 | 0–4–1 | [8] | |
6 | October 4 | Ottawa | 5–4 | Montreal | Montembeault | 19,550 | 0–5–1 | [9] | |
7 | October 6 | Ottawa | 4–3 | Montreal | Primeau | 1,078 | 0–6–1 | [10] | |
8 | October 8 | Montreal | 2–3 | Ottawa | OT | Allen | 1,155 | 0–6–2 | [11] |
Regular season
The regular season schedule was released on July 6, 2022.[12]
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Legend: Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Overtime/shootout loss (1 point) |
Player statistics
Final stats
Skaters
Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM |
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Nick Suzuki | 82 | 26 | 40 | 66 | −13 | 33 |
Kirby Dach | 58 | 14 | 24 | 38 | −2 | 43 |
Cole Caufield | 46 | 26 | 10 | 36 | −10 | 2 |
Mike Hoffman | 67 | 14 | 20 | 34 | −10 | 28 |
Mike Matheson | 48 | 8 | 26 | 34 | +7 | 33 |
Josh Anderson | 69 | 21 | 11 | 32 | −8 | 72 |
Jonathan Drouin | 58 | 2 | 27 | 29 | −18 | 18 |
Christian Dvorak | 64 | 10 | 18 | 28 | −12 | 6 |
Rafael Harvey-Pinard | 34 | 14 | 6 | 20 | +7 | 10 |
David Savard | 62 | 3 | 17 | 20 | −14 | 40 |
Jake Evans | 54 | 2 | 17 | 19 | −5 | 28 |
Kaiden Guhle | 44 | 4 | 14 | 18 | −19 | 27 |
Evgenii Dadonov‡ | 50 | 4 | 14 | 18 | −10 | 16 |
Sean Monahan | 25 | 6 | 11 | 17 | −5 | 16 |
Jordan Harris | 65 | 4 | 13 | 17 | −3 | 26 |
Jesse Ylonen | 37 | 6 | 10 | 16 | −11 | 0 |
Michael Pezzetta | 63 | 7 | 8 | 15 | −4 | 77 |
Rem Pitlick | 46 | 6 | 9 | 15 | −15 | 22 |
Justin Barron | 39 | 4 | 11 | 15 | −2 | 20 |
Johnathan Kovacevic | 77 | 3 | 12 | 15 | +3 | 39 |
Brendan Gallagher | 37 | 8 | 6 | 14 | −5 | 45 |
Joel Armia | 43 | 7 | 7 | 14 | −7 | 22 |
Alex Belzile | 31 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 13 |
Arber Xhekaj | 51 | 5 | 8 | 13 | −9 | 101 |
Joel Edmundson | 61 | 2 | 11 | 13 | −29 | 58 |
Juraj Slafkovsky | 39 | 4 | 6 | 10 | −13 | 33 |
Denis Gurianov† | 23 | 5 | 3 | 8 | −7 | 6 |
Chris Tierney† | 23 | 1 | 6 | 7 | −7 | 4 |
Chris Wideman | 46 | 0 | 6 | 6 | −6 | 81 |
Anthony Richard | 13 | 3 | 2 | 5 | +2 | 6 |
Lucas Condotta | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Sean Farrell | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 0 |
Joel Teasdale | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 |
Corey Schueneman | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 |
Frederic Allard | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 |
Owen Beck | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
Goaltenders
Player | GP | GS | TOI | W | L | OT | GA | GAA | SA | SV% | SO | G | A | PIM |
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Jake Allen | 42 | 41 | 2,450:25 | 15 | 24 | 3 | 145 | 3.55 | 1335 | .891 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Sam Montembeault | 40 | 39 | 2,333:51 | 16 | 19 | 3 | 133 | 3.42 | 1345 | .901 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Cayden Primeau | 3 | 2 | 138:35 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3.46 | 54 | .852 | 0 | 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.
Roster
Updated April 14, 2023[97][98]
Awards and honours
Milestones
TransactionsThe Canadiens have been involved in the following transactions during the 2022–23 season. Key: Trades
Notes:
Players acquired
Players lost
Signings
Draft picksBelow are the Montreal Canadiens' selections at the 2022 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on July 7–8, 2022 at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec.
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References
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