2010–11 Montreal Canadiens season

2010–11 Montreal Canadiens
Division	2nd Northeast
Conference	6th Eastern
2010–11 record	44-30-8
Home record	24-11-6
Road record	20-19-2
Goals for	216
Goals against	209
Team information
General Manager	Pierre Gauthier
Coach	Jacques Martin
Captain	Brian Gionta
Alternate captains	Hal Gill Andrei Markov
Arena	Bell Centre
Average attendance	21,273 (100%)
Team leaders
Goals	Brian Gionta (29)
Assists	Tomas Plekanec (35)
Points	Tomas Plekanec (57)
Penalties in minutes	P.K. Subban (124)
Plus/minus	Jaroslav Spacek (+9)
Wins	Carey Price (38)
Goals against average	Price (2.35)
<2009–10	2011–12>

The 2010–11 Montreal Canadiens season is the 94th season of play for the National Hockey League franchise that was established 22 November 1917.^[1]

Off-season

On 29 September 2010, the Canadiens named forward Brian Gionta team captain.

Regular season

The Canadiens opened their season with a road game against long-time rival Toronto Maple Leafs on October 7. The home opener was on October 13 against the Tampa Bay Lightning.

Playoffs

The Canadiens attempted to win the Stanley Cup for the first time since 1993. Their 2010 Stanley Cup Playoffs run was their most successful since their '93 Stanley Cup, going to the Eastern Conference Final, but losing to the Philadelphia Flyers in 5 . On April 5, 2011, the Canadiens qualified for the 2011 Stanley Cup Playoffs with a 2-1 overtime win against the Chicago Blackhawks. On April 9, 2011, it was determined that the Canadiens would play the Boston Bruins in the first round of the 2011 Playoffs.

Schedule and results

Pre-season

2010 Pre-season
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Record	Recap
1	September 22	Boston Bruins	4-2	Montreal Canadiens		Price, Sanford	0-1-0	[2]
2	September 24	Ottawa Senators	2-4	Montreal Canadiens		Mayer	1-1-0	[3]
3	September 25	Montreal Canadiens	2-6	Ottawa Senators		Price	1-2-0	[4]
4	September 26	Minnesota Wild	3-4	Montreal Canadiens		Auld	2-2-0	[5]
5	September 27	Florida Panthers	2-6	Montreal Canadiens		Price	3-2-0	[6]
6	September 30	Buffalo Sabres	5-3	Montreal Canadiens		Auld	3-3-0	[7]
7	October 2 (in Quebec City, QC)	Montreal Canadiens	7-2	New York Islanders (SS)		Price	4-3-0	[8]
(SS) = Split-squad games.

Regular season

2010-11 Game Log
October: 7-3-1, 15 Points (Home: 3-2-1; Road: 4-1-0) Game Date Opponent Score Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap 1 October 7 Toronto Maple Leafs 2-3 Price Air Canada Centre 19,646 0-1-0 0 [1] 2 October 9 Pittsburgh Penguins 3-2 Price Consol Energy Center 18,106 1-1-0 2 [2] 3 October 13 Tampa Bay Lightning 3-4 OT Price Bell Centre 21,273 1-1-1 3 [3] 4 October 15 Buffalo Sabres 2-1 Price HSBC Arena 17,264 2-1-1 5 [4] 5 October 16 Ottawa Senators 4-3 Price Bell Centre 21,273 3-1-1 7 [5] 6 October 21 New Jersey Devils 0-3 Price Bell Centre 21,273 3-2-1 7 [6] 7 October 23 Ottawa Senators 3-0 Price Scotiabank Place 20,301 4-2-1 9 [7] 8 October 25 Phoenix Coyotes 3-2 OT Price Bell Centre 21,273 5-2-1 11 [8] 9 October 27 New York Islanders 5-3 Price Bell Centre 21,273 6-2-1 13 [9] 10 October 29 New York Islanders 3-1 Auld Nassau Coliseum 11,922 7-2-1 15 [10] 11 October 30 Florida Panthers 1-3 Price Bell Centre 21,273 7-3-1 15 [11]
November: 8-5-0, 16 Points (Home: 6-2-0; Road: 2-3-0) Season: 15–8–1 (Home: 9-4-1; Road: 6–4–0) Game Date Opponent Score Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap 12 November 2 Columbus Blue Jackets 0-3 Price Nationwide Arena 18,500 7-4-1 15 [12] 13 November 5 Buffalo Sabres 3-2 Price HSBC Arena 18,026 8-4-1 17 [13] 14 November 6 Ottawa Senators 2-3 Price Bell Centre 21,273 8-5-1 17 [14] 15 November 9 Vancouver Canucks 2-0 Price Bell Centre 21,273 9-5-1 19 [15] 16 November 11 Boston Bruins 3-1 Price TD Garden 17,565 10-5-1 21 [16] 17 November 13 Carolina Hurricanes 7-2 Price Bell Centre 21,273 11-5-1 23 [17] 18 November 16 Philadelphia Flyers 3-0 Price Bell Centre 21,273 12-5-1 25 [18] 19 November 18 Nashville Predators 0-3 Price Bell Centre 21,273 12-6-1 25 [19] 20 November 20 Toronto Maple Leafs 2-0 Price Bell Centre 21,273 13-6-1 27 [20] 21 November 22 Philadelphia Flyers 2-3 Price Wachovia Center 19,753 13-7-1 27 [21] 22 November 24 Los Angeles Kings 4-1 Price Bell Centre 21,273 14-7-1 29 [22] 23 November 26 Atlanta Thrashers 0-3 Auld Philips Arena 13,068 14-8-1 29 [23] 24 November 27 Buffalo Sabres 3-1 Price Bell Centre 21,273 15-8-1 31 [24]
December: 6-8-1, 13 Points (Home: 3-1-1; Road: 3-7-0) Season: 21–16-2 (Home: 12-5-2; Road: 9–11–0) Game Date Opponent Score Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap 25 December 1 Edmonton Oilers 3-4 OT Price Bell Centre 21,273 15-8-2 32 [25] 26 December 2 New Jersey Devils 5-1 Price Prudential Center 11,434 16-8-2 34 [26] 27 December 4 San Jose Sharks 3-1 Price Bell Centre 21,273 17-8-2 36 [27] 28 December 7 Ottawa Senators 4-1 Price Bell Centre 21,273 18-8-2 38 [28] 29 December 10 Detroit Red Wings 2-4 Price Joe Louis Arena 20,066 18-9-2 38 [29] 30 December 11 Toronto Maple Leafs 1-3 Auld Air Canada Centre 19,656 18-10-2 38 [30] 31 December 15 Philadelphia Flyers 3-5 Price Bell Centre 21,273 18-11-2 38 [31] 32 December 16 Boston Bruins 4-3 Price Bell Centre 21,273 19-11-2 40 [32] 33 December 19 Colorado Avalanche 2-3 Price Pepsi Center 18,007 19-12-2 40 [33] 34 December 21 Dallas Stars 2-5 Price American Airlines Center 17,805 19-13-2 40 [34] 35 December 23 Carolina Hurricanes 3-2 Price RBC Center 16,981 20-13-2 42 [35] 36 December 26 New York Islanders 1-4 Price Nassau Coliseum 3,136 20-14-2 42 [36] 37 December 28 Washington Capitals 0-3 Price Verizon Center 18,398 20-15-2 42 [37] 38 December 30 Tampa Bay Lightning 1-4 Price St. Pete Times Forum 20,191 20-16-2 42 [38] 39 December 31 Florida Panthers 3-2 OT Auld BankAtlantic Center 20,072 21-16-2 44 [39]
January: 6-2-3, 15 Points (Home: 4-1-2; Road: 2-1-1) Season: 27–18–5 (Home: 16-6-4; Road: 11–12–1) Game Date Opponent Score Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap 40 January 2 Atlanta Thrashers 3-4 OT Price Bell Centre 21,273 21-16-3 45 [40] 41 January 6 Pittsburgh Penguins 2-1 SO Price Bell Centre 21,273 22-16-3 47 [41] 42 January 8 Boston Bruins 3-2 OT Price Bell Centre 21,273 23-16-3 49 [42] 43 January 11 New York Rangers 2-1 Auld Madison Square Garden 18,200 24-16-3 51 [43] 44 January 12 Pittsburgh Penguins 2-5 Price Bell Centre 21,273 24-17-3 51 [44] 45 January 15 New York Rangers 3-2 Price Bell Centre 21,273 25-17-3 53 [45] 46 January 17 Calgary Flames 5-4 OT Price Bell Centre 21,273 26-17-3 55 [46] 47 January 18 Buffalo Sabres 1-2 OT Price HSBC Arena 18,225 26-17-4 56 [47] 48 January 21 Ottawa Senators 7-1 Price Scotiabank Place 20,337 27-17-4 58 [48] 49 January 22 Anaheim Ducks 3-4 SO Price Bell Centre 21,273 27-17-5 59 [49] 50 January 25 Philadelphia Flyers 2-5 Price Wells Fargo Center 19,878 27-18-5 59 [50]
February: 6-5-2, 14 Points (Home: 4-2-2; Road: 2-3-0) Season: 33–23–7 (Home: 20-8-6; Road: 13–15–1) Game Date Opponent Score Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap 51 February 1 Washington Capitals 3-2 SO Price Verizon Center 18,398 28-18-5 61 [51] 52 February 2 Florida Panthers 3-2 Auld Bell Centre 21,273 29-18-5 63 [52] 53 February 5 New York Rangers 2-0 Price Bell Centre 21,273 30-18-5 65 [53] 54 February 6 New Jersey Devils 1-4 Price Bell Centre 21,273 30-19-5 65 [54] 55 February 9 Boston Bruins 6-8 Price TD Garden 17,565 30-20-5 65 [55] 56 February 10 New York Islanders 3-4 SO Auld Bell Centre 21,273 30-20-6 66 [56] 57 February 12 Toronto Maple Leafs 3-0 Price Bell Centre 21,273 31-20-6 68 [57] 58 February 15 Buffalo Sabres 2-3 SO Price Bell Centre 21,273 31-20-7 69 [58] 59 February 17 Edmonton Oilers 1-4 Price Rexall Place 16,839 31-21-7 69 [59] 60 February 20 Calgary Flames 0-4 Price McMahon Stadium 41,022 31-22-7 69 [60] 61 February 22 Vancouver Canucks 3-2 Price Rogers Arena 18,860 32-22-7 71 [61] 62 February 24 Toronto Maple Leafs 4-5 Price Bell Centre 21,273 32-23-7 71 [62] 63 February 26 Carolina Hurricanes 4-3 Auld Bell Centre 21,273 33-23-7 73 [63]
March: 8-7-0, 16 Points (Home: 3-3-0; Road: 5-4-0) Season: 41–30–7 (Home: 23-11-6; Road: 18–19–1) Game Date Opponent Score Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap 64 March 1 Atlanta Thrashers 3-1 Price Philips Arena 11,156 34-23-7 75 [64] 65 March 3 Florida Panthers 4-0 Price BankAtlantic Center 19,722 35-23-7 77 [65] 66 March 5 Tampa Bay Lightning 4-2 Price St. Pete Times Forum 20,274 36-23-7 79 [66] 67 March 8 Boston Bruins 4-1 Price Bell Centre 21,273 37-23-7 81 [67] 68 March 10 St. Louis Blues 1-4 Price Scottrade Center 19,150 37-24-7 81 [68] 69 March 12 Pittsburgh Penguins 3-0 Price Consol Energy Center 18,087 38-24-7 83 [69] 70 March 15 Washington Capitals 2-4 Price Bell Centre 21,273 38-25-7 83 [70] 71 March 17 Tampa Bay Lightning 3-2 SO Price Bell Centre 21,273 39-25-7 85 [71] 72 March 18 New York Rangers 3-6 Price Madison Square Garden 18,200 39-26-7 85 [72] 73 March 20 Minnesota Wild 8-1 Auld Xcel Energy Center 18,595 40-26-7 87 [73] 74 March 22 Buffalo Sabres 0-2 Price Bell Centre 21,273 40-27-7 87 [74] 75 March 24 Boston Bruins 0-7 Price TD Garden 17,565 40-28-7 87 [75] 76 March 26 Washington Capitals 0-2 Price Bell Centre 21,273 40-29-7 87 [76] 77 March 29 Atlanta Thrashers 3-1 Price Bell Centre 21,273 41-29-7 89 [77] 78 March 30 Carolina Hurricanes 2-6 Price RBC Center 18,701 41-30-7 89 [78]
April: 3-0-1, 7 Points (Home: 1-0-0; Road: 2-0-1) Season: 44–30–8 (Home: 24-11-6; Road: 20–19–2) Game Date Opponent Score Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap 79 April 2 New Jersey Devils 3-1 Price Prudential Center 17,625 42-30-7 91 [79] 80 April 5 Chicago Blackhawks 2-1 OT Price Bell Centre 21,273 43-30-7 93 [80] 81 April 7 Ottawa Senators 2-3 OT Auld Scotiabank Place 19,809 43-30-8 94 [81] 82 April 9 Toronto Maple Leafs 4-1 Price Air Canada Centre 19,676 44-30-8 96 [82] Legend:       Win       Loss       Overtime/shootout loss

Playoffs

Main article: 2011 Stanley Cup playoffs

2011 Stanley Cup Playoffs

Eastern Conference Quarter-finals: vs. (3) Boston Bruins - Boston wins series 4-3 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 April 14 Montreal Canadiens 2–0 Boston Bruins Price 17,565 Canadiens lead 1-0 [83] 2 April 16 Montreal Canadiens 3–1 Boston Bruins Price 17,565 Canadiens lead 2-0 [84] 3 April 18 Boston Bruins 4–2 Montreal Canadiens Price 21,273 Canadiens lead 2-1 [85] 4 April 21 Boston Bruins 5–4 Montreal Canadiens 1OT Price 21,273 Series tied 2-2 [86] 5 April 23 Montreal Canadiens 1–2 Boston Bruins 2OT Price 17,565 Bruins lead 3-2 [87] 6 April 26 Boston Bruins 1–2 Montreal Canadiens Price 21,273 Series tied 3-3 [88] 7 April 27 Montreal Canadiens 3–4 Boston Bruins OT Price 17,565 Bruins win 4-3 [89] Legend:       Win       Loss

Standings

Divisional standings

Northeast Division[9] v · d · e GP W L OTL ROW GF GA Pts 1 Boston Bruins 82 46 25 11 44 246 195 103 2 Montreal Canadiens 82 44 30 8 41 216 209 96 3 Buffalo Sabres 82 43 29 10 38 245 229 96 4 Toronto Maple Leafs 82 37 34 11 32 218 251 85 5 Ottawa Senators 82 32 40 10 30 192 250 74

Conference standings

Eastern Conference v · d · e R GP W L OTL ROW GF GA Pts 1 z – Washington Capitals 82 48 23 11 43 224 197 107 2 y – Philadelphia Flyers 82 47 23 12 44 259 223 106 3 y – Boston Bruins 82 46 25 11 44 246 195 103 4 Pittsburgh Penguins 82 49 25 8 39 238 199 106 5 Tampa Bay Lightning 82 46 25 11 40 247 240 103 6 Montreal Canadiens 82 44 30 8 41 216 209 96 7 Buffalo Sabres 82 43 29 10 38 245 229 96 8 New York Rangers 82 44 33 5 35 233 198 93 8.5 9 Carolina Hurricanes 82 40 31 11 35 236 239 91 10 Toronto Maple Leafs 82 37 34 11 32 218 251 85 11 New Jersey Devils 82 38 39 5 35 174 209 81 12 Atlanta Thrashers 82 34 36 12 29 223 269 80 13 Ottawa Senators 82 32 40 10 30 192 250 74 14 New York Islanders 82 30 39 13 26 229 264 73 15 Florida Panthers 82 30 40 12 26 195 229 72

y – Won division; z – Placed first in conference (and division);

Player stats

Skaters

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes

Regular season Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Plekanec, TomasTomas Plekanec 77 22 35 57 8 60 Cammalleri, MichaelMichael Cammalleri 67 19 28 47 2 33 Gionta, BrianBrian Gionta 82 29 17 46 3 24 Kostitsyn, AndreiAndrei Kostitsyn 81 20 25 45 3 36 Subban, P. K.P. K. Subban 77 14 24 38 -8 124 Gomez, ScottScott Gomez 80 7 31 38 -15 48 Hamrlik, RomanRoman Hamrlik 79 5 29 34 6 81 Pouliot, BenoitBenoit Pouliot 79 13 17 30 2 87 Wisniewski, JamesJames Wisniewski† 43 7 23 30 4 20 Darche, MathieuMathieu Darche 59 12 14 26 7 10 Halpern, JeffJeff Halpern 72 11 15 26 6 29 Pacioretty, MaxMax Pacioretty 37 14 10 24 -1 39 Desharnais , DavidDavid Desharnais 43 8 14 22 -3 12 Eller, LarsLars Eller 77 7 10 17 -4 48 Moen, TravisTravis Moen 79 6 10 16 -4 96 Spacek, JaroslavJaroslav Spacek 59 1 15 16 9 45 Weber, YannickYannick Weber 41 1 10 11 0 14 Gill, HalHal Gill 75 2 7 9 -9 43 Picard, AlexandreAlexandre Picard 43 3 5 8 0 17 Lapierre, MaximMaxim Lapierre‡ 38 5 3 8 -7 63 Pyatt, TomTom Pyatt 61 2 5 7 -1 9 Gorges, JoshJosh Gorges 36 1 6 7 -3 18 White, RyanRyan White 27 2 3 5 5 38 Mara, PaulPaul Mara† 20 0 4 4 2 48 Markov, AndreiAndrei Markov 7 1 2 3 2 4 Boyd, DustinDustin Boyd 10 1 0 1 -6 2 Sopel, BrentBrent Sopel† 12 0 0 0 -1 0 Engqvist, AndreasAndreas Engqvist 3 0 0 0 0 0 Palushaj, AaronAaron Palushaj 3 0 0 0 1 2 O'Byrne, RyanRyan O'Byrne‡ 3 0 0 0 0 4 Dawes, NigelNigel Dawes† 4 0 0 0 0 0 Nash, BrendonBrendon Nash 2 0 0 0 -1 0

Playoffs Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Cammalleri, MichaelMichael Cammalleri 7 3 7 10 -5 0 Gionta, BrianBrian Gionta 7 3 2 5 -6 0 Plekanec, TomasTomas Plekanec 7 2 3 5 -1 2 Gomez, ScottScott Gomez 7 0 4 4 -6 2 Subban, P. K.P. K. Subban 7 2 2 4 -2 2 Hamrlik, RomanRoman Hamrlik 7 0 3 3 -1 6 Darche, MathieuMathieu Darche 7 1 1 2 -1 0 Wisniewski, JamesJames Wisniewski 6 0 2 2 -3 7 Kostitsyn, AndreiAndrei Kostitsyn 6 2 0 2 0 6 Weber, YannickYannick Weber 3 2 0 2 1 0 Eller, LarsLars Eller 7 0 2 2 1 4 Sopel, BrentBrent Sopel 7 1 0 1 -2 2 Halpern, JeffJeff Halpern 4 1 0 1 -1 0 Moen, TravisTravis Moen 7 0 1 1 -1 2 Desharnais , DavidDavid Desharnais 5 0 1 1 0 2 Gill, HalHal Gill 7 0 0 0 -1 2 Mara, PaulPaul Mara 1 0 0 0 0 0 Spacek, JaroslavJaroslav Spacek 7 0 0 0 -3 4 Pouliot, BenoitBenoit Pouliot 3 0 0 0 0 7 Pyatt, TomTom Pyatt 7 0 0 0 0 0 White, RyanRyan White 7 0 0 0 0 2

Goaltenders

Note: GP = Games Played; TOI = Time On Ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime Losses; GA = Goals Against; GAA= Goals Against Average; SA= Shots Against; SV= Saves; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO= Shutouts

Regular season
Player GP TOI W L OT GA GAA SA Sv% SO G A PIM Price, CareyCarey Price 72 4206 38 28 6 165 2.35 2147 .923 8 0 2 13 Auld, AlexAlex Auld 16 749 6 2 2 33 2.64 383 .914 0 0 1 2

Playoffs
Player GP TOI W L GA GAA SA Sv% SO G A PIM Price, CareyCarey Price 7 455 3 4 16 2.11 242 .934 1 0 0 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 records

Records

Milestones

Regular season
Player	Milestone	Reached
Tomas Plekanec	400th Career NHL Game	October 23, 2010
Lars Eller	1st Career NHL Assist	October 25, 2010
Alexandre Picard	200th Career NHL Game	October 25, 2010
Scott Gomez	800th Career NHL Game	November 11, 2010
P.K. Subban	1st Career NHL Regular Season Goal	November 11, 2010
Jaroslav Spacek	800th Career NHL Game	December 1, 2010
Roman Hamrlik	600th Career NHL Point	December 1, 2010
James Wisniewski	100th Career NHL Assist	January 2, 2011
David Desharnais	1st Career NHL Goal	January 12, 2011
Max Pacioretty	100th Career NHL Game	January 12, 2011
Andreas Engqvist	1st Career NHL Game	January 21, 2011
James Wisniewski	300th Career NHL Game	February 1, 2011
Brian Gionta	200th Career NHL Goal	February 9, 2011
Yannick Weber	1st Career NHL Goal	February 9, 2011
Andrei Kostitsyn	300th Career NHL Game	February 10, 2011
Travis Moen	500th Career NHL Game	February 15, 2011
Brendon Nash	1st Career NHL Game	February 15, 2011
Tomas Plekanec	300th Career NHL Point	February 15, 2011
Scott Gomez	500th Career NHL Assist	February 22, 2011
Brian Gionta	600th Career NHL Game	March 5, 2011
Michael Cammalleri	200th Career NHL Assist	March 8, 2011
Roman Hamrlik	1,300th Career NHL Game	March 17, 2011
Aaron Palushaj	1st Career NHL Game	March 17, 2011
P.K. Subban	1st Career NHL Hat-trick	March 20, 2011
Ryan White	1st Career NHL Goal	March 20, 2011
Carey Price	200th Career NHL Game	March 24, 2011
Jeff Halpern	200th Career NHL Assist	March 29, 2011
Brian Gionta	400th Career NHL Point	April 2, 2011
Tom Pyatt	100th Career NHL Game	April 7, 2011

Playoffs
Player	Milestone	Reached
David Desharnais	1st Career NHL Playoff Game	April 14, 2011
Lars Eller	1st Career NHL Playoff Game	April 14, 2011
Ryan White	1st Career NHL Playoff Game	April 14, 2011
Mathieu Darche	1st Career NHL Playoff Goal	April 16, 2011
Lars Eller	1st Career NHL Playoff Assist 1st Career NHL Playoff Point	April 16, 2011
Hal Gill	100th Career NHL Playoff Game	April 16, 2011
David Desharnais	1st Career NHL Playoff Assist 1st Career NHL Playoff Point	April 21, 2011

Awards

Regular season
Player	Award	Date
Carey Price[10]	NHL First Star of the Week	November 15, 2010
Carey Price[11]	NHL Second Star of the Month	November 2010
Carey Price[12]	NHL Third Star of the Week	March 7, 2011
P.K. Subban[13]	NHL Third Star of the Week	March 21, 2011

Transactions

The Canadiens have been involved in the following transactions during the 2010–11 season.

Trades

Date	Details
June 17, 2010[14]	To St. Louis Blues Jaroslav Halak	To Montreal Canadiens Lars Eller Ian Schultz
June 25, 2010[15]	To Phoenix Coyotes 1st-round pick (#27 overall) in 2010 2nd-round pick (#57 overall) in 2010	To Montreal Canadiens 1st-round pick (#22 overall) in 2010 4th-round pick (#113 overall) in 2010
June 29, 2010[16]	To Nashville Predators Sergei Kostitsyn Future Considerations	To Montreal Canadiens Dan Ellis Dustin Boyd Future Considerations
August 16, 2010[17]	To Tampa Bay Lightning Cedrick Desjardins	To Montreal Canadiens Karri Ramo
November 11, 2010[18]	To Colorado Avalanche Ryan O'Byrne	To Montreal Canadiens Michael Bournival
December 28, 2010[19]	To New York Islanders 2nd-round pick in 2011 Conditional 5th-round pick in 2012	To Montreal Canadiens James Wisniewski
December 31, 2010[20]	To Anaheim Ducks Maxim Lapierre	To Montreal Canadiens Brett Festerling 5th-round pick in 2012
February 17, 2011[21]	To Anaheim Ducks 5th-round pick in 2012	To Montreal Canadiens Paul Mara
February 24, 2011[22]	To Atlanta Thrashers Ben Maxwell 4th-round pick in 2011	To Montreal Canadiens Nigel Dawes Brent Sopel
February 28, 2011[23]	To Atlanta Thrashers Brett Festerling	To Montreal Canadiens Drew MacIntyre

Free agents acquired Player Former team Contract terms Kyle Klubertanz[24] Djurgardens IF 1 year, entry-level, $550,000 Alex Auld[25] New York Rangers 1 year, $1 million Alexandre R. Picard[26] Carolina Hurricanes 1 year, $600,000 Jeff Halpern[27] Los Angeles Kings 1 year, $600,000 Alain Berger[28] Oshawa Generals 3 years, $1.998 million entry-level contract

Free agents lost Player New team Contract terms Dan Ellis[29] Tampa Bay Lightning 2 years, $3 million Shawn Belle[30] Edmonton Oilers 1 year, $650,000 Gregory Stewart[31] Edmonton Oilers 1 year, $550,000 Dominic Moore[32] Tampa Bay Lightning 2 years, $2.2 million Glen Metropolit[33] EV Zug 2 years Brock Trotter[34] Dinamo Riga 2 years Paul Mara[35] Montreal Canadiens 1 year, $750,000 Marc-Andre Bergeron[36] Tampa Bay Lightning 1 year, $1 million

Claimed via waivers Player Former team Date claimed off waivers

Lost via waivers Player New team Date claimed off waivers

Lost via Retirement

Player

Georges Laraque[37]

Player signings

Player	Contract terms
Mathieu Darche[38]	1 year, $575,000
Tomas Plekanec[39]	6 years, $30 million
Tom Pyatt[40]	1 year, $500,000
Benoit Pouliot[41]	1 year, $1.375 million
Curtis Sanford[42]	1 year, $550,000
Frederic St. Denis[43]	1 year, two-way, $550,000
Dustin Boyd[44]	1 year, $650,000
Mathieu Carle[45]	1 year, two-way, $660,000
Maxim Lapierre[46]	1 year, $900,000
James T. Wyman[47]	1 year, two-way, $550,000
David Desharnais[48]	1 year, two-way, $575,000
Alexander Avtsin[49]	3 years, $1.82 million entry-level contract
Cedrick Desjardins[50]	1 year, two-way, $550,000
Ryan Russell[51]	1 year, two-way, $550,000
Alex Henry[52]	2 years, two-way, $1.025 million
Louis Leblanc[53]	3 years, $2.7 million entry-level contract
Carey Price[54]	2 years, $5.5 million
Joe Stejskal[55]	2 years, $1.16 million entry-level contract

Final roster

Updated April 7, 2011.^[56]

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
35	Canada !	Auld, AlexAlex Auld	1.0 !G	L	30	2010	Cold Lake, Alberta
13	Canada !	Cammalleri, MichaelMichael Cammalleri	6.0 !LW	L	29	2009	Richmond Hill, Ontario
52	Canada !	Darche, MathieuMathieu Darche	6.0 !LW	L	34	2009	Montreal, Quebec
58	Canada !	Desharnais, DavidDavid Desharnais	4.0 !C	L	25	2008	Quebec City, Quebec
81	Denmark !	Eller, LarsLars Eller	4.0 !C	L	22	2010	Rødovre, Denmark
75	United States !	Gill, HalHal Gill (A)	2.0 !D	L	36	2009	Concord, Massachusetts
21	United States !	Gionta, BrianBrian Gionta (C)	7.0 !RW	R	32	2009	Rochester, New York
11	United States !	Gomez, ScottScott Gomez	4.0 !C	L	31	2009	Anchorage, Alaska
26	Canada !	Gorges, JoshJosh Gorges	2.0 !D	L	27	2007	Kelowna, British Columbia
15	United States !	Halpern, JeffJeff Halpern	4.0 !C	R	35	2010	Potomac, Maryland
44	Czech Republic !	Hamrlik, RomanRoman Hamrlik	2.0 !D	L	37	2007	Zlín, Czechoslovakia
46	Belarus !	Kostitsyn, AndreiAndrei Kostitsyn	6.0 !LW	L	26	2003	Navapolatsk, Soviet Union
22	United States !	Mara, PaulPaul Mara	2.0 !D	L	32	2011	Ridgewood, New Jersey
79	Russia !	Markov, AndreiAndrei Markov (A)	2.0 !D	L	32	1998	Voskresensk, Soviet Union
32	Canada !	Moen, TravisTravis Moen	6.0 !LW	L	29	2009	Stewart Valley, Saskatchewan
67	United States !	Pacioretty, MaxMax Pacioretty	6.0 !LW	L	23	2007	New Canaan, Connecticut
45	Canada !	Picard, Alexandre R.Alexandre R. Picard	2.0 !D	L	26	2010	Gatineau, Quebec
14	Czech Republic !	Plekanec, TomasTomas Plekanec	4.0 !C	L	29	2001	Kladno, Czechoslovakia
57	Canada !	Pouliot, BenoitBenoit Pouliot	6.0 !LW	L	25	2009	Alfred, Ontario
31	Canada !	Price, CareyCarey Price	1.0 !G	L	24	2005	Anahim Lake, British Columbia
94	Canada !	Pyatt, TomTom Pyatt	4.0 !C	L	24	2009	Thunder Bay, Ontario
55	Canada !	Sopel, BrentBrent Sopel	2.0 !D	R	34	2011	Calgary, Alberta
6	Czech Republic !	Spacek, JaroslavJaroslav Spacek	2.0 !D	L	37	2009	Rokycany, Czechoslovakia
76	Canada !	Subban, P.K.P.K. Subban	2.0 !D	R	22	2007	Toronto, Ontario
68	Switzerland !	Weber, YannickYannick Weber	2.0 !D	R	23	2007	Morges, Switzerland
53	Canada !	White, RyanRyan White	4.0 !C	R	23	2006	Brandon, Manitoba
20	United States !	Wisniewski, JamesJames Wisniewski	2.0 !D	R	27	2010	Canton, Michigan

Staff

Montreal Canadiens staff
	Executive operations Ownership - Molson Group Chairman - Molson Family Vice Chairman - Jeff Joyce President: Pierre Boivin Vice-President/General Manager - Pierre Gauthier			Hockey operations Assistant General Manager, hockey administration - Julien Brisebois Director, player personnel - Trevor Timmins Head coach - Jacques Martin Assistant coaches - Kirk Muller, Perry Pearn Goaltending coach - Pierre Groulx Strength and conditioning - Lorne Goldenberg

Draft picks

Montreal's picks at the 2010 NHL Entry Draft in Los Angeles, California.

Round	#	Player	Position	Nationality	College/junior/club team (league)
1	22 (from Phoenix)	Jarred Tinordi	D	United States	U.S. National U-18 Team (USHL)
4	113 (from Buffalo via Phoenix)	Mark MacMillan	F	Canada	Alberni Valley Bulldogs (BCHL)
4	117	Morgan Ellis	D	Canada	Cape Breton Screaming Eagles (QMJHL)
5	147	Brendan Gallagher	RW	Canada	Vancouver Giants (WHL)
7	207	John Westin	LW	Sweden	Modo JR. (Sweden Junior)

Farm teams

Hamilton Bulldogs

The Hamilton Bulldogs remain Montreal's top affiliate in the American Hockey League in 2010–11.

Wheeling Nailers

Montreal signed an affiliation agreement with the Wheeling Nailers of the ECHL for 2010–11, succeeding the Cincinnati Cyclones.^[57]

Broadcasting

Country	Broadcaster
Canada	English: CBC, TSN, NHL Network; French: RDS, RIS.
United States	Versus, ESPN, NBC, CBS, Fox, HDNet, NHL Network.
Europe	NASN, NHL Network.
Russia	NTV (Russia).
Japan  South Korea  Thailand	ASN.

See also

• 2010–11 NHL season

References

1. ^ National Hockey League (2010). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book/2011. Triumph Books. p. 75. ISBN 978-1-60078-422-4. 
2. ^ Basu, Arpon (22 September 2010). "Seguin solid in Bruins' debut". Montreal, QC: National Hockey League. http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2010010010. 
3. ^ Basu, Arpon (24 September 2010). "Canadiens get first preseason win by beating Sens 4-2". Montreal, QC: National Hockey League. http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2010010031. 
4. ^ Associated Press (25 September 2010). "Senators 6, Canadiens 2". Ottawa, ON: National Hockey League. http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2010010039. 
5. ^ Associated Press (26 September 2010). "Canadiens 4, Wild 3". Montreal, QC: National Hockey League. http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2010010048. 
6. ^ Basu, Arpon (27 September 2010). "Price rebounds in Habs' win". Montreal, QC: National Hockey League. http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2010010054. 
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8. ^ Associated Press (02 october 2010). "Canadiens 7, Islanders 2". Quebec City, QC: National Hockey League. http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2010010092. 
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10. ^ Price, Crosby and Semin top week's 'Three Stars'
11. ^ CROSBY, PRICE, BYFUGLIEN WIN NHL MONTHLY HONOURS
12. ^ Iginla leads NHL's 'Three Stars of the Week'
13. ^ Sharks' Pavelski tops 'Three Stars' of the week
14. ^ Press release (17 june 2010). "Jaroslav Halak to the St. Louis Blues for Lars Eller and Ian Schultz". Montreal, QC: Montreal Canadiens. http://canadiens.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=531926. 
15. ^ Habs select Jarred Tinordi
16. ^ Dan Ellis and Dustin Boyd to Montreal for S. Kostitsyn
17. ^ Habs acquire Karri Ramo from Tampa Bay
18. ^ Ryan O'Byrne traded to Colorado
19. ^ Habs acquire James Wisniewski from the Islanders
20. ^ Maxim Lapierre traded to Anaheim
21. ^ The Habs acquire Paul Mara from Anaheim
22. ^ Habs acquire Brent Sopel and Nigel Dawes from Atlanta
23. ^ Habs acquire Drew MacIntyre
24. ^ Press release (27 May 2010). "Canadiens sign free agent Kyle Klubertanz". Montreal, QC: Montreal Canadiens. http://canadiens.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=530347. 
25. ^ Habs ink Alex Auld
26. ^ Alexandre Picard signs 1-year deal
27. ^ Habs ink free agent forward Jeff Halpern
28. ^ Canadiens sign free agent Alain Berger to 3-year contract
29. ^ Lightning Sign Free Agent Goaltender Dan Ellis
30. ^ Oilers sign pair
31. ^ Oilers sign Gregory Stewart
32. ^ Lightning Sign Free Agent Center Dominic Moore
33. ^ METROPOLIT INKS TWO-YEAR DEAL WITH EV ZUG IN SWITZERLAND
34. ^ "Trotter contract with Dinamo Riga confirmed". Latvianhockey.com. 2010-07-28. http://latvianhockey.wordpress.com/2010/07/28/dinamo-confirms-trotter-will-play-in-riga/. Retrieved 2010-07-29. 
35. ^ Ducks Sign D Mara to One-Year Deal
36. ^ Lightning Sign Defenseman Marc-Andre Bergeron
37. ^ Georges Blog August 10, 2010
38. ^ Mathieu Darche under contract for the 2010-11 season
39. ^ Habs ink Tomas Plekanec to a six-year deal
40. ^ Habs lock up Tom Pyatt
41. ^ One-year deal for Pouliot
42. ^ Curtis Sanford back in 2010-11
43. ^ Canadiens sign defenseman Frédéric St-Denis to a one-year contract
44. ^ Canadiens ink Dustin Boyd
45. ^ Mathieu Carle under contract for the 2010-11 season
46. ^ Habs re-sign Maxim Lapierre
47. ^ Habs ink Wyman to 1-year deal
48. ^ Habs sign David Desharnais
49. ^ Habs ink Alexander Avtsin
50. ^ "Habs sign Cédrick Desjardins" (Press release). Montreal Canadiens. July 20, 2010. http://canadiens.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=534595. 
51. ^ "One-year contract for Ryan Russell" (Press release). Montreal Canadiens. July 20, 2010. http://canadiens.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=534660. 
52. ^ "Alex Henry under contract for the next two seasons" (Press release). Montreal Canadiens. July 30, 2010. http://canadiens.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=534594. 
53. ^ "Habs ink Louis Leblanc" (Press release). Montreal Canadiens. July 30, 2010. http://canadiens.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=535234. 
54. ^ "Two-year contract for Carey Price" (Press release). Montreal Canadiens. September 2, 2010. http://canadiens.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=536791. 
55. ^ "Habs sign Joe Stejskal to a two-year contract" (Press release). Montreal Canadiens. March 22, 2011. http://canadiens.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=556836. 
56. ^ "Canadiens Roster". Montreal Canadiens. http://canadiens.nhl.com/club/roster.htm. Retrieved April 7, 2011. 
57. ^ Canadiens enter a player affiliation agreement with the ECHL Wheeling Nailers