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	Carey Price (2.35)
<2009–10 2011–12>

The 2010–11 Montreal Canadiens season was the franchise's 102nd season overall, 94th season since joining the National Hockey League, which was established on November 22, 1917.^[1] The Canadiens finished sixth overall in the Eastern Conference before losing to the eventual Stanley Cup champions, the Boston Bruins, in the Eastern Conference Quarter-finals of the 2011 Stanley Cup playoffs.

Off-season

On September 29, 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.

The Canadiens were the most penalized team in the League, with 327 power-play opportunities against.^[2]

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 1993 Stanley Cup, going to the Eastern Conference Final, but losing to the Philadelphia Flyers in five games. On April 5, 2011, the Canadiens qualified for the 2011 Stanley Cup playoffs with a 2–1 overtime victory 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 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	[3]
2	September 24	Ottawa Senators	2-4	Montreal Canadiens		Mayer	1-1-0	[4]
3	September 25	Montreal Canadiens	2-6	Ottawa Senators		Price	1-2-0	[5]
4	September 26	Minnesota Wild	3-4	Montreal Canadiens		Auld	2-2-0	[6]
5	September 27	Florida Panthers	2-6	Montreal Canadiens		Price	3-2-0	[7]
6	September 30	Buffalo Sabres	5-3	Montreal Canadiens		Auld	3-3-0	[8]
7	October 2 (in Quebec City, QC)	Montreal Canadiens	7-2	New York Islanders (SS)		Price	4-3-0	[9]
(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 [10] 2 October 9 Pittsburgh Penguins 3-2 Price Consol Energy Center 18,106 1-1-0 2 [11] 3 October 13 Tampa Bay Lightning 3-4 OT Price Bell Centre 21,273 1-1-1 3 [12] 4 October 15 Buffalo Sabres 2-1 Price HSBC Arena 17,264 2-1-1 5 [13] 5 October 16 Ottawa Senators 4-3 Price Bell Centre 21,273 3-1-1 7 [14] 6 October 21 New Jersey Devils 0-3 Price Bell Centre 21,273 3-2-1 7 [15] 7 October 23 Ottawa Senators 3-0 Price Scotiabank Place 20,301 4-2-1 9 [16] 8 October 25 Phoenix Coyotes 3-2 OT Price Bell Centre 21,273 5-2-1 11 [17] 9 October 27 New York Islanders 5-3 Price Bell Centre 21,273 6-2-1 13 [18] 10 October 29 New York Islanders 3-1 Auld Nassau Coliseum 11,922 7-2-1 15 [19] 11 October 30 Florida Panthers 1-3 Price Bell Centre 21,273 7-3-1 15 [20]
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 [21] 13 November 5 Buffalo Sabres 3-2 Price HSBC Arena 18,026 8-4-1 17 [22] 14 November 6 Ottawa Senators 2-3 Price Bell Centre 21,273 8-5-1 17 [23] 15 November 9 Vancouver Canucks 2-0 Price Bell Centre 21,273 9-5-1 19 [24] 16 November 11 Boston Bruins 3-1 Price TD Garden 17,565 10-5-1 21 [25] 17 November 13 Carolina Hurricanes 7-2 Price Bell Centre 21,273 11-5-1 23 [26] 18 November 16 Philadelphia Flyers 3-0 Price Bell Centre 21,273 12-5-1 25 [27] 19 November 18 Nashville Predators 0-3 Price Bell Centre 21,273 12-6-1 25 [28] 20 November 20 Toronto Maple Leafs 2-0 Price Bell Centre 21,273 13-6-1 27 [29] 21 November 22 Philadelphia Flyers 2-3 Price Wachovia Center 19,753 13-7-1 27 [30] 22 November 24 Los Angeles Kings 4-1 Price Bell Centre 21,273 14-7-1 29 [31] 23 November 26 Atlanta Thrashers 0-3 Auld Philips Arena 13,068 14-8-1 29 [32] 24 November 27 Buffalo Sabres 3-1 Price Bell Centre 21,273 15-8-1 31 [33]
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 [34] 26 December 2 New Jersey Devils 5-1 Price Prudential Center 11,434 16-8-2 34 [35] 27 December 4 San Jose Sharks 3-1 Price Bell Centre 21,273 17-8-2 36 [36] 28 December 7 Ottawa Senators 4-1 Price Bell Centre 21,273 18-8-2 38 [37] 29 December 10 Detroit Red Wings 2-4 Price Joe Louis Arena 20,066 18-9-2 38 [38] 30 December 11 Toronto Maple Leafs 1-3 Auld Air Canada Centre 19,656 18-10-2 38 [39] 31 December 15 Philadelphia Flyers 3-5 Price Bell Centre 21,273 18-11-2 38 [40] 32 December 16 Boston Bruins 4-3 Price Bell Centre 21,273 19-11-2 40 [41] 33 December 19 Colorado Avalanche 2-3 Price Pepsi Center 18,007 19-12-2 40 [42] 34 December 21 Dallas Stars 2-5 Price American Airlines Center 17,805 19-13-2 40 [43] 35 December 23 Carolina Hurricanes 3-2 Price RBC Center 16,981 20-13-2 42 [44] 36 December 26 New York Islanders 1-4 Price Nassau Coliseum 3,136 20-14-2 42 [45] 37 December 28 Washington Capitals 0-3 Price Verizon Center 18,398 20-15-2 42 [46] 38 December 30 Tampa Bay Lightning 1-4 Price St. Pete Times Forum 20,191 20-16-2 42 [47] 39 December 31 Florida Panthers 3-2 OT Auld BankAtlantic Center 20,072 21-16-2 44 [48]
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 [49] 41 January 6 Pittsburgh Penguins 2-1 SO Price Bell Centre 21,273 22-16-3 47 [50] 42 January 8 Boston Bruins 3-2 OT Price Bell Centre 21,273 23-16-3 49 [51] 43 January 11 New York Rangers 2-1 Auld Madison Square Garden 18,200 24-16-3 51 [52] 44 January 12 Pittsburgh Penguins 2-5 Price Bell Centre 21,273 24-17-3 51 [53] 45 January 15 New York Rangers 3-2 Price Bell Centre 21,273 25-17-3 53 [54] 46 January 17 Calgary Flames 5-4 OT Price Bell Centre 21,273 26-17-3 55 [55] 47 January 18 Buffalo Sabres 1-2 OT Price HSBC Arena 18,225 26-17-4 56 [56] 48 January 21 Ottawa Senators 7-1 Price Scotiabank Place 20,337 27-17-4 58 [57] 49 January 22 Anaheim Ducks 3-4 SO Price Bell Centre 21,273 27-17-5 59 [58] 50 January 25 Philadelphia Flyers 2-5 Price Wells Fargo Center 19,878 27-18-5 59 [59]
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 [60] 52 February 2 Florida Panthers 3-2 Auld Bell Centre 21,273 29-18-5 63 [61] 53 February 5 New York Rangers 2-0 Price Bell Centre 21,273 30-18-5 65 [62] 54 February 6 New Jersey Devils 1-4 Price Bell Centre 21,273 30-19-5 65 [63] 55 February 9 Boston Bruins 6-8 Price TD Garden 17,565 30-20-5 65 [64] 56 February 10 New York Islanders 3-4 SO Auld Bell Centre 21,273 30-20-6 66 [65] 57 February 12 Toronto Maple Leafs 3-0 Price Bell Centre 21,273 31-20-6 68 [66] 58 February 15 Buffalo Sabres 2-3 SO Price Bell Centre 21,273 31-20-7 69 [67] 59 February 17 Edmonton Oilers 1-4 Price Rexall Place 16,839 31-21-7 69 [68] 60 February 20 Calgary Flames 0-4 Price McMahon Stadium 41,022 31-22-7 69 [69] 61 February 22 Vancouver Canucks 3-2 Price Rogers Arena 18,860 32-22-7 71 [70] 62 February 24 Toronto Maple Leafs 4-5 Price Bell Centre 21,273 32-23-7 71 [71] 63 February 26 Carolina Hurricanes 4-3 Auld Bell Centre 21,273 33-23-7 73 [72]
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 [73] 65 March 3 Florida Panthers 4-0 Price BankAtlantic Center 19,722 35-23-7 77 [74] 66 March 5 Tampa Bay Lightning 4-2 Price St. Pete Times Forum 20,274 36-23-7 79 [75] 67 March 8 Boston Bruins 4-1 Price Bell Centre 21,273 37-23-7 81 [76] 68 March 10 St. Louis Blues 1-4 Price Scottrade Center 19,150 37-24-7 81 [77] 69 March 12 Pittsburgh Penguins 3-0 Price Consol Energy Center 18,087 38-24-7 83 [78] 70 March 15 Washington Capitals 2-4 Price Bell Centre 21,273 38-25-7 83 [79] 71 March 17 Tampa Bay Lightning 3-2 SO Price Bell Centre 21,273 39-25-7 85 [80] 72 March 18 New York Rangers 3-6 Price Madison Square Garden 18,200 39-26-7 85 [81] 73 March 20 Minnesota Wild 8-1 Auld Xcel Energy Center 18,595 40-26-7 87 [82] 74 March 22 Buffalo Sabres 0-2 Price Bell Centre 21,273 40-27-7 87 [83] 75 March 24 Boston Bruins 0-7 Price TD Garden 17,565 40-28-7 87 [84] 76 March 26 Washington Capitals 0-2 Price Bell Centre 21,273 40-29-7 87 [85] 77 March 29 Atlanta Thrashers 3-1 Price Bell Centre 21,273 41-29-7 89 [86] 78 March 30 Carolina Hurricanes 2-6 Price RBC Center 18,701 41-30-7 89 [87]
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 [88] 80 April 5 Chicago Blackhawks 2-1 OT Price Bell Centre 21,273 43-30-7 93 [89] 81 April 7 Ottawa Senators 2-3 OT Auld Scotiabank Place 19,809 43-30-8 94 [90] 82 April 9 Toronto Maple Leafs 4-1 Price Air Canada Centre 19,676 44-30-8 96 [91] Legend:       Win       Loss       Overtime/shootout loss

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 [92] 2 April 16 Montreal Canadiens 3–1 Boston Bruins Price 17,565 Canadiens lead 2-0 [93] 3 April 18 Boston Bruins 4–2 Montreal Canadiens Price 21,273 Canadiens lead 2-1 [94] 4 April 21 Boston Bruins 5–4 Montreal Canadiens 1OT Price 21,273 Series tied 2-2 [95] 5 April 23 Montreal Canadiens 1–2 Boston Bruins 2OT Price 17,565 Bruins lead 3-2 [96] 6 April 26 Boston Bruins 1–2 Montreal Canadiens Price 21,273 Series tied 3-3 [97] 7 April 27 Montreal Canadiens 3–4 Boston Bruins OT Price 17,565 Bruins win 4-3 [98] Legend:       Win       Loss

Standings

Divisional standings

Northeast Division^[99]

		GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	Pts
1	y – 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

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

bold - qualified for playoffs; y – Won division; z – Placed first in conference (and division)
AT - Atlantic Division, NE - Northeast Division, SE - Southeast Division

Player statistics

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

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[100]	NHL First Star of the Week	November 15, 2010
Carey Price[101]	NHL Second Star of the Month	November 2010
Carey Price[102]	NHL Third Star of the Week	March 7, 2011
P. K. Subban[103]	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[104]	To St. Louis Blues Jaroslav Halak	To Montreal Canadiens Lars Eller Ian Schultz
June 25, 2010[105]	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[106]	To Nashville Predators Sergei Kostitsyn Future Considerations	To Montreal Canadiens Dan Ellis Dustin Boyd Future Considerations
August 16, 2010[107]	To Tampa Bay Lightning Cedrick Desjardins	To Montreal Canadiens Karri Ramo
November 11, 2010[108]	To Colorado Avalanche Ryan O'Byrne	To Montreal Canadiens Michael Bournival
December 28, 2010[109]	To New York Islanders 2nd-round pick in 2011 Conditional 5th-round pick in 2012	To Montreal Canadiens James Wisniewski
December 31, 2010[110]	To Anaheim Ducks Maxim Lapierre	To Montreal Canadiens Brett Festerling 5th-round pick in 2012
February 17, 2011[111]	To Anaheim Ducks 5th-round pick in 2012	To Montreal Canadiens Paul Mara
February 24, 2011[112]	To Atlanta Thrashers Ben Maxwell 4th-round pick in 2011	To Montreal Canadiens Nigel Dawes Brent Sopel
February 28, 2011[113]	To Atlanta Thrashers Brett Festerling	To Montreal Canadiens Drew MacIntyre

Free agents acquired Player Former team Contract terms Kyle Klubertanz[114] Djurgardens IF 1 year, entry-level, $550,000 Alex Auld[115] New York Rangers 1 year, $1 million Alexandre R. Picard[116] Carolina Hurricanes 1 year, $600,000 Jeff Halpern[117] Los Angeles Kings 1 year, $600,000 Alain Berger[118] Oshawa Generals 3 years, $1.998 million entry-level contract

Free agents lost Player New team Contract terms Dan Ellis[119] Tampa Bay Lightning 2 years, $3 million Shawn Belle[120] Edmonton Oilers 1 year, $650,000 Gregory Stewart[121] Edmonton Oilers 1 year, $550,000 Dominic Moore[122] Tampa Bay Lightning 2 years, $2.2 million Glen Metropolit[123] EV Zug 2 years Brock Trotter[124] Dinamo Riga 2 years Paul Mara[125] Montreal Canadiens 1 year, $750,000 Marc-Andre Bergeron[126] Tampa Bay Lightning 1 year, $1 million

Lost via retirement Player Georges Laraque[127] Player signings Player Contract terms Mathieu Darche[128] 1 year, $575,000 Tomas Plekanec[129] 6 years, $30 million Tom Pyatt[130] 1 year, $500,000 Benoit Pouliot[131] 1 year, $1.375 million Curtis Sanford[132] 1 year, $550,000 Frederic St-Denis[133] 1 year, two-way, $550,000 Dustin Boyd[134] 1 year, $650,000 Mathieu Carle[135] 1 year, two-way, $660,000 Maxim Lapierre[136] 1 year, $900,000 J. T. Wyman[137] 1 year, two-way, $550,000 David Desharnais[138] 1 year, two-way, $575,000 Alexander Avtsin[139] 3 years, $1.82 million entry-level contract Cedrick Desjardins[140] 1 year, two-way, $550,000 Ryan Russell[141] 1 year, two-way, $550,000 Alex Henry[142] 2 years, two-way, $1.025 million Louis Leblanc[143] 3 years, $2.7 million entry-level contract Carey Price[144] 2 years, $5.5 million Joe Stejskal[145] 2 years, $1.16 million entry-level contract Final roster Updated April 7, 2011.[146] # Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace 35 Auld, AlexAlex Auld G L 34 2010 Cold Lake, Alberta 13 Cammalleri, MichaelMichael Cammalleri LW L 33 2009 Richmond Hill, Ontario 52 Darche, MathieuMathieu Darche LW L 39 2009 Montreal, Quebec 58 Desharnais, DavidDavid Desharnais C L 29 2008 Quebec City, Quebec 81 Eller, LarsLars Eller C L 26 2010 Rødovre, Denmark 75 Gill, HalHal Gill (A) D L 40 2009 Concord, Massachusetts 21 Gionta, BrianBrian Gionta (C) RW R 36 2009 Rochester, New York 11 Gomez, ScottScott Gomez C L 36 2009 Anchorage, Alaska 26 Gorges, JoshJosh Gorges  D L 31 2007 Kelowna, British Columbia 15 Halpern, JeffJeff Halpern C R 39 2010 Potomac, Maryland 44 Hamrlik, RomanRoman Hamrlik D L 41 2007 Zlín, Czechoslovakia 46 Kostitsyn, AndreiAndrei Kostitsyn LW L 30 2003 Navapolatsk, Soviet Union 22 Mara, PaulPaul Mara D L 36 2011 Ridgewood, New Jersey 79 Markov, AndreiAndrei Markov (A)  D L 37 1998 Voskresensk, Soviet Union 32 Moen, TravisTravis Moen LW L 33 2009 Stewart Valley, Saskatchewan 67 Pacioretty, MaxMax Pacioretty  LW L 27 2007 New Canaan, Connecticut 45 Picard, Alexandre R.Alexandre R. Picard D L 30 2010 Gatineau, Quebec 14 Plekanec, TomasTomas Plekanec C L 33 2001 Kladno, Czechoslovakia 57 Pouliot, BenoitBenoit Pouliot LW L 29 2009 Alfred, Ontario 31 Price, CareyCarey Price G L 28 2005 Anahim Lake, British Columbia 94 Pyatt, TomTom Pyatt C L 28 2009 Thunder Bay, Ontario 55 Sopel, BrentBrent Sopel D R 38 2011 Calgary, Alberta 6 Spacek, JaroslavJaroslav Spacek D L 41 2009 Rokycany, Czechoslovakia 76 Subban, P. K.P. K. Subban D R 26 2007 Toronto, Ontario 68 Weber, YannickYannick Weber D R 27 2007 Morges, Switzerland 53 White, RyanRyan White C R 27 2006 Brandon, Manitoba 20 Wisniewski, JamesJames Wisniewski D R 31 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 US National Team Development Program (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 Hockey 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.[147] 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 National Hockey League (2010). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book/2011. Triumph Books. p. 75. ISBN 978-1-60078-422-4. http://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_2011.html Basu, Arpon (22 September 2010). "Seguin solid in Bruins' debut". Montreal, QC: National Hockey League. Basu, Arpon (24 September 2010). "Canadiens get first preseason win by beating Sens 4-2". Montreal, QC: National Hockey League. "Senators 6, Canadiens 2". Ottawa, ON: National Hockey League. Associated Press. 25 September 2010. "Canadiens 4, Wild 3". Montreal, QC: National Hockey League. Associated Press. 26 September 2010. Basu, Arpon (27 September 2010). "Price rebounds in Habs' win". Montreal, QC: National Hockey League. "Sabres 5, Canadiens 3". Montreal, QC: National Hockey League. Associated Press. 30 September 2010. "Canadiens 7, Islanders 2". Quebec City, QC: National Hockey League. Associated Press. 2 October 2010. 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National Hockey League. Price, Crosby and Semin top week's 'Three Stars' CROSBY, PRICE, BYFUGLIEN WIN NHL MONTHLY HONOURS Iginla leads NHL's 'Three Stars of the Week' Sharks' Pavelski tops 'Three Stars' of the week Press release (17 June 2010). "Jaroslav Halak to the St. Louis Blues for Lars Eller and Ian Schultz". Montreal, QC: Montreal Canadiens. Habs select Jarred Tinordi Dan Ellis and Dustin Boyd to Montreal for S. Kostitsyn Habs acquire Karri Ramo from Tampa Bay Ryan O'Byrne traded to Colorado Habs acquire James Wisniewski from the Islanders Maxim Lapierre traded to Anaheim The Habs acquire Paul Mara from Anaheim Habs acquire Brent Sopel and Nigel Dawes from Atlanta Habs acquire Drew MacIntyre Press release (27 May 2010). "Canadiens sign free agent Kyle Klubertanz". Montreal, QC: Montreal Canadiens. Habs ink Alex Auld Alexandre Picard signs 1-year deal Habs ink free agent forward Jeff Halpern Canadiens sign free agent Alain Berger to 3-year contract Lightning Sign Free Agent Goaltender Dan Ellis Oilers sign pair Oilers sign Gregory Stewart Lightning Sign Free Agent Center Dominic Moore METROPOLIT INKS TWO-YEAR DEAL WITH EV ZUG IN SWITZERLAND "Trotter contract with Dinamo Riga confirmed". Latvianhockey.com. 2010-07-28. Archived from the original on 30 July 2010. Retrieved 2010-07-29. Ducks Sign D Mara to One-Year Deal Lightning Sign Defenseman Marc-Andre Bergeron Georges Blog August 10, 2010 Mathieu Darche under contract for the 2010-11 season Habs ink Tomas Plekanec to a six-year deal Habs lock up Tom Pyatt One-year deal for Pouliot Curtis Sanford back in 2010-11 Canadiens sign defenseman Frédéric St. Denis to a one-year contract Canadiens ink Dustin Boyd Mathieu Carle under contract for the 2010-11 season Habs re-sign Maxim Lapierre Habs ink Wyman to 1-year deal Habs sign David Desharnais Habs ink Alexander Avtsin "Habs sign Cédrick Desjardins" (Press release). Montreal Canadiens. July 20, 2010. "One-year contract for Ryan Russell" (Press release). Montreal Canadiens. July 20, 2010. "Alex Henry under contract for the next two seasons" (Press release). Montreal Canadiens. July 30, 2010. "Habs ink Louis Leblanc" (Press release). Montreal Canadiens. July 30, 2010. "Two-year contract for Carey Price" (Press release). Montreal Canadiens. September 2, 2010. "Habs sign Joe Stejskal to a two-year contract" (Press release). Montreal Canadiens. March 22, 2011. "Canadiens Roster". Montreal Canadiens. Archived from the original on 19 May 2011. Retrieved April 7, 2011. Canadiens enter a player affiliation agreement with the ECHL Wheeling Nailers