2013–14 Montreal Canadiens season

2013–14 Montreal Canadiens
Division 3rd Atlantic
Conference 4th Eastern
2013–14 record 46–28–8
Home record 23–13–5
Road record 23–15–3
Goals for 215
Goals against 204
Team information
General Manager Marc Bergevin
Coach Michel Therrien
Captain Brian Gionta
Alternate captains Josh Gorges
Andrei Markov
Arena Bell Centre
Average attendance 21,273 (100%)[1]
(41 games)
Minor league affiliations Hamilton Bulldogs (AHL)
Wheeling Nailers (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals Max Pacioretty (39)
Assists P. K. Subban (43)
Points Max Pacioretty (60)
Penalties in minutes Brandon Prust (121)
Plus/minus (+): Andrei Markov (12)
(−): Lars Eller (−15)
Wins Carey Price (34)
Goals against average Dustin Tokarski (1.84)
<2012–13 2014–15>

The 2013–14 Montreal Canadiens season was the 105th season of play for the franchise that was founded on December 4, 1909, and was their 97th season in the National Hockey League. The Montreal Canadiens defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning by sweeping them in the first round. They upset the top team in the NHL, the Boston Bruins, in a hard fought seven game series, before falling to the New York Rangers in the Eastern Conference Final in six games.

Standings

Divisional standings

Atlantic Division[2]
GP W L OTL ROW GF GA Pts
1 p – Boston Bruins 82 54 19 9 51 261 177 117
2 Tampa Bay Lightning 82 46 27 9 38 240 215 101
3 Montreal Canadiens 82 46 28 8 40 215 204 100
4 Detroit Red Wings 82 39 28 15 34 222 230 93
5 Ottawa Senators 82 37 31 14 30 236 265 88
6 Toronto Maple Leafs 82 38 36 8 29 231 256 84
7 Florida Panthers 82 29 45 8 21 196 268 66
8 Buffalo Sabres 82 21 51 10 14 157 248 52

Conference standings

Top 3 (Atlantic Division)[3]
R GP W L OTL ROW GF GA Pts
1 p – Boston Bruins 82 54 19 9 51 261 177 117
2 Tampa Bay Lightning 82 46 27 9 38 240 215 101
3 Montreal Canadiens 82 46 28 8 40 215 204 100
Top 3 (Metropolitan Division)[3]
R GP W L OTL ROW GF GA Pts
1 y – Pittsburgh Penguins 82 51 24 7 44 249 207 109
2 New York Rangers 82 45 31 6 41 218 193 96
3 Philadelphia Flyers 82 42 30 10 39 236 235 94
Wild Card teams[3]
R (Top 2 qualify for playoffs) Div GP W L OTL ROW GF GA Pts
1 Columbus Blue Jackets ME 82 43 32 7 38 231 216 93
2 Detroit Red Wings AT 82 39 28 15 34 222 230 93
3 Washington Capitals ME 82 38 30 14 28 235 240 90
4 New Jersey Devils ME 82 35 29 18 35 197 208 88
5 Ottawa Senators AT 82 37 31 14 30 236 265 88
6 Toronto Maple Leafs AT 82 38 36 8 29 231 256 84
7 Carolina Hurricanes ME 82 36 35 11 34 207 230 83
8 New York Islanders ME 82 34 37 11 25 225 267 79
9 Florida Panthers AT 82 29 45 8 21 196 268 66
10 Buffalo Sabres AT 82 21 51 10 14 157 248 52

Divisions: AT – Atlantic, ME – Metropolitan

bold – Clinched Playoff spot, y – Clinched Division, p – Won Presidents' Trophy (best record in NHL)

Schedule and results

Pre-season

Regular season

2013–14 Game Log

Legend:       Win (2 points)       Loss (0 points)       Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Playoffs

The Montreal Canadiens entered the playoffs as the Atlantic Division's third seed. They swept the Tampa Bay Lightning in the first round, and faced the Presidents' Trophy winning Boston Bruins in the second round. They went on to defeat the Bruins in a deciding Game 7 and advancing to the Eastern Conference Finals where they were eliminated by New York Rangers in six games.

2014 Stanley Cup Playoffs

Legend:       Win       Loss

Player statistics

Final Stats[4]

Skaters

Regular Season
Player GP G A Pts +/- PIM
Pacioretty, MaxMax Pacioretty 73 39 21 60 8 35
Subban, P. K.P. K. Subban 82 10 43 53 −4 81
Desharnais, DavidDavid Desharnais 79 16 36 52 11 24
Markov, AndreiAndrei Markov 81 7 36 43 12 34
Plekanec, TomasTomas Plekanec 81 20 23 43 11 38
Gallagher, BrendanBrendan Gallagher 81 19 22 41 4 73
Gionta, BrianBrian Gionta 81 18 22 40 1 22
Galchenyuk, AlexAlex Galchenyuk 65 13 18 31 −12 26
Eller, LarsLars Eller 77 12 14 26 −15 68
Briere, DanielDaniel Briere 69 13 12 25 1 30
Emelin, AlexeiAlexei Emelin 59 3 14 17 −1 59
Bourque, ReneRene Bourque 63 9 7 16 −1 32
Vanek, ThomasThomas Vanek 18 6 9 15 8 8
Gorges, JoshJosh Gorges 66 1 13 14 6 12
Bournival, MichaelMichael Bournival 60 7 7 14 −6 18
Prust, BrandonBrandon Prust 52 6 7 13 −1 121
Moen, TravisTravis Moen 65 2 10 12 2 49
Diaz, RaphaelRaphael Diaz 46 0 11 11 −4 12
Weaver, MikeMike Weaver 17 1 6 7 9 8
Bouillon, FrancisFrancis Bouillon 52 2 4 6 −5 34
White, RyanRyan White 52 2 4 6 −8 50
Weise, DaleDale Weise 17 3 1 4 4 17
Murray, DouglasDouglas Murray 53 0 2 2 −12 42
Tinordi, JarredJarred Tinordi 22 0 2 2 −2 40
Beaulieu, NathanNathan Beaulieu 17 0 2 2 6 8
Parros, GeorgeGeorge Parros 22 0 1 1 −6 85
St. Pierre, MartinMartin St. Pierre 1 0 0 0 0 0
Blunden, MikeMike Blunden 7 0 0 0 −2 5
Leblanc, LouisLouis Leblanc 8 0 0 0 1 4
Nattinen, JoonasJoonas Nattinen 1 0 0 0 0 0
Dumont, GabrielGabriel Dumont 2 0 0 0 0 0
Thomas, ChristianChristian Thomas 2 0 0 0 −1 0
Holland, PatrickPatrick Holland 5 0 0 0 0 0

Playoffs
Player GP G A Pts +/- PIM
Subban, P. K.P. K. Subban 17 5 9 14 1 24
Eller, LarsLars Eller 17 5 8 13 6 18
Bourque, ReneRene Bourque 17 8 3 11 4 27
Pacioretty, MaxMax Pacioretty 17 5 6 11 −1 8
Gallagher, BrendanBrendan Gallagher 17 4 7 11 0 6
Markov, AndreiAndrei Markov 17 1 9 10 −4 10
Vanek, ThomasThomas Vanek 17 5 5 10 −4 4
Plekanec, TomasTomas Plekanec 17 4 5 9 −7 8
Desharnais, DavidDavid Desharnais 17 2 6 8 4 6
Briere, DanielDaniel Briere 16 3 4 7 −1 4
Gionta, BrianBrian Gionta 17 1 6 7 0 2
Weise, DaleDale Weise 17 3 4 7 5 4
Weaver, MikeMike Weaver 17 1 3 4 8 14
Galchenyuk, AlexAlex Galchenyuk 5 2 1 3 0 2
Bouillon, FrancisFrancis Bouillon 9 2 0 2 4 4
Gorges, JoshJosh Gorges 17 0 2 2 0 6
Prust, BrandonBrandon Prust 13 0 2 2 1 32
Emelin, AlexeiAlexei Emelin 15 0 2 2 −4 4
Beaulieu, NathanNathan Beaulieu 7 0 2 2 3 2
Bournival, MichaelMichael Bournival 14 0 1 1 −3 0
Murray, DouglasDouglas Murray 3 0 0 0 −1 0
Moen, TravisTravis Moen 4 0 0 0 0 0

Goaltenders
Regular Season
Player GP GS TOI W L OT GA GAA SA SV% SO G A PIM
Price, CareyCarey Price 59 59 3464 34 20 5 134 2.32 1828 .927 6 0 2 4
Budaj, PeterPeter Budaj 24 21 1338 10 8 3 56 2.51 615 .909 1 0 0 6
Tokarski, DustinDustin Tokarski 3 2 163 2 0 0 5 1.84 93 .946 1 0 0 0
Playoffs
Player GP GS TOI W L GA GAA SA SV% SO G A PIM
Price, CareyCarey Price 12 12 739 8 4 29 2.35 358 .919 1 0 0 0
Tokarski, DustinDustin Tokarski 5 5 300 2 3 13 2.60 155 .916 0 0 0 0
Budaj, PeterPeter Budaj 1 0 20 0 0 3 9.00 8 .625 0 0 0 0

Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Canadiens. Stats reflect time with the Candadiens only.
Denotes player was traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Canadiens only.
Bold/italics denotes franchise record

Awards and honours

Milestones

Regular Season
Player Milestone Reached
Bournvial, M.M. Bournvial 1st Career NHL Game October 5th, 2013
Bournvial, M.M. Bournvial 1st Career NHL Goal
1st Career NHL Point
October 17th, 2013
Holland, P.P. Holland 1st Career NHL Game October 22nd, 2013
Nattinen, J.J. Nattinen 1st Career NHL Game January 18th, 2014

Playoffs
Player Milestone Reached
Bournvial, M.M. Bournvial 1st Career Playoff Game April 16th, 2014
Bournvial, M.M. Bournvial 1st Career Playoff Assist
1st Career Playoff Point
April 22nd, 2014

Transactions

The Canadiens have been involved in the following transactions during the 2013–14 season:

Trades

Date Details
June 30, 2013[5] To Florida Panthers
7th round-pick in 2013
To Montreal Canadiens
7th round-pick in 2014
July 2, 2013[6] To New York Rangers
Danny Kristo
To Montreal Canadiens
Christian Thomas
July 5, 2013[7] To Florida Panthers
Philippe Lefebvre
FLA's 7th-round pick in 2014
To Montreal Canadiens
George Parros
February 3, 2014[8] To Vancouver Canucks
Raphael Diaz
To Montreal Canadiens
Dale Weise
February 6, 2014[9] To Los Angeles Kings
Steve Quailer
To Montreal Canadiens
Robert Czarnik
March 4, 2014[10] To Florida Panthers
5th-round pick in 2015
To Montreal Canadiens
Mike Weaver
March 5, 2014[11] To Nashville Predators
Future Considerations
To Montreal Canadiens
Devan Dubnyk
March 5, 2014[12] To New York Islanders
Sebastian Collberg
Conditional 2nd-round pick in 2014
To Montreal Canadiens
Thomas Vanek
Conditional 5th-round pick in 2014
June 14, 2014[13] To Anaheim Ducks
Louis Leblanc
To Montreal Canadiens
Conditional 5th-round pick in 2015

Free agents acquired

Player Former team Contract terms
Daniel Briere[14] Philadelphia Flyers 2 years, $8 million
Stefan Fournier[15] Halifax Mooseheads 3 years, $1.75 million entry-level contract
Martin St. Pierre[16] Rockford IceHogs 1 year, $550,000
Nick Tarnasky[17] Rochester Americans 1 year, $550,000
Robert Mayer[18] Hamilton Bulldogs 2 years, $1.24 million
Douglas Murray[19] Pittsburgh Penguins 1 year, $1.5 million
Daniel Carr[20] Union College 2 years, $1.85 million entry-level contract

Free agents lost

Player New team Contract terms
Yannick Weber[21] Vancouver Canucks 1 year, $650,000
Michael Ryder[22] New Jersey Devils 2 years, $7 million
Frederic St. Denis[23] Columbus Blue Jackets 1 year, $575,000 (two-way)
Jeff Halpern[24] Phoenix Coyotes 1 year, $600,000 (two-way)

Player signings

Player Date Contract terms
Gabriel Dumont[25] July 10, 2013 2 years, $1.125 million
Michael McCarron[26] July 11, 2013 3 years, $2.775 million entry-level contract
Ryan White[27] July 12, 2013 1 year, $700,000
Sven Andrighetto[28] July 15, 2013 3 years, $1.9 million entry-level contract
Dustin Tokarski[29] August 19, 2013 1 year, $575,000
Zach Fucale[30] September 13, 2013 3 years, $2.775 million entry-level contract
Alexei Emelin[31] October 31, 2013 4 years, $16.4 million contract extension
Mac Bennett[32] March 26, 2014 2 years, $1.38 million entry-level contract
Dustin Tokarski[33] April 12, 2014 2 years, $1.125 million contract extension
Jacob de la Rose[34] April 14, 2014 3 years, $2.775 million entry-level contract
Connor Crisp[20] April 24, 2014 3 years, $2.4 million entry-level contract
Greg Pateryn[35] May 8, 2014 2 years, $1.125 million contract extension
Dalton Thrower[36] May 30, 2014 3 years, $2.18 million entry-level contract
Dale Weise[37] June 17, 2014 2 years, $2.05 million contract extension
Andrei Markov[38] June 23, 2014 3 years, $17.25 million contract extension

Draft picks

Montreal Canadiens' picks at the 2013 NHL Entry Draft, which was held in Newark, New Jersey on June 30, 2013.

Round # Player Pos Nationality College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1 25 Michael McCarron RW United States United States Western Michigan Broncos (CCHA)
2 34[a] Jacob de la Rose LW Sweden Sweden Leksands IF (SHL)
2 36[b] Zach Fucale G Canada Canada Halifax Mooseheads (QMJHL)
2 55 Artturi Lehkonen LW Finland Finland KalPa (SM-liiga)
3 71[c] Connor Crisp LW Canada Canada Erie Otters (OHL)
3 86 Sven Andrighetto RW Switzerland Switzerland Rouyn-Noranda Huskies (QMJHL)
4 116 Martin Reway LW Slovakia Slovakia Gatineau Olympiques (QMJHL)
6 176 Jeremy Gregoire C Canada Canada Baie-Comeau Drakkar (QMJHL)
Draft notes[39]
  • The Montreal Canadiens' fifth-round pick went to the Los Angeles Kings as the result of a trade on April 2, 2013, that sent Davis Drewiske to Montreal in exchange for this pick.[43]
  • The Montreal Canadiens’ seventh-round pick went to the Florida Panthers as the result of a trade on June 30, 2013, that sent a seventh-round pick in 2014 to Montreal in exchange for this pick.[44]

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  15. CANADIENS SIGN FORWARD STEFAN FOURNIER TO A THREE-YEAR CONTRACT
  16. Canadiens sign free agent Martin St-Pierre to a one-year contract
  17. Canadiens sign free agent Nick Tarnasky to a one-year contract
  18. Canadiens sign Robert Mayer to a two-year contract
  19. August 22, 2013
  20. 1 2 Canadiens sign forwards Connor Crisp and Daniel Carr to contracts
  21. Canucks sign Weber, Biega & Blain
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  23. "Columbus Blue Jackets – Blue Jackets sign Frederic St. Denis – Columbus Blue Jackets – News". Columbus Blue Jackets. July 7, 2013.
  24. Coyotes Sign Halpern to One-Year, Two-Way Contract
  25. The Canadiens have agreed to terms on a 2-year, 2-way contract with forward Gabriel Dumont.
  26. Canadiens sign Michael McCarron to an entry level contract.
  27. Canadiens agree to terms on a one-year contract with forward Ryan White
  28. Three-year contract for Sven Andrighetto
  29. Canadiens sign goaltender Dustin Tokarski to a one-year contract
  30. Canadiens sign goaltender Zachary Fucale to a three-year contract
  31. Four-year contract extension for Emelin
  32. Canadiens sign defenseman Mac Bennett to a two-year contract
  33. Canadiens sign goaltender Dustin Tokarski to a two-year contract extension
  34. Canadiens sign forward Jacob de la Rose to a three-year contract
  35. Canadiens sign defenseman Greg Pateryn to a two-year contract extension
  36. Canadiens sign defenseman Dalton Thrower to a three-year contract
  37. Canadiens agree to terms on a two-year contract extension with forward Dale Weise
  38. Canadiens agree to terms on a three-year contract extension with defenseman Andrei Markov.
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