On Slaf: www.nytimes.com/athletic/683...

The Xhekaj brothers are now tied in points season

Shots on goal in the second period are 16-1 Canadiens

Florian Xhekaj gets his first NHL point, Josh Anderson makes it 4-0 Canadiens

Ivan Demidov, for now, takes over the NHL's rookie scoring lead with his 16th point in his 21st game, one ahead of Matthew Schaefer and Beckett Sennecke.

Dobeš first off this morning.

Canadiens practice is 45 minutes away. Sam Montembeault’s practice starts now.

On the Canadiens’ room, and its resident elephant: www.nytimes.com/athletic/682...

And why not? Sonny Milano makes it 8-4 Caps. Beats Dobeš clean. His angle was off. Canadiens goalies' angles always seem off.

Alex Ovechkin completes the hat trick into an empty net to make it 7-4. There are hats on the ice at the Bell Centre.

A Lane Hutson offensive zone pass to no one leads to a 3v1 break for the Caps, and Ovechkin buries it to make it 6-4

Lane Hutson voodoo nearly brought the house down

Great o-zone shift for the Suzuki line turns into a Mike Matheson one-timer coming off the bench, 5-4 Capitals

Canadiens announce Jake Evans is done for the evening.

Alexandre Carrier loses his balance, Jakub Dobeš loses his net, Sonny Milano scores to make it 5-3 Caps.

Canadiens back to one goal down, blocked shot bounces right to Nick Suzuki, who one-times it into an empty cage. That was a video game goal.

Jakob Chychrun has time to walk in off the blue line and tee one up from the top of the circles on Dobeš. Beats him clean. 4-2 Caps. Second game in a row Canadiens have allowed a d-man to walk in undisturbed and beat their goalie.

Joe Veleno has his first goal and first point in a Montreal Canadiens uniform. 3-2 Caps.

Ethen Frank nearly gets his hat trick, but Dobeš reaches back with his pad to stop the partial break. I never thought I would write the name Ethen Frank this often in one night, but here we are.

The first Ethen Frank goal was not a bad one necessarily, but got to make a save sometimes. The second Ethen Frank goal simply can't go in. This is a deep hole Sam Montembeault finds himself in.

Here comes Dobes

Brendan Gallagher, finally, is on the board. His first of the season ties it 1-1

Clean faceoff win right to Ovechkin, and he does what he does. 1-0 Caps.

Lines for the Caps in Montreal: Beauvillier-Strome-Ovechkin Protas-Sourdif-Wilson Duhaime-McMichael-Leonard Milano-Lapierre-Frank Fehervary-Carlson Chychrun-Roy Sandin-McIlrath

Canadiens warmup lines vs Capitals Caufield-Suzuki-Bolduc Slafkovský-Kapanen-Demidov Roy-Evans-Anderson Davidson-Veleno-Gallagher Matheson-Dobson Struble-Hutson Xhekaj-Carrier Montembeault Dobeš

It’s been two years since Juraj Slafkovský was first placed on a line with Nick Suzuki and Cole Caufield. The circumstances then are remarkably similar to the ones now for Zack Bolduc. As Slafkovský seems ready to spread his wings, Bolduc prepares to earn his: www.nytimes.com/athletic/682...

It’s been two years since Juraj Slafkovský was first placed on a line with Nick Suzuki and Cole Caufield. The circumstances then are remarkably similar to the ones now for Zack Bolduc. As Slafkovský seems ready to spread his wings, Bolduc prepares to earn his: www.nytimes.com/athletic/682...

Lines at Canadiens practice this morning: Caufield-Suzuki-Bolduc Slafkovský-Kapanen-Demidov Roy-Evans-Anderson Davidson-Veleno-Gallagher

Fun fact: there are 82 players on rosters right now that were born AFTER LeBron James made his NBA debut on Oct 29, 2003.

A few top NCAA hockey programs were quite happy to see Matt Davis’ eligibility expire. Bad news for them and the rest of the country … DU might have another one. #Habs prospect and Pios freshman Quentin Miller looks like a star in the making. www.denverpost.com/2025/11/15/d...

Yikes

The Athletic: A #CBJ win like Monday’s would never have been questioned or critiqued last season But a 4-3 shootout win over #GoHabsGo had more worrying signs - like a blown 3-1 third period leads - that the Blue Jackets are letting other teams dictate play www.nytimes.com/athletic/681...

Some context on the Bruins putting Johnny Beecher on waivers from Fluto Shinzawa: www.nytimes.com/athletic/681...

Canadiens weekly notebook is out! What a crappy week for the Canadiens, right? Right? www.nytimes.com/athletic/681...

Zack Bolduc’s last shift tonight came with 8:21 left in the third.

The Canadiens have 30 shot attempts at 5v5 with Lane Hutson on the ice tonight. The Blue Jackets have eight.

One of Juraj Slafkovský’s best games of the season tonight. Really taking charge on his new line.

The Canadiens can’t strike out on the power play if they don’t force the Blue Jackets into a penalty.

Suzuki’s line without Slafkovský is spending a lot of shifts in their own end tonight.

Man, that’s some terrible defending.

#CBJ lines/D tonight vs Canadiens: Chinakhov-Monahan-Johnson Voronkov-Fantilli-Marchenko Sillinger-Coyle-Olivier Aston-Reese - Lundestrom - Wood Werenski-Provorov Mateychuk-Severson Christiansen-Fabbro Greaves Merzlikins

En incluant les cinq matchs de séries contre Washington, Caufield, Suzuki et Slafkovsky ont joué 76 matchs de suite ensemble. Dernière fois qu'ils n'ont pas commencé ensemble : 12 décembre, contre PIT, dans une défaite de 9-2 dont vous vous souvenez peut-être

Trios (les ailiers ne sont pas nécessairement du bon côté, car j'ai raté la première vague d'exercices) Caufield-Suzuki-Bolduc Slafkovsky-Kapanen-Demidov Roy-Evans-Anderson Davidson-Veleno-Gallagher

Canadiens weekly notebook is out! What a crappy week for the Canadiens, right? Right? www.nytimes.com/athletic/681...

Nothing makes me a prouder Canadian than a 1-0 score in the Grey Cup.

The most Dolphins win ever in the midst of the most Dolphins season ever. Can’t wait to see who they pick 10th overall.

Getting more than a minute of 5v3 time twice in a span of three games and mustering one shot on goal combined is not a good look.

How Alex Newhook’s apparent injury could — or, perhaps, should — veer the Canadiens in a different philosophical direction. www.nytimes.com/athletic/680...

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Touchdown, Stars