Officially official - #Habs Kaiden Guhle will return tonight playing his first game since October 16th

#Habs Jacob Fowler will get the start tonight vs Detroit

Centre ice stick-taps for #Habs Kaiden Guhle - all signs pointing to the defenseman making his return to the line-up tonight

Patrik Laine and Kirby Dach on the ice with the rest of the team at #Habs AM skate.

#Habs have come out on top in 7 straight games vs. #TimeToHunt -- their longest active winning streak against any opponent Montreal defeat the reigning champs 6-2!

Sam Montembeault gets the start tonight - no other line-up changes for the #Habs vs. Florida

#Habs will not have a morning skate today; Martin St-Louis will meet with the media at approx. 4pm to go over any line-up changes, etc...

#Habs send Adam Engström back down to Laval

#Habs Martin St-Louis said he found himself caught up in the moment when the fans did the wave during the entire TV timeout: "I feel like we earned that time and I took it all in - it's special & I hope for many more. We don't take it for granted & know we have to earn that..."

#Habs Jacob Fowler on the atmosphere at the Bell Centre tonight: "it's like every time I play here, it's a new level it reaches each time... I haven't played in many buildings where they're getting the wave going and it sound like somebody just scored..."

#Habs Philip Danault on the atmosphere at the Bell Centre tonight: "the wave was awesome! The wave during the [TV timeout] was unbelievable so yeah, just electric and I'm not surprised - I missed it, I missed it a lot."

#FunFact: #Habs Lane Hutson tied P.K. Subban and Petr Svoboda for the 2nd most game-winning goals in a season by a #GoHabsGo defenseman age 21 or younger with 3 GWGs!

#Habs got solid play from their 3rd D pairing of Arber Xhekaj (16:01 TOI) and Jayden Struble (16:30 TOI) - which is important for the blueline as a whole with 3 games in 4 nights this week.

#Habs looked impressive beating the #Flames 4-1 in front of a raucous Bell Centre crowd in their first home game of 2026!

This might be the best game #Habs Arber Xhekaj has played in the #NHL - you love to see it!

Cole Caufield restores the #Habs 3-goal lead to make it 4-1 Montreal in the 3rd period!

3-0 #Habs thanks to Oliver Kapanen's 14th goal of the season!

Fresh outta the penalty box, Philip Danault was so close to scoring his 1st goal of the season - instead he found a pinching Lane Hutson, who made no mistake! 2-0 #Habs!

Alexandre Texier opens the scoring for the #Habs outwaiting the #Flames goalie before roofing it! 1-0 Montreal in the 2nd period!

Strong opening period by the #Habs in their first home game of 2026 - #Flames goalie Dustin Wolf is the only reason the game is still scoreless

#Habs Owen Beck hit the crossbar and #Flames goalie Dustin Wolf gave his post a 'thank you' kiss afterwards 😂

Both #Habs Cole Caufield and Lane Hutson said they're not sure if the are on Team USA's reserved list for #MilanoCortina2026

Lane Hutson’s message to #Habs fans who were upset he was left off the US Olympic team: "I guess thank you guys for being mad but we got things to do here and I’m happy to be playing and being part of this team so I’m focusing on that."

#Habs Cole Caufield when asked if he and Philip Danault have gone out for pizza yet since #24 returned to the team: "not yet *laughs* save those for good times"

#Habs Martin St-Louis is not sure when exactly Kaiden Guhle will return to the line-up but he's close

#Habs Philip Danault says being back in the #GoHabsGo Bell Centre dressing room feels like he never left. Danault also said he's had January 7th circled since the trade as he's excited to play in front of the Montreal fans at home once again.

#Habs Jacob Fowler will start tonight vs. the #Flames No other line-up changes

#Habs will have a 10:30am morning skate at the Bell Centre ahead of tonight's game vs. the #Flames **note the start time is 7:30pm ET**

#Habs GM Kent Hughes on how far the #GoHabsGo are from being legit contenders: "we're probably ahead of schedule. If you're asking me when we came in in year 1, year 2, did we think the team would be as competitive as it is? Probably not..."

#Habs GM Kent Hughes says despite skating this morning, Patrik Laine's recovery is not ahead of schedule; his return is still on the original timeline.

#Habs GM Kent Hughes says they are being very prudent with Kirby Dach to make sure he's fully healthy before returning to the line-up

#Habs GM Kent Hughes says while carrying 3 goalies is not ideal, he doesn't see any changes being made in that regards within the next 24 hours. Hughes says ideally they're not rotating 3 goalies long-term.

A welcome sight at #Habs practice: Kaide Guhle taking part in drills with the rest of the team. Both Josh Anderson & Kirby Dach are *not* on the ice

#Habs will practice at 10:30am in Brossard today. GM Kent Hughes will hold his midseason press conference at approx. noon ET

#Habs GM Kent Hughes will hold his midseason press conference tomorrow (Tuesday) at 12pm ET

#Habs Brendan Gallagher said he thought Philip Danault was the one who scored the opening goal: "you feel something hit your leg - could've been a stick, could've been anything - but to be honest, I wish it was him but we'll get him one here pretty soon, I owe him."

Lane Hutson OT winner!! #Habs end their long road trip on a winning note beating #TexasHockey 4-3!!

#Habs - who were running on fumes for the latter half of that 3rd period - are headed to overtime with #TexasHockey tied 3-3

#Habs powerplay comes to life! Juraj Slafkovský gives Montreal a 3-2 lead late in the 2nd period!

The Kid Line pull the #Habs level! Oliver Kapanen's 13th of the season makes it a 2-2 game in the 2nd period!

#Habs Philip Danualt gets an assist on Brendan Gallagher's goal so he does pick-up his 400th #NHL point at least

#Habs goal being credited to Brendan Gallagher -- Philip Danault's 1st of the season still to come...

Phillip Danault scores his 1st goal of the season / first point since returning to the #Habs (which also happens to be his 400th of his #NHL career!) 1-0 Montreal!

Only line-up change for the #Habs is in net - Sam Montembeault will get the start. Josh Anderson will miss a 2nd straight game.

Another afternoon game for the #Habs as the team [finally] wrap-up their long road trip at 1pm CT (2pm ET) in Dallas vs. #TexasHockey

#Habs get shutout 2-0 by Jordan Binnington and the #stlblues -- Montreal will wrap-up their long 7 game road trip tomorrow afternoon in Dallas vs. #TexasHockey

#Habs Josh Anderson OUT / Owen Beck IN today vs. #stlblues Mike Matheson also returns meaning Adam Engström will sit out

#Habs Jacob Fowler will get the start this afternoon vs. #STLBlues

#Habs will have an optional practice in North Carolina this afternoon before making their way to St. Louis for Saturday's matinée game vs the #STLBlues

No #Habs Cole Caufield or Lane Hutson on Team USA but Oliver Kapanen is Olympics-bound selected to Team Finland.