2013–14 Montreal Canadiens season
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.
2013–14 Montreal Canadiens | |
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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 affiliate(s) | Hamilton Bulldogs (AHL) Wheeling Nailers (ECHL) |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Max Pacioretty (39) |
Assists | P. K. Subban (43) |
Points | Max Pacioretty (60) |
Penalty minutes | Brandon Prust (121) |
Plus/minus | Andrei Markov (+12) |
Wins | Carey Price (34) |
Goals against average | Dustin Tokarski (1.84) |
Standings
Pos | Team | GP | W | L | OTL | ROW | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | p – Boston Bruins | 82 | 54 | 19 | 9 | 51 | 261 | 177 | +84 | 117 |
2 | x – Tampa Bay Lightning | 82 | 46 | 27 | 9 | 38 | 240 | 215 | +25 | 101 |
3 | x – Montreal Canadiens | 82 | 46 | 28 | 8 | 40 | 215 | 204 | +11 | 100 |
4 | x – Detroit Red Wings | 82 | 39 | 28 | 15 | 34 | 222 | 230 | −8 | 93 |
5 | Ottawa Senators | 82 | 37 | 31 | 14 | 30 | 236 | 265 | −29 | 88 |
6 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 82 | 38 | 36 | 8 | 29 | 231 | 256 | −25 | 84 |
7 | Florida Panthers | 82 | 29 | 45 | 8 | 21 | 196 | 268 | −72 | 66 |
8 | Buffalo Sabres | 82 | 21 | 51 | 10 | 14 | 157 | 248 | −91 | 52 |
Schedule and results
Pre-season
2013 Pre-Season Game Log: 3–3–1 (Home: 2–2–1 ; Road: 1–1–0) | |||||||||
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# | Date | Visitor | Score | Home | OT | Decision | Attendance | Record | Recap |
1 | September 15 | Buffalo | 5–4 | Montreal | SO | Fucale | 21,273 | 0–0–1 | Recap |
2 | September 16 | Boston | 6–3 | Montreal | Mayer | 21,273 | 0–1–1 | Recap | |
3[a] | September 20 | Montreal | 6–0 | Carolina | Budaj | 15,176 | 1–1–1 | Recap | |
4 | September 21 | Carolina | 3–1 | Montreal | Price | 21,273 | 1–2–1 | Recap | |
5 | September 23 | New Jersey | 2–3 | Montreal | Price | 21,273 | 2–2–1 | Recap | |
6 | September 25 | Montreal | 2–5 | Ottawa | Budaj | 16,194 | 2–3–1 | Recap | |
7 | September 26 | Ottawa | 1–3 | Montreal | Price | 21,273 | 3–3–1 | Recap | |
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Regular season
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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 defeated the Bruins in a deciding Game 7 and advanced to the Eastern Conference Finals where they were eliminated by the New York Rangers in six games with their star goaltender Carey Price injured.
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Legend: Win Loss |
Player statistics
Final Stats[2]
- Skaters
- Goaltenders
Player | GP | GS | TOI | W | L | OT | GA | GAA | SA | SV% | SO | G | A | PIM |
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Carey Price | 59 | 59 | 3464 | 34 | 20 | 5 | 134 | 2.32 | 1828 | .927 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
Peter Budaj | 24 | 21 | 1338 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 56 | 2.51 | 615 | .909 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
Dustin Tokarski | 3 | 2 | 163 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1.84 | 93 | .946 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Player | GP | GS | TOI | W | L | GA | GAA | SA | SV% | SO | G | A | PIM |
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Carey Price | 12 | 12 | 739 | 8 | 4 | 29 | 2.35 | 358 | .919 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Dustin Tokarski | 5 | 5 | 300 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 2.60 | 155 | .916 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Peter Budaj | 1 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3.00 | 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
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Transactions
The Canadiens have been involved in the following transactions during the 2013–14 season:
Trades
Date | Details | |
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June 30, 2013[3] | To Florida Panthers 7th round-pick in 2013 – MacKenzie Weegar |
To Montreal Canadiens 7th round-pick in 2014[lower-alpha 1] – Hugo Fagerblom |
July 2, 2013[4] | To New York Rangers Danny Kristo |
To Montreal Canadiens Christian Thomas |
July 5, 2013[5] | To Florida Panthers Philippe Lefebvre 7th-round pick in 2014 – Hugo Fagerblom |
To Montreal Canadiens George Parros |
February 3, 2014[6] | To Vancouver Canucks Raphael Diaz |
To Montreal Canadiens Dale Weise |
February 6, 2014[7] | To Los Angeles Kings Steve Quailer |
To Montreal Canadiens Robert Czarnik |
March 4, 2014[8] | To Florida Panthers 5th-round pick in 2015[lower-alpha 2] – Ryan Pilon |
To Montreal Canadiens Mike Weaver |
March 5, 2014[9] | To Nashville Predators Future considerations |
To Montreal Canadiens Devan Dubnyk |
March 5, 2014[10] | To New York Islanders Sebastian Collberg Conditional 2nd-round pick in 2014[lower-alpha 3] – Johnathan MacLeod |
To Montreal Canadiens Thomas Vanek Conditional 5th-round pick in 2014 – Nikolas Koberstein |
June 14, 2014[11] | To Anaheim Ducks Louis Leblanc |
To Montreal Canadiens Conditional 5th-round pick in 2015[lower-alpha 4] |
Free agents acquired
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