The Montreal Canadiens have returned to playoff contention in the Eastern Conference, but there's still a long way to go.

Third period MTL 3, TBL 2 17:44 Jake Evans (11) - Joel Armia, Alexandre Carrier Jake Evans secured Montreal’s first lead in the game’s closing minutes, sending his one-timer from the left circle into ...

The Montreal Canadiens' brass wanted the young Canadiens to play some meaningful hockey in January and they did, but the latest skid took them right out of the mix.

We understand there’s a deadline and there has to be urgency,” Martin St. Louis says with 28 games remaining the season.

Finally, on Tuesday night, the Canadiens had a chance to pass the Boston Bruins and move into the second wild-card with a win over Tampa Bay, but the Lightning always play Montreal tough.

Jake Evans scored the go-ahead goal with 2:15 left in regulation, rookie Lane Hutson matched an NHL record and the Montreal Canadiens stayed hot with a 3-2 win over the visiting Tampa Bay Lightning on ...

Tampa Bay gets timely scoring and locks down the Senators late, wrapping up the homestand with seven of eight points.

Currently sitting outside of a playoff spot, Tampa Bay needs to get points out of its upcoming games against division ...

And then there was the play of goalie Sam Montembeault. Montembeault denied numerous Grade-A scoring chances to keep the Lightning stuck at two goals. In the third period alone, he stopped 14 shots.

Jake Evans scored the winning goal with 2:15 remaining to rally the Montreal Canadiens past the Tampa Bay Lightning 3-2 on Tuesday night. Evans finished a feed from Joel Armia to break the tie ...

The Montreal Canadiens have an interesting situation developing between veteran netminder Samuel Montembeault and his 23-year ...

MONTREAL (AP) — Jake Evans scored the winning goal with 2:15 remaining to rally the Montreal Canadiens past the Tampa Bay Lightning 3-2 on Tuesday night. Evans finished a feed from Joel Armia to break ...