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Adam Engström, who appears to be out tonight, with his name spelled properly on his home Canadiens sweater in warmups. Even if it is near impossible to tell from this photo, you’ll have to believe me.

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Linus Ullmark starts.

Échauffement du Canadien face aux Sénateurs

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Linus Ullmark starts tonight. We'll know later if Nick Cousins has indeed been scratched in favour of Kurtis MacDermid.

I asked MacDermid myself if he was playing tonight and he said 'We'll see'.

MSL says he doesn’t know what his lineup will look like tonight, everyone will take warmup (re: Struble)

Jayden Struble is on the ice for Canadiens morning skate.

Both teams were on a back to back

Ivan Demidov wins the battle of Ivan. Silver lining.

Ivan Demidov: 1
Ivan Ivan: 0

The battle of Ivan continues.

Canadiens should have worn their home reds today. That would have popped.

Canadien : Arber Xhekaj est arrivé sur le tard à la période d'échauffement, dont est absent Jayden Struble.

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Mike Matheson showed in 2 games why the Canadiens want him for 5 more years Matheson's adaptability and team-first attitude make him valuable to the Canadiens, and he demonstrated both in two games this week.

Over the last two games, two tough Canadiens wins on the road, Mike Matheson encapsulated why the Canadiens wanted to keep him around for the next five years: www.nytimes.com/athletic/684...

Mike Matheson showed in 2 games why the Canadiens want him for 5 more years Matheson's adaptability and team-first attitude make him valuable to the Canadiens, and he demonstrated both in two games this week.

Over the last two games, two tough Canadiens wins on the road, Mike Matheson encapsulated why the Canadiens wanted to keep him around for the next five years: www.nytimes.com/athletic/684...

This is getting ridiculous

Canadiens have 11 shots on goal through two periods and somehow it feels like they’ve had 15 breakaways.

What a confidence boosting first period for Sam Montembeault, keeping things clean to allow his teammates to find their game.

Mike Matheson got his security, the Montreal Canadiens got a very reasonable AAV. Both gave a bit, and both shoud be very happy: www.nytimes.com/athletic/684...

They're usually on top of this stuff. It's weird they haven't been in this case.

Asked Adam Engström on Monday if his last name takes an 'ö'. He confirmed it does, yet on his Canadiens jersey, it is spelled with an 'o':

“Maybe they don’t have it here, I don’t know.”

They do.

“Maybe I need to tell them that.”

Here's hoping he told them in time for his NHL debut tonight.

How a Canucks white flag is a Canadiens opportunity — and a test of their patience The Canucks have let every other team know their UFAs are available, and one of them should be very appealing to the Canadiens.

The Canucks are listening on their impending UFAs. The Canadiens are not necessarily in the rental market at this stage of their rebuild. But perhaps they should make an exception in this case. www.nytimes.com/athletic/683...

Full on crisis in Edmonton, geez...

Jakub Dobes affrontera le Mammoth de l’Utah mercredi.

Les combinaisons demeurent les mêmes à l'entraînement du Canadien en Utah.

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Texier et Engström participent à quelques répétitions sans partenaires fixes.

Adam Engström, just called up by the Canadiens, was named AHL player of the week.

Canadiens also just announced Joshua Roy has been sent back to Laval.

Texier has No. 85 on his helmet. He will be the third Canadiens player to ever wear No. 85 after Morgan Ellis and Mathieu Perreault. Big shoes to fill, no doubt.

Alexandre Texier, Joshua Roy, Jared Davidson and Florian Xhekaj are all on the ice for Canadiens practice today. So is Adam Engström. According to the NHL media site, Kirby Dach is now on IR, whereas he was on the roster Saturday night. That keeps the roster at 23 even with the additions.

Juraj Slafkovský’s ascension is key to the Canadiens’ ability to ascend as well Montreal had a big win against the Maple Leafs, but Slafkovský's role in it might be more important in the big picture.

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

*this season

The Xhekaj brothers are now tied in points season

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