2016–17 Montreal Canadiens season

NHL hockey team season

2016–17 Montreal Canadiens
Atlantic Division champions
Division1st Atlantic
Conference4th Eastern
2016–17 record47–26–9
Home record24–12–5
Road record23–14–4
Goals for226
Goals against200
Team information
General managerMarc Bergevin
CoachMichel Therrien (Oct. 13 – Feb. 14)[1]
Claude Julien (interim, Feb. 14 – Apr. 22)[1]
CaptainMax Pacioretty
Alternate captainsBrendan Gallagher
Andrei Markov
Tomas Plekanec
Shea Weber
ArenaBell Centre
Average attendance21,288[2]
Minor league affiliate(s)St. John's IceCaps (AHL)
Brampton Beast (ECHL)
Team leaders
GoalsMax Pacioretty (35)
AssistsAlexander Radulov (36)
PointsMax Pacioretty (67)
Penalty minutesAndrew Shaw (110)
Plus/minusPaul Byron (+21)
WinsCarey Price (37)
Goals against averageCarey Price (2.23)

The 2016–17 Montreal Canadiens season was the 108th season for the franchise that was founded on December 4, 1909, and their 100th season in the National Hockey League.[3]

Standings

Atlantic Division
Pos Team
  • v
  • t
  • e
GP W L OTL ROW GF GA GD Pts
1 y – Montreal Canadiens 82 47 26 9 44 226 200 +26 103
2 x – Ottawa Senators 82 44 28 10 38 212 214 −2 98
3 x – Boston Bruins 82 44 31 7 42 234 212 +22 95
4 x – Toronto Maple Leafs 82 40 27 15 39 251 242 +9 95
5 Tampa Bay Lightning 82 42 30 10 38 234 227 +7 94
6 Florida Panthers 82 35 36 11 30 210 237 −27 81
7 Detroit Red Wings 82 33 36 13 24 207 244 −37 79
8 Buffalo Sabres 82 33 37 12 31 201 237 −36 78
Source: National Hockey League[4]
x – Clinched playoff spot; y – Clinched division

Schedule and results

Pre-season

2016 Pre-season Game Log: 4–1–2 (Home: 3–1–1 ; Road: 1–0–1)[5]
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Recap
1 September 26 New Jersey 3–2 Montreal Lindgren 21,288 0–1–0 Recap
2 September 27 Washington 2–5 Montreal Montoya 21,288 1–1–0 Recap
3 September 29 Ottawa 4–3 Montreal OT Condon 21,288 1–1–1 Recap
4 October 1 Montreal 3–2 Ottawa OT Montoya 17,147 2–1–1 Recap
5 October 2 Montreal 2–3 Toronto OT Condon 18,912 2–1–2 Recap
6 October 4 Boston 3–4 Montreal – – 3–1–2 Recap
7 October 6 Toronto 1–6 Montreal Price 21,288 4–1–2 Recap

Regular season

2016–17 Game Log[6]
October: 8–0–1 (Home: 5–0–0 ; Road: 3–0–1)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap
1 October 13 Montreal 4–1 Buffalo Montoya 19,070 1–0–0 2 Recap
2 October 15 Montreal 3–4 Ottawa SO Montoya 18,195 1–0–1 3 Recap
3 October 18 Pittsburgh 0–4 Montreal Montoya 21,288 2–0–1 5 Recap
4 October 20 Arizona 2–5 Montreal Price 21,288 3–0–1 7 Recap
5 October 22 Montreal 4–2 Boston Price 17,565 4–0–1 9 Recap
6 October 24 Philadelphia 1–3 Montreal Price 21,288 5–0–1 11 Recap
7 October 26 Montreal 3–2 NY Islanders Montoya 12,194 6–0–1 13 Recap
8 October 27 Tampa Bay 1–3 Montreal Price 21,288 7–0–1 15 Recap
9 October 29 Toronto 1–2 Montreal Price 21,288 8–0–1 17 Recap
November: 8–5–1 (Home: 7–1–1 ; Road: 1–4–0)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap
10 November 2 Vancouver 0–3 Montreal Price 21,288 9–0–1 19 Recap
11 November 4 Montreal 0–10 Columbus Montoya 14,436 9–1–1 19 Recap
12 November 5 Philadelphia 4–5 Montreal Price 21,288 10–1–1 21 Recap
13 November 8 Boston 2–3 Montreal Price 21,288 11–1–1 23 Recap
14 November 10 Los Angeles 1–4 Montreal Price 21,288 12–1–1 25 Recap
15 November 12 Detroit 0–5 Montreal Price 21,288 13–1–1 27 Recap
16 November 13 Montreal 2–3 Chicago Montoya 21,762 13–2–1 27 Recap
17 November 15 Florida 4–3 Montreal OT Price 21,288 13–2–2 28 Recap
18 November 18 Montreal 2–3 Carolina Montoya 12,101 13–3–2 28 Recap
19 November 19 Toronto 1–2 Montreal Price 21,288 14–3–2 30 Recap
20 November 22 Ottawa 4–3 Montreal Price 21,288 14–4–2 30 Recap
21 November 24 Carolina 1–2 Montreal Price 21,288 15–4–2 32 Recap
22 November 26 Montreal 2–1 Detroit OT Price 20,027 16–4–2 34 Recap
23 November 29 Montreal 1–2 Anaheim Price 14,830 16–5–2 34 Recap
December: 6–4–4 (Home: 3–2–1 ; Road: 3–2–3)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap
24 December 2 Montreal 1–2 San Jose Price 17,562 16–6–2 34 Recap
25 December 4 Montreal 5–4 Los Angeles SO Price 18,230 17–6–2 36 Recap
26 December 6 Montreal 2–3 St. Louis OT Montoya 17,646 17–6–3 37 Recap
27 December 8 New Jersey 2–5 Montreal Price 21,288 18–6–3 39 Recap
28 December 10 Colorado 1–10 Montreal Price 21,288 19–6–3 41 Recap
29 December 12 Boston 2–1 Montreal OT Price 21,288 19–6–4 42 Recap
30 December 16 San Jose 4–2 Montreal Price 21,288 19–7–4 42 Recap
31 December 17 Montreal 2–1 Washington Price 18,506 20–7–4 44 Recap
32 December 20 Anaheim 1–5 Montreal Price 21,288 21–7–4 46 Recap
33 December 22 Minnesota 4–2 Montreal Price 21,288 21–8–4 46 Recap
34 December 23 Montreal 1–2 Columbus Montoya 18,147 21–9–4 46 Recap
35 December 28 Montreal 3–4 Tampa Bay OT Price 19,092 21–9–5 47 Recap
36 December 29 Montreal 3–2 Florida OT Montoya 17,489 22–9–5 49 Recap
37 December 31 Montreal 3–4 Pittsburgh OT Price 19,633 22–9–6 50 Recap
January: 8–5–1 (Home: 3–2–1 ; Road: 5–3–0)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap
38 January 3 Montreal 2–1 Nashville OT Price 17,113 23–9–6 52 Recap
39 January 4 Montreal 4–3 Dallas OT Montoya 18,106 24–9–6 54 Recap
40 January 7 Montreal 5–3 Toronto Price 19,796 25–9–6 56 Recap
41 January 9 Washington 4–1 Montreal Price 21,288 25–10–6 56 Recap
42 January 11 Montreal 7–4 Winnipeg Montoya 15,294 26–10–6 58 Recap
43 January 12 Montreal 1–7 Minnesota Price 19,104 26–11–6 58 Recap
44 January 14 NY Rangers 4–5 Montreal Price 21,288 27–11–6 60 Recap
45 January 16 Montreal 0–1 Detroit Price 20,027 27–12–6 60 Recap
46 January 18 Pittsburgh 4–1 Montreal Price 21,288 27–13–6 60 Recap
47 January 20 Montreal 3–1 New Jersey Montoya 15,345 28–13–6 62 Recap
48 January 21 Buffalo 3–2 Montreal OT Price 21,288 28–13–7 63 Recap
49 January 24 Calgary 1–5 Montreal Price 21,288 29–13–7 65 Recap
50 January 26 Montreal 1–3 NY Islanders Price 12,019 29–14–7 65 Recap
January 27–29 All-Star Break in Los Angeles
51 January 31 Buffalo 2–5 Montreal Price 21,288 30–14–7 67 Recap
February: 5–7–1 (Home: 1–4–1 ; Road: 4–3–0)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap
52 February 2 Montreal 1–3 Philadelphia Price 19,768 30–15–7 67 Recap
53 February 4 Washington 3–2 Montreal Price 21,288 30–16–7 67 Recap
54 February 5 Edmonton 1–0 Montreal SO Montoya 21,288 30–16–8 68 Recap
55 February 7 Montreal 0–4 Colorado Price 12,667 30–17–8 68 Recap
56 February 9 Montreal 5–4 Arizona OT Price 14,098 31–17–8 70 Recap
57 February 11 St. Louis 4–2 Montreal Montoya 21,288 31–18–8 70 Recap
58 February 12 Montreal 0–4 Boston Price 17,565 31–19–8 70 Recap
59 February 18 Winnipeg 3–1 Montreal Price 21,288 31–20–8 70 Recap
60 February 21 Montreal 3–2 NY Rangers SO Price 18,006 32–20–8 72 Recap
61 February 23 NY Islanders 3–0 Montreal Price 21,288 32–21–8 72 Recap
62 February 25 Montreal 3–2 Toronto OT Price 19,843 33–21–8 74 Recap
63 February 27 Montreal 4–3 New Jersey OT Montoya 13,270 34–21–8 76 Recap
64 February 28 Columbus 0–1 Montreal OT Price 21,288 35–21–8 78 Recap
March: 9–3–1 (Home: 5–2–1 ; Road: 4–1–0)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap
65 March 2 Nashville 1–2 Montreal Price 21,288 36–21–8 80 Recap
66 March 4 Montreal 4–1 NY Rangers Price 18,006 37–21–8 82 Recap
67 March 7 Montreal 2–1 Vancouver OT Price 18,865 38–21–8 84 Recap
68 March 9 Montreal 0–5 Calgary Montoya 19,289 38–22–8 84 Recap
69 March 12 Montreal 4–1 Edmonton Price 18,347 39–22–8 86 Recap
70 March 14 Chicago 4–2 Montreal Price 21,288 39–23–8 86 Recap
71 March 18 Montreal 4−3 Ottawa SO Price 19,653 40−23−8 88 Recap
72 March 19 Ottawa 1–4 Montreal Price 21,288 41−23−8 90 Recap
73 March 21 Detroit 2–1 Montreal OT Montoya 21,288 41–23–9 91 Recap
74 March 23 Carolina 4–1 Montreal Price 21,288 41–24–9 91 Recap
75 March 25 Ottawa 1–3 Montreal Price 21,288 42–24–9 93 Recap
76 March 28 Dallas 1–4 Montreal Price 21,288 43–24–9 95 Recap
77 March 30 Florida 2–6 Montreal Price 21,288 44–24–9 97 Recap
April: 3–2–0 (Home: 0–1–0 ; Road: 3–1–0)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap
78 April 1 Montreal 2–1 Tampa Bay OT Price 19,092 45–24–9 99 Recap
79 April 3 Montreal 4–1 Florida Lindgren 15,222 46–24–9 101 Recap
80 April 5 Montreal 1–2 Buffalo Price 18,815 46–25–9 101 Recap
81 April 7 Tampa Bay 4–2 Montreal Price 21,288 46–26–9 101 Recap
82 April 8 Montreal 3–2 Detroit OT Lindgren 20,027 47–26–9 103 Recap

Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Playoffs

2017 Stanley Cup playoffs
Eastern Conference First Round vs. (WC1) New York Rangers: New York wins 4–2
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap
1 April 12 NY Rangers 2–0 Montreal Price 21,288 0–1 Recap
2 April 14 NY Rangers 3–4 Montreal OT Price 21,288 1–1 Recap
3 April 16 Montreal 3–1 NY Rangers Price 18,006 2–1 Recap
4 April 18 Montreal 1–2 NY Rangers Price 18,006 2–2 Recap
5 April 20 NY Rangers 3–2 Montreal OT Price 21,288 2–3 Recap
6 April 22 Montreal 1–3 NY Rangers Price 18,006 2–4 Recap

Legend:   Win   Loss

Player statistics

Final stats

Skaters

Regular Season
Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM
Max Pacioretty 81 35 32 67 15 38
Alexander Radulov 76 18 36 54 10 62
Alex Galchenyuk 61 17 27 44 −5 24
Paul Byron 81 22 21 43 21 29
Shea Weber 78 17 25 42 20 38
Phillip Danault 82 13 27 40 5 35
Andrei Markov 62 6 30 36 18 16
Andrew Shaw 68 12 17 29 4 110
Brendan Gallagher 64 10 19 29 7 39
Artturi Lehkonen 73 18 10 28 −1 8
Tomas Plekanec 78 10 18 28 10 24
Jeff Petry 80 8 20 28 3 22
Nathan Beaulieu 74 4 24 28 8 44
Torrey Mitchell 78 8 9 17 5 38
Brian Flynn 51 6 4 10 2 4
David Desharnais‡ 31 4 6 10 5 6
Alexei Emelin 76 2 8 10 1 71
Daniel Carr 33 2 7 9 4 6
Sven Andrighetto‡ 27 2 6 8 1 4
Greg Pateryn‡ 24 1 5 6 1 4
Michael McCarron 31 1 4 5 −4 41
Nikita Nesterov† 13 1 4 5 3 4
Zach Redmond 16 0 5 5 6 2
Chris Terry 14 2 2 4 −1 4
Mark Barberio‡ 26 0 4 4 1 10
Jordie Benn† 13 2 0 2 −1 4
Brandon Davidson† 10 0 2 2 −3 4
Charles Hudon 3 0 2 2 1 2
Dwight King† 17 1 0 1 −2 2
Nikita Scherbak 3 1 0 1 1 0
Steve Ott† 11 0 1 1 −2 17
Jacob de la Rose 9 0 0 0 −3 4
Bobby Farnham 3 0 0 0 0 17
Joel Hanley 7 0 0 0 −3 4
Ryan Johnston 7 0 0 0 −3 4
Brett Lernout 2 0 0 0 −1 0
Andreas Martinsen† 9 0 0 0 −4 0
Mikhail Sergachev 4 0 0 0 1 0
Playoffs
Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM
Alexander Radulov 6 2 5 7 0 6
Artturi Lehkonen 6 2 2 4 −1 2
Brendan Gallagher 6 1 2 3 −3 8
Tomas Plekanec 6 1 2 3 −4 0
Shea Weber 6 1 2 3 1 5
Alex Galchenyuk 6 0 3 3 0 4
Phillip Danault 6 0 2 2 1 2
Paul Byron 6 1 0 1 −3 0
Alexei Emelin 2 1 0 1 1 2
Torrey Mitchell 3 1 0 1 1 0
Jeff Petry 6 1 0 1 −3 2
Nathan Beaulieu 5 0 1 1 −3 0
Andrei Markov 6 0 1 1 −1 10
Max Pacioretty 6 0 1 1 −2 7
Jordie Benn 6 0 0 0 −3 6
Brandon Davidson 3 0 0 0 −1 0
Brian Flynn 1 0 0 0 0 0
Dwight King 6 0 0 0 −1 0
Andreas Martinsen 2 0 0 0 −1 0
Michael McCarron 1 0 0 0 −1 0
Nikita Nesterov 2 0 0 0 −1 0
Steve Ott 6 0 0 0 0 0
Andrew Shaw 5 0 0 0 −2 7

Goaltenders

Regular season[7]
Player GP GS TOI W L OT GA GAA SA SV% SO G A PIM
Carey Price 62 62 3,708:08 37 20 5 138 2.23 1794 .923 3 0 1 4
Al Montoya 19 18 1124:53 8 6 4 50 2.67 569 .912 2 0 2 2
Charlie Lindgren 2 2 121:42 2 0 0 3 1.48 59 .949 0 0 0 0
Playoffs
Player GP GS TOI W L GA GAA SA SV% SO G A PIM
Carey Price 6 6 387:28 2 4 12 1.86 179 .933 0 0 0 0

†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Canadiens. Stats reflect time with Canadiens only.
‡Traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with Canadiens only.

Suspensions/fines

Player Explanation Length Salary Date issued Ref
Andrew Shaw Boarding Capitals defenceman Connor Hobbs 3 games (all pre-season) N/A September 29, 2016 [8]

Awards and honours

Awards

Regular season
Player Award Awarded Ref
Shea Weber NHL Third Star of the Week October 31, 2016 [9]
Shea Weber NHL Second Star of the Month November 1, 2016 [10]
Carey Price NHL Third Star of the Week March 6, 2017 [11]

Milestones

Regular Season
Player Milestone Reached Ref
Mikhail Sergachev 1st Career NHL Game October 13, 2016 [12]
Artturi Lehkonen 1st Career NHL Game October 13, 2016 [12]
Artturi Lehkonen 1st Career NHL Goal
1st Career NHL Point		 October 15, 2016 [13]
Jeff Petry 100th Career NHL Point October 18, 2016 [14]
Alex Galchenyuk 100th Career NHL Assist November 15, 2016 [15]
Max Pacioretty 500th Career NHL Game November 19, 2016 [16]
Alex Galchenyuk 300th Career NHL Game December 4, 2016 [17]
Jeff Petry 400th Career NHL Game December 29, 2016 [18]
Shea Weber 800th Career NHL Game December 31, 2016 [19]
Nikita Scherbak 1st Career NHL Game
1st Career NHL Goal
1st Career NHL Point		 January 7, 2017 [20]
Phillip Danault 100th Career NHL Game January 20, 2017 [21]
Alexander Radulov 200th Career NHL Game January 21, 2017 [22]
Nathan Beaulieu 200th Career NHL Game February 7, 2017 [23]
Max Pacioretty 200th Career NHL Goal February 9, 2017 [24]
Tomas Plekanec 900th Career NHL Game February 11, 2017 [25]
Brendan Gallagher 300th Career NHL Game February 12, 2017 [26]
Max Pacioretty 400th Career NHL Point February 28, 2017 [27]
Shea Weber 300th Career NHL Assist February 28, 2017 [28]
Paul Byron 100th Career NHL Point March 12, 2017 [29]
Alex Galchenyuk 200th Career NHL Point March 14, 2017 [30]
Carey Price 500th Career NHL Game March 14, 2017 [30]
Torrey Mitchell 600th Career NHL Game March 19, 2017 [31]
Max Pacioretty 200th Career NHL Assist April 1, 2017 [32]
Brandon Davidson 100th Career NHL Game April 7, 2017 [33]
Playoffs
Player Milestone Reached Ref
Artturi Lehkonen 1st Career Playoff Game April 12, 2017 [34]
Phillip Danault 1st Career Playoff Game April 12, 2017 [34]
Paul Byron 1st Career Playoff Game April 12, 2017 [34]
Andreas Martinsen 1st Career Playoff Game April 12, 2017 [34]
Paul Byron 1st Career Playoff Goal
1st Career Playoff Point		 April 14, 2017 [35]
Phillip Danault 1st Career Playoff Assist
1st Career Playoff Point		 April 14, 2017 [35]
Brandon Davidson 1st Career Playoff Game April 16, 2017 [36]
Artturi Lehkonen 1st Career Playoff Goal
1st Career Playoff Point		 April 16, 2017 [37]
Alexei Emelin 1st Career Playoff Goal April 22, 2017 [38]
Michael McCarron 1st Career Playoff Game April 22, 2017 [38]

Transactions

The Canadiens have been involved in the following transactions during the 2016–17 season:

Trades

Date Details Ref
June 24, 2016 (2016-06-24) To Washington Capitals
Lars Eller 		To Montreal Canadiens
2nd-round pick in 2017
2nd-round pick in 2018 		[39]
June 24, 2016 (2016-06-24) To Chicago Blackhawks
2nd-round pick in 2016
MIN's 2nd-round pick in 2016 		To Montreal Canadiens
Andrew Shaw 		[39]
June 25, 2016 (2016-06-25) To Winnipeg Jets
7th-round pick in 2017 		To Montreal Canadiens
7th-round pick in 2016 		[40]
June 29, 2016 (2016-06-29) To Nashville Predators
P. K. Subban 		To Montreal Canadiens
Shea Weber 		[41]
October 8, 2016 (2016-10-08) To Florida Panthers
Tim Bozon 		To Montreal Canadiens
Jonathan Racine 		[42]
January 26, 2017 (2017-01-26) To Tampa Bay Lightning
Jonathan Racine
6th-round pick in 2017 		To Montreal Canadiens
Nikita Nesterov 		[43]
February 21, 2017 (2017-02-21) To Carolina Hurricanes
Philip Samuelsson 		To Montreal Canadiens
Keegan Lowe 		[44]
February 27, 2017 (2017-02-27) To Dallas Stars
Greg Pateryn
4th-round pick in 2017 		To Montreal Canadiens
Jordie Benn 		[45]
February 28, 2017 (2017-02-28) To Edmonton Oilers
David Desharnais 		To Montreal Canadiens
Brandon Davidson 		[46]
March 1, 2017 (2017-03-01) To Detroit Red Wings
6th-round pick in 2018 		To Montreal Canadiens
Steve Ott 		[47]
March 1, 2017 (2017-03-01) To Los Angeles Kings
Conditional 4th-round pick in 2018 		To Montreal Canadiens
Dwight King 		[48]
March 1, 2017 (2017-03-01) To Colorado Avalanche
Sven Andrighetto 		To Montreal Canadiens
Andreas Martinsen 		[49]
June 15, 2017 (2017-06-15) To Tampa Bay Lightning
Mikhail Sergachev
Conditional 2nd-round pick in 2018 		To Montreal Canadiens
Jonathan Drouin
Conditional 6th-round pick in 2018 		[50]
June 17, 2017 (2017-06-17) To Buffalo Sabres
Nathan Beaulieu 		To Montreal Canadiens
3rd-round pick in 2017 		[51]

Free agents acquired

Date Player Former team Contract terms
(in U.S. dollars)		 Ref
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01) Al Montoya Florida Panthers 1 year, $950,000 [52]
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01) Alexander Radulov CSKA Moscow 1 year, $5.75 million [53]
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01) Zach Redmond Colorado Avalanche 2 years, $1.225 million [54]
July 2, 2016 (2016-07-02) Philip Samuelsson Springfield Falcons 1 year, $600,000 two-way contract [55]
July 2, 2016 (2016-07-02) Chris Terry Carolina Hurricanes 1 year, $600,000 two-way contract [56]
July 22, 2016 (2016-07-22) Bobby Farnham New Jersey Devils 1 year, $575,000 two-way contract [57]
January 7, 2017 (2017-01-07) Markus Eisenschmid St. John's IceCaps 2 years, $1.285 million entry-level contract [58]
April 27, 2017 (2017-04-27) Antoine Waked Rouyn-Noranda Huskies 3 years, $2.18 million entry-level contract [59]
May 1, 2017 (2017-05-01) Jakub Jerabek Vityaz Podolsk 1 year, $925,000 entry-level contract [60]

Free agents lost

Date Player New team Contract terms
(in U.S. dollars)		 Ref
May 25, 2016 (2016-05-25) Bud Holloway CSKA Moscow 2 years [61]
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01) Michael Bournival Tampa Bay Lightning 1 year, $575,000 two-way contract [62]
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01) Tom Gilbert Los Angeles Kings 1 year, $1.4 million [63]
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01) Gabriel Dumont Tampa Bay Lightning 1 year, $575,000 two-way contract [64]
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01) Darren Dietz Washington Capitals 1 year, $575,000 two-way contract [65]
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01) Victor Bartley Minnesota Wild 1 year, $650,000 two-way contract [66]
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01) Morgan Ellis St. Louis Blues 1 year, $575,000 two-way contract [67]
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01) Ben Scrivens Dinamo Minsk 1 year [68]
July 2, 2016 (2016-07-02) Mac Bennett Rochester Americans 1 year [69]
July 22, 2016 (2016-07-22) Stefan Fournier Arizona Coyotes 1 year, $632,500 two-way contract [70]
October 17, 2016 (2016-10-17) Lucas Lessio KHL Medveščak Zagreb 1 year [71]
May 4, 2017 (2017-05-04) Max Friberg Frölunda HC 3 years [72]

Lost via waivers

Player New team Date Ref
Mike Condon Pittsburgh Penguins October 11, 2016 [73]
Mark Barberio Colorado Avalanche February 2, 2017 [74]

Player signings

Date Player Contract terms
(in U.S. dollars)		 Ref
June 27, 2016 (2016-06-27) Andrew Shaw 6 years, $23.4 million [75]
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01) Mikhail Sergachev 3 years, $2.775 million entry-level contract [76]
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01) Daniel Carr 2 years, $1.45 million contract extension [77]
July 5, 2016 (2016-07-05) Phillip Danault 2 years, $1.824 million contract extension [78]
January 2, 2017 (2017-01-02) Al Montoya 2 years, $1.065 million contract extension [79]
March 3, 2017 (2017-03-03) Chris Terry 1 year, $650,000 contract extension [80]
March 9, 2017 (2017-03-09) Simon Bourque 3 years, $2.16 million entry-level contract [81]
March 24, 2017 (2017-03-24) Jeremiah Addison 3 years, $2.16 million entry-level contract [82]
March 27, 2017 (2017-03-27) Victor Mete 3 years, $2.244 million entry-level contract [83]
June 5, 2017 (2017-06-05) Andreas Martinsen 1 year, $675,000 contract extension [84]
June 15, 2017 (2017-06-15) Charles Hudon 2 years, $1.3 million contract extension [85]
June 15, 2017 (2017-06-15) Jonathan Drouin 6 years, $33 million contract extension [86]

Draft picks

Below are the Montreal Canadiens' selections at the 2016 NHL Entry Draft, held on June 24–25, 2016 at the First Niagara Center in Buffalo, New York.[87]

Round # Player Pos Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)
1 9 Mikhail Sergachev Defence Russia Russia Windsor Spitfires (OHL)
3 70 William Bitten Centre Canada Canada Flint Firebirds (OHL)
4 100 Victor Mete Defence Canada Canada London Knights (OHL)
5 124[a] Casey Staum Defence United States United States Hill-Murray Pioneers (MSHSL)
6 160 Michael Pezzetta Centre Canada Canada Sudbury Wolves (OHL)
7 187[b] Arvid Henrikson Defence Sweden Sweden AIK Jrs. (Sweden)

Notes

  • The Canadiens' second-round pick went to the Chicago Blackhawks as the result of a trade on June 24, 2016, that sent Andrew Shaw to Montreal in exchange for Minnesota's second-round pick in 2016 (45th overall) and this pick.[88]
  • [a] The Vancouver Canucks' fifth-round pick went to the Canadiens as the result of a trade on July 1, 2015, that sent Brandon Prust to Vancouver in exchange for Zack Kassian and this pick.[89] The Canadiens' own fifth-round pick had previously gone to the Buffalo Sabres as the result of a trade on March 2, 2015 that sent Brian Flynn to Montreal in exchange for this pick.[90]
  • [b] The Winnipeg Jets' seventh-round pick went to the Canadiens as the result of a trade on June 25, 2016, that sent a seventh-round pick in 2017 to Winnipeg in exchange for this pick.[91] The Canadiens' own seventh-round pick had previously gone to the Buffalo Sabres as the result of a trade on March 2, 2015 that sent Torrey Mitchell to Montreal in exchange for Jack Nevins and this pick.[92]

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