The 2026–27 Montreal Canadiens season is the 118th for the club that was established on December 4, 1909, and their 110th season as a franchise in the National Hockey League (NHL).

Standings

Divisional standings

Conference standings

Schedule and results

Preseason The preseason schedule was published on June 26, 2026. 2026 preseason game log: 4–1–0 (Home: 3–0–0; Road: 1–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Recap 1 September 19 Toronto 3–4 Montreal OT Fowler 20,962 1–0–0 2 September 19 Montreal 4–1 Toronto Kahkonen 16,267 2–0–0 3 September 21 Ottawa 2–3 Montreal OT Dobes 4,390 3–0–0 4 September 26 Ottawa 2–4 Montreal Montembeault 20,962 4–0–0 5 September 26 Montreal 3–4 Ottawa Dobes 14,032 4–1–0 Notes: Split-squad game. Game played at Colisée Vidéotron in Trois-Rivières, Quebec.

Regular season The regular season schedule was released on July 16, 2026. 2026–27 game logSeptember: 1–0–0 (home: 0–0–0; road: 1–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 September 29 Montreal 3–2 Toronto Dobes 19,088 1–0–0 2 October: 0–1–1 (home: 0–1–0; road: 0–0–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 2 October 3 Montreal 5–6 Pittsburgh OT Dobes 18,382 1–0–1 3 3 October 6 Carolina 6–4 Montreal Dobes 20,962 1–1–1 3 4 October 8 Nashville – Montreal 5 October 10 Detroit – Montreal 6 October 13 Buffalo – Montreal 7 October 14 Montreal – Washington 8 October 17 Buffalo – Montreal 9 October 20 San Jose – Montreal 10 October 23 Montreal – Chicago 11 October 25 Montreal – Winnipeg (outdoors) 12 October 27 Montreal – St. Louis 13 October 29 Montreal – Dallas 14 October 31 Pittsburgh – Montreal November: 0–0–0 (home: 0–0–0; road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 15 November 3 Winnipeg – Montreal 16 November 5 Utah – Montreal 17 November 7 Montreal – Toronto 18 November 10 Minnesota – Montreal 19 November 12 Montreal – Boston 20 November 14 Colorado – Montreal 21 November 16 Montreal – NY Rangers 22 November 18 Montreal – New Jersey 23 November 19 Montreal – Carolina 24 November 21 Philadelphia – Montreal 25 November 23 Los Angeles – Montreal 26 November 25 Montreal – Colorado 27 November 28 Montreal – Vegas 28 November 30 Montreal – Utah December: 0–0–0 (home: 0–0–0; road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 29 December 2 Tampa Bay – Montreal 30 December 5 Florida – Montreal 31 December 6 Ottawa – Montreal 32 December 8 Vegas – Montreal 33 December 10 Anaheim – Montreal 34 December 12 Montreal – Columbus 35 December 14 Edmonton – Montreal 36 December 18 Montreal – Buffalo 37 December 19 Montreal – Minnesota 38 December 22 Montreal – Columbus 39 December 26 Toronto – Montreal 40 December 27 Dallas – Montreal 41 December 29 Columbus – Montreal 42 December 31 Montreal – Tampa Bay January: 0–0–0 (home: 0–0–0; road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 43 January 2 Montreal – Florida 44 January 4 Chicago – Montreal 45 January 6 Boston – Montreal 46 January 9 Pittsburgh – Montreal 47 January 13 New Jersey – Montreal 48 January 14 Montreal – Nashville 49 January 16 Montreal – Philadelphia 50 January 18 Montreal – Buffalo 51 January 19 Montreal – Washington 52 January 21 St. Louis – Montreal 53 January 23 Calgary – Montreal 54 January 26 Carolina – Montreal 55 January 28 Montreal – Calgary 56 January 30 Montreal – Edmonton February: 0–0–0 (home: 0–0–0; road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 57 February 1 Montreal – Vancouver 58 February 3 Montreal – Seattle 59 February 13 Washington – Montreal 60 February 14 NY Rangers – Montreal 61 February 18 Montreal – Detroit 62 February 20 NY Islanders – Montreal 63 February 22 Montreal – Philadelphia 64 February 24 Montreal – Los Angeles 65 February 27 Montreal – Anaheim March: 0–0–0 (home: 0–0–0; road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 66 March 1 Montreal – San Jose 67 March 4 Seattle – Montreal 68 March 6 Vancouver – Montreal 69 March 9 Montreal – NY Islanders 70 March 10 Boston – Montreal 71 March 13 Montreal – Ottawa 72 March 16 Florida – Montreal 73 March 18 Tampa Bay – Montreal 74 March 20 Montreal – Detroit 75 March 22 Toronto – Montreal 76 March 24 Ottawa – Montreal 77 March 27 New Jersey – Montreal 78 March 28 Detroit – Montreal 79 March 30 Montreal – Boston April: 0–0–0 (home: 0–0–0; road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 80 April 1 NY Rangers – Montreal 81 April 4 Montreal – NY Islanders 82 April 6 Montreal – Florida 83 April 8 Montreal – Tampa Bay 84 April 10 Montreal – Ottawa Legend:

Roster

Player statistics Skaters

Regular season

Goaltenders Regular season

Awards and honours Awards Regular season

Milestones Regular season

Transactions The Canadiens have been involved in the following transactions during the 2026–27 season.

Key Contract is entry-level.

Contract initially takes effect in the 2027–28 season.

Trades Date Details Ref June 25, 2026 To Columbus Blue JacketsLuke Tuch To Montreal CanadiensHunter McKown June 26, 2026 To New York RangersWilliam Trudeau To Montreal CanadiensBrett Berard June 26, 2026 To Vegas Golden Knights1st-round pick in 2026 (28th overall)3rd-round pick in 2027 To Montreal CanadiensDAL 1st-round pick in 2026 (26th overall) June 27, 2026 To Carolina Hurricanes2nd-round pick in 2026 (61st overall)4th-round pick in 2026 (125th overall) To Montreal CanadiensMIN 2nd-round pick in 2026 (57th overall) June 27, 2026 To Los Angeles KingsNJD 4th-round pick in 2026 (103rd overall) To Montreal Canadiens4th-round pick in 2026 (113th overall)COL 6th-round pick in 2026 (190th overall) June 27, 2026 To Vegas Golden KnightsLAK 4th-round pick in 2026 (113th overall) To Montreal CanadiensPHI 4th-round pick in 2026 (117th overall)7th-round pick in 2026 (223rd overall) June 27, 2026 To Los Angeles KingsVGK 7th-round pick in 2026 (223rd overall) To Montreal Canadiens7th-round pick in 2027 June 29, 2026 To Vancouver CanucksBrendan Gallagher1 To Montreal CanadiensFuture considerations June 29, 2026 To Utah MammothJoshua Roy To Montreal CanadiensMaksymilian Szuber July 27, 2026 To Anaheim DucksSean Farrell To Montreal CanadiensSasha Pastujov Notes The Canadiens will retain 50% of Gallagher's remaining salary until the end of the current season.

Players acquired Date Player Former team (League) Term Via Ref Samuel Poulin Edmonton Oilers 1-year Free agency Ethan Samson Tampa Bay Lightning 1-year Free agency Reilly Walsh Barys Astana (KHL) 1-year Free agency Chris Kreider Anaheim Ducks 1-year Free agency

Players lost Date Player New team (League) Term Via Ref Sammy Blais Ottawa Senators 2-year Free agency Marc Del Gaizo New York Rangers 2-year Free agency Joe Veleno New York Rangers 1-year Free agency Gannon Laroque Retirement Hunter Shepard Barys Astana (KHL) 1-year Free agency Jake Chiasson New Mexico Goatheads (ECHL) 1-year Free agency

Signings Date Player Term Ref Alex Belzile 1-year Ivan Demidov 8-year‡ Kaapo Kahkonen 1-year Jakub Dobes 3-year‡ Brett Berard 1-year Bogdan Konyushkov 2-year† Kirby Dach 1-year Jared Davidson 1-year Hunter McKown 1-year Maksymilian Szuber 1-year Sasha Pastujov 1-year Zachary Bolduc 4-year Alex Newhook 4-year‡ Arber Xhekaj 1-year

Draft picks

Below are the Montreal Canadiens' selections at the 2026 NHL entry draft, which was held on June 26–27, 2026, at the KeyBank Center in Buffalo, New York.

Round # Player Pos. Nationality Team (League)126 Gleb Pugachyov RW Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod (KHL)257 Timofei Runtso D Victoria Royals (WHL)393 Cooper Cleaves D Dartmouth Big Green (ECAC)4117 Brayden Klimpke D Saskatoon Blades (WHL)6189 Parker Trottier LW U.S. NTDP (USHL)190 Wesley Royston RW Owen Sound Attack (OHL)7221 Jean-Samuel Daigneault D Muskegon Lumberjacks (USHL)224 Tyler Deakos RW Waterloo Black Hawks (USHL) Notes

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