2014–15 Montreal Canadiens season

2014–15 Montreal Canadiens
Atlantic Division champions
Division	1st Atlantic
Conference	2nd Eastern
2014–15 record	50–22–10
Home record	26–9–6
Road record	24–13–4
Goals for	221
Goals against	189
Team information
General manager	Marc Bergevin
Coach	Michel Therrien
Captain	Vacant
Alternate captains	Andrei Markov Max Pacioretty Tomas Plekanec P. K. Subban
Arena	Bell Centre
Average attendance	21,286 (99.9%) (37 games)
Minor league affiliate(s)	Hamilton Bulldogs (AHL) Wheeling Nailers (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Max Pacioretty (37)
Assists	P. K. Subban (45)
Points	Max Pacioretty (67)
Penalty minutes	Brandon Prust (130)
Plus/minus	Max Pacioretty (+38)
Wins	Carey Price (44)
Goals against average	Carey Price (1.96)

The 2014–15 Montreal Canadiens season was the 106th season of play for the franchise that was founded on December 4, 1909, and was also their 98th season in the National Hockey League.

Off-season

Defenceman Douglas Murray, forward George Parros and forward Thomas Vanek became free agents. On July 1, 2014, captain Brian Gionta signed with the Buffalo Sabres, being joined by defenseman Josh Gorges, who was traded to the team the same day for the Minnesota Wild's 2016 second round pick previously acquired in a trade for Matt Moulson. Notable free agent signing included defenseman Tom Gilbert, centre Manny Malhotra and prospect Jiri Sekac, formally of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). On August 2, 2014, after months of ongoing negotiations, defenceman P. K. Subban signed an eight-year contract extension worth $72 million, avoiding salary arbitration. Subban becomes the highest paid defenseman through the 2014–15 season.

Hockey operations changes included Daniel Lacroix and Rob Ramage being appointed assistant coach and player development coach, respectively. Ramage had previously played for the Canadiens and was part of the 1993 Stanley Cup Championship team, while Lacroix worked as assistant coach with the Hamilton Bulldogs, the Canadiens' main affiliate team in the American Hockey League (AHL) during the 2009–10 season. The Canadiens also announced a reorganization within the hockey department. Rick Dudley was named senior vice president, hockey operations. Scott Mellanby was promoted to assistant general manager, to work along with Larry Carriere. Trevor Timmins was appointed vice president of player personnel, as well as retaining his responsibilities as the club's director of amateur scouting.

On June 18, 2014, it was announced that hall of famer Guy Lapointe would be honored by having his number 5 jersey retired during the 2014–15 season. Lapointe will become the 18th player to be honoured by the organization with jersey retirement and the second with the number 5, joining the late Bernie Geoffrion.

For only the second time in franchise history, the Canadiens did not name a captain, instead opting for four alternate captains for the season. On September 15, team management named Andrei Markov, Max Pacioretty, Tomas Plekanec and P. K. Subban alternative captains.

The 2014–15 season also marked changes to television broadcast rights to the Canadiens; Réseau des sports renewed its French-language television rights to the team, agreeing to a 12-year extension. Due to Quebecor Media's exclusive national French-language broadcast rights to the NHL, RDS will now only be able to broadcast games in the team's blackout region of Quebec and eastern Canada. Regional television rights in English were acquired by Sportsnet East in a three-year deal announced by Rogers on September 2, 2014. Three regional games will also be broadcast by City Montreal.

Standings

Atlantic Division

Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	y – Montreal Canadiens	82	50	22	10	43	221	189	+32	110
2	x – Tampa Bay Lightning	82	50	24	8	47	262	211	+51	108
3	x – Detroit Red Wings	82	43	25	14	39	235	221	+14	100
4	x – Ottawa Senators	82	43	26	13	37	238	215	+23	99
5	Boston Bruins	82	41	27	14	37	213	211	+2	96
6	Florida Panthers	82	38	29	15	30	206	223	−17	91
7	Toronto Maple Leafs	82	30	44	8	25	211	262	−51	68
8	Buffalo Sabres	82	23	51	8	15	161	274	−113	54

Source: National Hockey League
x – Clinched playoff spot; y – Clinched division

Schedule and results

Pre-season

2014 Pre-Season Game Log: 4–2–1 (Home: 2–2–0 ; Road: 2–0–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1	September 23	Boston	2–3	Montreal		MacDonald	21,287	1–0–0	Recap
2	September 25	Colorado	2–3	Montreal	OT	Budaj	21,287	2–0–0	Recap
3[a]	September 26	Montreal	3–2	Colorado		Tokarski	15,074	3–0–0	Recap
4	September 28	Washington	2–0	Montreal		Price	21,287	3–1–0	Recap
5	October 1	Montreal	3–1	Chicago		Price	20,413	4–1–0	Recap
6	October 3	Montreal	3–4	Ottawa	OT	Budaj	19,034	4–1–1	Recap
7	October 4	Ottawa	4–2	Montreal		Price	21,287	4–2–1	Recap
Notes: a Game was played at Pepsi Coliseum in Quebec City.

Regular season

2014–15 Game Log
October: 8–2–1 (Home: 4–0–0 ; Road: 4–2–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 8 Montreal 4–3 Toronto Price 19,745 1–0–0 2 Recap 2 October 9 Montreal 2–1 Washington SO Tokarski 18,506 2–0–0 4 Recap 3 October 11 Montreal 4–3 Philadelphia SO Price 19,745 3–0–0 6 Recap 4 October 13 Montreal 1–7 Tampa Bay Price 17,622 3–1–0 6 Recap 5 October 16 Boston 4–6 Montreal Price 21,287 4–1–0 8 Recap 6 October 18 Colorado 2–3 Montreal Price 21,287 5–1–0 10 Recap 7 October 21 Detroit 1–2 Montreal OT Price 21,287 6–1–0 12 Recap 8 October 25 NY Rangers 1–3 Montreal Price 21,287 7–1–0 14 Recap 9 October 27 Montreal 0–3 Edmonton Tokarski 16,839 7–2–0 14 Recap 10 October 28 Montreal 2–1 Calgary SO Price 19,289 8–2–0 16 Recap 11 October 30 Montreal 2–3 Vancouver OT Price 18,870 8–2–1 17 Recap
November: 8–5–1 (Home: 5–3–1 ; Road: 3–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 12 November 2 Calgary 6–2 Montreal Price 21,287 8–3–1 17 Recap 13 November 4 Chicago 5–0 Montreal Price 21,287 8–4–1 17 Recap 14 November 5 Montreal 2–1 Buffalo SO Tokarski 17,837 9–4–1 19 Recap 15 November 8 Minnesota 1–4 Montreal Price 21,287 10–4–1 21 Recap 16 November 11 Winnipeg 0–3 Montreal Price 21,287 11–4–1 23 Recap 17 November 13 Boston 1–5 Montreal Price 21,287 12–4–1 25 Recap 18 November 15 Philadelphia 3–6 Montreal Price 21,287 13–4–1 27 Recap 19 November 16 Montreal 4–1 Detroit Tokarski 20,027 14–4–1 29 Recap 20 November 18 Pittsburgh 4–0 Montreal Price 21,287 14–5–1 29 Recap 21 November 20 St. Louis 1–4 Montreal Price 21,287 15–5–1 31 Recap 22 November 22 Montreal 2–0 Boston Price 17,565 16–5–1 33 Recap 23 November 23 Montreal 0–5 NY Rangers Tokarski 18,006 16–6–1 33 Recap 24 November 28 Montreal 1–2 Buffalo Price 19,070 16–7–1 33 Recap 25 November 29 Buffalo 4–3 Montreal SO Tokarski 21,287 16–7–2 34 Recap
December: 8–4–0 (Home: 4–1–0 ; Road: 4–3–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 26 December 1 Montreal 4–3 Colorado Price 14,038 17–7–2 36 Recap 27 December 3 Montreal 1–2 Minnesota Price 19,034 17–8–2 36 Recap 28 December 5 Montreal 3–4 Chicago Price 22,087 17–9–2 36 Recap 29 December 6 Montreal 1–4 Dallas Price 16,098 17–10–2 36 Recap 30 December 9 Vancouver 1–3 Montreal Price 21,286 18–10–2 38 Recap 31 December 12 Los Angeles 2–6 Montreal Price 21,286 19–10–2 40 Recap 32 December 16 Carolina 1–4 Montreal Price 21,286 20–10–2 42 Recap 33 December 18 Anaheim 2–1 Montreal Price 21,286 20–11–2 42 Recap 34 December 20 Ottawa 1–4 Montreal Price 21,286 21–11–2 44 Recap 35 December 23 Montreal 3–1 NY Islanders Price 16,170 22–11–2 46 Recap 36 December 29 Montreal 3–1 Carolina Price 17,123 23–11–2 48 Recap 37 December 30 Montreal 2–1 Florida SO Tokarski 19,164 24–11–2 50 Recap
January: 8–2–1 (Home: 4–1–1 ; Road: 4–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 38 January 2 Montreal 4–2 New Jersey Price 16,174 25–11–2 52 Recap 39 January 3 Montreal 4–1 Pittsburgh Price 18,630 26–11–2 54 Recap 40 January 6 Tampa Bay 4–2 Montreal Price 21,286 26–12–2 54 Recap 41 January 10 Pittsburgh 2–1 Montreal OT Price 21,286 26–12–3 55 Recap 42 January 14 Montreal 3–2 Columbus Price 14,964 27–12–3 57 Recap 43 January 15 Montreal 1–4 Ottawa Tokarski 19,893 27–13–3 57 Recap 44 January 17 NY Islanders 4–6 Montreal Tokarski 21,287 28–13–3 59 Recap 45 January 20 Nashville 1–2 Montreal OT Price 21,287 29–13–3 61 Recap 46 January 27 Dallas 2–3 Montreal Price 21,286 30–13–3 63 Recap 47 January 29 Montreal 1–0 NY Rangers Price 18,006 31–13–3 65 Recap 48 January 31 Washington 0–1 Montreal OT Price 21,286 32–13–3 67 Recap
February: 9–3–2 (Home: 5–2–2 ; Road: 4–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 49 February 1 Arizona 3–2 Montreal Tokarski 21,286 32–14–3 67 Recap 50 February 3 Buffalo 3–2 Montreal Price 21,286 32–15–3 67 Recap 51 February 7 New Jersey 2–6 Montreal Price 21,287 33–15–3 69 Recap 52 February 8 Montreal 3–1 Boston Price 17,565 34–15–3 71 Recap 53 February 10 Philadelphia 1–2 Montreal OT Price 21,287 35–15–3 73 Recap 54 February 12 Edmonton 4–3 Montreal OT Tokarski 21,286 35–15–4 74 Recap 55 February 14 Toronto 1–2 Montreal SO Price 21,287 36–15–4 76 Recap 56 February 16 Montreal 2–0 Detroit Price 20,027 37–15–4 78 Recap 57 February 18 Montreal 2–4 Ottawa Tokarski 18,949 37–16–4 78 Recap 58 February 19 Florida 3–2 Montreal SO Price 21,286 37–16–5 79 Recap 59 February 21 Columbus 1–3 Montreal Price 21,286 38–16–5 81 Recap 60 February 24 Montreal 5–2 St. Louis Price 19,383 39–16–5 83 Recap 61 February 26 Montreal 5–2 Columbus Price 12,357 40–16–5 85 Recap 62 February 28 Toronto 0–4 Montreal Price 21,287 41–16–5 87 Recap
March: 6–6–3 (Home: 3–2–1 ; Road: 3–4–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 63 March 2 Montreal 0–4 San Jose Price 17,236 41–17–5 87 Recap 64 March 4 Montreal 1–3 Anaheim Price 17,174 41–18–5 87 Recap 65 March 5 Montreal 3–4 Los Angeles SO Tokarski 18,230 41–18–6 88 Recap 66 March 7 Montreal 2–0 Arizona Price 14,094 42–18–6 90 Recap 67 March 10 Tampa Bay 1–0 Montreal OT Price 21,287 42–18–7 91 Recap 68 March 12 Ottawa 5–2 Montreal Price 21,287 42–19–7 91 Recap 69 March 14 Montreal 3–1 NY Islanders Price 16,170 43–19–7 93 Recap 70 March 16 Montreal 2–4 Tampa Bay Price 19,204 43–20–7 93 Recap 71 March 17 Montreal 3–2 Florida Tokarski 18,245 44–20–7 95 Recap 72 March 19 Carolina 0–4 Montreal Price 21,286 45–20–7 97 Recap 73 March 21 San Jose 0–2 Montreal Price 21,286 46–20–7 99 Recap 74 March 24 Montreal 2–3 Nashville OT Price 17,113 46–20–8 100 Recap 75 March 26 Montreal 2–5 Winnipeg Tokarski 15,016 46–21–8 100 Recap 76 March 28 Florida 2–3 Montreal OT Price 21,287 47–21–8 102 Recap 77 March 30 Tampa Bay 5–3 Montreal Price 21,286 47–22–8 102 Recap
April: 3–0–2 (Home: 1–0–1 ; Road: 2–0–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 78 April 2 Washington 5–4 Montreal SO Price 21,286 47–22–9 103 Recap 79 April 3 Montreal 2–3 New Jersey SO Tokarski 16,592 47–22–10 104 Recap 80 April 5 Montreal 4–1 Florida Price 14,112 48–22–10 106 Recap 81 April 9 Detroit 3–4 Montreal OT Price 21,287 49–22–10 108 Recap 82 April 11 Montreal 4–3 Toronto SO Price 19,308 50–22–10 110 Recap
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Playoffs

See also: 2015 Stanley Cup playoffs

The Montreal Canadiens entered the playoffs as the Atlantic Division regular season champions. The Canadiens won the first three games of the series en route to defeating the Senators in six games. In Game 1, Brian Flynn scored the game-winning goal at 17:17 of the second period, and recorded two assists as the Canadiens won 4–3. Montreal's P. K. Subban was given a five-minute major and a game misconduct for slashing Ottawa's Mark Stone during the second period, resulting in a microfracture of Stone's right wrist, but did not face any further League discipline. Alex Galchenyuk's goal at 3:40 into overtime gave the Canadiens a 3–2 win in Game 2. Cameron replaced Andrew Hammond with Craig Anderson as his starting goalie for Game 3, who despite a strong outing, surrendered the tying goal by but Dale Weise with 5:47 left in the third period, who also scored at 3:40 into overtime to give Montreal a 2–1 win. Anderson rebounded in Game 4, stopping all 28 Montreal shots while Mike Hoffman scored the Senators' only goal to win 1–0. Ottawa also took Game 5 by a score of 5–1 as Anderson stopped 45 of 46 shots, with Bobby Ryan contributing two goals. The Canadiens then eliminated the Senators in Game 6 by a score of 2–0, with goaltender Carey Price registering the shutout stopping all 43 of Ottawa's shots.

In the second round, Tampa Bay Lightning defeated the Canadiens in six games. In Game 1, Nikita Kucherov scored 2:06 into double overtime to give Tampa Bay a 2–1 win. This winning goal was controversial because the Lightning appeared to have been offside on the play, but nothing was called by the linesmen. Earlier at 2:56 of the first overtime period, Kucherov's apparent winning goal was waved off after officials ruled that he pushing Carey Price's pad into the net after the Montreal goalie made the initial save. The Lightning also won Game 2, 6–2, scoring four power play goals. Montreal's Brandon Prust was then fined $5,000 for his postgame derogatory public comments directed toward Referee Brad Watson, which he later apologized for the day afterward. In Game 3, Tyler Johnson scored with 1.1 seconds left to give Tampa Bay a 2–1 victory. The Canadiens stayed alive in Game 4, as Max Pacioretty recorded a shorthanded goal and two assists, as Montreal built a 5–0 second-period lead en route to a 6–2 win. Then, in Game 5, P.A. Parenteau scored with 4:07 left in regulation to give the Canadiens a 2–1 victory. In Game 6, Ben Bishop stopped 18 of 19 Montreal shots, and Kucherov scored two goals, as Tampa Bay won 4–1 to take the series.

2015 Stanley Cup playoffs
Eastern Conference First Round vs. (WC1) Ottawa Senators: Montreal wins 4–2 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 April 15 Ottawa 3–4 Montreal Price 21,287 1–0 Recap 2 April 17 Ottawa 2–3 Montreal OT Price 21,287 2–0 Recap 3 April 19 Montreal 2–1 Ottawa OT Price 20,500 3–0 Recap 4 April 22 Montreal 0–1 Ottawa Price 20,500 3–1 Recap 5 April 24 Ottawa 5–1 Montreal Price 21,287 3–2 Recap 6 April 26 Montreal 2–0 Ottawa Price 20,500 4–2 Recap
Eastern Conference Second Round vs. (A2) Tampa Bay Lightning: Tampa Bay wins 4–2 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 May 1 Tampa Bay 2–1 Montreal 2OT Price 21,287 0–1 Recap 2 May 3 Tampa Bay 6–2 Montreal Price 21,287 0–2 Recap 3 May 6 Montreal 1–2 Tampa Bay Price 19,204 0–3 Recap 4 May 7 Montreal 6–2 Tampa Bay Price 19,204 1–3 Recap 5 May 9 Tampa Bay 1–2 Montreal Price 21,287 2–3 Recap 6 May 12 Montreal 1–4 Tampa Bay Price 19,204 2–4 Recap Legend:   Win   Loss * denotes if needed

Player statistics

Final

Skaters

Regular Season

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Max Pacioretty	80	37	30	67	38	32
Tomas Plekanec	82	26	34	60	8	46
P. K. Subban	82	15	45	60	21	74
Andrei Markov	81	10	40	50	22	38
David Desharnais	82	14	34	48	22	24
Brendan Gallagher	82	24	23	47	18	31
Alex Galchenyuk	80	20	26	46	8	39
Dale Weise	79	10	19	29	21	34
Lars Eller	77	15	12	27	−6	42
P. A. Parenteau	56	8	14	22	0	30
Brandon Prust	82	4	14	18	6	134
Jiri Sekac‡	50	7	9	16	−3	18
Alexei Emelin	68	3	11	14	5	59
Sergei Gonchar†	45	1	12	13	7	16
Tom Gilbert	72	4	8	12	10	30
Nathan Beaulieu	64	1	8	9	6	45
Jeff Petry†	19	3	4	7	−3	10
Jacob de la Rose	33	4	2	6	−5	12
Michael Bournival	29	3	2	5	3	4
Manny Malhotra	58	1	3	4	−6	12
Mike Weaver	31	0	4	4	0	6
Sven Andrighetto	12	2	1	3	0	0
Devante Smith-Pelly†	20	1	2	3	−2	12
Jarred Tinordi	13	0	2	2	−5	19
Rene Bourque‡	13	0	2	2	−9	6
Christian Thomas	18	1	0	1	−2	7
Bryan Allen†	5	0	1	1	−2	2
Torrey Mitchell†	14	0	1	1	−2	8
Eric Tangradi	7	0	0	0	−3	17
Drayson Bowman	3	0	0	0	0	0
Greg Pateryn	17	0	0	0	0	6
Gabriel Dumont	3	0	0	0	−1	0
Brian Flynn†	9	0	0	0	−2	0
Travis Moen‡	10	0	0	0	0	4

Playoffs

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
P. K. Subban	12	1	7	8	1	31
Max Pacioretty	11	5	2	7	2	16
Brendan Gallagher	12	3	2	5	5	0
Tom Gilbert	12	2	3	5	5	14
Torrey Mitchell	12	1	4	5	4	6
Tomas Plekanec	12	1	3	4	3	6
Brandon Prust	12	1	3	4	1	35
Alex Galchenyuk	12	1	3	4	1	10
Jeff Petry	12	2	1	3	2	4
Dale Weise	12	2	1	3	3	16
David Desharnais	11	1	2	3	−1	4
Lars Eller	12	1	2	3	0	4
Devante Smith-Pelly	12	1	2	3	−1	2
Brian Flynn	6	1	2	3	−1	0
Greg Pateryn	7	0	3	3	2	0
Andrei Markov	12	1	1	2	−1	8
P. A. Parenteau	8	1	1	2	0	2
Alexei Emelin	12	0	2	2	1	10
Nathan Beaulieu	5	0	1	1	1	0
Jacob de la Rose	12	0	0	0	0	4

Goaltenders

Regular Season

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Carey Price	66	66	3977	44	16	6	130	1.96	1953	.933	9	0	1	4
Dustin Tokarski	17	16	1005	6	6	4	46	2.75	509	.910	0	0	1	0

Playoffs

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Carey Price	12	12	752	6	6	28	2.23	352	.920	1	0	0	2

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Canadiens. Stats reflect time with the Canadiens only.
^‡Denotes player was traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Canadiens only.
Bold/italics denotes franchise record

Suspensions/fines

Player	Explanation	Length	Salary	Date issued
Alexei Emelin	Illegal check to head of Buffalo Sabres forward Brian Gionta during NHL Game No. 337 in Buffalo on Friday, November 28, 2014, at 18:06 of the third period.	–	$11,021.51	November 29, 2014
P. K. Subban	Diving/Embellishment during NHL Game No. 712 in New York on Thursday, January 29, 2015, at 13:05 of the first period.	–	$2,000.00	February 4, 2015
P. K. Subban	Diving/Embellishment during NHL Game No. 1005 in Montreal on Thursday, March 12, 2015, at 0:53 of the second period.	–	$3,000.00	March 20, 2015
Brandon Prust	Derogatory public comments directed toward Referee Brad Watson on Sunday, May 3, 2015.	–	$5,000.00	May 5, 2015

Awards and honours

Awards

Regular Season

Player	Award	Awarded
T. Plekanec	NHL First Star of the Week	October 13, 2014
C. Price	NHL Second Star of the Week	November 17, 2014
C. Price	NHL Third Star of the Week	January 5, 2015
C. Price	NHL All-Star game selection	January 10, 2015
C. Price	NHL First Star of the Week	February 2, 2015
D. Desharnais	NHL Third Star of the Week	February 9, 2015
M. Pacioretty	NHL Third Star of the Week	February 23, 2015
C. Price	NHL Second Star of the Month	March 1, 2015
P. K. Subban	NHL Second Star of the Week	March 2, 2015
C. Price	Hart Memorial Trophy Vezina Trophy Ted Lindsay Award	June 24, 2015

Milestones

Regular Season

Player	Milestone	Reached
J. Sekac	1st Career NHL Game	October 8, 2014
J. Sekac	1st Career NHL Goal 1st Career NHL Point	October 16, 2014
P. Parenteau	300th Career NHL Game	October 27, 2014
L. Eller	300th Career NHL Game	November 5, 2014
J. Sekac	1st Career NHL Assist	November 8, 2014
P. Subban	300th Career NHL Game	November 11, 2014
S. Gonchar	800th Career NHL Point	November 15, 2014
T. Plekanec	700th Career NHL Game	November 20, 2014
A. Markov	100th Career NHL Goal	November 22, 2014
D. Weise	200th Career NHL Game	November 28, 2014
S. Andrighetto	1st Career NHL Game 1st Career NHL Goal 1st Career NHL Point	December 6, 2014
B. Prust	400th Career NHL Game	December 12, 2014
A. Galchenyuk	1st Career NHL Hat-trick	December 16, 2014
B. Prust	100th Career NHL Point	December 20, 2014
A. Markov	800th Career NHL Game	December 23, 2014
C. Price	400th Career NHL Game 200th Career NHL Win	January 2, 2015
A. Emelin	200th Career NHL Game	January 2, 2015
D. Desharnais	300th Career NHL Game	January 15, 2015
J. De la Rose	1st Career NHL Game	February 3, 2015
C. Thomas	1st Career NHL Goal 1st Career NHL Point	February 12, 2015
J. De la Rose	1st Career NHL Assist 1st Career NHL Point	February 12, 2015
B. Gallagher	100th Career NHL Point	February 19, 2015
D. Desharnais	200th Career NHL Point	February 28, 2015
S. Gonchar	1,300th Career NHL Game	March 12, 2015
A. Galchenyuk	100th Career NHL Point	March 21, 2015
T. Plekanec	200th Career NHL Goal	April 4, 2015

Playoffs

Player	Milestone	Reached
B. Flynn	1st Career Playoff Game 1st Career Playoff Goal 1st Career Playoff Assist 1st Career Playoff Point	April 15, 2015
J. Petry	1st Career Playoff Game	April 15, 2015
J. De la Rose	1st Career Playoff Game	April 15, 2015
G. Pateryn	1st Career Playoff Game	April 22, 2015
G. Pateryn	1st Career Playoff Point	April 24, 2015
J. Petry	1st Career Playoff Goal 1st Career Playoff Point	May 3, 2015

Transactions

The Canadiens have been involved in the following transactions during the 2014–15 season:

Trades

Date	Details
June 28, 2014	To Arizona Coyotes 3rd-round pick in 2014 4th-round pick in 2014	To Montreal Canadiens 3rd-round pick in 2014
June 30, 2014	To Colorado Avalanche Daniel Briere	To Montreal Canadiens P. A. Parenteau 5th-round pick in 2015
July 1, 2014	To Buffalo Sabres Josh Gorges	To Montreal Canadiens MIN's 2nd-round pick in 2016
October 5, 2014	To Winnipeg Jets Peter Budaj Patrick Holland	To Montreal Canadiens Eric Tangradi
November 11, 2014	To Dallas Stars Travis Moen	To Montreal Canadiens Sergei Gonchar
November 20, 2014	To Anaheim Ducks Rene Bourque	To Montreal Canadiens Bryan Allen
February 24, 2015	To Anaheim Ducks Jiri Sekac	To Montreal Canadiens Devante Smith-Pelly
March 2, 2015	To Edmonton Oilers 2nd-round pick in 2015 Conditional 5th-round pick in 2015	To Montreal Canadiens Jeff Petry
March 2, 2015	To Buffalo Sabres 5th-round pick in 2016	To Montreal Canadiens Brian Flynn
March 2, 2015	To Buffalo Sabres Jack Nevins 7th-round pick in 2016	To Montreal Canadiens Torrey Mitchell

Free agents acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
July 1, 2014	Manny Malhotra	Carolina Hurricanes	1 year, $850,000
July 1, 2014	Tom Gilbert	Florida Panthers	2 years, $5.6 million
July 1, 2014	Jiri Sekac	HC Lev Praha	2 years, $2.7 million
July 1, 2014	Joey MacDonald	Calgary Flames	1 year, $600,000
October 2, 2014	Drayson Bowman	Carolina Hurricanes	1 year, $575,000

Free agents lost

Date	Player	New team	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
June 3, 2014	Joonas Nattinen	Modo Hockey	1 year
July 1, 2014	Thomas Vanek	Minnesota Wild	3 years, $19.5 million
July 1, 2014	Brian Gionta	Buffalo Sabres	3 years, $12.75 million
July 1, 2014	Mike Blunden	Tampa Bay Lightning	1 year, $600,000
July 1, 2014	Devan Dubnyk	Arizona Coyotes	1 year, $800,000
July 3, 2014	Nick Tarnasky	New York Rangers	2 years, two-way contract
July 24, 2014	Martin St. Pierre	KHL Medveščak Zagreb	1 year
August 7, 2014	Ryan White	Philadelphia Flyers	1 year, $575,000
September 25, 2014	Robert Czarnik	Indy Fuel	1 year
October 14, 2014	Francis Bouillon	HC Ambrì-Piotta	1 year
January 20, 2015	Douglas Murray	Kölner Haie	1 year

Player signings

Date	Player	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
July 1, 2014	Mike Weaver	1 year, $1.75 million contract extension
July 1, 2014	Jeremy Gregoire	3 years, $1.86 million entry-level contract
July 21, 2014	Nikita Scherbak	3 years, $3.625 million entry-level contract
July 24, 2014	Lars Eller	4 years, $14 million contract extension
August 2, 2014	P. K. Subban	8 years, $72 million contract extension
November 29, 2014	Brendan Gallagher	6 years, $22.5 million contract extension
December 19, 2014	Brett Lernout	3 years, $2.055 million entry-level contract
April 12, 2015	Mark MacMillan	2 years, entry-level contract
June 1, 2015	Gabriel Dumont	1-year, two-way contract extension
June 1, 2015	Morgan Ellis	1 year, two-way contract extension
June 2, 2015	Jeff Petry	6 years, $33 million contract extension
June 13, 2015	Nathan Beaulieu	2 years, $4 million contract extension
June 15, 2015	Torrey Mitchell	3 years, $3.6 million contract extension

Draft picks

See also: List of Montreal Canadiens draft picks

Below are the Montreal Canadiens' selections made at the 2014 NHL Entry Draft, held on June 27–28, 2014 at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia.

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	26	Nikita Scherbak	RW	Russia	Saskatoon Blades (WHL)
3	73 b	Brett Lernout	D	Canada	Swift Current Broncos (WHL)
5	125 a	Nikolas Koberstein	D	Canada	Olds Grizzlys (AJHL)
5	147	Daniel Audette	C	Canada	Sherbrooke Phoenix (QMJHL)
6	177	Hayden Hawkey	G	United States	Omaha Lancers (USHL)
7	207	Jake Evans	C	Canada	St. Michael's Buzzers (OJHL)

Notes

• ^a The New York Islanders' fifth-round pick went to the Montreal Canadiens as the result of a trade on March 5, 2014 that sent Sebastian Collberg and a conditional second-round pick in 2014 to New York, in exchange for Thomas Vanek and this pick (being conditional at the time of the trade). The condition – Montreal would receive a fifth-round pick in 2014 if Montreal qualified for the 2014 Stanley Cup playoffs – was converted on April 1, 2014.
• ^b The Arizona Coyotes' third-round pick went to the Montreal Canadiens as the result of a trade on June 28, 2014 that sent a third and fourth-round pick in 2014 (87th and 117th overall) to Arizona in exchange for this pick.