2020–21 Montreal Canadiens season

2020–21 Montreal Canadiens
Division	4th North
2020–21 record	24–21–11
Home record	13–11–4
Road record	11–10–7
Goals for	159
Goals against	168
Team information
General manager	Marc Bergevin
Coach	Claude Julien (Jan. 13 – Feb. 24)[1] Dominique Ducharme (interim, Feb. 24 – Jul. 7)[1]
Captain	Shea Weber
Alternate captains	Paul Byron Brendan Gallagher
Arena	Bell Centre
Minor league affiliate(s)	Laval Rocket (AHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Tyler Toffoli (28)
Assists	Jeff Petry (30)
Points	Tyler Toffoli (44)
Penalty minutes	Ben Chiarot (50)
Plus/minus	Joel Edmundson (+28)
Wins	Carey Price (12)
Goals against average	Carey Price (2.64)

The 2020–21 Montreal Canadiens season was the 112th for the club that was established on December 4, 1909, and their 104th season as a franchise in the National Hockey League.

Due to the Canada–U.S. border restrictions brought in as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Canadiens were re-aligned with the other six Canadian franchises into the newly formed North Division. The league's 56 game season was played entirely within the new divisions, meaning that Montreal and the other Canadian teams played an all-Canadian schedule for the 2020–21 regular season as well as the first two rounds of the 2021 Stanley Cup playoffs.

On May 10, 2021, the Canadiens clinched a playoff berth after a 4–3 overtime loss to the Edmonton Oilers.^[2] In the first round, the Canadiens successfully overcame a 3–1 series deficit to defeat the Toronto Maple Leafs in seven games.^[3] In the second round, the Canadiens swept the Winnipeg Jets in four games.^[4] Since they were the lowest-remaining team from the second round, they played against the Vegas Golden Knights in the Stanley Cup semifinals,^[5][6] defeating them in six games. The Canadiens won the Clarence S. Campbell Bowl and advanced to the Stanley Cup Finals for the first time since 1993,^[7] subsequently ending a 10-year Canadian team Finals appearance drought, the Vancouver Canucks (in 2011) being the previous team to reach such juncture.^[8] In the 2021 Stanley Cup Finals against the Tampa Bay Lightning, the Canadiens lost the first three games of the series, finally earning a win in game four. However, the Canadiens were defeated in five games.^[9]

Standings

Divisional standings

North Division

Pos	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	y – Toronto Maple Leafs	56	35	14	7	29	187	148	+39	77
2	x – Edmonton Oilers	56	35	19	2	31	183	154	+29	72
3	x – Winnipeg Jets	56	30	23	3	24	170	154	+16	63
4	x – Montreal Canadiens	56	24	21	11	20	159	168	−9	59
5	e – Calgary Flames	56	26	27	3	22	156	161	−5	55
6	e – Ottawa Senators	56	23	28	5	18	157	190	−33	51
7	e – Vancouver Canucks	56	23	29	4	17	151	188	−37	50

Source: National Hockey League^[10]
Rules for classification: 1) Fewer number of games played (GP, only during regular season); 2) Greater number of regulation wins (RW); 3) Greater number of wins in regulation and overtime, excluding shootout wins (ROW); 4) Greater number of total wins, including shootouts (W); 5) Greater number of points earned in head-to-head play; if teams played an uneven number of head-to-head games, the result of the first game on the home ice of the team with the extra home game is discarded; 6) Greater goal differential (GD); 7) Greater number of goals scored (GF)
e – Eliminated from playoff contention; x – Clinched playoff spot; y – Clinched division

Schedule and results

Regular season

The regular season schedule was published on December 23, 2020.^[11]

2020–21 game log
January: 5–1–2 (Home: 1–1–0; Road: 4–0–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 January 13 Montreal 4–5 Toronto OT Price 0 0–0–1 1 [12] 2 January 16 Montreal 5–1 Edmonton Price 0 1–0–1 3 [13] 3 January 18 Montreal 3–1 Edmonton Allen 0 2–0–1 5 [14] 4 January 20 Montreal 5–6 Vancouver SO Price 0 2–0–2 6 [15] 5 January 21 Montreal 7–3 Vancouver Allen 0 3–0–2 8 [16] 6 January 23 Montreal 5–2 Vancouver Price 0 4–0–2 10 [17] 7 January 28 Calgary 2–4 Montreal Price 0 5–0–2 12 [18] 8 January 30 Calgary 2–0 Montreal Allen 0 5–1–2 12 [19]
February: 4–5–3 (Home: 2–4–0; Road: 2–1–3) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 9 February 1 Vancouver 2–6 Montreal Price 0 6–1–2 14 [20] 10 February 2 Vancouver 3–5 Montreal Allen 0 7–1–2 16 [21] 11 February 4 Ottawa 3–2 Montreal Price 0 7–2–2 16 [22] 12 February 6 Montreal 2–1 Ottawa Allen 0 8–2–2 18 [23] 13 February 10 Toronto 4–2 Montreal Price 0 8–3–2 18 [24] 14 February 11 Edmonton 3–0 Montreal Allen 0 8–4–2 18 [25] 15 February 13 Montreal 2–1 Toronto Price 0 9–4–2 20 [26] 16 February 20 Toronto 5–3 Montreal Price 0 9–5–2 20 [27] 17 February 21 Montreal 2–3 Ottawa OT Allen 0 9–5–3 21 [28] 18 February 23 Montreal 4–5 Ottawa SO Price 0 9–5–4 22 [29] 19 February 25 Montreal 3–6 Winnipeg Price 0 9–6–4 22 [30] 20 February 27 Montreal 1–2 Winnipeg OT Allen 0 9–6–5 23 [31]
March: 6–2–4 (Home: 4–0–2; Road: 2–2–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 21 March 2 Ottawa 1–3 Montreal Price 0 10–6–5 25 [32] 22 March 4 Winnipeg 4–3 Montreal OT Allen 0 10–6–6 26 [33] 23 March 6 Winnipeg 1–7 Montreal Price 0 11–6–6 28 [34] 24 March 8 Montreal 1–2 Vancouver SO Price 0 11–6–7 29 [35] 25 March 10 Montreal 5–1 Vancouver Price 0 12–6–7 31 [36] 26 March 11 Montreal 1–2 Calgary Allen 0 12–7–7 31 [37] 27 March 13 Montreal 1–3 Calgary Price 0 12–8–7 31 [38] 28 March 15 Montreal 4–2 Winnipeg Price 0 13–8–7 33 [39] 29 March 17 Montreal 3–4 Winnipeg OT Price 0 13–8–8 34 [40] 30 March 19 Vancouver 3–2 Montreal OT Allen 0 13–8–9 35 [41] 31 March 20 Vancouver 4–5 Montreal SO Price 0 14–8–9 37 [42] — March 22 Edmonton Montreal Postponed due to COVID-19.[43] Rescheduled for March 30.[44] — March 24 Edmonton Montreal Postponed due to COVID-19.[45] Rescheduled for May 10.[44] — March 26 Edmonton Montreal Postponed due to COVID-19.[45] Rescheduled for May 12.[44] — March 28 Ottawa Montreal Postponed due to COVID-19.[45] Rescheduled for April 17.[44] 32 March 30 Edmonton 0–4 Montreal Price 0 15–8–9 39 [46]
April: 7–10–0 (Home: 4–6–0; Road: 3–4–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 33 April 1 Montreal 4–1 Ottawa Allen 0 16–8–9 41 [47] 34 April 3 Ottawa 6–3 Montreal Price 0 16–9–9 41 [48] 35 April 5 Edmonton 2–3 Montreal OT Price 0 17–9–9 43 [49] 36 April 7 Montreal 2–3 Toronto Allen 0 17–10–9 43 [50] 37 April 8 Winnipeg 4–2 Montreal Allen 0 17–11–9 43 [51] 38 April 10 Winnipeg 5–0 Montreal Allen 0 17–12–9 43 [52] 39 April 12 Toronto 2–4 Montreal Allen 0 18–12–9 45 [53] 40 April 14 Calgary 4–1 Montreal Allen 0 18–13–9 45 [54] 41 April 16 Calgary 1–2 Montreal Allen 0 19–13–9 47 [55] 42 April 17 Ottawa 4–0 Montreal Price 0 19–14–9 47 [56] 43 April 19 Montreal 1–4 Edmonton Allen 0 19–15–9 47 [57] 44 April 21 Montreal 4–3 Edmonton Allen 0 20–15–9 49 [58] 45 April 23 Montreal 2–4 Calgary Allen 0 20–16–9 49 [59] 46 April 24 Montreal 2–5 Calgary Primeau 0 20–17–9 49 [60] 47 April 26 Montreal 2–1 Calgary Allen 0 21–17–9 51 [61] 48 April 28 Toronto 4–1 Montreal Allen 0 21–18–9 51 [62] 49 April 30 Winnipeg 3–5 Montreal Allen 0 22–18–9 53 [63]
May: 2–3–2 (Home: 2–0–2; Road: 0–3–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 50 May 1 Ottawa 2–3 Montreal OT Primeau 0 23–18–9 55 [64] 51 May 3 Toronto 2–3 Montreal OT Allen 0 24–18–9 57 [65] 52 May 5 Montreal 1–5 Ottawa Allen 0 24–19–9 57 [66] 53 May 6 Montreal 2–5 Toronto Primeau 0 24–20–9 57 [67] 54 May 8 Montreal 2–3 Toronto Allen 0 24–21–9 57 [68] 55 May 10 Edmonton 4–3 Montreal OT Allen 0 24–21–10 58 [69] 56 May 12 Edmonton 4–3 Montreal OT Primeau 0 24–21–11 59 [70]
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Playoffs

Main article: 2021 Stanley Cup playoffs

2021 Stanley Cup playoffs
North Division First Round vs. (N1) Toronto Maple Leafs: Montreal won 4–3 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 May 20 Montreal 2–1 Toronto Price 0 1–0 [71] 2 May 22 Montreal 1–5 Toronto Price 0 1–1 [72] 3 May 24 Toronto 2–1 Montreal Price 0 1–2 [73] 4 May 25 Toronto 4–0 Montreal Price 0 1–3 [74] 5 May 27 Montreal 4–3 Toronto OT Price 0 2–3 [75] 6 May 29 Toronto 2–3 Montreal OT Price 5,112 3–3 [76] 7 May 31 Montreal 3–1 Toronto Price 550 4–3 [77] North Division Second Round vs. (N3) Winnipeg Jets: Montreal won 4–0 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 June 2 Montreal 5–3 Winnipeg Price 500 1–0 [78] 2 June 4 Montreal 1–0 Winnipeg Price 500 2–0 [79] 3 June 6 Winnipeg 1–5 Montreal Price 5,326 3–0 [80] 4 June 7 Winnipeg 2–3 Montreal OT Price 5,539 4–0 [81] Stanley Cup semifinals vs. (W2) Vegas Golden Knights: Montreal won 4–2 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 June 14 Montreal 1–4 Vegas Price 17,884 0–1 [82] 2 June 16 Montreal 3–2 Vegas Price 17,920 1–1 [83] 3 June 18 Vegas 2–3 Montreal OT Price 6,178 2–1 [84] 4 June 20 Vegas 2–1 Montreal OT Price 6,391 2–2 [85] 5 June 22 Montreal 4–1 Vegas Price 17,969 3–2 [86] 6 June 24 Vegas 2–3 Montreal OT Price 6,603 4–2 [87] Stanley Cup Finals vs. (C3) Tampa Bay Lightning: Tampa Bay won 4–1 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 June 28 Montreal 1–5 Tampa Bay Price 15,911 0–1 [88] 2 June 30 Montreal 1–3 Tampa Bay Price 17,166 0–2 [89] 3 July 2 Tampa Bay 6–3 Montreal Price 7,456 0–3 [90] 4 July 5 Tampa Bay 2–3 Montreal OT Price 7,669 1–3 [91] 5 July 7 Montreal 0–1 Tampa Bay Price 18,110 1–4 [92]
Legend:   Win   Loss

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular season[93] Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Tyler Toffoli 52 28 16 44 0 24 Jeff Petry 55 12 30 42 +6 20 Nick Suzuki 56 15 26 41 −5 26 Tomas Tatar 50 10 20 30 0 8 Josh Anderson 52 17 7 24 −10 38 Phillip Danault 53 5 19 24 +9 24 Brendan Gallagher 35 14 9 23 +10 16 Jonathan Drouin 44 2 21 23 −8 20 Corey Perry 49 9 12 21 −4 39 Jesperi Kotkaniemi 56 5 15 20 −1 12 Shea Weber 48 6 13 19 −4 33 Paul Byron 46 5 11 16 +5 12 Joel Armia 41 7 7 14 +10 10 Artturi Lehkonen 47 7 6 13 −2 6 Joel Edmundson 55 3 10 13 +28 25 Jake Evans 47 3 10 13 +2 29 Brett Kulak 46 2 6 8 +3 20 Ben Chiarot 41 1 6 7 −16 50 Alexander Romanov 54 1 5 6 +1 21 Cole Caufield 10 4 1 5 −1 2 Eric Staal^† 21 2 1 3 −10 2 Victor Mete 14 0 3 3 +3 6 Erik Gustafsson^† 5 0 2 2 +1 0 Alex Belzile 2 0 1 1 −1 0 Xavier Ouellet 6 0 0 0 −1 2 Otto Leskinen 1 0 0 0 0 0 Michael Frolik 8 0 0 0 −3 0 Jon Merrill^† 13 0 0 0 −11 4 Jesse Ylonen 1 0 0 0 0 0

Playoffs[94] Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Nick Suzuki 22 7 9 16 −6 2 Tyler Toffoli 22 5 9 14 −6 6 Cole Caufield 20 4 8 12 −5 0 Corey Perry 22 4 6 10 −5 25 Jesperi Kotkaniemi 19 5 3 8 −5 14 Joel Armia 21 5 3 8 −1 10 Eric Staal 21 2 6 8 −2 6 Josh Anderson 22 5 1 6 −1 12 Paul Byron 22 3 3 6 0 10 Brendan Gallagher 22 2 4 6 0 4 Shea Weber 22 1 5 6 +4 28 Jeff Petry 20 0 6 6 −2 6 Joel Edmundson 22 0 6 6 −3 10 Artturi Lehkonen 17 3 1 4 −1 4 Phillip Danault 22 1 3 4 −1 6 Erik Gustafsson 16 1 2 3 +3 0 Ben Chiarot 22 1 1 2 −6 16 Jake Evans 7 1 1 2 +3 4 Alexander Romanov 4 1 0 1 −2 0 Brett Kulak 13 0 1 1 −4 4 Tomas Tatar 5 0 1 1 −2 2 Jon Merrill 13 0 0 0 −4 0

Goaltenders

Regular season^[95]

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Carey Price	25	25	1,478:45	12	7	5	65	2.64	659	.901	1	0	0	0
Jake Allen	29	27	1,702:36	11	12	5	76	2.68	817	.907	0	0	0	2
Cayden Primeau	4	4	201:54	1	2	1	14	4.16	93	.849	0	0	0	0

Playoffs^[96]

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Carey Price	22	22	1,341:38	13	9	51	2.28	673	.924	1	0	0	0

^†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	Ref
Joel Edmundson	Dangerous trip against Leafs forward John Tavares	N/A	$1,000.00	May 9, 2021	[97]
Shea Weber	Cross-checking Leafs forward Wayne Simmonds	N/A	$5,000.00	May 23, 2021	[98]
Shea Weber	Slashing Lightning forward Nikita Kucherov	N/A	$5,000.00	June 29, 2021	[99]

Awards and honours

Awards

Regular season

Player	Award	Awarded	Ref
Tyler Toffoli	NHL First Star of the Week	January 25, 2021	[100]
Jeff Petry	NHL Third Star of the Week	February 8, 2021	[101]

Milestones

Regular Season Player Milestone Reached Ref Alexander Romanov 1st career NHL game 1st career NHL assist 1st career NHL point January 13, 2021 [102] Alexander Romanov 1st career NHL goal January 18, 2021 [103] Joel Armia 300th career NHL game January 21, 2021 [104] Artturi Lehkonen 300th career NHL game February 1, 2021 [105] Corey Perry 800th career NHL point February 1, 2021 [105] Shea Weber 1000th career NHL game February 2, 2021 [106] Paul Byron 100th career NHL assist February 25, 2021 [107] Jeff Petry 700th career NHL game February 27, 2021 [108] Tomas Tatar 600th career NHL game March 11, 2021 [109] Carey Price 700th career NHL game March 15, 2021 [110] Nick Suzuki 100th career NHL game March 17, 2021 [111] Jake Allen 300th career NHL game March 19, 2021 [112] Jeff Petry 200th career NHL assist March 19, 2021 [113] Josh Anderson 300th career NHL game April 7, 2021 [114] Ben Chiarot 400th career NHL game April 16, 2021 [115] Tomas Tatar 200th career NHL assist April 21, 2021 [116] Cole Caufield 1st career NHL game April 26, 2021 [117] Cole Caufield 1st career NHL goal 1st career NHL point May 1, 2021 [118] Jon Merrill 400th career NHL game May 3, 2021 [119] Alex Belzile 1st career NHL game 1st career NHL assist 1st career NHL point May 8, 2021 [120] Paul Byron 200th career NHL point May 10, 2021 [121] Cole Caufield 1st career NHL assist May 12, 2021 [122] Jesse Ylonen 1st career NHL game May 12, 2021 [122]

Playoffs Player Milestone Reached Cole Caufield 1st career playoff game May 24, 2021 Cole Caufield 1st career playoff assist 1st career playoff point May 27, 2021 Corey Perry 100th career playoff point May 27, 2021 Jake Evans 1st career playoff goal June 2, 2021 Erik Gustafsson 1st career playoff goal June 7, 2021 Alexander Romanov 1st career playoff game June 7, 2021 Cole Caufield 1st career playoff goal June 14, 2021 Ben Chiarot 1st career playoff goal June 28, 2021 Alexander Romanov 1st career playoff goal 1st career playoff point July 5, 2021

Transactions

The Canadiens had been involved in the following transactions during the 2020–21 season.

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
October 6, 2020 (2020-10-06)	To Columbus Blue Jackets Max Domi 3rd-round pick in 2020	To Montreal Canadiens Josh Anderson	[123]
October 7, 2020 (2020-10-07)	To Tampa Bay Lightning STL 2nd-round pick in 2020^1	To Montreal Canadiens 4th-round pick in 2020 2nd-round pick in 2021	[124]
October 7, 2020 (2020-10-07)	To San Jose Sharks ANA 4th-round pick in 2020^2	To Montreal Canadiens WSH 3rd-round pick in 2021^3	[125]
October 7, 2020 (2020-10-07)	To Chicago Blackhawks OTT 7th-round pick in 2020^4	To Montreal Canadiens MTL 7th-round pick in 2021^5	[126]
March 26, 2021 (2021-03-26)	To Buffalo Sabres 3rd-round pick in 2021 5th-round pick in 2021	To Montreal Canadiens Eric Staal^6	[127]
April 11, 2021 (2021-04-11)	To Detroit Red Wings Hayden Verbeek 5th-round pick in 2021	To Montreal Canadiens Jon Merrill	[128]
April 12, 2021 (2021-04-12)	To Philadelphia Flyers 7th-round pick in 2022	To Montreal Canadiens Erik Gustafsson^7	[129]

Notes

1. The St. Louis Blues' second-round pick went to the Tampa Bay Lightning as the result of a trade on October 7, 2020, that sent a fourth-round pick in 2020 (124th overall) and a second-round pick in 2021 to Montreal in exchange for this pick.^[130]

   Montreal previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on February 18, 2020, that sent Marco Scandella to St. Louis in exchange for a conditional fourth-round pick in 2021 and this pick.^[131]

2. The Anaheim Ducks' fourth-round pick went to the San Jose Sharks as the result of a trade on October 7, 2020, that sent Washington's third-round pick in 2021 to Montreal in exchange for this pick.

   Montreal previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on June 30, 2019, that sent Nicolas Deslauriers to Anaheim in exchange for this pick.^[132]

3. The Washington Capitals' third-round pick went to the Montreal Canadiens as the result of a trade on October 7, 2020, that sent Anaheim's fourth-round pick in 2020 (98th overall) to San Jose in exchange for this pick.^[133]

   San Jose previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on February 18, 2020, that sent Brenden Dillon to Washington in exchange for Colorado's second-round pick in 2020 and this pick (being conditional at the time of the trade).^[134] The condition—San Jose will receive a third-round pick in 2021 if Washington does not win the Stanley Cup in 2020^[134]—was converted when Washington was eliminated from the 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs on August 20, 2020.^[135]

4. The Ottawa Senators' seventh-round pick went to the Chicago Blackhawks as the result of a trade on October 7, 2020, that sent Montreal's seventh-round pick in 2021 to Montreal in exchange for this pick.^[136]

   Montreal previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on February 24, 2020, that sent Matthew Peca to Ottawa in exchange for Aaron Luchuk and this pick.^[137]

5. The Montreal Canadiens' seventh-round pick went Arizona Coyotes as the result of a trade on July 24, 2021, that sent St. Louis' seventh-round pick in 2022 to Montreal in exchange for this pick.

   Montreal previously re-acquired this pick as the result of a trade on October 7, 2020, that sent Ottawa's seventh-round pick in 2020 to Chicago in exchange for this pick.^[136]

   Chicago previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on June 30, 2019, that sent second and seventh-round picks both in 2020 and a third-round pick in 2021 to Montreal in exchange for Andrew Shaw and this pick.^[138]

6. The Buffalo Sabres will retain 50% of Staal's salary for the remainder of the 2020–21 season.
7. The Philadelphia Flyers will retain 50% of Gustafsson's salary for the remainder of the 2020–21 season.

Contract terminations

Date	Player	Via	Ref
October 6, 2020 (2020-10-06)	Karl Alzner	Unconditional waivers	[139]
December 31, 2020 (2020-12-31)	Alexandre Alain	Mutual termination	[140]

Waivers

Date	Player	Team	Ref
January 11, 2021 (2021-01-11)	Noah Juulsen	to Florida Panthers	[141]
April 12, 2021 (2021-04-12)	Victor Mete	to Ottawa Senators	[142]

Free agents

Date	Player	Team	Contract term	Ref
October 9, 2020 (2020-10-09)	Brandon Baddock	from New Jersey Devils	1-year	[143]
October 9, 2020 (2020-10-09)	Max Friberg	to Frolunda HC (SHL)	3-year	[144]
October 9, 2020 (2020-10-09)	Keith Kinkaid	to New York Rangers	2-year	[145]
October 12, 2020 (2020-10-12)	Tyler Toffoli	from Vancouver Canucks	4-year	[146]
November 23, 2020 (2020-11-23)	Aaron Luchuk	to Orlando Solar Bears (ECHL)	1-year	[147]
November 27, 2020 (2020-11-27)	Antoine Waked	to Indy Fuel (ECHL)	1-year	[148]
December 23, 2020 (2020-12-23)	Michael Frolik	from Buffalo Sabres	1-year	[149]
December 28, 2020 (2020-12-28)	Corey Perry	from Dallas Stars	1-year	[150]
December 30, 2020 (2020-12-30)	Christian Folin	to Vaxjo Lakers (SHL)	1-year	[151]
January 4, 2021 (2021-01-04)	Andrew Sturtz	to Rapid City Rush (ECHL)	1-year	[152]
April 2, 2021 (2021-04-02)	Corey Schueneman	from Laval Rocket (AHL)	1-year	[153]
May 19, 2021 (2021-05-19)	Vasili Demchenko	to Avangard Omsk (KHL)	1-year	[154]
June 15, 2021 (2021-06-15)	Otto Leskinen	to Jokerit (KHL)	2-year	[155]

Signings

Date	Player	Contract term	Ref
September 30, 2020 (2020-09-30)	Michael McNiven	1-year	[156]
October 8, 2020 (2020-10-08)	Noah Juulsen	1-year	[157]
October 8, 2020 (2020-10-08)	Josh Anderson	7-year	[158]
October 9, 2020 (2020-10-09)	Victor Mete	1-year	[159]
October 9, 2020 (2020-10-09)	Xavier Ouellet	2-year	[160]
October 14, 2020 (2020-10-14)	Jake Allen	2-year	[161]
October 14, 2020 (2020-10-14)	Brendan Gallagher	6-year	[162]
October 20, 2020 (2020-10-20)	Kaiden Guhle	3-year	[163]
March 1, 2021 (2021-03-01)	Gianni Fairbrother	3-year	[164]
March 27, 2021 (2021-03-27)	Cole Caufield	3-year	[165]
April 6, 2021 (2021-04-06)	Jan Mysak	3-year	[166]
May 12, 2021 (2021-05-12)	Rafael Harvey-Pinard	2-year	[167]
June 3, 2021 (2021-06-03)	Mattias Norlinder	3-year	[168]
June 19, 2021 (2021-06-19)	Lukas Vejdemo	1-year	[169]
June 21, 2021 (2021-06-21)	Laurent Dauphin	1-year	[170]
June 27, 2021 (2021-06-27)	Brandon Baddock	1-year	[171]

Draft picks

See also: List of Montreal Canadiens draft picks

Below are the Montreal Canadiens' selections at the 2020 NHL Entry Draft, which was held virtually via video conference call from the NHL Network studio in Secaucus, New Jersey on October 6–7, 2020. Originally scheduled for June 26–27, 2020 at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec, the draft was subsequently postponed on March 25, 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic and moved to such format hereafter.

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	16	Kaiden Guhle	D	Canada	Prince Albert Raiders (WHL)
2	47	Luke Tuch	LW	United States	U.S. National Team Development Program (USHL)
2	48^1	Jan Mysak	C	Czech Republic	Hamilton Bulldogs (OHL)
4	102^2	Jack Smith	C	United States	St. Cloud Cathedral (USHS-MN)
4	109	Blake Biondi	C	United States	Hermantown High School (USHS-MN)
4	124^3	Sean Farrell	LW	United States	Chicago Steel (USHL)
5	136^4	Jakub Dobes	G	Czech Republic	Omaha Lancers (USHL)
6	171	Alexander Gordin	RW	Russia	SKA-1946 (MHL)

Notes

1. The Chicago Blackhawks' second-round pick will go to the Montreal Canadiens as the result of a trade on June 30, 2019, that sent Andrew Shaw and a seventh-round pick in 2021 to Chicago in exchange for a seventh-round pick in 2020, a third-round pick in 2021, and this pick.^[172]
2. The Winnipeg Jets' fourth-round pick will go to the Montreal Canadiens as the result of a trade on June 30, 2018, that sent Simon Bourque to Winnipeg in exchange for Steve Mason, Joel Armia, a seventh-round pick in 2019, and this pick.^[173]
3. The Tampa Bay Lightning's fourth-round pick will go to the Montreal Canadiens as the result of a trade on October 7, 2020, that sent St. Louis' second-round pick in 2020 to Tampa Bay in exchange for a second-round pick in 2021 and this pick.^[124]
4. The Florida Panthers' fifth-round pick will go to the Montreal Canadiens as the result of a trade on June 22, 2019, that sent Chicago's fifth-round pick in 2019 to Florida in exchange for this pick.^[174]

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