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Cole Caufield was dominant tonight.
Playing in a full Bell Centre for the first time in his life, the young Canadien was one of his team’s driving forces – and one of the reasons for the 6-3 victory.
He had two points, including a goal, and was involved on the ice. His 11 shots on goal (a franchise record in the playoffs) are proof of that.JURAJ SLAFKOVSKYThe #20 gives his team a 2-goal lead, on a beautiful pass from Cole Caufield! pic.twitter.com/9Wwqr8EfNy
– RDS (@RDSca) Apri

The Canadiens lost the first two games in Washington.
However, they had a chance to close the gap in this series.
Here are the line-ups:Tonight’s lineup
Tonight’slineup#GoHabsGo pic.twitter.com/JA6ZucJVdZ
– x – Montreal Canadiens (@CanadiensMTL) April 25, 2025Capitals lines vs Canadiens-game 3:
Ovechkin -Strome -Beauvillier
McMichael – Dubois -Wilson
Mangiapane -Eller -Leonard
Duhaime -Dowd -Raddysh
Chychrun -Carlson
Sandin – Roy
Alexeyev -van Riemsdyk
Thompso

What a crazy game number three!
With less than 10 seconds left in the second period, Montreal took a one-goal lead.
Thanks to Lane Hutson and Cole Caufield.CAUFIELDDDDDCole Caufield takes advantage of a bad turnover and scores with 8 seconds left! pic.twitter.com/LpshEnEn3Y
– RDS (@RDSca) April 26, 2025
Seconds later, Josh Anderson and Tom Wilson, who have been looking for each other since the start of the series, battled it out…
On the Capitals bench? I’ve never seen anything

The Habs are playing a great game so far.
Unfortunately, some bad news has fallen on the CH’s head: Samuel Montembeault has a groin injury.
He has been replaced by Jakub Dobes.Jakub Dobes jumps into the fray.
– Anthony Marcotte (@anthonymarcotte) April 26, 2025
The Quebecer began to feel discomfort after the Caps’ second goal.
Jakob Chychrun beat him with a powerful shot.CHYCHRUN WITH A BLAST TO TIE IT BACK UPpic.twitter.com/YJX4lG73DO
– B/R Open Ice (@BR_OpenIce) April 2

As of yesterday, the Go Habs Go scandal has been greatly exaggerated.
To recap, Montreal buses started writing “Go Habs Go” on their buses, but a complaint to the Office Québécois de la Langue Française caused STM to remove the words and put them in French: “Allez Montréal allez”. Let’s just say it’s a lot less chic…
I’m all for preserving the French language, but for such a trivial matter, I’m inclined to say: &r

Patirk Laine won’t be playing tonight. The Habs just announced it on X.
And the CH also announced that the forward is injured… in his upper body.
His knee was (really) swollen at the end of the last game, but we didn’t necessarily know he had another injury.Forward Patrik Laine (upper body) will be assessed on a daily basis.
Forward Patrik Laine (upper body) will be evaluated on a daily basis.
– x – Montreal Canadiens (@CanadiensMTL) April 25, 2025
Focusing on anot

Farming for Love season 1 couple Doug Groenendijk and Meghan Russell are engaged. Groenendijk, a dairy farmer from Chemainus, recently popped the question to Russell, a dairy researcher who grew up on a farm in the Ottawa Valley but moved to the Chemainus area in late 2022, a month or so after the finale of the show aired. The format for the CTV reality show that introduced the couple sees a farmer invite a group of singles to live and work alongside them. During the show, produced by Vancouver

It’s easy to say.
After two games against the Capitals… the Habs are getting shuffled around.
The Caps’ players are more physical, and that’s why the CH is getting roughed up. But…But according to JiC, the CH tried to remedy the situation.
How?
By recalling Florian Xhekaj.There have been intense conversations internally about whether or not Florian Xhekaj should be recalled. – Jean-Charles LajoieLet’s not forget that, after the trade deadline, the Habs

YouTube turned 20 this month. To celebrate its two decade anniversary, the company shared a list of 10 B.C.-based creators who are making a global name for themselves in everything from lifestyle and design to tech tips and comedy. To say that YouTube has developed since the first 19 second video of some elephants at the zoo was uploaded on April 23, 2005, would be a massive understatement.In February, YouTube CEO Neal Mohan declared “YouTube is the new television” in his annual let

Patrik Laine isn’t playing great field hockey at the moment.
And there may be a reason behind it.
According to Martin McGuire(98.5 FM), the player had “a swollen knee the size of his head” after the CH’s last game in Washington.
According to McGuire, we’re talking about the left knee – the same one that was affected by a major injury during training camp.
Laine has decided not to undergo surgery for this injury.
For the moment, with less than two hours to go b

Patrik Laine did not take part in the Canadiens’ practice this morning at the Bell Centre.
And we don’t know if he’ll be able to play tonight in Game 3 of the series against the Capitals.
But it doesn’t matter: whether Laine is there or not, he deserves to lose his place on the first wave of the power play.
Laine may have a quality shot, but it hasn’t been working for him for a while.
The sniper hasn’t scored in powerplay since March 30… and it’s

In June 2024, the Capitals purchased the CapFriendly website.
The organization acquired the platform in order to integrate it into its day-to-day field hockey operations.
The Caps also hired Jamie Davis, the site’s co-founder, to work with the team.Simon Boisvert and Mathias Brunet talked about it in an episode reserved for their Patreon subscribers, and one question came up: is the Capitals’ success explained by the purchase of CapFriendly?
The Snake and Mathias Brunet believe the a

Where will you be watching tonight’s game, boys and girls? Will you be at the Bell Centre? In front of the Bell Centre? At Taverne 1909? At La Belle et la Bœuf in Repentigny? With your buddies in your living room? In the Donnacona prison common room?
One thing’s for sure, there’ll be a ton of Quebecers plopped down in front of a TV screen tonight. And I’m pretty sure you’ll all be among them.
Wednesday’s ratings were 10% lower than Monday’s at TVA

Alexander Nikishin’s situation in Carolina is bizarre.
On April 11, two weeks ago, the Hurricanes announced that the player had agreed with the team on the terms of a two-year NHL entry-level contract.
But now… said contract doesn’t seem to have been officially signed yet.
There are still details to be ironed out, and the player’s agent is frustrated. Both parties agree on the terms of the contract, but nothing has been officially sent to the NHL yet.
Alexander Chernykh

The famous “Go Habs Go” situation is getting out of hand.
Due to a complaint to the Office Québécoise de la Langue Française regarding the mythical inscription on STM buses, the city’s buses wrote “Allez! Montréal Allez!” instead.
And let’s just say the jokes about it on social networks are plentiful.“Bonjour OQLF… ” https://t.co/C8QzpScGdV pic.twitter.com/rTz1RJu46U
– /r/Habs (@HabsOnReddit) April 25, 2025

Brendan Gallagher is a little warrior. He’ll do anything for a Canadiens jersey.
He’s willing to eat sherwood in the face to help his club. And against the Capitals, it happened twice this week.
The playoffs, they’re a blast.Brendan Gallagher takes a cross-check up high for the 2nd straight gamepic.twitter.com/eFXFnyUC5q
– Gino Hard (@GinoHard_) April 24, 2025
Given that referees put away their whistles in the playoffs (especially for hits to the face) and that Gally has

This morning, at today’s training session, there was only one absentee: Patrik Laine.
Why was he absent? Is it because he won’t be playing tonight (whether because of a knee/wrist injury or for some other reason) in game #3 of the series? According to Jean-Charles Lajoie, it’s possible, yes.
He “would” be left out, according to his information. Big move on his part, if he’s right.We’re thrilled! Arber Xhekaj “will be” in the #CH lineup tonigh

Is there collusion at the NHL draft? To hear Mathieu Chouinard tell it, the answer is yes.
The man we know today as an analyst for TVA Sports and BPM Sports agreed to tell the story of his draft while on the PoolCast podcast.
Here’s the result:As Marco Normandin discussed in a text on the subject, Chouinard was drafted by the Senators in the first round in 1998. He was the 15th overall pick that year.
He had two years to sign his entry-level contract, but it didn’t happen.
The former

Right now, Patrik Laine is THE target of Habs fans.
Media and fans alike are talking about his flagrant lack of effort in Game #2. And Martin St-Louis must have noticed, too, because when the driver cut his bench on Wednesday, Laine was given the boot.
Just this morning, TVA Sports shared an article about Laine. It shows Michel Therrien, who coached in the NHL for many years, saying that Laine is a bad teammate on the ice.Here’s what Michel Therrien would do to revive the CHhttps://t.co/tl

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Last night in the NHL, four series continued.
Two teams could take a 3-0 series lead: Toronto and Winnipeg.
Here are the results and highlights:The @StLouisBlues put up the first seven-goal showing of the 2025 #StanleyCup Playoffs to close out Thursday’s four-game slate.#NHLStats: https://t.co/ez9Q7faY5Y pic.twitter.com/m1VEe0br2A
– NHL Public Relations (@NHLPR) April 25, 2025
Overtime win: Leafs lead 3-0
The Leafs aren’t a playoff team.
At least, they weren’t under Sheld

The vast majority of Montreal Canadiens fans never expected to see their club in the playoffs this season.
The Tricolore proved it could be more than just “in the mix” with a very fine end to the season.
It was to be expected that the price of a ticket to the Bell Centre for the series against the Capitals would be very high.
And indeed, when I looked up the price of a ticket in the pit on Ticketmaster as soon as the tickets went on sale, it cost around $450 to be in the 400s…

Patrik Laine is a hot topic with the Montreal Canadiens.
The maverick is simply not capable of making the red light flicker…
There’s a glaring lack of motivation in his game, but could there be a hidden injury?
That’s the idea that Arpon Basu raised during his recent appearance on TSN 690.Some speculation in here that Patrik Laine might be playing through an injury, which would explain his sudden inability to shoot on the power play. https://t.co/en8QLwzfSS
– HabsLinks (

Patrik Laine’s second period in Game #2 against the Capitals won’t go down in history for all the right reasons. It’s the talk of the town today, and everyone has something to say about the usefulness – or otherwise – of #92 in Montreal.
This morning, I wrote that his talent no longer makes up for his disinterest, lack of effort and 5-on-5 play. For the sake of the club’s culture, this must be the end of the Laine experiment.If he’s not interested in pla

A nice surprise on our TVs tonight. Good old Mapper was back at the NHL rink, complete with jacket, tie and TVA Sports microphone.
Now a police officer in Gatineau, Marc-André Perreault was brought out of media retirement by his old boss, LP Neveu, for Game #3 of the Maple Leafs vs. Senators series. The police jokes were quick to follow. “The Habs so far refuse to dress a cop, NOT US!” quipped Jean-Charles Lajoie at the start of his JiC show, after the famous Mappelicious them

And how do you like the series between the Canadiens and Capitals so far?
After two games, it’s safe to say that the CH isn’t being downgraded. It doesn’t look like a last-place club, but it doesn’t look like a real playoff club either. It looks like a mix team… which was the organization’s main objective at the start of the season.But for the CH to be able to be more successful, they also need a little more help from their supporting players. Like Jake Evans

And how do you like the series between the Canadiens and Capitals so far?
After two games, it’s safe to say that the CH isn’t being downgraded. It doesn’t look like a last-place club, but it doesn’t look like a real playoff club either. It looks like a mix team… which was the organization’s main objective at the start of the season.But for the CH to be able to be more successful, they also need a little more help from their supporting players. Like Jake Evans

The Capitals’ big players had (more) fun last night against the CH.
Alex Ovechkin (eight checks) and Tom Wilson (four checks) bothered the Habs all night long, and it was clear that the Caps had the physical advantage.
If only the CH had a player in its ranks that it could use to try and change this trend… #Ouain
Because no, Arber Xhekaj didn’t play last night.
Martin St-Louis decided to leave him out again, and the results are the same as in the first game. Will this prompt t

Fans of NHL 25 haven’t yet had the chance to play with Ivan Demidov in the game.
And the reason is simple.
EA Sports had not yet created his character, since Demidov was playing in Russia. KHL players are not in the game, nor are NCAA players.
But EA Sports today revealed Ivan Demidov’s rating – and those of Zeeb Buium and Quinn Hutson.
Lane’s brother has a rating of 75, Buium’s is at 80… and Demidov has a rating of 83.
That’s not bad for a guy who&rsqu