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MONTREAL – Brian Flynn played the role of hockey hero in his collegiate experience playing outdoors. Back in January 2012, the Lynnfield, MA native was a senior captain at the University of Maine leading the Black Bears into battle against the rival University of New Hampshire Wildcats in the Sun Life Frozen Fenway event at Fenway Park. An estimated 38,456 fans took in the back-and-forth contest on a rather warm day in Boston, which ultimately came to a dramatic conclusion in overtime. Joey Diamond’s goal 13 seconds into the third period gave Maine a 4-2 advantage, but New Hampshire wasn’t about to let the 111th all-time meeting between the two teams – commonly referred to as the “Border War” – end without putting up a serious fight. The Wild Cats struck for a pair of goals minutes later, finding the back of the net at the three-minute and 4:43 marks of the final frame to tie things up and send the tilt to an extra frame. The sudden death period lasted just 89 seconds, as Flynn re-directed a shot by

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MONTREAL - Here's a numerical look at Saturday night's game between the Canadiens and the Senators at the Bell Centre. 369 - Number of days that had passed since a Canadiens player last picked up points in each of his first two NHL games, as rookie Charles Hudon obtained assists in his first two games just a little over a year after Sven Andrighetto did the same, on 6 and 9 December 2014. 20 - Rank occupied by Tomas Plekanec on the Canadiens all-time games played list, playing his 792nd game for the Canadiens Saturday night against the Senators, to pull even with former Habs captain Saku Koivu. 3 - Number of goals scored by Brian Flynn against Dave Cameron’s Ottawa Senators in his career, his highest goal total against any team, as the center opened the scoring for the Canadians early in Saturday’s game finishing off a great pass from Nathan Beaulieu. 14 - Number of goals scored by the Canadiens duo of Pacioretty/Plekanec where each player picked up a point, making captain and his assistant the mo

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CANADIENS (19-8-3) VS. SENATORS (15-9-5) BROADCASTERS: CBC, TVA SPORTS, CITY MONTREAL Michel Therrien’s troops will try to get back on track on Saturday night when they play host to the Ottawa Senators at the Bell Centre. The Canadiens have dropped their last four games, coming up short against the Capitals, Hurricanes, Bruins and finally the Red Wings on Thursday night in Detroit. The Habs’ latest defeat was particularly tough to swallow as they led 2-1 in the third period before the Red Wings stormed right back with two goals in less than two minutes to pick up their 16th win of the season. Sven Andrighetto (4) and Tomas Fleischmann (8) scored for the Canadiens, while Charles Hudon made his NHL debut and picked up his first career point with an assist on Andrighetto’s tally in the second period. For his part, Dustin Tokarski was solid in goal in the loss, making 26 stops in his first start of the year. The Senators, meanwhile, are wrapping up a four-game road swing with a stop in Montreal. They

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MONTREAL - Tasked with responding in the face of adversity, the Canadiens looked like a team on a mission Saturday night against the Senators. In the midst of their longest winless streak of the season, the Canadiens banded together and came out of the gates flying, peppering Senators' goaltender Craig Anderson with 27 first period shots. "It was a big performance from our team, especially in the first period. We put a lot of pressure on the opposing team, specifically on their goalie,” praised coach Therrien, whose troops tied the Canadiens all-time record for shots on goal in a single period, equalizing the benchmark set on January 1, 1973. “We’ve been struggling to win games recently, even when we do a lot of good things. I wasn’t discouraged. We controlled the puck possession battle and we knew that if we kept working, good things would happen." Though the Eastern Conference leading Habs had yet to experience a great deal of adversity thus far in the 2015-16 season, their bench boss is no strange

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DETROIT - The Canadiens have been battling adversity on the injury front as of late, and they’ve also been taking a hit in the win-loss column, too. On Thursday night, Michel Therrien’s troops suffered their fourth straight defeat, dropping a 3-2 decision to the Detroit Red Wings at Joe Louis Arena. Errors proved costly for the CH, particularly in the second half of third period. With the Canadiens clinging to a 2-1 lead, Jeff Blashill’s squad rallied with two strikes in quick succession, as Justin Abdelkader scored a power play goal at 12:48 before Darren Helm lit the lamp again 71 seconds later with the eventual game-winner to run Detroit’s point-streak to 12 straight games. “It was our second game in 48 hours. The effort was there, but we did some things that we just can’t do. We took a bad penalty on the tying goal, then there was a bad giveaway on the winning goal. Those are things that we can’t let happen,” offered Therrien, who saw his club suffer a similar fate a day earlier, surrendering two qu

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DETROIT - Here's a numerical look at Thursday night's game between the Canadiens and the Red Wings in Detroit. 252 – Number of days that have elapsed since Dustin Tokarski last started a regular season game for the Canadiens in goal, before finally getting the call between the pipes on Thursday night at Joe Louis Arena. Prior to the Canadiens’ 30th tilt of the 2015-16 campaign, Tokarski hadn’t seen regular season duty as a starter since April 3, 2015 in a 3-2 overtime loss to the New Jersey Devils. 108 – Number of games of AHL experience forward Charles Hudon amassed with both the Hamilton Bulldogs and St. John’s IceCaps before making his NHL debut with the Canadiens on Thursday night in Detroit. Hudon, who received his first NHL call-up on Tuesday and is in the midst of his second full campaign in the pros, has put up 30 goals and 80 points over the course of his AHL career. 849 – Number of players who’ve sported the coveted CH over the years, with Hudon adding his name to that special list on Thurs

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CANADIENS (19-7-3) vs. RED WINGS (15-8-5) TV: RDS, City Montreal The Canadiens will play their second game in as many nights against an Atlantic Division rival on Thursday, going up against the Red Wings at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit. It will mark the second meeting of the season between the two Original Six teams. Back on October 17, the Red Wings dropped a 4-1 decision at the Bell Centre. In their last outing, the Red Wings suffered a 3-2 shootout loss to the Washington Capitals. T.J. Oshie and Evgeny Kuznetsov both lit the lamp during the first two rounds of the shootout to secure the victory. Tomas Jurco and Henrik Zetterberg scored the Red Wings’ goals during regulation time. For his part, goaltender Jimmy Howard stopped 38 of 40 shots. The Canadiens, meanwhile, are coming off a 3-1 loss to the Boston Bruins in Montreal. It was the final meeting between the two teams before the upcoming Winter Classic on New Year’s Day in Foxborough, MA. Paul Byron opened the scoring for the CH midway throug

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MONTREAL – While their time at the University of Michigan has come and gone, Max Pacioretty, Greg Pateryn and Mac Bennett will always have a fan in legendary head coach Red Berenson. Berenson, who has helmed the winningest program in NCAA hockey history since 1984, still pays very close attention to how his former charges in the Canadiens organization are faring these days, and he couldn’t be prouder of their accomplishments. Unlike Pateryn and Bennett, both of whom spent four years under Berenson’s tutelage in Ann Arbor, Pacioretty elected to forego his final three seasons of eligibility with the Wolverines after a standout freshman campaign. He signed a three-year contract with the Canadiens in July 2008 after helping the Maize and Blue reach the NCAA Frozen Four for the 23rd time in school history, and claiming CCHA Rookie of the Year honors, too. Seven-plus years later, Berenson has fond memories of watching the Canadiens’ No. 67 ply his trade in Southeast Michigan. “I remember he had a quick

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MONTREAL – The Canadiens outshot and out chanced the Bruins for the majority of Wednesday’s game, but the difference between a win and a loss came down to 42 seconds. After heading into the second intermission up 1-0 on the scoreboard and edging Boston by a 26-14 margin in the shots column, the Habs suddenly saw their 20th win of the season start to slip away when Zdeno Chara batted a puck out of the air to send Loui Eriksson in on a shorthanded breakaway midway through the third period. Less than a minute later, Landon Ferraro piled on with his third of the season before Patrice Bergeron put the game out of reach. “It was a tight game, both teams were playing well. I thought we outplayed them for the majority of the game, but for 42 seconds, they were opportunistic and that was the difference,” admitted P.K. Subban, who played a team-high 30:04 on Wednesday night. “We played a very good game, but we let our foot off the gas a little bit and they capitalized.” Facing a hot goalie for a second time

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MONTREAL - Here's a numerical look at Wednesday night's game between the Canadiens and the Bruins at the Bell Centre. 33,238 – Number of days since the Canadiens and Bruins first faced each other in an NHL game, a tilt that ended in a 4-3 win for the Habs 91 years and one day ago, on December 8, 1924. 23 – Number of days remaining until the Bruins and Habs will have a chance to face off in the open air at Gillette Stadium, with the Winter Classic between the two clubs now just a few weeks away. 44 – Number of points picked up by Tomas Plekanec in his career against the Bruins – the most he’s amassed against any other NHL team – after chipping in with an assist on Paul Byron’s opening goal. 14 – Number of NHL teams against whom Byron has now scored at least one goal, crossing the Bruins off that list with his fourth of the season on Wednesday night. 75 – Percentage of Byron’s goals this season that have come at the Bell Centre, having scored three on home ice and one on the road, on October 30