Alexandre Carrier has been terrific since he got traded from the Nashville Predators. It seems he needed to get out of Nashville to show that he is indeed a good defenseman and his stats there were more of an indication of playing on a bad team.

There’s no sugar-coating the Kaiden Guhle injury for the Montreal Canadiens. It’s a huge blow to a team that, with exception to fourth-liner Emil Heineman, had finally been healthy with the recents results to by and large match.

The Montreal Canadiens hosted the Winnipeg Jets on Tuesday night, hoping to return to the win column and continue their steady climb up the NHL standings.

Habs defenceman finally scores first goal at Bell Centre after missing a breakaway as an 8-year-old during mini intermission game.

The Canadiens have announced defenceman Kaiden Guhle will be out indefinitely with a lacerated quadricep muscle, which required surgical intervention.

The Canadiens had a challenging schedule last week, facing the Lightning, the Red Wings, and the Devils, two teams currently in the top eight in the East and another just a few points behind. The Montreal team started poorly in each of their games,

Carrier scored a goal on two shots and blocked six shots in Saturday's 4-3 overtime loss to the Devils. Carrier has six points and a plus-7 rating over his last 10 contests. The 28-year-old defenseman got his first goal of the campaign at 3:34 of the third period,

Expect Mike Matheson and Lane Hutson to log even more ice time after Martin St. Louis had decided to break them up as top pairing.

Jack Hughes scored at 4:06 of overtime and the New Jersey Devils beat the Montreal Canadiens 4-3 on Saturday night. Jake Allen made 29 saves in his first regular-season start against the Canadiens since being traded by Montreal to the Devils on March 8,

The Montreal Canadiens had a relatively smooth sailing first half of the season injury wise, but they've been rocked by a couple of injuries which have upset the team's balance.

Carrier logged an assist and went plus-2 in Tuesday's 3-2 win over the Lightning. Carrier continues to steady things both on defense and offense. He has four assists and a plus-7 rating over his last five outings while seeing top-four minutes.

The 23-year-old is developing into a top-tier defenceman, but quadricep injury is just the latest in a long string of setbacks.