2020–21 Montreal Canadiens season
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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.
2020–21 Montreal Canadiens | |
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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) |
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]