MONTREAL -- The 4 Nations Face-Off starts three weeks from Wednesday in Montreal, but the rivalry between Sweden and Finland is already heating up. Just ask Montreal Canadiens forward Patrik Laine, who will represent Finland on his home rink at Bell Centre in Montreal.

The Canadiens will have cap space, and there's a player who has recently shown interest in joining Montreal via free agency.

Jake Evans scored the winning goal with 2:15 remaining to rally the Montreal Canadiens past the Tampa Bay Lightning 3-2 on Tuesday night. Evans finished a feed from Joel Armia to break the tie with his 11th goal.

Jake Evans scored the winning goal with 2:15 remaining to rally the Montreal Canadiens past the Tampa Bay Lightning 3-2 on Tuesday night. Evans finished a feed from Joel Armia to break the tie with his 11th goal.

MONTREAL -- The 4 Nations Face-Off starts three weeks from Wednesday in Montreal, but the animosity is already at a fever pitch. Just ask Montreal Canadiens forward Patrik Laine, who will represent Finland on his home rink against rival Sweden. "We hate them, that's pretty much it," Laine said Tuesday. "Nothing else to say about that."

On one end of the Bell Centre ice Sunday night stood 38-year-old Jonathan Quick, a three-time Stanley Cup champion making his 779th start in goal and in search of the 400th regular-season victory of his storied career.

Nick Suzuki is the top scorer among the forwards of the Canadiens. The captain has 43 points in as many games since the start of the season, and Cole Caufield is close behind with his tally of 42 points in 43 matches.

Losing Emil Heineman for 3-4 weeks adversely impacts the Montreal Canadiens' offense. Who should replace him in the lineup?

The Canadiens had about as bad a first period as they've had in months in Utah, but St. Louis allowed his players to take care of it.

Auston Matthews went first overall in 2016, and Patrik Laine number two, which forever links the two snipers. They have had many great battles and on Saturday n

The Canadiens are enjoying quite a surge in the standings, and thanks to another display of team-wide resilience against the New York Rangers on Sunday night, they are now in the mix for a Wild Card spot,

The Canadiens face a series of obstacles in the way of a 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs spot, their own set of "Labours of Hercules" if you will.