Team Canada might not have chosen Nick Suzuki for the 4 Nations Face-Off, but there is no doubt the Montreal Canadiens' captain is a first line center.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Kirby Dach scored twice and the Montreal Canadiens defeated the Utah Hockey Club 5-3 on Tuesday night. Mike Matheson, Patrik Laine and Cole Caufield also scored for Montreal, which has won eight of its last 10.

Montreal is playing some of their best hockey, and despite a shootout loss to the Dallas Stars, they believe they can beat anybody.

One thing is certain, if CH wants to stay in the mix by April, they will need Kirby Dach at the top of his game. Nick Suzuki and Cole Caufield are having excellent seasons, but they can’t carry ...

In recent games, Kirby Dach has regained his swagger, and on Tuesday night he put together a great game. If there is a better feeling for Montreal Canadiens fans than seeing Kirby Dach having fun and scoring points, I'm not sure what it is.

A couple of years ago, there were people arguing that Montreal Canadiens' captain Nick Suzuki would soon by overtaken in the team's center depth chart by Kirby Dach. Nowadays, nobody would ...

There have been stages the Canadiens have gone through in showing maturity as a young team, in learning how to win. They’ve gone through stages where they’ve learned the value of puck management, the value of game management, the value of risk management.

It's already been three years since the Montreal Canadiens replaced general manager Marc Bergevin by Kent Hughes and there's no arguing, the team is in best shape now than it was then.

It was a tale of two games on Saturday night, as the Toronto Maple Leafs scored seven unanswered goals for a 7-3 victory over the Montreal Canadiens at the Bell Centre.

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,

Also in this week's notebook, a gaffe early against the Rangers, St. Louis on the early season negativity, Suzuki on Slafkovský's progress.

The Canadiens entered the night 11-2-1 in their last 14 games. They also collected points in six consecutive games (5-0-1). So while a fall from such heights was inevitable, blowing a three-goal lead on Saturday night against the Leafs still stings. A test for the resurgent Habs will be how they rebound from the thrashing.