The Montreal Canadiens are officially headed back to the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Their spot in the postseason was confirmed on Sunday afternoon after the Minnesota Wild defeated the Detroit Red Wings. The Habs clinched their place with six games remaining.
A Season of Individual Achievements
The 2025-26 season has been an exciting one for Canadiens fans, with a young core that’s grown into a fast, menacing squad on the ice. Impressive individual achievements abound everywhere on the roster.
Leading the way is captain Nick Suzuki, the first player to reach the 90-point plateau since Vincent Damphousse in 1995-96. He could become the first to 100 since Mats Naslund a decade earlier.
Cole Caufield became the team’s first 40-goal scorer in over 30 years. He is getting closer to joining an elite group of Canadiens players who have lit the lamp 50 times in a season and is also in contention to become the first Hab to win the Rocket Richard trophy as top goal-scorer in the League this season.
Juraj Slafkovsky, selected with the first-overall pick in 2022, became the first player in franchise history with three 50-point seasons at age 21 or younger. He could hit the 30-goal mark for the first time in his young career.
On the backend, last year’s Calder Trophy winner, Lane Hutson, joined elite company in team and League history on a number of milestones. He recently became just the fourth active defenseman in the NHL to record at least 60 assists in consecutive seasons. Only two other players have done so in Canadiens history: Guy Lafleur and Peter Mahovlich.
Montreal also has a trio of rookies who have shone in their first full season in the big leagues.
- Ivan Demidov has figured among the top point-getters among rookies all season and is one of just seven Canadiens freshmen to ever record at least 60 points in his rookie campaign.
- Oliver Kapanen has been neck and neck for the NHL rookie goal-scoring lead, netting 22 so far in 2025-26.
- Jakub Dobes’ 27 wins this season have him tied for fifth as a Canadiens rookie in a single season.
Playoff Ticket Information
The electric atmosphere of playoff hockey in Montreal is just around the corner.
For fans interested in booking their own tickets to playoff games at the Bell Centre, block your calendars for April 10 at noon ET.
Tickets will go on sale to the public then, but fans who want to get early access can subscribe.
Fans can sign up for priority ticket access by registering for the Habs’ tickets newsletter by 11:59 p.m. ET on April 6.
Those are just some of the accomplishments that have helped propel the Canadiens to their second consecutive postseason appearance. Soon, the real work begins.