The Canadiens' rookie goaltender continues to defy conventional wisdom and make it more difficult to send him back to the AHL.

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The Montreal Canadiens (23-13-6) are back at the Bell Centre tonight for the first time since December 20th to take on the Calgary Flames (18-20-4) at

The Montreal Canadiens and Calgary Flames hit the ice in NHL action at Bell Centre on Wednesday, Jan. 7 at 7:30 p.m. ET. The game airs on ESPN+. Montreal earned a 4-3 victory on the road its last time out on Jan. 4 against the Dallas Stars. Calgary's last game was a home loss, 5-1, to the Seattle Kraken on Jan. 5.

Alexandre Texier was the catalyst of the Canadiens' third consecutive win, recording a hat trick in a 6-2 drubbing of the Panthers Thursday.

MONTREAL - Alexandre Texier’s hat trick led the Montreal Canadiens to a 6-2 win over the Florida Panthers on Thursday in front of a raucous Bell Centre crowd.

The No. 2 team in the Eastern Conference, the Montreal Canadiens (25-13-6), and the conference's third-ranked squad, the Detroit Red Wings (26-15-4), take the ice on Saturday, Jan. 10 at 7 p.m. ET at Bell Centre. The outing airs on ESPN+. Montreal claimed a 6-2 home victory against the Florida Panthers its last time out on Jan. 8.

The Montreal Canadiens have clearly become a very exciting team to watch and follow closely at every game. It’s the youngest team in the entire National Hockey League, and let’s just say that the young players who make up the Habs’ roster are enormously talented,