Jean-Guy Talbot, one of 12 Montreal Canadiens players to win five consecutive Stanley Cups from 1956-60, has died. He was 91.

Head coach of the Islanders for less than a week, Patrick Roy might as well have been the president in Montreal.

Chris Krieder scored a hat trick and Jonathan Quick made 31 saves to lead the Rangers to a 7-4 win over the Canadiens on Thursday night at Madison Square Garden.

The Islanders were on the ice Wednesday so that they could avoid being on the ice Thursday morning, because Patrick Roy knows what awaits him at the Bell Centre.

Patrick Roy did not have to talk about the magnitude of me, to borrow a phrase from Reggie Jackson of 1978 vintage. The Canadiens took those words out of his mouth upon the iconic No. 33s return to Montreal on Thursday when he strode behind the Islanders bench in his capacity as head coach.

Brendan Gallaghers hit on Islanders defenseman Adam Pelech was so vicious that P.K. Subban is calling on the Canadiens forward to be suspended.

No one told Patrick Roy what was coming during the national anthem on Thursday as his Islanders visited Montreal, where he won two Stanley Cups as the franchise's legendary goaltender.

The Islanders spoiled Roys Montreal homecoming as they came out flat and paid the price, losing 4-3 to the Canadiens after a comeback that fell short and throwing Roy into his first bout of adversity as the teams head coach.

NHL Player Safety announced Friday following a phone hearing that Brendan Gallagher will receive a five-game suspension for the hit, which saw him accrue a five-minute major and ejection from the eventual 4-3 Canadiens win over the Islanders.