Mike Matheson is an interesting player. He’s talented and the Canadiens’ did so much with him last season. Until last season, the Canadian defenseman was good for 30-35 points a year. Not bad and the fact that his salary is under 5 million dollars a season is a bargain.

Defensemen are supposed to defend their zone and their goalie. But sometimes, it seems, they need some defending as well. That was the case today when Montreal Canadiens head coach Martin St.

Mike Matheson’s teammates and coach have come to his defence after the Montreal Canadiens blueliner had a tough outing on Saturday night.

Prior to puck drop, the Canadiens made some changes to their defensive pairings, with Alexandre Carrier joining Mike Matheson on the top pairing, while Lane Hutson was slotted alongside Kaiden Guhle on the second pairing. This meant that Matheson was back ...

The pairing of Hutson and Matheson goes against hockey's convetional wisdom, but Martin St. Louis is not a conventional coach.

Mike Matheson is far from being a perfect player. We know he can be excellent when he plays his game and that he is capable of producing offensively. But we also know that he can be ordinary when ...

In today’s links, the Habs defend Mike Matheson against online criticism, Ivan Demidov’s hat-trick, and Thomas Chabot addresses the Ottawa-Quebec City kerfuffle.

Jack Hughes scored on a breakaway at 4:06 of overtime to fuel the visiting New Jersey Devils to a 4-3 victory over the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday. Patrik Laine's pass caromed off the stick of defenseman Mike Matheson in Montreal's offensive end,

Mike Matheson is far from being a perfect player. We know he can be excellent when he plays his game and that he is capable of producing offensively. But we also know that he can be ordinary when he thinks about too many things on the ice. Last night ...

Playing significant minutes right from his arrival in the NHL can be very exhausting. That is exactly the task that Lane Hutson must accomplish this season. He is the second most utilized player on the Canadiens,

Montreal had more jump, but they couldn't handle the west's best club. Brian Wilde has more on the Habs' Tuesday night matchup against the Winnipeg Jets.

The Habs kept the league-leading Jets power play at bay on the night, but Montreal failed to follow up a perfect 3-3 on the penalty kill with any power plays of their own. The disciplined Jets never hit the sin bin.