{"id":588149,"date":"2026-04-06T01:37:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T01:37:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/588149\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T01:37:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T01:37:08","slug":"canadiens-clinch-playoff-spot-for-2nd-consecutive-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/588149\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadiens clinch playoff spot for 2nd consecutive season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/sports\/hockey\/nhl\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NHL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Montreal Canadiens are playoff-bound again. Montreal clinched its spot in the Stanley Cup playoffs Sunday afternoon after the Detroit Red Wings fell 5-4 to the Minnesota Wild, making the Canadiens the first Canadian NHL team to secure a post-season berth.\n<\/p>\n<p>Montreal becomes 1st Canadian team to secure berth following Detroit&#8217;s loss<\/p>\n<p>The Canadian Press  \u00b7 Posted: Apr 05, 2026 6:16 PM EDT | Last Updated: 3 hours ago<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/a\/assets\/texttospeech.svg\" alt=\"Text to Speech Icon\" width=\"44\" height=\"44\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Listen to this article<\/p>\n<p>Estimated 1 minute<\/p>\n<p>The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" alt=\"A male ice hockey player smiles during a game inside an arena filled with fans.\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1775439428_395_default.jpg\" data-cy=\"leadmedia-story-img\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>With Nick Suzuki, Cole Caufield, pictured, and Lane Hutson leading a young, talented core, the Habs are riding an eight-game winning streak. (Andrew Mordzynski\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>The Montreal Canadiens are playoff-bound again.<\/p>\n<p>Montreal clinched its spot in the Stanley Cup playoffs Sunday afternoon after the Detroit Red Wings fell 5-4 to the Minnesota Wild, making the Canadiens the first Canadian NHL team to secure a post-season berth.<\/p>\n<p>It marks a second straight appearance after the Canadiens snapped a three-year drought last spring, following a full-scale rebuild. They claimed the final spot in the Eastern Conference before falling to the Washington Capitals in five games in the first round.<\/p>\n<p>This time, they&#8217;re not just squeaking in.<\/p>\n<p>Montreal (45-21-10) has punched its ticket with six games to spare in the regular season and sits second in the Atlantic Division with 100 points, firmly in the mix for home-ice advantage heading into Sunday night&#8217;s matchup with the New Jersey Devils.<\/p>\n<p>The Canadiens \u2014 with Nick Suzuki, Cole Caufield and Lane Hutson leading a young, talented core \u2014 are also riding an eight-game winning streak.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"reportIssue-MwDQL\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/corrections-clarifications-1.5893564\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Corrections and clarifications<\/a>\u00b7Report error<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NHL The Montreal Canadiens are playoff-bound again. Montreal clinched its spot in the Stanley Cup playoffs Sunday afternoon&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":588150,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[556],"tags":[64,63,575,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-588149","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nhl","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-nhl","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/588149","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=588149"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/588149\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/588150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=588149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=588149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=588149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}