{"id":585348,"date":"2026-04-06T07:07:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T07:07:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/585348\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T07:07:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T07:07:11","slug":"canadiens-clinch-playoff-spot-for-second-consecutive-season-winnipeg-free-press","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/585348\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadiens clinch playoff spot for second consecutive season \u2013 Winnipeg Free Press"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MONTREAL (AP) \u2014 The Montreal Canadiens wrapped up their second straight playoff spot Sunday when Detroit fell 5-4 to Minnesota, making them the first Canadian team to secure a postseason berth.<\/p>\n<p>Last season, Montreal took the final spot in the Eastern Conference before falling to Washington in five games in the first round.<\/p>\n<p>Montreal dropped a 3-0 decision to New Jersey at home Sunday night. The Canadiens are third in the Atlantic Division, even in points with second-place Buffalo and five ahead of Boston.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/69d2ebab7b6bfaa45115de33jpeg.jpg\" data-pswp- data-pswp-width=\"4295\" data-pswp-height=\"2848\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/69d2ebab7b6bfaa45115de33jpeg.jpg\" alt=\"The Montr\u00e9al Canadiens players celebrate after a goal by defenseman Jayden Struble (47) during the first period of an NHL hockey game against the New Jersey Devils, Saturday, April 4, 2026, in Newark, N.J. (AP Photo\/Noah K. Murray)\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Montr\u00e9al Canadiens players celebrate after a goal by defenseman Jayden Struble (47) during the first period of an NHL hockey game against the New Jersey Devils, Saturday, April 4, 2026, in Newark, N.J. (AP Photo\/Noah K. Murray)<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\tWinnipeg Free Press | Newsletter\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/onsports-tile-1.jpg\" alt=\"Sign up for Mike McIntyre | On Sports\"\/><\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p>AP NHL: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/nhl<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MONTREAL (AP) \u2014 The Montreal Canadiens wrapped up their second straight playoff spot Sunday when Detroit fell 5-4&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":585349,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194296],"tags":[49,48,22073],"class_list":["post-585348","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-winnipeg","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-winnipeg"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/585348","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=585348"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/585348\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/585349"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=585348"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=585348"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=585348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}