3:53 PM - Tomas Plekanec () announced the end of his playing career Saturday.

10:29 AM - Tomas Plekanec () signed a one-year contract extension with HC Kometa Brno (Czech) on Monday.

10:50 AM - Tomas Plekanec () inked a deal with Czech side HC Kometa Brno for the remainder of the 2018-19 campaign, Frank Seravalli of TSN.ca reports.

5:43 PM - Tomas Plekanec () has called it a career in the NHL and will seek to play another year or to in the Czech Republic, Arpon Basu of The Athletic reports.

11:37 AM - Tomas Plekanec () Canadiens will place Plekanec (back) on unconditional waivers Saturday.

9:39 AM - Tomas Plekanec (Mtl) (back) participated in Saturday's morning skate, Stu Cowan of the Montreal Gazette reports.

7:43 AM - Tomas Plekanec (Mtl) (back) could miss several weeks of action, with Renaud Lavoie of TVA Sports adding that the veteran center will be placed on injured reserve.

6:40 AM - Tomas Plekanec (Mtl) is dealing with a lower-back injury that will prohibit him from traveling to Ottawa for Saturday's game.

4:01 AM - Tomas Plekanec (Mtl) was in the active lineup Saturday, centering the fourth line in a 4-3 shootout win over Pittsburgh. He had four shots, one hit and won four of eight faceoffs while finishing minus-1 over 8:44 of ice time.

6:05 PM - Tomas Plekanec (Mtl) skated on the fourth line at Friday's practice, Stu Cowan of the Montreal Gazette reports.

5:23 AM - Tomas Plekanec (Mtl) will rejoin the Canadiens on a one-year deal, Pierre LeBrun of TSN reports.

4:43 PM - Tomas Plekanec (Tor) has been skating with rookies Kasperi Kapanen and Andreas Johnsson on the Leafs' fourth line. That trio was the Leafs' best line on Saturday night against Detroit.

11:43 AM - Tomas Plekanec (Tor) has already discussed the parameters of a new deal with the Canadiens for this upcoming offseason, Eric Engels of Sportsnet reports.

7:01 AM - Tomas Plekanec (Tor) and Kyle Baun were traded from Montreal to Toronto on Sunday in exchange for Rinat Valiev, Kerby Rychel, and a 2018 second-round pick.

2:45 AM - Tomas Plekanec (Mtl) who was a healthy scratch Saturday, is rumored to be headed to Winnipeg in a trade, Jeff Hamilton of the Winnipeg Free Press reports.

7:34 AM - Tomas Plekanec (Mtl) is being held out of Saturday night's game against the Lightning, Eric Engels of Sportsnet reports.

5:52 PM - Tomas Plekanec (Mtl) finished with a goal and an assist in Thursday's 3-1 win over the Rangers.

3:15 AM - Tomas Plekanec (Mtl) is a trade target for the Penguins and Sharks, Sportsnet reports.

3:15 AM - Tomas Plekanec (Mtl) is a trade target for the Penguins and Sharks, Sportsnet reports.

12:47 AM - Tomas Plekanec (Mtl) had two shots and two blocked shots over 16:56 of ice time in Thursday's 2-1 shootout win over the Lightning.

2:34 AM - Tomas Plekanec (Mtl) scored the game-winner in overtime in Thursday's 2-1 win over the Devils. He finished with four shots, two hits and a blocked shot in 16:51 of ice time.

2:45 AM - Tomas Plekanec (Mtl) had an assist, two shots on goal and a hit over 17:08 in Tuesday's 4-3 loss to the Blues.

10:43 PM - Tomas Plekanec (Mtl) dished out a pair of assists in Thursday's win over the Red Wings.

2:39 AM - Tomas Plekanec (Mtl) had two assists and a rare five-minute major in Thursday's 5-4 loss to Arizona.

1:22 AM - Tomas Plekanec (Mtl) and linemate Brendan Gallagher have been key pieces in the Canadiens' recent surge, Pat Hickey of the Montreal Gazette reports.

3:21 AM - Tomas Plekanec (Mtl) scored a goal on two shots in Saturday's 5-4 overtime victory over the Jets.

7:46 PM - Tomas Plekanec (Mtl) registered a goal, an assist, three shots and a plus-2 rating during Monday's 8-3 win over Ottawa.

5:18 AM - Tomas Plekanec (Mtl) who missed the morning skate, played 17:10 in Saturday's 4-3 overtime loss to the Maple Leafs. He had four shots on net and served on the second-unit power play.

3:10 PM - Tomas Plekanec (Mtl) (illness) took part in warmups and appears ready for Saturday's tilt with Toronto, John Lu of TSN.ca reports.

8:23 AM - Tomas Plekanec (Mtl) (illness) is a game-time decision for Saturday's tilt against the Maple Leafs, Jean-Francois Chaumont of Le Journal de Montreal reports.

2:47 AM - Tomas Plekanec (Mtl) scored his first goal of the season and had four shots on net, three blocked shots and a hit over 13:56 in Tuesday's 3-1 loss to the Blackhawks.

8:50 PM - Tomas Plekanec (Mtl) is a candidate to be selected by the Golden Knights in the expansion draft after the Habs left him exposed Saturday, The New York Times reports.

7:45 AM - Tomas Plekanec (Mtl) will join the Czech Republic for the 2017 IIHF World Championship, Zdenek Matejovsky of Czech TV Nova reports.

3:37 AM - Tomas Plekanec (Mtl) scored with 18 seconds remaining in regulation to send Game 2 against the Rangers into overtime Friday. Montreal won in the extra frame to tie the series 1-1.

9:32 AM - Tomas Plekanec (Mtl) took his normal place as Montreal's second center during practice Tuesday, indicating that he'll be in the lineup for Game 1 against the Rangers on Wednesday after sitting out the final game of the regular season for an undisclosed reason.

2:01 PM - Tomas Plekanec (Mtl) (undisclosed) will sit out for Saturday's game against the Red Wings, Renaud Lavoie of TVA Sports reports.

8:55 PM - Tomas Plekanec (Mtl) scored his 10th goal of the season during Wednesday's loss to Buffalo.

9:52 PM - Tomas Plekanec (Mtl) tallied a goal, an assist and a plus-4 rating in Thursday's 6-2 win over Florida.

3:39 AM - Tomas Plekanec (Mtl) scored 28 seconds into the first period of Sunday's 4-1 win over Ottawa. The goal was his eighth of the season and first in 19 games.

9:04 AM - Tomas Plekanec (Mtl) (upper body) will play Tuesday night against the Blackhawks.

12:01 PM - Tomas Plekanec (Mtl) (upper body) said he won't play Sunday against the Oilers, J-F Chaumont of French source Le Journal de Montreal reports.

1:12 PM - Tomas Plekanec (Mtl) (upper body) will miss a second consecutive game Thursday against the Flames.

10:02 AM - Tomas Plekanec (Mtl) is slated to miss Tuesday night's game in Vancouver due to an upper-body injury, Eric Engels of Sportsnet reports.

11:47 AM - Tomas Plekanec (Mtl) is suffering from an undisclosed issue that leaves him day-to-day ahead of Tuesday's game against the Canucks.

8:42 PM - Tomas Plekanec (Mtl) scored a shorthanded goal and added a power-play assist in Tuesday's 5-1 dousing of the Flames.

7:26 PM - Tomas Plekanec (Mtl) snapped an eight-game goal drought with Montreal's lone tally during Monday's loss to Washington.

2:43 AM - Tomas Plekanec (Mtl) scored a power-play goal in Montreal's 5-1 win over Anaheim on Tuesday.

7:50 PM - Tomas Plekanec (Mtl) had four assists in a 10-1 victory over Colorado on Saturday.

3:42 AM - Tomas Plekanec (Mtl) is expected to join Montreal's top line with both Alex Galchenyuk (knee) and David Desharnais (knee) expected to miss the next 6-to-8 weeks, Stu Cowan of the Montreal Gazette reports.

6:41 PM - Tomas Plekanec (Mtl) recorded a goal, an assist and four hits during Tuesday's 3-2 overtime loss to St. Louis.

5:07 AM - Tomas Plekanec (Mtl) assisted on Brendan Gallagher's game-tying goal in the Canadiens' 2-1 overtime win over the Red Wings.

4:55 AM - Tomas Plekanec (Mtl) third-period, short-handed goal was the game-winner for Montreal in a 5-4 victory over the Flyers on Saturday. The goal was the 19th short-handed goal of his career and snapped a seven-game scoreless run.

7:50 PM - Tomas Plekanec (Mtl) failed to register a point for the sixth consecutive game Thursday against the Canucks.

7:09 PM - Tomas Plekanec (Mtl) registered two helpers -- one on the power play -- and four shots on goal during Thursday's 5-2 victory against the Coyotes.

3:43 AM - Tomas Plekanec (Mtl) did not register a shot in 18:05 of ice time in Montreal's 4-1 win over Buffalo on Thursday.

7:15 PM - Tomas Plekanec (Mtl) dished out two helpers in a 4-2 win over Carolina on Thursday.

3:56 AM - Tomas Plekanec (Mtl) scored a goal in Thursday night's 4-3 loss to the Red Wings. He nearly had a second goal, but his first period score was waived off when he was whistled for cross-checking Detroit goalie Petr Mrazek.

4:50 AM - Tomas Plekanec (Mtl) was moved to the point on the power play for Saturday night's game against the Senators, the Montreal Gazette reports.

10:37 PM - Tomas Plekanec (Mtl) assisted on the game's opening goal, then scored twice to help deliver a 4-2 win over Tampa on Tuesday.

2:53 PM - Tomas Plekanec (Mtl) was the first star of the game Saturday with a goal and three assists in a win over Edmonton.

4:33 AM - Tomas Plekanec (Mtl) had nine shots on net, a goal and an assist in Saturday night's 4-3 overtime loss to St. Louis. The goal was just 's second in his last 71 shots, spanning 29 games.

11:44 AM - Tomas Plekanec (Mtl) dished out two helpers in Friday's 5-1 win over the Bruins in the Winter Classic.

3:05 AM - Tomas Plekanec (Mtl) had five shots on net and scored a goal in Monday night's 4-3 shootout win over Tampa Bay.

5:35 AM - Tomas Plekanec (Mtl) has vanished from the scoresheet in December, tallying just three points.

3:17 AM - Tomas Plekanec (Mtl) was moved to a new line during Wednesday's practice, skating with Tomas Fleischmann and Paul Byron in preparation for Thursday night's game against Washington, the Montreal Gazette reports.

9:07 PM - Tomas Plekanec (Mtl) dished out three assists -- one on the power play -- in Wednesday's win over the Rangers. He finished plus-2 with a pair of penalty minutes.

6:31 PM - Tomas Plekanec (Mtl) notched an assist and an empty-net goal in Thursday's 4-1 win over the Islanders.

7:30 PM - Tomas Plekanec (Mtl) had three assists in Friday night's 7-2 win over Buffalo.

4:32 AM - Tomas Plekanec (Mtl) had four shots on net and scored a goal in Saturday night's 4-1 win over Detroit. He's tied for the league lead with five goals.

12:25 PM - Tomas Plekanec (Mtl) signed a two-year, $12 million contract extension with the Canadiens on Friday.

8:47 PM - Tomas Plekanec (Mtl) netted a pair of goals in Sunday's win over the Senators.

2:43 AM - Tomas Plekanec (Mtl) won 16-of-24 faceoffs, skated a forward-high 20:07 and scored an empty-net goal in Saturday night's 4-2 win over the Bruins.

7:02 PM - Tomas Plekanec (Mtl) said his agent has not had any discussions about a contract extension, the Montreal Gazette reports.

6:19 PM - Tomas Plekanec (Mtl) center Tomas Plekanec had a goal in the season finale to finish with 26 goals on the year.

4:16 PM - Tomas Plekanec (Mtl) center Tomas Plekanec had a goal and an assist in the, 4-1, victory over the Panthers on Sunday.

5:52 PM - Tomas Plekanec (Mtl) center Tomas Plekanec scored in Montreal's, 3-2, shootout loss to the Devils on Friday.

5:44 PM - Tomas Plekanec (Mtl) center Tomas Plekanec scored the team's lone goal Saturday versus San Jose.

6:23 PM - Tomas Plekanec (Mtl) center Tomas Plekanec recorded two points during Monday's loss to the Lightning.

4:53 PM - Tomas Plekanec (Mtl) center Tomas Plekanec scored twice during Saturday's victory against the Devils.

5:02 PM - Tomas Plekanec (Mtl) center Tomas Plekanec had a big night during Saturday's victory againstthe Islanders.

5:02 PM - Tomas Plekanec (Mtl) center Tomas Plekanec had a big night during Saturday's victory against the Islanders.

4:43 PM - Tomas Plekanec (Mtl) center Tomas Plekanec scored a goal during Saturday's victory against Ottawa.

4:49 PM - Tomas Plekanec (Mtl) center Tomas Plekanec recorded two points in Saturday's win over the Bruins.

5:26 AM - Tomas Plekanec (Mtl) center Tomas Plekanec recorded an assist in Saturday's victory over the Wild.

5:25 AM - Tomas Plekanec (Mtl) center Tomas Plekanec recorded an assist in Saturday's victory over the Wild.

6:00 PM - Tomas Plekanec (Mtl) center Tomas Plekanec scored a shorthanded goal on Saturday against the Rangers.

8:10 PM - Tomas Plekanec (Mtl) center Tomas Plekanec scored his fourth goal in three games this season.

7:52 AM - Tomas Plekanec (Mtl) coach Michel Therrien has relieved Tomas Plekanec of some of his defensive duties, which is paying dividends at the offensive end according to the Montreal Gazette.

6:12 PM - Tomas Plekanec (Mtl) center Tomas Plekanec continued his hot start to the season on Thursday.

6:02 PM - Tomas Plekanec (Mtl) center Tomas Plekanec scored a pair of goals, including the game-winner, against the Maple Leafs on opening night.

12:54 PM - Tomas Plekanec (Mtl) center Tomas Plekanec should be in line for another 20-goal season.

5:30 AM - Tomas Plekanec (Mtl) Plekanec found the back of the net in Montreal's 7-4 win Tuesday night.

5:39 AM - Tomas Plekanec (Mtl) Plekanec snapped a four-game point drought on Thursday.

6:42 AM - Tomas Plekanec (Mtl) Plekanec produced the game-winning goal in Game 3 versus the Tampa Bay Lightning.

6:35 AM - Tomas Plekanec (Mtl) Plekanec (personal) is expected to be back with the Canadiens on Monday for practice.

6:07 AM - Tomas Plekanec (Mtl) would not count on Tomas Plekanec making it to Florida in time for Saturday night's game against the Panthers.

8:08 AM - Tomas Plekanec (Mtl) Plekanec has temporarily left the Canadiens to attend to a personal matter.

4:28 AM - Tomas Plekanec (Mtl) Plekanec netted two goals in Thursday's 5-4 win over Detroit.

1:57 AM - Tomas Plekanec (Mtl) Plekanec ended a 13-game goalless drought by scoring the game-winning goal in Saturday's game against Toronto.

2:49 AM - Tomas Plekanec (Mtl) Plekanec generated his 17th goal in Thursday's win over Vancouver.