Alexandre Texier
Left Wing · Montreal Canadiens
2017 Draft, Rd 2 Pick 14 (#45) — Columbus Blue Jackets
Current Season
GP
51
Goals
8
Assists
13
Points
21
+/-
+9
S%
10.8%
Career Stats
Contract
Cap Hit
$2.50M
Total Value
$5.00M
Expires
2 yrs · 2027-2028
Status
Then UFA
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Recent Stories
TSN has Miller answering for a penalty that clearly did not sit right with him. His comments on Texier’s slashing call suggest there is still plenty of heat around how the play was judged, and that kind of postgame language usually means the clip is going to get a long second look. In a league where every whistle gets replayed into the ground, the argument is already bigger than one shift.
Rod Brind'Amour is not exactly shopping for a softer microphone after Game 2, and that usually means something in Carolina has gone sideways. Alex Texier is in the middle of the conversation, but the bigger edge here is the one Brind'Amour is taking with the officials. When a veteran coach starts talking that pointedly, he is usually trying to move a series, a room, or both. The next whistle matters, because these playoff grinds have a way of getting louder before they get cleaner.
Texier’s latest moment has the kind of weird, ugly beauty coaches love and goalies hate. The play turns on a snap shot that doesn’t need much help from the hockey gods, but gets it anyway. That is the sort of score that can tilt a game, swing momentum, and make a bench feel a lot louder for a while. When a goal comes off the stick that cleanly, everybody in the building knows the details matter just as much as the finish.
That is the kind of response that changes the temperature on the bench in a hurry. NHL.com’s update on Texier captures a quick-turn moment that swings momentum before the other side can even settle in. In playoff hockey, nine seconds is plenty of time to turn relief into regret, and this one had that feel.
Alexandre Texier channels his inner clutch performer with a goal that flips the script late in Game 5, handing the Canadiens a critical edge over the Lightning. Montreal's resilience shines through after Tampa's relentless pressure tested their depth all night. With the series hanging in the balance, this win puts the Habs one step from the next round and has Lightning coach Jon Cooper scrambling for answers before Game 6.