The Montreal Canadiens fired goaltending coach Eric Raymond on Wednesday, according to team officials.
The move comes 53 games into the NHL season. Montreal currently holds a playoff spot in the Eastern Conference.
The team’s goaltending struggles influenced the decision. Jakub Dobes, Samuel Montembeault and Jacob Fowler have combined for a .884 save percentage that ranks 28th among the league’s 32 teams.
Marco Marciano was promoted from the American Hockey League’s Laval Rocket to fill the role on an interim basis for the remainder of the season.
Raymond had served as Montreal’s goaltending coach since 2021.
The Canadiens become the second team to make a goalie coach change this season. The New York Islanders fired Pierre Greco six games into the campaign and gave the job to Sergei Naumovs, who has an extensive history coaching starter Ilya Sorokin.
Since making that move, Sorokin and backup David Rittich have combined for the fourth-best save percentage in the NHL at .907 over the past 46 games.
They were 25th at .880 before the coaching change.
