Montreal Canadiens

League percentile profile

All situations · six composite axes against all 32 teams

Montreal CanadiensPeer average

Bands show league percentiles; axis labels show this season’s values.

Dashed outline: peer average, the average NHL team this season. Outside = above average; inside = below average. All axes point outward for stronger results.

Selected metric distribution

Team value: 3.09
League range: 2.55 – 3.66 / game

Lower Higher (better)

Team 3.09 · mean 3.16. Higher raw values rank higher.

Expected goals for per game.

Season metrics

All situations · against all 32 teams

Results	Team	Percentile	Rank
	48.0		23 / 3229th

Shot share	Team	Percentile	Rank
	47.2		27 / 3216th
	46.6		29 / 3210th
	46.9		29 / 3210th
	46.8		29 / 3210th
	43.7		26 / 3219th
	47.8		26 / 3219th
	47.0		29 / 3210th

Chance volume	Team	Percentile	Rank
	3.09		20 / 3239th
	55.76		30 / 326th
	2.29		T-17 / 3248th

Finishing & goaltending	Team	Percentile	Rank
	11.6		7 / 3281st
	89.0		21 / 3235th
	100.64		9 / 3274th
	-9.48		15 / 3255th
	17.39		14 / 3258th

Elite90+Strong70–89Average30–69Weak10–29Poor<10Context · not gradedBar length is the peer percentile, so longer is always better · tick at the 50th

Season vs reference

All situations · this season against a reference

Reference:

Metric	This season	2023–24	Change
%	55.5	46.3	+9.1
/ GP	2.99	2.88	+0.11
/ GP	3.23	3.52	-0.29
/ GP	-0.24	-0.65	+0.40
/ GP	3.09	2.87	+0.22
/ GP	3.46	3.55	-0.09
%	47.2	44.7	+2.5
%	46.6	45.0	+1.6
%	43.7	40.5	+3.3
%	11.6	10.2	+1.4
%	89.0	89.7	-0.7
index	100.64	99.96	+0.68
goals	-9.48	-5.16	-4.33
goals	17.39	15.15	+2.24

League percentile profile

All situations · six composite axes against all 32 teams

Montreal CanadiensPeer average

Bands show league percentiles; axis labels show this season’s values.

Dashed outline: peer average, the average NHL team this season. Outside = above average; inside = below average. All axes point outward for stronger results.

Selected metric distribution

Team value: 3.09
League range: 2.55 – 3.66 / game

Lower Higher (better)

Team 3.09 · mean 3.16. Higher raw values rank higher.

Expected goals for per game.

Season metrics

All situations · against all 32 teams

Results	Team	Percentile	Rank
	48.0		23 / 3229th

Shot share	Team	Percentile	Rank
	47.2		27 / 3216th
	46.6		29 / 3210th
	46.9		29 / 3210th
	46.8		29 / 3210th
	43.7		26 / 3219th

Chance volume	Team	Percentile	Rank
	3.09		20 / 3239th
	55.76		30 / 326th
	2.29		T-17 / 3248th

Finishing & goaltending	Team	Percentile	Rank
	11.6		7 / 3281st
	89.0		21 / 3235th
	100.64		9 / 3274th
	-9.48		15 / 3255th
	17.39		14 / 3258th

Elite90+Strong70–89Average30–69Weak10–29Poor<10Context · not gradedBar length is the peer percentile, so longer is always better · tick at the 50th

Season vs reference

All situations · this season against a reference

Reference:

Metric	This season	2023–24	Change
%	55.5	46.3	+9.1
/ GP	2.99	2.88	+0.11
/ GP	3.23	3.52	-0.29
/ GP	-0.24	-0.65	+0.40
/ GP	3.09	2.87	+0.22
/ GP	3.46	3.55	-0.09
%	47.2	44.7	+2.5
%	46.6	45.0	+1.6
%	43.7	40.5	+3.3
%	11.6	10.2	+1.4
%	89.0	89.7	-0.7
index	100.64	99.96	+0.68
goals	-9.48	-5.16	-4.33
goals	17.39	15.15	+2.24

Points pace

Cumulative standings points by game against a 96-point pace over 82 games

2.00 pts · 96-point pace 1.17

Oct 9, 2024 · vs TOR

vs pace: −5.0
First half: 43
Second half: 48
Best run: W6

91 points after 82 games; the pace line expects 96.0 (-5.0).

Standings

Official standings as of Apr 17, 2025 · the playoff line is the first team out of the field (top three per division, two wild cards)

League: 17th
Eastern: 8th
Atlantic: 5th
Regulation wins: 30

Points behind the league leader	25
Points behind the Eastern leader	20
Points behind the Atlantic leader	17
Points above the playoff line	+2

Results vs expected

All situations · goals and expected goals per 60 of clocked team ice time · all 32 teams

Per-60 rates pending: team ice time covers under 90% of games.

By situation

Season totals; Other is all situations minus 5v5, PP and PK, so rows sum to all situations.

Situation	TOI / GP	GF	GA	xGF	xGA	xG diff	xGF%
Five-on-five	—	158	181	169.8	183.6	-13.8	48.0
Power play	—	45	6	43.3	6.9	+36.4	86.3
Penalty kill	—	9	48	7.2	61.9	-54.6	10.5
Other	—	33	30	32.9	30.9	+2.0	51.6
All situations	—	245	265	253.2	283.3	-30.1	47.2

Score state

Time in each state is all situations; shares are five-on-five · shootouts excluded

State	Time / GP	Share of time	5v5 xG share	5v5 CF%	5v5 GF–GA
Leading	15:46	25.9%	46.7%	42.0%	33–48
Tied	23:31	38.7%	45.9%	45.9%	46–64
Trailing	21:28	35.3%	51.2%	53.3%	79–69

Leading teams usually give up share as they protect a lead, so a lower share while leading is expected.

Defensive metrics

All situations · lower against rates rank higher

Suppression & events	Team	Percentile	Rank
	0.077		27 / 3216th
	3.46		28 / 3213th
	2.95		31 / 323rd
	63.87		30 / 326th
	17.37		2 / 3297th
	24.23		7 / 3281st
	4.78		T-17 / 3248th
	14.10		5 / 3287th

Context · not graded

Goaltending

All situations · goals saved above expected per goalie · empty-net goals excluded

Goalie	GP	GS	Start share	W-L-OTL	SV%	xGA	GSAx
Samuel Montembeault	62	60	73.2%	31-24-7	.902	181.1	+23.1
Jakub Dobes	16	15	18.3%	7-4-3	.909	43.1	+4.1
Cayden Primeau	11	7	8.5%	2-3-1	.836	31.2	-9.8
Team		82				—	+17.4

Team GSAx +17.4 (14th in NHL); the goalie rows sum to it.

Discipline

Official counts · all situations

Penalties taken / GP: 3.84
Penalties drawn / GP: 3.57
Differential / GP: -0.27
PIM / GP: 9.27

Shot locations

Unblocked attempts for and against · chance tiers are model goal probability: high ≥ 0.20, medium ≥ 0.08

Situation

Chances:

View:

Shot type

Shots for 3246 attempts · 253.3 xG

Shots against 3669 attempts · 283.3 xG

Finishing evidence

228 goals on 237.5 xG (-9.5). Finishing 7.1% vs 7.4% expected per unblocked attempt.

Goaltending evidence

247 goals allowed on 270.7 xG against (+23.7 saved above expected).

High-danger for: 188
High-danger against: 242
Rebound shots: 286 – 379
Rebound xG: 26.0 – 34.8

Zones, for

Zone	Att	G	xG	Goal rate / exp.	G−xG
Left circle	278	20	11.6	7.2% / 4.2%	+8.4
Outer slot	226	20	17.7	8.8% / 7.8%	+2.3
Below goal line	59	1	2.0	1.7% / 3.4%	−1.0
Point	860	15	17.7	1.7% / 2.1%	−2.7
Inner slot	638	83	85.9	13.0% / 13.5%	−2.9
Right circle	192	3	6.0	1.6% / 3.1%	−3.0
High slot	966	86	96.6	8.9% / 10.0%	−10.6
All zones	3,219	228	237.5	7.1% / 7.4%	−9.5

Zones, against

Zone	Att	GA	xGA	Goal rate / exp.	Prevented
Inner slot	788	93	110.0	11.8% / 14.0%	+17.0
Right circle	251	3	7.6	1.2% / 3.0%	+4.6
Outer slot	259	18	20.0	6.9% / 7.7%	+2.0
High slot	1,020	100	101.8	9.8% / 10.0%	+1.8
Left circle	284	7	8.3	2.5% / 2.9%	+1.3
Below goal line	53	1	1.4	1.9% / 2.7%	+0.4
Point	995	25	21.6	2.5% / 2.2%	−3.4
All zones	3,650	247	270.7	6.8% / 7.4%	+23.7

Sorted by goals against expectation. Empty-net attempts are left out, as in the evidence lines above.

Shot types, for

Type	Att	Share	G	xG	Sh%	G−xG
Snap	1154	35.6%	98	102.6	12.4	-4.6
Wrist	1104	34.0%	76	75.9	10.2	+0.1
Slap	392	12.1%	19	21.0	8.3	-2.0
Tip-in	296	9.1%	20	24.4	13.9	-4.4
Backhand	205	6.3%	21	18.6	15.8	+2.4
Deflected	56	1.7%	5	6.2	13.5	-1.2
Wrap-around	19	0.6%	2	1.5	20.0	+0.5
Bat	14	0.4%	2	2.5	33.3	-0.5
Poke	6	0.2%	0	0.6	0.0	-0.6

Shot density

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Power play

Official percentage · rates use our scope, including 5v3, 4v3 and 6v4

PP%: 20.1%
Opportunities / GP: 2.85
Net PP goals: 39

Power play rates	Team	Percentile	Rank
	1.72		11 / 3268th

Per-60 rates pending: team ice time covers under 90% of games.

Penalty kill

Official percentage · rates use our scope, including 5v3, 4v3 and 6v4

PK%: 80.9%
Times shorthanded / GP: 3.13
Net PK goals: -39

Penalty kill rates	Team	Percentile	Rank
	-13.88		2 / 3297th

Per-60 rates pending: team ice time covers under 90% of games.

Record splits

W–L–OTL, points % and goals per game · rest counts days off before the game; the playoff field is the standings' top three per division plus two wild cards

Split	GP	W–L–OTL	PTS	P%	GF/GP	GA/GP
Venue
Home	41	23–12–6	52	63.4%	3.05	3.07
Away	41	17–19–5	39	47.6%	2.93	3.39
Opponent
vs Western	32	13–12–7	33	51.6%	2.50	3.19
vs Eastern	50	27–19–4	58	58.0%	3.30	3.26
vs own division	26	18–7–1	37	71.2%	3.62	2.69
vs playoff teams	40	18–17–5	41	51.3%	2.58	3.02
vs non-playoff teams	42	22–14–6	50	59.5%	3.38	3.43
Game state
One-goal games	33	18–4–11	47	71.2%	2.88	2.79
Scoring first	37	26–9–2	54	73.0%	3.46	2.59
Allowing first	45	14–22–9	37	41.1%	2.60	3.76
Recent
Last 10	10	7–1–2	16	80.0%	2.90	2.10
Rest
Back-to-back	15	7–5–3	17	56.7%	3.07	3.33
1 day of rest	40	21–14–5	47	58.8%	3.13	3.20
2+ days of rest	26	11–12–3	25	48.1%	2.81	3.35

By period

Goals for and against · a shootout decider counts as an overtime goal

1st period6784

2nd period8284

3rd period8686

Overtime1011

For Against

Forward lines

Five-on-five · the four lines with the most time together, from shift charts

Line	TOI	xG share	GF–GA	CF%	Team without them
Suzuki – Caufield – Slafkovský	711:46	48.9%	24–41	51.5%	48.3%
Gallagher – Anderson – Dvorak	495:24	51.6%	27–24	48.6%	48.0%
Armia – Evans – Heineman	310:52	49.7%	17–23	52.5%	48.3%
Laine – Dach – Newhook	206:46	47.5%	9–8	46.5%	48.5%

Defense pairs

Five-on-five · the three pairs with the most time together

Pair	TOI	xG share	GF–GA	CF%	Team without them
Savard – Xhekaj	497:50	45.2%	24–31	45.2%	48.9%
Matheson – Hutson	478:24	55.3%	20–12	55.1%	47.3%
Matheson – Carrier	416:17	40.1%	14–22	41.9%	49.5%

Units are found from the skaters on the ice for the club’s five-on-five shot events; time together intersects their shifts with five-on-five play. Team without them is the club’s five-on-five xG share with that unit off the ice.

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Leaders

This club’s games only · season totals and average ice time

Points: 89
Goals: 37
Assists: 60
Ice time: 25:05
GSAx: +23.1

Skaters

This club’s games only · P/60 and 5v5 xG share use this stint; grade is the full season

Position:

			Games	Scoring			Discipline		Shots		Time	Model
#	Player	Pos	GP	G	A	P	+/−	PIM	SOG	S%	ATOI	P/60	5v5 xG%	Grade
14	Nick Suzuki	C	82	30	59	89	+19	8	172	17.4%	20:04	3.25	51.2	—
13	Cole Caufield	R	82	37	33	70	+9	14	240	15.4%	18:05	2.83	50.1	A
48	Lane Hutson	D	82	6	60	66	-2	34	91	6.6%	22:44	2.12	52.6	—
20	Juraj Slafkovský	L	79	18	33	51	+4	45	133	13.5%	17:21	2.23	49.7	—
11	Brendan Gallagher	R	82	21	17	38	-6	39	148	14.2%	13:55	2.00	51.4	A
71	Jake Evans	C	82	13	23	36	+1	10	80	16.3%	15:33	1.69	49.1	B−
28	Christian Dvorak	C	82	12	21	33	-5	16	104	11.5%	15:15	1.58	48.6	C+
92	Patrik Laine	L	52	20	13	33	-14	14	116	17.2%	14:18	2.66	44.6	—
8	Mike Matheson	D	80	6	25	31	-6	51	149	4.0%	25:05	0.93	47.3	—
40	Joel Armia	R	81	11	18	29	-2	16	104	10.6%	14:18	1.50	45.2	C
17	Josh Anderson	R	81	15	12	27	-2	90	109	13.8%	14:19	1.40	48.1	B
15	Alex Newhook	C	82	15	11	26	-21	24	118	12.7%	15:08	1.26	47.9	—
77	Kirby Dach	C	57	10	12	22	-29	40	84	11.9%	15:40	1.48	45.5	F
45	Alexandre Carrier	D	51	2	16	18	+4	28	59	3.4%	20:50	1.02	47.0	—
21	Kaiden Guhle	D	55	6	12	18	+6	47	71	8.5%	21:11	0.93	48.3	—
51	Emil Heineman	L	62	10	8	18	-6	20	64	15.6%	11:24	1.53	49.2	B−
58	David Savard	D	75	1	14	15	-8	36	48	2.1%	16:35	0.72	44.0	F
47	Jayden Struble	D	56	2	11	13	+2	52	47	4.3%	14:57	0.93	55.4	—
72	Arber Xhekaj	D	70	1	5	6	-13	118	69	1.4%	14:37	0.35	46.0	D
55	Michael Pezzetta	L	25	0	0	0	-2	24	14	0.0%	5:56	0.00	55.1	—

Goalies

GSAx: goals saved above expected, all situations, empty-net goals excluded.

	Games	Record	Shots faced	Goals allowed	Model
35	Samuel Montembeault	62	60	31	24	7	1678	.902	166	2.82	+23.1
75	Jakub Dobes	16	15	7	4	3	440	.909	40	2.74	+4.1
30	Cayden Primeau	11	7	2	3	1	250	.836	41	4.70	-9.8

2024–25 playoffs

Playoff games only · no league ranks, since too few clubs play for a fair comparison

Record: 1-4
Series won: 0
Goals: 12–18
xG share: 45.1%
Shots: 148–139

Series

Round	Opponent	Result	Games
Round 1	WSH	Lost 1–4	5

Leading scorers

Player	GP	G	A	P
Lane Hutson	5	0	5	5
Cole Caufield	5	3	1	4
Christian Dvorak	5	2	0	2
Juraj Slafkovský	5	2	0	2
Nick Suzuki	5	2	0	2
Alexandre Carrier	5	1	1	2

Goaltending

Goalie	GP	W-L	SV%	GAA
Jakub Dobes	3	1-2	.881	2.91
Samuel Montembeault	3	0-2	.908	2.76

Playoff games

2024–25 · playoffs · every finished game

Games:

Venue:

Date	Opponent	Result	SOG	SA	Shot diff	xGF%	Starting goalie
Apr 30	@ WSH	L 1–4	29	28	+1	50.7%	Jakub Dobes
Apr 27	vs WSH	L 2–5	18	26	-8	29.5%	Jakub Dobes
Apr 25	vs WSH	W 6–3	40	21	+19	60.6%	Samuel Montembeault
Apr 23	@ WSH	L 1–3	26	32	-6	39.2%	Samuel Montembeault
Apr 21	@ WSH	L 2–3 OT	35	32	+3	44.4%	Samuel Montembeault
5 games		1–4	29.6	27.8	1.8	45.1%

Summary: record, average SOG and SA per game, pooled xG share and power-play total for the filtered games.

Every playoff run

The club's recorded playoff runs, newest first · a playoff overtime loss is a loss

Season	GP
2025–26	19
2024–25	5
2020–21	21
2019–20	10
2016–17	6

2024–25 · regular season · every finished game

Games:

Venue:

Date	Opponent	Result	SOG	SA	Shot diff	xGF%	PP	Starting goalie
Apr 16	vs CAR	W 4–2	22	29	-7	55.0%	0/3	Samuel Montembeault
Apr 14	vs CHI	OTL 3–4 SO	21	25	-4	45.3%	1/4	Samuel Montembeault
Apr 12	@ TOR	OTL 0–1 OT	15	35	-20	37.6%	0/2	Jakub Dobes
Apr 11	@ OTT	L 2–5	22	34	-12	36.6%	0/2	Samuel Montembeault
Apr 8	vs DET	W 4–1	21	36	-15	47.6%	0/2	Samuel Montembeault
Apr 6	@ NSH	W 2–1	17	37	-20	35.8%	0/1	Jakub Dobes
Apr 5	vs PHI	W 3–2	26	24	+2	65.8%	0/2	Samuel Montembeault
Apr 3	vs BOS	W 4–1	32	19	+13	58.1%	0/1	Samuel Montembeault
Apr 1	vs FLA	W 3–2 OT	21	27	-6	54.6%	0/3	Samuel Montembeault
Mar 30	@ FLA	W 4–2	23	26	-3	48.3%	2/3	Samuel Montembeault
10 games		7–1–2	22.0	29.2	-7.2	48.8%	3/23

Summary: record, average SOG and SA per game, pooled xG share and power-play total for the filtered games.

Official record and season-level team metrics · cells shaded by league percentile that season

Season	GP	Record	PTS	GF	GA	Diff	P%	xGF%	CF%	GAx	PDO	PP%	PK%
2026–27 partial	8	4–3–1	9	27	30	-3	56.3	53.4	54.3	0.7	96.2	14.8	82.4
2025–26	82	48–24–10	106	283	256	+27	64.6	50.3	48.4	14.2	101.9	23.1	78.2
2024–25	82	40–31–11	91	245	265	-20	55.5	47.2	46.6	-9.5	100.6	20.1	80.9
2023–24	82	30–36–16	76	236	289	-53	46.3	44.7	45.0	-5.2	100.0	17.5	76.4
2022–23	82	31–45–6	68	232	307	-75	41.5	41.7	44.7	2.1	99.1	16.1	72.7
2021–22	82	22–49–11	55	221	319	-98	33.5	42.9	46.5	-6.7	97.7	13.7	75.5
2020–21	56	24–21–11	59	159	168	-9	52.7	49.7	53.1	9.6	98.6	19.2	78.5
2019–20	71	31–31–9	71	212	221	-9	50.0	51.1	53.2	4.7	98.6	17.7	78.7

Bold marks the best full season in each column (PDO is context, so it is neither shaded nor marked). Shading uses each season’s league percentile on the five performance tiers; the in-progress season is partial.

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Every metric name opens its definition; the full list lives in Metrics.

Every section reads one season sample per situation. Five-on-five is official five-on-five strength; power play and penalty kill include 5v3, 4v3 and 6v4, and plain 6v5 is Other. Other is all situations minus the three, so situation rows sum. Power play and penalty kill are read from this team’s side, so shots against on the power play are the opponent’s shorthanded chances.

The situation filter (all situations or five-on-five) sets Season metrics, Season vs reference, On-ice rates and the Defense suppression rows, and opens the shot map on the same choice; the shot map’s own Situation select adds power play and penalty kill. The header, the percentile radar, Results, goaltending, discipline, Special teams, Form, Roster, Game log and Seasons keep the scope their own labels state.

Team ice time is the elapsed team clock from shift charts. Per-60 rates use only games with a complete clock and appear when at least 90% of games have one. Power-play opportunities, times shorthanded, penalty minutes, hits, blocks, giveaways, takeaways and faceoffs are official team box counts from the NHL game summary; official PP% and PK% use them.

Goals above expected and GSAx exclude empty-net goals. Shot-type shooting percentage is goals divided by shots on goal. High danger everywhere on this page, ranked rows and the shot-map tier filter alike, is model scoring probability of at least 0.20 (medium at least 0.08). PDO is ranked high to low but is context, not a quality grade.

One-goal games include overtime and shootout decisions, and scoring first uses the first non-shootout goal. Shot callouts exclude shots on an empty net; attempts are unblocked, because blocked shots carry no location. Blocks and hits describe volume and time defending, so they are ranked but colored as context. Penalties count minor, major, bench and match events; misconducts and penalty shots are excluded.

Special-teams rates, shorthanded goals and net goals use the widened scopes above, which can differ from the official counts by a goal or two over a season. In Season vs reference, a change is colored by whether it helps the team, and Points % appears only in all situations. Season metrics leaves out the rows the Defense table shows and, in all situations, the rows the header shows.

An em dash means unavailable, not zero. A partial season remains partial. Percentiles and ranks need at least 20 teams.

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Season performanceAll situations · league percentiles, reference and ranked metricsCollapse

League percentile profile

Season metrics

Season vs reference

League percentile profile

Season metrics

Season vs reference

Results & record40–31–11 record · 91 points in 82 gamesExplore

Points pace

Standings

On-ice resultsAll situations · rates vs expected, with every situation and period beside themExplore

Results vs expected

By situation

Score state

Defense & goaltendingWeak 3.46 expected goals against per game in all situations (28th of 32)Explore

Defensive metrics

Goaltending

Discipline

Shooting & finishingAverage -9.5 goals above expected in all situations (15th of 32)Explore

Shot locations

Finishing evidence

Goaltending evidence

Zones, for

Zones, against

Shot types, for

Shot density

Special teamsPP · PKPower play: 20.1% (21st) · Penalty kill: 80.9% (9th)Explore

Power play

Penalty kill

FormSteady 48.8% xG share over the last 10 games vs 47.2% this season, 7–1–2Explore

Recent form

SplitsHome 23–12–6 · Away 17–19–5Explore

Record splits

By period

Lines & pairs5v5The most-used five-on-five forward lines and defense pairsExplore

Forward lines

Defense pairs

Roster32 active skatersExplore

Leaders

Skaters

Goalies

PlayoffsLost in round 1 to WSH, 1–4 · 1-4 in 5 gamesExplore

2024–25 playoffs

Series

Leading scorers

Goaltending

Playoff games

Every playoff run

Game log82 GP · Last game: W 4–2 vs CARExplore

Seasons8 NHL seasons trackedExplore

Data notesScopes, sources and missing valuesExplore

Score state

Forward lines

Defense pairs

Shot locations

Finishing evidence

Goaltending evidence

Zones, for

Zones, against

Shot types, for

League percentile profile

Season metrics

Season vs reference