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RECORD
106
POINTS
82
GAMES PLAYED
106
POINTS PACE
3rd
DIVISION RANK
Montreal Canadiens roster 2025-26
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Montreal Canadiens: Skater statistics 2025-26
| Name | Pos | Age | GP | Goals G | Assists A | Points P | ATOI | Shots SOG | Sh% | GF% | SA% | xGF% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nick Suzuki Suzuki | C | 26 | 82 | 29 | 72 | 101 | 20.8 | 183 | 15.8 | 64.9 | 52.6 | 52.5 |
| Cole Caufield Caufield | R | 24 | 81 | 51 | 37 | 88 | 18.2 | 258 | 19.8 | 63.8 | 52.9 | 53.7 |
| Lane Hutson Hutson | D | 21 | 82 | 12 | 66 | 78 | 23.8 | 124 | 9.7 | 62.6 | 53.0 | 54.0 |
| Juraj Slafkovský Slafkovský | L | 21 | 82 | 30 | 43 | 73 | 18.5 | 180 | 16.7 | 59.6 | 49.2 | 48.2 |
| Ivan Demidov Demidov | R | 19 | 82 | 19 | 43 | 62 | 15.5 | 127 | 15.0 | 53.5 | 45.1 | 47.3 |
| Noah Dobson Dobson | D | 25 | 80 | 12 | 35 | 47 | 22.5 | 158 | 7.6 | 52.2 | 47.5 | 46.0 |
| Mike Matheson Matheson | D | 31 | 78 | 7 | 30 | 37 | 24.2 | 114 | 6.1 | 50.8 | 46.3 | 44.7 |
| Oliver Kapanen Kapanen | C | 22 | 82 | 22 | 15 | 37 | 14.5 | 131 | 16.8 | 51.5 | 43.0 | 43.3 |
| Zachary Bolduc Bolduc | R | 22 | 78 | 12 | 18 | 30 | 13.6 | 101 | 11.9 | 50.0 | 49.1 | 50.0 |
| Alex Newhook Newhook | C | 24 | 42 | 13 | 12 | 25 | 14.5 | 61 | 21.3 | 56.9 | 44.5 | 43.2 |
| Jake Evans Evans | C | 29 | 68 | 12 | 12 | 24 | 15.4 | 75 | 16.0 | 42.9 | 46.5 | 45.6 |
| Brendan Gallagher Gallagher | R | 33 | 77 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 12.4 | 121 | 5.8 | 52.9 | 50.9 | 48.7 |
| Josh Anderson Anderson | R | 31 | 72 | 14 | 9 | 23 | 14.0 | 89 | 15.7 | 43.3 | 47.9 | 43.6 |
| Alexandre Carrier Carrier | D | 28 | 73 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 19.1 | 56 | 12.5 | 50.9 | 48.0 | 48.9 |
| Alexandre Texier Texier | L | 26 | 51 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 13.7 | 74 | 10.8 | 60.5 | 51.8 | 49.9 |
| Phillip Danault Danault | C | 32 | 75 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 15.6 | 91 | 6.6 | 45.0 | 50.1 | 45.0 |
| Kirby Dach Dach | C | 24 | 37 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 13.7 | 47 | 17.0 | 50.0 | 47.5 | 45.4 |
| Jayden Struble Struble | D | 24 | 59 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 14.0 | 26 | 7.7 | 53.8 | 50.0 | 47.8 |
| Kaiden Guhle Guhle | D | 23 | 39 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 19.5 | 40 | 5.0 | 48.9 | 45.4 | 46.2 |
| Sammy Blais Blais | L | 29 | 21 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 8.4 | 18 | 16.7 | 61.5 | 47.8 | 51.9 |
| Joe Veleno Veleno | C | 25 | 61 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12.1 | 52 | 3.8 | 34.1 | 47.7 | 46.2 |
| Arber Xhekaj Xhekaj | D | 24 | 65 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11.4 | 40 | 2.5 | 42.6 | 47.4 | 43.0 |
| Adam Engstrom Engstrom | D | 21 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13.1 | 11 | 0.0 | 57.1 | 51.2 | 47.5 |
| David Reinbacher Reinbacher | D | 20 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13.1 | 3 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 50.0 | 46.4 |
| Florian Xhekaj Xhekaj | L | 21 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9.6 | 4 | 0.0 | 33.3 | 37.7 | 41.8 |
| Jared Davidson Davidson | C | — | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8.7 | 9 | 0.0 | 25.0 | 46.6 | 47.4 |
| Owen Beck Beck | C | 21 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9.2 | 11 | 9.1 | 83.3 | 52.1 | 48.5 |
| Patrik Laine Laine | R | 27 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12.6 | 6 | 0.0 | 33.3 | 33.7 | 38.9 |
| Joshua Roy Roy | R | — | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.8 | 2 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 57.1 | 48.3 |
Montreal Canadiens: Goal contributions 2025-26
Montreal Canadiens: Player salaries 2025-26
The visualization above does not reflect retained salaries, long-term injured reserve (LTIR), or bonuses.
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