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Atlantic Division · Est. 1909

Montréal Canadiens

2025–26 · 48–24–10 · 106 pts · #3 Atlantic

24 Cups all-timeGM: Kent HughesHC: Martin St. Louis

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Team xGF%

49.6

% · all situations · HighDanger xG

21st in NHL

Identity

Young-and-fast

Rebuild graduation

Contention window

Opening

Back in playoffs early

Coach

St. Louis

Skill-first system

Avg age · forwards

26.1

Youngest group in division

Team Identity

Young-and-fast · Rebuild graduation

Ivan Demidov is the NHL's leading rookie scorer and looks like the steal of the 2024 draft, while Lane Hutson backed up his Calder run with another elite analytics season as one of the league's best puck-moving defensemen by zone-exit rate. Nick Suzuki captains a top-six that finally has real scoring depth around him, and the Habs are back in the postseason a year ahead of schedule. Goaltending behind Sam Montembeault is the question that lingers heading into round one.

Cap situation · 2026-27

Cap committed

$94.37M

of $104.0M

Cap space

$9.63M

Players signed

21/23

2 open

Pending RFAs

team-controlled

Cap utilization91%

Lines · cap by group

Forwards11 signed · $48.06M committed

Line 1$23.32M

LW1Cole Caufield

$7.85M · thru 2031

81 GP · 51G · 37A · 88P

C1Nick Suzuki

$7.88M · thru 2030 · NTC

82 GP · 29G · 72A · 101P

RW1Juraj Slafkovský

$7.6M · thru 2031

82 GP · 30G · 43A · 73P

Line 2$6.69M

LW2Alex Newhook

$2.9M · thru 2028

42 GP · 13G · 12A · 25P

C2Jake Evans

$2.85M · thru 2029

68 GP · 12G · 12A · 24P

RW2Ivan Demidov

$941K · thru 2034 · ELC

82 GP · 19G · 43A · 62P

Line 3$13.5M

LW3Alexandre Texier

$2.5M · thru 2028

51 GP · 8G · 13A · 21P

C3Phillip Danault

$5.5M · thru 2027 · NTC

75 GP · 6G · 11A · 17P

RW3Josh Anderson

$5.5M · thru 2027 · NTC

72 GP · 14G · 9A · 23P

Line 4$4.54M

LW4Zachary Bolduc

RFA

78 GP · 12G · 18A · 30P

C4Oliver Kapanen

$942K · thru 2028 · ELC

82 GP · 22G · 15A · 37P

RW4Kirby Dach

$3.6M · thru 2027

37 GP · 8G · 7A · 15P

Defense6 signed · $35.06M committed

Pair 1$15.5M

D1Mike Matheson

$6.0M · thru 2031 · NMC

78 GP · 7G · 30A · 37P

D2Noah Dobson

$9.5M · thru 2031

80 GP · 12G · 35A · 47P

Pair 2$10.26M

D3Jayden Struble

$1.41M · thru 2029

59 GP · 2G · 10A · 12P

D4Lane Hutson

$8.85M · thru 2031

82 GP · 12G · 66A · 78P

Pair 3$9.3M

D5Kaiden Guhle

$5.55M · thru 2031

39 GP · 2G · 9A · 11P

D6Alexandre Carrier

$3.75M · thru 2027

73 GP · 7G · 15A · 22P

Press Box

DArber Xhekaj

RFA

65 GP · 1G · 3A · 4P

Goalies4 signed · $6.06M committed

G1Samuel Montembeault

$3.15M · thru 2027

25 GP · 10-8-4 · .872 SV%

G2Kaapo Kahkonen

$1.0M · thru 2027

G3Jakub Dobes

$965K · thru 2030

43 GP · 29-10-4 · .901 SV%

G4Jacob Fowler

$946K · thru 2028 · ELC

17 GP · 9-6-2 · .908 SV%

Cap Charges$5.18M committed

--Bonus Carryover Overage

$1.93M · thru 2027 · Overage

RETBrendan Gallagher

$3.25M · Retained

77 GP · 7G · 16A · 23P

5-year points history

Regular-season points, last five seasons.

Organization strength

Active NHL roster only. Bar = team vs league average (▼).

Forwards · 19 38.0

top Nick Suzuki (94.1) league 38.2 NHLe pts/82

Defense · 9 31.7

top Lane Hutson (78.0) league 24.7 NHLe pts/82

Goalies · 3 .896

top Jacob Fowler (0.9133) league .896 SV%

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