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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.

5-year points history

Regular-season points, last five seasons.

Organization strength

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

Forwards · 17 38.8

top Nick Suzuki (94.1) league 40.1 NHLe pts/82

Defense · 9 31.7

top Lane Hutson (78.0) league 25.3 NHLe pts/82

Goalies · 3 .896

top Jacob Fowler (0.9133) league .895 SV%

Forwards

Lines: even-strength via DailyFaceoff

L · #13

Cole Caufield

51G · 37A · 88P · 1.09 P/GP

C · #14

Nick Suzuki

29G · 72A · 101P · 1.23 P/GP

Line 1

13G · 12A · 25P · 0.59 P/GP

Oliver Kapanen

22G · 15A · 37P · 0.45 P/GP

Ivan Demidov

19G · 43A · 62P · 0.76 P/GP

Line 2

L · #85

Alexandre Texier

8G · 13A · 21P · 0.41 P/GP

C · #77

Kirby Dach

8G · 7A · 15P · 0.41 P/GP

R · #76

Zack Bolduc

12G · 18A · 30P · 0.39 P/GP

Line 3

L · #71

Jake Evans

12G · 12A · 24P · 0.35 P/GP

C · #24

Phillip Danault

6G · 11A · 17P · 0.23 P/GP

R · #17

Josh Anderson

14G · 9A · 23P · 0.32 P/GP

Line 4

Defense

LD · #8

Mike Matheson

7G · 30A · 37P · 0.47 P/GP

RD · #45

Alexandre Carrier

7G · 15A · 22P · 0.30 P/GP

Pair 1

LD · #21

Kaiden Guhle

2G · 9A · 11P · 0.28 P/GP

RD · #48

Lane Hutson

12G · 66A · 78P · 0.95 P/GP

Pair 2

LD · #47

Jayden Struble

2G · 10A · 12P · 0.20 P/GP

RD · #72

Arber Xhekaj

1G · 3A · 4P · 0.06 P/GP

Pair 3

Goaltending

Starter

G · #75

Jakub Dobes

29-10-4 · .901 SV% · 2.78 GAA

Backup

G · #32

Jacob Fowler

9-6-2 · .908 SV% · 2.43 GAA

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