Montréal Canadiens
2026-27: 1-1-1 · 3 pts · 20th in the NHL · 7th in the Atlantic · L10 1-1-1 · L1
2025-26: 48-24-10 · 106 pts · 6th in the NHL · 3rd in the Atlantic
vs Nashville · 7:00 PM ETPrices after the game-day snapshotExpected in goal: Jakub Dobes 77%Game preview →Montréal are 1-1-1 after 3 games of 2026-27, 7th in the Atlantic. Last season they finished 6th in the league with 106 points.
7th in the Atlantic after 3 games
League rank after every game of 2026-27, drawn against last season's month-end ranks. With fewer than ten games played, the order still moves a lot from night to night.
League rank through the season
See all: League rank through the season →2026-27 · 20th in the league · 1-1-1 · 3 pts
StandingsPoints in line with the goal difference
Three views derived from the 2026-27 results. Small sample: every split here rests on fewer than ten games.
Expected vs actual points
See all: Expected vs actual points →Points the goal difference is worth = GF^1.8 ÷ (GF^1.8 + GA^1.8) × 2 × GP × 1.115, the league's points a game, from 12 goals for and 14 against in 3 games. Last season: 106 points against 99.7. Expected points from shot quality (xG) are in the Shots section.
MethodClose games
Splits
Five of the next six at home
Next six
See all: Next six →Nashville Predators86 pts · 23rd10 Octvs
Detroit Red Wings92 pts · 16th13 Octvs
Buffalo Sabres109 pts · 4th14 Oct@
Washington Capitals95 pts · 12th17 OctvsBuffalo Sabres109 pts · 4th20 Octvs
San Jose Sharks86 pts · 24thDifficulty is how often the opponent would beat an average team, from shot quality (our season model, which leans on last season early on). Red is the top quarter of the league, green the bottom quarter. Hover a bar for the numbers.
Next six: these opponents would beat an average team 49.5% of the time. 2 of the six made the 2025-26 playoffs.
Full scheduleLast results
See all: Last results →
Carolina4–620–34L3 Oct@
Pittsburgh5–6 OT25–30OTL29 Sep@
Toronto3–224–28WScores Nick Suzuki leads with 6 points in 3 games
2026-27 scoring, with last season's line for every player on the roster. Status tags come from the league-wide injury report.
Moves since July
See all: Moves since July →2026-27 roster
See all: 2026-27 roster →$1.89M of cap space under a $104M ceiling
Cap hit against the ceiling
Biggest cap hits
See all: Biggest cap hits →Out of contract in summer 2027
See all: Out of contract in summer 2027 →As of 1 Oct 2026. Cap hit is the average annual charge against the cap, not a yearly salary. The team figure is a projection that can include players off the roster; space below zero is before long-term injured reserve and other relief, which this data does not include.
Who dressed against Carolina on 6 Oct
Every player who dressed, ordered by ice time. The league publishes who played, not the line combinations, so this is depth by minutes rather than lines.
Changes from 3 Oct: in Florian Xhekaj; out Ivan Demidov.
Forwards · by ice time
Defence · by ice time
Goalies · by ice time
Did not dress
On the roster but not in the lineup: injured players carry the report’s status, the rest were scratched or are away from the team.
A 24th power play and a 19th penalty kill
Small sample after 3 games. Last season: power play 23.1%, penalty kill 78.2%.
2026-27
Dashed line: league average. Scale 0–100%.
Montréal attempt more from the wing than anywhere else
Every Montréal attempt in 2026-27, attacking right (3 games). Crease: within 8 ft of the goal. Slot: inside the faceoff dots below the circles. Point: the top 20 ft of the zone.
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 3 games with located shots. Ranks are league-wide (1st = best). Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26 · 82 games with located shots. Ranks are league-wide (1st = best).
Expected goals weigh every unblocked attempt by its chance of scoring from that spot, shot type and strength (our model, trained on 2025-26). Above zero on finishing or goaltending means better than the chances.
Team xG tableBy zone
162 att · 69 on goal · 12 G
By shot type
Montréal Canadiens rank 21st for 22+ mph bursts and 28th for shot-attempt differential
How fast Montréal Canadiens skated, how hard they shot and where the puck spent its time, ranked against the other 31 teams.
Fastest skaters
- 22.09Nick Suzuki@PIT3 Oct · 3rd 00:12
- 21.70Chris Kreider@TOR29 Sep · 2nd 00:17
- 21.51Mike Matheson@TOR29 Sep · 2nd 13:08
- 21.39Jake Evans@PIT3 Oct · 3rd 19:51
- 21.35Josh Anderson@TOR29 Sep · 2nd 04:43
- 21.33Lane Hutson@PIT3 Oct · OT 00:10
- 21.25Alexandre Texier@PIT3 Oct · 2nd 13:33
- 21.23Zachary Bolduc@TOR29 Sep · 1st 14:41
Each Montréal Canadiens skater's fastest burst, the top eight, in mph.
Hardest shots
- 93.96Mike Matheson@TOR29 Sep · 2nd 11:53
- 91.51Juraj Slafkovský@TOR29 Sep · 2nd 14:17
- 85.39Ivan Demidov@PIT3 Oct · 1st 11:38
- 85.07Lane Hutson@TOR29 Sep · 3rd 07:37
- 83.83Noah Dobson@PIT3 Oct · 2nd 12:06
- 83.04Nick Suzuki@PIT3 Oct · 1st 11:21
- 80.83Chris Kreider@TOR29 Sep · 1st 02:54
- 80.68Alexandre Texier@TOR29 Sep · 1st 08:04
Each Montréal Canadiens skater's hardest shot, the top eight, in mph.
Territory
Ranks are league-wide, 1st = best.
Jakub Dobes has started 3 of 3
Starts, save percentage and goals against for every goalie who has played for the club this season, with last season for context.
2026-27
2025-26
Five on the injury list
Injury report
See all: Injury report →Updated 7 Oct, 7:46 AM ET
InjuriesTransactions
See all: Transactions →Placed D Reilly Walsh, D Maksymilian Szuber, D Ethan Samson, C Sam Poulin, RW Sasha Pastujov, C Hunter McKown, G Kaapo Kähkönen, LW Brett Berard, and RW Alex Belzile on waivers for the purpose of loaning them to Laval (AHL).
Signed F Chris Kreider to a one-year contract.
Loaned F Vinzenz Rohrer to EV Zug (Switzerland).
Signed D Maksymilian Szuber to a one-year contract.
Acquired F Sasha Pastujov from Anaheim Ducks for F Sean Farrell.
Signed F Jared Davidson to a one-year contract. Signed F Hunter McKown to one-year, two-way contracts.
Signed F Kirby Dach to a one-year contract.
2026 draft class
See all: 2026 draft class →Priced at 68% to make the playoffs
Every season-long market the venues list for the Montréal Canadiens, as the venue-average implied chance with each venue's price to buy Yes.
Make the playoffs: market vs last season
A 109-point pace (last season's points % over 84 games) maps to about 91%; the market sits 23 points lower.
Season points: the market's ladder
3 points from 3 games so far. A points pace is shown from game 10.
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Polymarket
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Boston is the most-played rivalry: 951 meetings
Montréal against every Atlantic rival, from each pairing's first meeting in the index, including 2026-27.
Boston Bruins951532-366-53.5591924-25Toronto Maple Leafs780419-323-38.5371927-28Detroit Red Wings661373-270-18.5641932-33Buffalo Sabres352179-141-32.5091970-71
Ottawa Senators19296-73-23.5001992-93
Tampa Bay Lightning15372-64-17.4711992-93
Florida Panthers12562-53-10.4961993-9417 playoff trips in the last 30 seasons
Playoff depth season by season since 1996-97, the franchise scoring leaders since 1990-91 and its earliest draft picks since 1980. Hover a square for the season.
The last 30 seasons
Points leaders since 1990-91
Regular season, with this franchise only.
Retired numbers
Numbers retired by the franchise, as of October 2026. Maintained by hand, outside the stats feed.
Top picks since 1980
The 6 highest first-round picks of 53 since 1980.
Updated after every final · through 6 Oct