Montréal Canadiens · #45 · Defence

Alexandre Carrier

Age 29 · Shoots right · 5′11″ · 174 lb · Born Quebec City, Quebec, CAN

Drafted 2015, #115 overall by Nashville

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Games32026-27 Small sample
Goals1T-4th on MTL
Assists1T-5th on MTL
Points2T-5th on MTL
P / GP0.67T-132nd in the NHL
Shots425.0% shooting
TOI / GP16:127th on MTL

2025-262025-26: 73 games, 7-15-22, 0.30 points per game Season detail →

Alexandre Carrier has 2 points in 3 games of 2026-27, after 22 points in 73 games last season.

This season

2026-27 regular season · 3 games Small sample
2026-27 · The season

2 points in 3 games for the 20th-placed Montréal

Where he ranks among NHL defencemen with 2+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.

Percentile among NHL defencemen

Goals / 601.2395th
Shooting %25.0%91st
Points / GP0.6782nd
Assists / 601.2373rd
Shots / GP1.3366th
Takeaways161st
Penalty differential056th
PP points042nd
Blocked shots334th
Hits126th
Ice time16:1224th

Bars show the percentile against 198 defencemen with 2+ games in 2026-27; the thin line marks the league median.

Points per game · rolling blocks

0.70.71–3

Dashed line: season average (0.7). Dark blocks sit at or above it.

Points2T-5th on MTL
Points per game0.67T-132nd in NHL
Goals1T-67th in NHL
Assists1T-5th on MTL
Shooting %25.0%Above avg (11.6%)
Ice time16:127th on MTL
Stats hub

Ice time and special teams

A third-pair defenceman who kills penalties

Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Montréal's power play went through him.

Ice time by strength

Even strength13:48
Power play0:00
Shorthanded2:24
Total16:12

20.7 shifts a game, averaging 47 seconds each.

Special teams

PP goals0T-2nd on MTL
PP assists0T-3rd on MTL
PP points0T-4th on MTL · T-142nd NHL
SH goals0
PP points / 600.00

Power-play involvement

Goals on the PP1Montréal total
Involved in0goals or assists
Share0.0%of every MTL PPG
PP TOI share0.0%of MTL PP time

Team power-play goals from the season team report; involvement is his power-play points.


Scoring detail

Most of the goals come at even strength

How the 1 goal and 1 assist were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.

Goal detail

Game-winning goals11st on MTL
Overtime goals0T-1st on MTL
First goal of the game0
Empty-net goals0
Even-strength goals1
Power-play goals0

Goals by period

1st0
2nd0
3rd1
Overtime0

Goals by game state

Tied0
Leading1
Trailing0

0 of 1 goal broke a tie; 0 came with Montréal trailing.

Assists

Primary1 · 100%
Secondary0 · 0%

Primary assists are the stronger playmaking signal.

Rates per 60

Points / 602.47
Goals / 601.23
Shots / 604.9
ES points / 602.902 ES points
PP points / 600.000 PP points

Shot locations

Most attempts from the wing, goals from the point

Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.

GoalOn goalMissedBlocked

By zone

Crease1 att · 0 G
Slot1 att · 0 G
Wing3 att · 0 G
Point1 att · 1 G
Neutral zone2 att · 0 G

8 attempts across the 3 games with a stored shot map. Small sample

Expected goals (ixG)0.5236th
Goals1
Goals vs expected+0.5
Unblocked attempts6
xG per attempt.085
ixG per 600.63

2026-27 · 3 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.

Every unblocked attempt he took, weighed by its chance of scoring from that spot, shot type and strength. Above zero is finishing better than the chances.

xG leaders

2026-27 · Skating and shot power

Distance per 60 in the 73rd percentile of defencemen: 8.84 miles

How fast he skated, how far, how hard he shot and where on the ice his shifts were spent, against the average NHL defenceman.

Tracking percentile among NHL defencemen

Distance / 60, mi8.8473rd
22+ mph bursts048th
Offensive-zone time40.8%48th
90+ mph shots042nd
20+ mph bursts139th
Defensive-zone time42.1%35th
Distance skated, mi7.232nd
Top speed, mph20.0826th
Average shot, mph60.711th
Hardest shot, mph70.347th

Bars show the percentile against 198 defencemen with 2+ games in 2026-27; the thin line marks the median. Higher is better on every row: less defensive-zone time ranks higher.

Top speed, mph20.08Defenceman average 20.52
Hardest shot, mph70.34Defenceman average 81.3
Distance skated7.2 mi3.18 mi in his longest game
Offensive-zone starts31.4%42.9% defensive · 25.7% neutral

Where his shifts were spent

41.3%All situations41.5%
44.5%Even strength37.4%
18.9%Shorthanded70.1%
OffensiveNeutralDefensive

Share of his time on ice in each zone.

Fastest moments

  1. 20.08@TOR29 Sep · 2nd 00:30
  2. 19.76@TOR29 Sep · 1st 01:09
  3. 19.57@TOR29 Sep · 2nd 14:22
  4. 19.22@TOR29 Sep · 2nd 14:13
  5. 19.09@TOR29 Sep · 2nd 05:51
  6. 18.62@TOR29 Sep · 3rd 03:18

His fastest bursts in mph.

22+ mph0 · avg 0.1
20-22 mph1 · avg 1.9
18-20 mph5 · avg 12

Bursts per speed band, against the defenceman average.

Hardest shots

  1. 70.34@PIT3 Oct · 1st 09:01
  2. 69.21@TOR29 Sep · 3rd 04:22
  3. 67.74@TOR29 Sep · 3rd 13:12
  4. 65.41@TOR29 Sep · 3rd 19:52
  5. 47.27@TOR29 Sep · 2nd 13:48

Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.

100+ mph0 · avg 0.0
90-99 mph0 · avg 0.2
80-89 mph0 · avg 1.2
70-79 mph1 · avg 2.8

Shot attempts per speed band.

Distance, last 10 games

  1. 2.72vsCAR6 Oct · 18:11 TOI
  2. 1.26@PIT3 Oct · 8:32 TOI
  3. 3.18@TOR29 Sep · 21:54 TOI

Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 2.39 a game. Small sample: these numbers move a lot in the first weeks of a season.


Physical play, discipline and faceoffs

Physical play, discipline and faceoffs

Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.

Possession and physical

Takeaways1T-5th on MTL
Giveaways1
TK / GV ratio1.00
Hits1T-17th on MTL
Blocked shots3T-4th on MTL

Discipline

Penalty minutes2
Minors1
Majors0
Penalties drawn1
Net penalties0drawn minus taken

Game log

Against Nashville, a point in zero of two

Full game log →
DateOpponentResultGAPSOG+/-TOI
28 Mar 2026@NSHW 4-10000+119:15
16 Oct 2025vsNSHW 3-2 OT0000016:22

Contract

Final season of his deal: an unrestricted free agent next summer

In 2025-26 he scored 5.9 points per $1M of cap hit, 90th of 191 defencemen with 40 or more games and a current contract.

Cap hit$3.75M3.6% of the $104M ceiling
Term3 yearsYear 3 of 3
Expires2026-27UFA at 30
Cap value$11.3MCap hit × 3 years

Cap hit is the average annual charge against the salary cap, not a yearly salary; cap value is cap hit times the years of the deal, not a reported total. As of 1 Oct 2026.


With Montréal

Three seasons · 2024-25 to 2026-27
Linemates and opponents

120th in franchise points since 1990-91

Built from goal and assist records: who assists on his goals, whose goals he assists, and his scoring against each opponent.

since 1990-91 · regular season

Points42120th for Montréal
Goals10152nd
Assists32110th
Games played127136th
Team history

Career

Regular season and playoffs
Career · regular season

Nine seasons, with 2 clubs

Career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAPP/GPSH%Points
2016-17NSH20000.000.0%
2019-20NSH30000.000.0%
2020-21NSH191230.163.2%
2021-22NSH77327300.393.2%
2022-23NSH432790.214.2%
2023-24NSH73416200.275.2%
2024-25MTL, NSH79322250.323.7%
2025-26MTL73715220.3012.5%
2026-27MTL11122.0033.3%
Career37021901110.305.3%

Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.

Draft

2015Nashville · round 4#115

Teammates in the stats

2026-27 · MTL points

Games40
Goals3
Points170.43 P/GP
Game-winning goals1
Career page

Updated after every final · through 6 Oct