Montréal Canadiens at Anaheim Ducks: game preview
MontréalCanadiens2026-27: 1-1-1 · 3 pts · 2025-26: 48-24-10 · 106 pts · 6that
AnaheimDucks2026-27: 2-0-0 · 4 pts · 2025-26: 43-33-6 · 92 pts · 18thFourteen points apart last season
Montréal finished last season 6th in the league on 106 points. Anaheim finished 18th on 92.
Game-day prices arrive with the afternoon snapshot, about 4:30 PM ET on the day of the game.
Meeting number 47
Across 46 completed games, Anaheim lead the head-to-head 26-15-5.
Last 5 meetings
See all: Last 5 meetings →The table on each 2025-26 meeting night
League rank after that night's games; a longer bar is a higher place. On 6 Mar 2026, Montréal were 9th in the league and Anaheim 15th. By 15 Mar 2026 it was 7th and 14th.
Montréal out-attempted Anaheim 129 to 123
Every attempt from the last meetings, both teams shooting right.
Montréal Canadiens
Anaheim Ducks
Anaheim have created the better chances, last 10 games
Shot quality both ways: expected goals weigh every unblocked attempt by its chance of scoring. Finishing above zero means more goals than the chances.
This season: 3 games for Montréal, 2 for Anaheim. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
Last 10 games: 10 games for Montréal, 10 for Anaheim.
2025-26: 82 games for Montréal, 87 for Anaheim.
Power play and penalty kill, season and series
This season's rates first, then 2025-26 and the last meetings between the two. Power-play chances are counted from the penalty log with coincidental minors cancelled; faceoffs are each club's wins over draws taken.
All bars share one scale · 0–100%SeasonLast meetings
Montréal
Small sampleAnaheim
Small sampleSkaters to watch
Each club's top three forwards and defencemen by points this season, with 2025-26 one tap away.
Who has stopped this matchup
Save percentage in the last meetings by goalie. Starters are confirmed on game day.
Montréal crease
MTL · 2026-27 Starter estimate from 24 Feb
No appearances against Anaheim in the last meetings.
Anaheim crease
ANA · 2026-27 Starter estimate from 24 Feb
No appearances against Montréal in the last meetings.
Scoring rates point to about 6.8 goals
No total is posted yet: it arrives with the game-day prices. Until then, the scoring rates and the recent meetings set the range.
Goals in the last 5 meetings
Bar length is total goals, coloured by the winner.
Scoring rates
Montréal4.004.673.453.12
Anaheim3.502.503.333.51Goals for and against per game. The estimate averages each team’s scoring with the other’s goals allowed, and leans on 2025-26 until a team has played 20 games.
8 on the injury lists
Montréal · injuries
Anaheim · injuries
Latest moves
See all: Latest moves →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 Tristan Luneau to a six-year contract extension.
Reassigned C Roger McQueen and C Cruz Lucius to San Diego (AHL). Recalled D Noah Warren, D Ian Mitchell and D Tristan Luneau from San Diego. Placed D Drew Helleson on injured reserve. Moved RW Troy Terry from the non-roster list to long-term injured reserve.
Placed G Laurent Brossoit and D Travis Mitchell on waivers.
Montréal · 2026 draft
See all: Montréal · 2026 draft →Anaheim · 2026 draft
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