Montréal Canadiens · #22 · Left wing

Chris Kreider

Age 35 · Shoots left · 6′3″ · 232 lb · Born Boxford, Massachusetts, USA

Drafted 2009, #19 overall by NY Rangers

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Games32026-27 Small sample
Goals1T-4th on MTL
Assists33rd on MTL
Points4T-2nd on MTL
P / GP1.33T-35th in the NHL
Shots333.3% shooting
TOI / GP14:3610th on MTL

2025-262025-26: 75 games, 22-28-50, 0.67 points per game Season detail →

Chris Kreider has 4 points in 3 games of 2026-27, after 50 points in 75 games last season.

This season

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

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

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

Percentile among NHL forwards

Assists / 604.1197th
Points / GP1.3392nd
Shooting %33.3%87th
Hits774th
Goals / 601.3772nd
Takeaways169th
Penalty differential048th
Ice time14:3643rd
Blocked shots141st
PP points036th
Shots / GP1.0029th

Bars show the percentile against 383 forwards with 2+ games in 2026-27; the thin line marks the league median.

Points per game · rolling blocks

1.31.31–3

Dashed line: season average (1.3). Dark blocks sit at or above it.

Points4T-2nd on MTL
Points per game1.33T-35th in NHL
Goals1T-67th in NHL
Assists33rd on MTL
Shooting %33.3%Above avg (11.6%)
Ice time14:3610th on MTL
Stats hub

Ice time and special teams

A depth forward who runs the first power play

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

Ice time by strength

Even strength11:25
Power play2:58
Shorthanded0:14
Total14:36

18.3 shifts a game, averaging 48 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 / 600.00T-4th on MTL

Power-play involvement

Goals on the PP1Montréal total
Involved in0goals or assists
Share0.0%of every MTL PPG
PP TOI share58.9%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 3 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.

Goal detail

Game-winning goals0T-2nd 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
Leading0
Trailing1

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

Assists

Primary3 · 100%
Secondary0 · 0%

Primary assists are the stronger playmaking signal.

Rates per 60

Points / 605.48
Goals / 601.37
Shots / 604.1
ES points / 607.014 ES points
PP points / 600.000 PP points

Shot locations

Most attempts from the slot, goals from the slot

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

GoalOn goalMissedBlocked

By zone

Crease1 att · 0 G
Slot5 att · 1 G
Wing1 att · 0 G
Point0 att · 0 G
Neutral zone0 att · 0 G

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

Expected goals (ixG)0.8131st
Goals1
Goals vs expected+0.2
Unblocked attempts7
xG per attempt.115
ixG per 601.10

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

20+ mph bursts in the 93rd percentile of forwards: 12

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

Tracking percentile among NHL forwards

20+ mph bursts1293rd
Top speed, mph21.7071st
Hardest shot, mph80.8365th
90+ mph shots048th
22+ mph bursts041st
Offensive-zone time40.1%38th
Distance skated, mi6.837th
Average shot, mph51.335th
Defensive-zone time42.7%30th
Distance / 60, mi9.3120th

Bars show the percentile against 383 forwards 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, mph21.70Forward average 21.23
Hardest shot, mph80.83Forward average 74.7
Distance skated6.8 mi2.30 mi in his longest game
Offensive-zone starts32.4%20.6% defensive · 47.1% neutral

Where his shifts were spent

43.4%All situations39.7%
41.0%Even strength41.5%
60.4%Power play27.6%
41.7%Shorthanded39.1%
OffensiveNeutralDefensive

Share of his time on ice in each zone.

Fastest moments

  1. 21.70@TOR29 Sep · 2nd 00:17
  2. 20.56@TOR29 Sep · 1st 13:41
  3. 20.40@TOR29 Sep · 3rd 11:35
  4. 20.34@PIT3 Oct · 1st 13:25
  5. 20.17@PIT3 Oct · 1st 07:35
  6. 20.09@PIT3 Oct · 1st 13:17
  7. 20.01@TOR29 Sep · 2nd 16:49
  8. 19.93@PIT3 Oct · 1st 17:28

His fastest bursts in mph.

22+ mph0 · avg 0.3
20-22 mph12 · avg 4.6
18-20 mph21 · avg 20

Bursts per speed band, against the forward average.

Hardest shots

  1. 80.83@TOR29 Sep · 1st 02:54
  2. 65.97@PIT3 Oct · 3rd 18:52
  3. 54.91@PIT3 Oct · 3rd 03:16
  4. 32.41@PIT3 Oct · 3rd 18:11
  5. 25.90@TOR29 Sep · 3rd 08:57

Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.

100+ mph0 · avg 0.0
90-99 mph0 · avg 0.0
80-89 mph1 · avg 0.6
70-79 mph0 · avg 1.6

Shot attempts per speed band.

Distance, last 10 games

  1. 2.30vsCAR6 Oct · 14:30 TOI
  2. 2.25@PIT3 Oct · 14:57 TOI
  3. 2.24@TOR29 Sep · 14:21 TOI

Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 2.26 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
Giveaways0
TK / GV ratio—
Hits7T-2nd on MTL
Blocked shots1T-11th on MTL

Discipline

Penalty minutes0
Minors0
Majors0
Penalties drawn0
Net penalties0drawn minus taken

Faceoffs

Taken10.3 a game
Won0
Win %0.0%
Offensive zone0 of 1

A winger: fewer than one draw a game.


Game log

Against Nashville, a point in zero of two

Full game log →
DateOpponentResultGAPSOG+/-TOI
16 Apr 2026@NSHW 5-40001016:42
7 Apr 2026vsNSHL 0-50002013:31

Prediction markets

0.5% for the Rocket Richard Trophy

Season ladders and award futures he is priced for, as the venues' average midpoint.

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Contract

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

In 2025-26 he scored 23.3 points per $1M of cap hit, 33rd of 370 forwards with 40 or more games and a current contract.

Cap hit$2.15M2.1% of the $104M ceiling
Term1 yearYear 1 of 1
Expires2026-27UFA at 36
Cap value$2.2MCap hit × 1 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

One season · 2026-27 to 2026-27
Linemates and opponents

Nick Suzuki sets him up more than anyone

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

Who sets him up

Nick Suzuki1
Ivan Demidov1

Assists on his 1 goal, 2026-27.

Who he sets up

Cole Caufield1
Nick Suzuki1
Juraj Slafkovský1

Scorers on his 3 assists.

since 1990-91 · regular season

Points4287th for Montréal
Goals1273rd
Assists3274th
Games played3426th
Team history

Career

Regular season and playoffs
Career · regular season

Fifteen seasons, with 3 clubs

Career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAPP/GPSH%Points
2012-13NYR232130.1310.5%
2013-14NYR661720370.5612.5%
2014-15NYR802125460.5811.7%
2015-16NYR792122430.5413.3%
2016-17NYR752825530.7115.1%
2017-18NYR581621370.6411.7%
2018-19NYR792824520.6613.9%
2019-20NYR632421450.7115.4%
2020-21NYR502010300.6019.6%
2021-22NYR815225770.9520.2%
2022-23NYR793618540.6815.7%
2023-24NYR823936750.9115.9%
2024-25NYR68228300.4414.5%
2025-26ANA752228500.6715.8%
2026-27MTL10000.000.0%
Career9593482846320.6615.1%

Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.

Draft

2009NY Rangers · round 1From Andover (HIGH-MA)#19

Teammates in the stats

2026-27 · MTL points

Games135
Goals50
Points830.61 P/GP
Game-winning goals12
Career page

Updated after every final · through 6 Oct