Montréal Canadiens · #15 · Centre

Alex Newhook

Age 25 · Shoots left · 5′11″ · 200 lb · Born St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, CAN

Drafted 2019, #16 overall by Colorado

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Games32026-27 Small sample
Goals0T-9th on MTL
Assists1T-5th on MTL
Points1T-10th on MTL
P / GP0.33T-274th in the NHL
Shots30.0% shooting
TOI / GP16:118th on MTL

2025-262025-26: 42 games, 13-12-25, 0.60 points per game Season detail →

Alex Newhook has 1 point in 3 games of 2026-27, after 25 points in 42 games last season.

This season

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

1 point 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

Blocked shots383rd
PP points180th
Ice time16:1161st
Assists / 601.2459th
Penalty differential048th
Hits345th
Points / GP0.3340th
Shots / GP1.0029th
Takeaways027th
Goals / 600.0026th
Shooting %0.0%25th

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

0.30.31–3

Dashed line: season average (0.3). Dark blocks sit at or above it.

Points1T-10th on MTL
Points per game0.33T-274th in NHL
Goals0T-232nd in NHL
Assists1T-5th on MTL
Shooting %0.0%Below avg (11.6%)
Ice time16:118th on MTL
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Ice time and special teams

A depth forward who plays on the 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 strength12:20
Power play1:19
Shorthanded2:31
Total16:11

22.3 shifts a game, averaging 43 seconds each.

Special teams

PP goals0T-2nd on MTL
PP assists1T-1st on MTL
PP points1T-1st on MTL · T-51st NHL
SH goals0
PP points / 6015.191st on MTL

Power-play involvement

Goals on the PP1Montréal total
Involved in1goals or assists
Share100.0%of every MTL PPG
PP TOI share26.2%of MTL PP time

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


Scoring detail

No goals yet: his one point is an assist

How the 0 goals and 1 assist 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 goals0
Power-play goals0

Assists

Primary1 · 100%
Secondary0 · 0%

Primary assists are the stronger playmaking signal.

Rates per 60

Points / 601.24
Goals / 600.00
Shots / 603.7
ES points / 600.000 ES points
PP points / 6015.191 PP points

Shot locations

Most attempts from the slot

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

GoalOn goalMissedBlocked

By zone

Crease0 att · 0 G
Slot5 att · 0 G
Wing1 att · 0 G
Point0 att · 0 G
Neutral zone0 att · 0 G

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

Expected goals (ixG)0.4270th
Goals0
Goals vs expected−0.4
Unblocked attempts5
xG per attempt.088
ixG per 600.54

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 71st percentile of forwards: 6

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 bursts671st
Top speed, mph21.4862nd
Distance skated, mi7.753rd
90+ mph shots048th
22+ mph bursts041st
Hardest shot, mph74.5938th
Distance / 60, mi9.5636th
Defensive-zone time42.0%36th
Offensive-zone time38.6%27th
Average shot, mph47.020th

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, mph21.48Forward average 21.23
Hardest shot, mph74.59Forward average 74.7
Distance skated7.7 mi2.68 mi in his longest game
Offensive-zone starts25.0%25.0% defensive · 50.0% neutral

Where his shifts were spent

38.0%All situations43.1%
42.3%Even strength36.6%
40.2%Power play42.0%
18.4%Shorthanded72.0%
OffensiveNeutralDefensive

Share of his time on ice in each zone.

Fastest moments

  1. 21.09@PIT3 Oct · 1st 04:41
  2. 20.96@PIT3 Oct · 1st 08:39
  3. 20.83@TOR29 Sep · 1st 10:21
  4. 20.52@PIT3 Oct · 3rd 15:18
  5. 20.16@PIT3 Oct · 1st 17:01
  6. 19.72@PIT3 Oct · 1st 17:43
  7. 19.14@PIT3 Oct · 2nd 00:49
  8. 18.87@TOR29 Sep · 1st 11:38

His fastest bursts in mph.

22+ mph0 · avg 0.3
20-22 mph6 · avg 4.6
18-20 mph13 · avg 20

Bursts per speed band, against the forward average.

Hardest shots

  1. 74.59@PIT3 Oct · 1st 08:39
  2. 71.96@PIT3 Oct · 2nd 11:26
  3. 50.82@TOR29 Sep · 2nd 12:54
  4. 41.84@TOR29 Sep · 1st 04:12
  5. 6.41@TOR29 Sep · 2nd 12:21

Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.

100+ mph0 · avg 0.0
90-99 mph0 · avg 0.0
80-89 mph0 · avg 0.6
70-79 mph2 · avg 1.6

Shot attempts per speed band.

Distance, last 10 games

  1. 2.68vsCAR6 Oct · 16:38 TOI
  2. 2.58@PIT3 Oct · 15:43 TOI
  3. 2.48@TOR29 Sep · 16:11 TOI

Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 2.58 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

Takeaways0T-14th on MTL
Giveaways3
TK / GV ratio0.00
Hits3T-12th on MTL
Blocked shots3T-4th on MTL

Discipline

Penalty minutes2
Minors1
Majors0
Penalties drawn1
Net penalties0drawn minus taken

Faceoffs

Taken2010.0 a game
Won14
Win %70.0%
Offensive zone7 of 8

A part-time centre on the draw.


Game log

Against Nashville, a point in one of two

Full game log →
DateOpponentResultGAPSOG+/-TOI
28 Mar 2026@NSHW 4-11123+315:11
16 Oct 2025vsNSHW 3-2 OT0001+114:27

Contract

Final season of his deal: a restricted free agent next summer

In 2025-26 he scored 8.6 points per $1M of cap hit, 195th of 370 forwards with 40 or more games and a current contract.

Cap hit$2.9M2.8% of the $104M ceiling
Term4 yearsYear 4 of 4
Expires2026-27RFA at 26
Cap value$11.6MCap hit × 4 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

Four seasons · 2023-24 to 2026-27
Linemates and opponents

71st 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

Points8671st for Montréal
Goals4357th
Assists4388th
Games played18293rd
Team history

Career

Regular season and playoffs
Career · regular season

Seven seasons, with 2 clubs

Career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAPP/GPSH%Points
2020-21COL60330.500.0%
2021-22COL711320330.4611.5%
2022-23COL821416300.3712.1%
2023-24MTL551519340.6217.6%
2024-25MTL821511260.3212.7%
2025-26MTL421312250.6021.3%
2026-27MTL10000.000.0%
Career33970811510.4513.9%

Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.

Draft

2019Colorado · round 1From Victoria (BCHL)#16

Teammates in the stats

2026-27 · MTL points

Games51
Goals9
Points190.37 P/GP
Game-winning goals3
Career page

Updated after every final · through 6 Oct