Montréal Canadiens · #85 · Left wing

Alexandre Texier

Age 27 · Shoots left · 6′1″ · 196 lb · Born Saint-Martin-d'Hères, FRA

Drafted 2017, #45 overall by Columbus

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Games32026-27 Small sample
Goals0T-9th on MTL
Assists24th on MTL
Points2T-5th on MTL
P / GP0.67T-132nd in the NHL
Shots10.0% shooting
TOI / GP11:0617th on MTL

2025-262025-26: 51 games, 8-13-21, 0.41 points per game Season detail →

Alexandre Texier has 2 points in 3 games of 2026-27, after 21 points in 51 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 forwards with 2+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.

Percentile among NHL forwards

Assists / 603.6195th
PP points180th
Takeaways169th
Points / GP0.6767th
Blocked shots267th
Hits563rd
Goals / 600.0026th
Shooting %0.0%25th
Penalty differential−118th
Ice time11:0611th
Shots / GP0.336th

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

0.70.71–3

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

Points2T-5th on MTL
Points per game0.67T-132nd in NHL
Goals0T-232nd in NHL
Assists24th on MTL
Shooting %0.0%Below avg (11.6%)
Ice time11:0617th on MTL
Stats hub

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 strength9:43
Power play1:23
Shorthanded0:00
Total11:06

13.7 shifts a game, averaging 49 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 / 6014.463rd on MTL

Power-play involvement

Goals on the PP1Montréal total
Involved in1goals or assists
Share100.0%of every MTL PPG
PP TOI share27.5%of MTL PP time

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


Scoring detail

No goals yet: all 2 points are assists

How the 0 goals and 2 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 goals0
Power-play goals0

Assists

Primary0 · 0%
Secondary2 · 100%

Primary assists are the stronger playmaking signal.

Rates per 60

Points / 603.61
Goals / 600.00
Shots / 601.8
ES points / 602.061 ES points
PP points / 6014.461 PP points

Shot locations

Most attempts from the wing

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

GoalOn goalMissedBlocked

By zone

Crease1 att · 0 G
Slot2 att · 0 G
Wing4 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)0.2380th
Goals0
Goals vs expected−0.2
Unblocked attempts4
xG per attempt.059
ixG per 600.43

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

Hardest shot in the 65th percentile of forwards: 80.75 mph

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

Hardest shot, mph80.7565th
Distance / 60, mi9.7753rd
Average shot, mph56.053rd
Top speed, mph21.2548th
90+ mph shots048th
Offensive-zone time41.1%47th
Defensive-zone time41.0%44th
22+ mph bursts041st
20+ mph bursts227th
Distance skated, mi5.419th

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, mph21.25Forward average 21.23
Hardest shot, mph80.75Forward average 74.7
Distance skated5.4 mi2.00 mi in his longest game
Offensive-zone starts13.0%34.8% defensive · 52.2% neutral

Where his shifts were spent

38.9%All situations44.0%
37.9%Even strength44.9%
46.0%Power play37.4%
OffensiveNeutralDefensive

Share of his time on ice in each zone.

Fastest moments

  1. 21.25@PIT3 Oct · 2nd 13:33
  2. 19.78@PIT3 Oct · 1st 17:22
  3. 19.34@TOR29 Sep · 3rd 12:57
  4. 19.33@PIT3 Oct · 1st 06:19
  5. 19.30@TOR29 Sep · 1st 01:54
  6. 19.21@TOR29 Sep · 3rd 14:51
  7. 18.94@TOR29 Sep · 2nd 15:13
  8. 18.70@TOR29 Sep · 2nd 14:54

His fastest bursts in mph.

22+ mph0 · avg 0.3
20-22 mph2 · avg 4.6
18-20 mph13 · avg 20

Bursts per speed band, against the forward average.

Hardest shots

  1. 80.68@TOR29 Sep · 1st 08:04
  2. 48.57@PIT3 Oct · 3rd 06:45
  3. 34.98@PIT3 Oct · 2nd 09:40
  4. 34.83@PIT3 Oct · 1st 17:09

Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.

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

Shot attempts per speed band.

Distance, last 10 games

  1. 2.00vsCAR6 Oct · 11:50 TOI
  2. 1.48@PIT3 Oct · 9:14 TOI
  3. 1.95@TOR29 Sep · 12:13 TOI

Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 1.81 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
Hits5T-5th on MTL
Blocked shots2T-9th on MTL

Discipline

Penalty minutes2
Minors1
Majors0
Penalties drawn0
Net penalties−1drawn minus taken

Game log

The last ten games

DateOpponentResultGAPSOG+/-TOI
6 OctvsCARL 4-60220+111:50
3 OctvsPITW 6-5 OT0001−19:14
29 SepvsTORL 2-30000012:13

Contract

$2.5M a season through 2027-28

In 2025-26 he scored 8.4 points per $1M of cap hit, 201st of 370 forwards with 40 or more games and a current contract.

Cap hit$2.5M2.4% of the $104M ceiling
Term2 yearsYear 1 of 2
Expires2027-28UFA at 28
Cap value$5MCap hit × 2 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

Two seasons · 2025-26 to 2026-27
Linemates and opponents

178th 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

Points22178th for Montréal
Goals8169th
Assists14176th
Games played46258th
Team history

Career

Regular season and playoffs
Career · regular season

Eight seasons, with 3 clubs

Career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAPP/GPSH%Points
2018-19CBJ21010.5016.7%
2019-20CBJ3667130.3612.2%
2020-21CBJ49411150.315.3%
2021-22CBJ36119200.5618.6%
2023-24CBJ781218300.3811.0%
2024-25STL3165110.3512.0%
2025-26MTL, STL51813210.4110.8%
2026-27MTL10000.00—
Career28448631110.3911.4%

Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.

Draft

2017Columbus · round 2#45

Teammates in the stats

2026-27 · MTL points

Games40
Goals6
Points160.40 P/GP
Game-winning goals2
Career page

Updated after every final · through 6 Oct