Montréal Canadiens · #21 · Defence

Kaiden Guhle

Age 24 · Shoots left · 6′3″ · 202 lb · Born Edmonton, Alberta, CAN

Drafted 2020, #16 overall by Montréal

Next game · Thu 8 Octvs Nashville · 7:00 PM ET1 P in the last 2 vs NSHGame preview →
Games392025-26 · missed 43
Goals2T-19th on MTL
Assists9T-17th on MTL
Points1119th on MTL
P / GP0.28
Shots405.0% shooting
TOI / GP19:285th on MTL

Kaiden Guhle scored 11 points (2 goals, 9 assists) in 39 games in 2025-26, 19th on Montréal. Against Nashville: 1 point in the last 2 meetings.

This season

2026-27 regular season · 0 games

Montréal have played 3 games and Kaiden Guhle has not dressed yet (ir, groin). Next game on Thursday 8 October against Nashville. 2025-26 in full below.

Last season

2025-26 regular season · 39 games
2025-26 · The season

11 points in 39 games on a team that finished 6th

Where he ranks among NHL defencemen with 40+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.

Percentiles need 40 games in 2025-26; Kaiden Guhle has 39.

Points per game · rolling blocks

0.30.31–100.211–200.521–300.131–39

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

Points1119th on MTL
Points per game0.28
Goals2T-591st in NHL
Assists9T-17th on MTL
Shooting %5.0%Below avg (11.1%)
Ice time19:285th on MTL
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Ice time and special teams

A top-four 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 strength17:45
Power play0:01
Shorthanded1:42
Total19:28

22.3 shifts a game, averaging 52 seconds each.

Special teams

PP goals0T-11th on MTL
PP assists0T-13th on MTL
PP points0T-14th on MTL · T-453rd NHL
SH goals0
PP points / 600.00T-14th on MTL

Power-play involvement

Goals on the PP56Montréal total
Involved in0goals or assists
Share0.0%of every MTL PPG
PP TOI share0.4%of MTL PP time

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


Scoring detail

2 of 2 goals broke a tie

How the 2 goals and 9 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.

Goal detail

Game-winning goals2T-7th on MTL
Overtime goals0T-7th on MTL
First goal of the game0
Empty-net goals0
Even-strength goals2
Power-play goals0

Goals by period

1st0
2nd0
3rd2
Overtime0

Goals by game state

Tied2
Leading0
Trailing0

2 of 2 goals broke a tie; 0 came with Montréal trailing.

Assists

Primary4 · 44%
Secondary5 · 56%

Primary assists are the stronger playmaking signal.

Rates per 60

Points / 600.87
Goals / 600.16
Shots / 603.2
ES points / 600.9511 ES points
PP points / 600.000 PP points

Shot locations

Most attempts from the point, goals from the point

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

GoalOn goalMissedBlocked

By zone

Crease0 att · 0 G
Slot25 att · 0 G
Wing38 att · 0 G
Point44 att · 2 G
Neutral zone0 att · 0 G

107 attempts across the 36 games with a stored shot map.

Expected goals (ixG)2.5633rd
Goals2
Goals vs expected−0.5
Unblocked attempts72
xG per attempt.035
ixG per 600.20

2025-26 · 39 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG.

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

2025-26 · Skating and shot power

Top speed 22.40 mph, hardest shot 87.64 mph

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 percentiles need 40 games in 2025-26; Kaiden Guhle has 39.

Top speed, mph22.40Defenceman average 22.09
Hardest shot, mph87.64Defenceman average 92.6
Distance skated104.5 mi3.48 mi in his longest game
Offensive-zone starts24.9%39.6% defensive · 35.5% neutral

Where his shifts were spent

40.3%All situations42.2%
OffensiveNeutralDefensive

Share of his time on ice in each zone.

Fastest moments

22+ mph1 · avg 1.9
20-22 mph27 · avg 46
18-20 mph138 · avg 267

Bursts per speed band, against the defenceman average.

Hardest shots

100+ mph0 · avg 0.1
90-99 mph0 · avg 6.4
80-89 mph18 · avg 33
70-79 mph40 · avg 72

Shot attempts per speed band.


Physical play, discipline and faceoffs

Physical play, discipline and faceoffs

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

Possession and physical

Takeaways218th on MTL
Giveaways36
TK / GV ratio0.58
Hits869th on MTL
Blocked shots637th on MTL

Discipline

Penalty minutes41
Minors13
Majors1
Penalties drawn15
Net penalties0drawn minus taken

Consistency

Points come in bunches, not every night (9 of 39)

How often he scores, how long the streaks run.

How often he scores

Games with a point923% of games
Multi-point games13%
Goals in2 games5%
Pointless games3077%

Streaks

Longest point streak2 games10 Mar – 11 Mar
Longest goal streak1 game
Longest pointless run9 games
Final ten1 in 10point in 1

Game log

Against Nashville, a point in one of two

Full game log →
DateOpponentResultGAPSOG+/-TOI
28 Mar 2026@NSHW 4-10001+317:23
16 Oct 2025vsNSHW 3-2 OT0110+116:10

Splits · 2025-26

Better at home

Home and road

SplitGPPP/GP
Road2140.19
Home1870.39

By opponent

SplitGPPP/GP
vs Nashville210.50
vs Atlantic1320.15
vs Western Conf.1550.33

By month

SplitGPPP/GP
October520.40
January1020.20
February400.00
March1560.40
April510.20

Contract

$5.55M a season through 2030-31

Cap hit$5.55M5.3% of the $104M ceiling
Term6 yearsYear 2 of 6
Expires2030-31UFA
Cap value$33.3MReported total

Contract terms from public reports. 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 · 2022-23 to 2025-26
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
Lane Hutson1
Alexandre Carrier1
Brendan Gallagher1

Assists on his 2 goals, 2025-26.

Who he sets up

Phillip Danault2
Alex Newhook2
Oliver Kapanen1
Jake Evans1
Ivan Demidov1

Scorers on his 9 assists.

By opponent

2025-26 · top 6 by P/GP

NY Islanders3 P in 31.00 P/GP
Toronto1 P in 20.50 P/GP
Nashville1 P in 20.50 P/GP
Ottawa1 P in 20.50 P/GP
Minnesota1 P in 20.50 P/GP
San Jose1 P in 20.50 P/GP

since 1990-91 · regular season

Points6987th for Montréal
Goals18110th
Assists5177th
Games played20881st
Team history

Career

Regular season and playoffs
Career · regular season

Four seasons, all with the Canadiens

Career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAPP/GPSH%Points
2022-23MTL44414180.418.3%
2023-24MTL70616220.316.3%
2024-25MTL55612180.338.5%
2025-26MTL3929110.285.0%
Career2081851690.337.1%

Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.

Draft

2020Montréal · round 1From Prince Albert (WHL)#16

Teammates in the stats

2025-26 · MTL points

Games24
Goals0
Points80.33 P/GP
Game-winning goals0
Career page

Updated after every final · through 6 Oct