Montréal Canadiens · #14 · Centre

Nick Suzuki

Age 27 · Shoots right · 5′11″ · 207 lb · Born London, Ontario, CAN

Drafted 2017, #13 overall by Vegas

Next game · Thu 8 Octvs Nashville · 7:00 PM ET3 P in the last 2 vs NSHGame preview →
Games32026-27 Small sample
Goals2T-2nd on MTL
Assists4T-1st on MTL
Points61st on MTL
P / GP2.00T-7th in the NHL
Shots825.0% shooting
TOI / GP21:054th on MTL

2025-262025-26: 82 games, 29-72-101, 1.23 points per game Season detail →

Nick Suzuki has 6 points in 3 games of 2026-27, after 101 points in 82 games last season.

This season

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

6 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

Points / GP2.0098th
Ice time21:0596th
Assists / 603.7995th
Takeaways290th
Shots / GP2.6786th
Goals / 601.9083rd
Hits879th
Shooting %25.0%77th
Blocked shots141st
PP points036th
Penalty differential−118th

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

2.02.01–3

Dashed line: season average (2.0). Dark blocks sit at or above it.

Points61st on MTL
Points per game2.00T-7th in NHL
Goals2T-21st in NHL
Assists4T-1st on MTL
Shooting %25.0%Above avg (11.6%)
Ice time21:054th on MTL
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Ice time and special teams

A top-line 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 strength16:43
Power play3:35
Shorthanded0:47
Total21:05

23.7 shifts a game, averaging 53 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 share71.2%of MTL PP time

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


Scoring detail

1 of 2 goals broke a tie

How the 2 goals and 4 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 goals2
Power-play goals0

Goals by period

1st1
2nd1
3rd0
Overtime0

Goals by game state

Tied1
Leading0
Trailing1

1 of 2 goals broke a tie; 1 came with Montréal trailing.

Assists

Primary3 · 75%
Secondary1 · 25%

Primary assists are the stronger playmaking signal.

Rates per 60

Points / 605.69
Goals / 601.90
Shots / 607.6
ES points / 607.186 ES points
PP points / 600.000 PP points

Shot locations

Most attempts from the wing, goals from the wing

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

GoalOn goalMissedBlocked

By zone

Crease1 att · 0 G
Slot3 att · 1 G
Wing9 att · 1 G
Point3 att · 0 G
Neutral zone0 att · 0 G

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

Expected goals (ixG)0.7157th
Goals2
Goals vs expected+1.3
Unblocked attempts14
xG per attempt.051
ixG per 600.67

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 89th percentile of forwards: 10

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

22+ mph bursts189th
20+ mph bursts1089th
Top speed, mph22.0986th
Distance skated, mi10.686th
Distance / 60, mi10.0478th
Hardest shot, mph83.0475th
Average shot, mph55.953rd
90+ mph shots048th
Offensive-zone time40.9%45th
Defensive-zone time41.5%38th

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, mph22.09Forward average 21.23
Hardest shot, mph83.04Forward average 74.7
Distance skated10.6 mi3.74 mi in his longest game
Offensive-zone starts28.6%28.6% defensive · 42.9% neutral

Where his shifts were spent

44.8%All situations37.8%
40.6%Even strength41.2%
74.2%Power play15.1%
38.2%Shorthanded36.7%
OffensiveNeutralDefensive

Share of his time on ice in each zone.

Fastest moments

  1. 22.09@PIT3 Oct · 3rd 00:12
  2. 21.28@PIT3 Oct · 2nd 18:42
  3. 21.19@PIT3 Oct · 1st 16:10
  4. 20.59@PIT3 Oct · 3rd 11:19
  5. 20.32@TOR29 Sep · 1st 09:01
  6. 20.25@PIT3 Oct · 3rd 13:49
  7. 19.89@PIT3 Oct · 2nd 15:45
  8. 19.71@TOR29 Sep · 3rd 05:47

His fastest bursts in mph.

22+ mph1 · avg 0.3
20-22 mph9 · avg 4.6
18-20 mph30 · avg 20

Bursts per speed band, against the forward average.

Hardest shots

  1. 83.04@PIT3 Oct · 1st 11:21
  2. 76.30@PIT3 Oct · 2nd 03:16
  3. 71.12@PIT3 Oct · 3rd 17:04
  4. 71.11@PIT3 Oct · OT 00:36
  5. 69.38@TOR29 Sep · 3rd 05:57
  6. 68.25@PIT3 Oct · 1st 04:09
  7. 63.38@PIT3 Oct · 3rd 00:43
  8. 61.28@PIT3 Oct · 2nd 16:01

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 mph3 · avg 1.6

Shot attempts per speed band.

Distance, last 10 games

  1. 3.64vsCAR6 Oct · 21:49 TOI
  2. 3.74@PIT3 Oct · 22:43 TOI
  3. 3.20@TOR29 Sep · 18:43 TOI

Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 3.53 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

Takeaways2T-1st on MTL
Giveaways4
TK / GV ratio0.50
Hits81st on MTL
Blocked shots1T-11th on MTL

Discipline

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

Faceoffs

Taken5418.0 a game
Won26
Win %48.1%
Offensive zone11 of 20

A regular centre on the draw.


Game log

Against Nashville, a point in two of two

Full game log →
DateOpponentResultGAPSOG+/-TOI
28 Mar 2026@NSHW 4-10224+118:53
16 Oct 2025vsNSHW 3-2 OT0114+222:54

Prediction markets

1.4% for the Hart Trophy

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

Hart TrophyMost valuable player1.4%—2.7¢Not listedNot listed
Art Ross TrophyPoints leader1.5%—3¢Not listedNot listed
Selke TrophyBest defensive forward4.5%—Not listed5¢Not listed
Ted Lindsay AwardPlayers' MVP vote1.5%—Not listed2¢Not listed

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Contract

$7.88M a season through 2029-30

In 2025-26 he scored 12.8 points per $1M of cap hit, 85th of 370 forwards with 40 or more games and a current contract.

Cap hit$7.88M7.6% of the $104M ceiling
Term8 yearsYear 5 of 8
Expires2029-30UFA at 30
Cap value$63MCap hit × 8 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

Eight seasons · 2019-20 to 2026-27
Linemates and opponents

Lane Hutson 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

Lane Hutson2
Noah Dobson1
Chris Kreider1

Assists on his 2 goals, 2026-27.

Who he sets up

Cole Caufield1
Ivan Demidov1
Chris Kreider1
Juraj Slafkovský1

Scorers on his 4 assists.

since 1990-91 · regular season

Points4826th for Montréal
Goals1697th
Assists3135th
Games played54010th
Team history

Career

Regular season and playoffs
Career · regular season

Eight seasons, all with the Canadiens

Career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAPP/GPSH%Points
2019-20MTL711328410.589.4%
2020-21MTL561526410.7313.6%
2021-22MTL822140610.7411.3%
2022-23MTL822640660.8016.0%
2023-24MTL823344770.9417.8%
2024-25MTL823059891.0917.4%
2025-26MTL8229721011.2315.8%
2026-27MTL10000.000.0%
Career5381673094760.8814.7%

Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.

Draft

2017Vegas · round 1From Owen Sound (OHL)#13

Teammates in the stats

2026-27 · MTL points

Games56
Goals17
Points410.73 P/GP
Game-winning goals2
Career page

Updated after every final · through 6 Oct