Oliver Kapanen
Age 23 · Shoots right · 6′2″ · 194 lb · Born Timra, SWE
Drafted 2021, #64 overall by Montréal
Oliver Kapanen scored 37 points (22 goals, 15 assists) in 82 games in 2025-26, T-7th on Montréal. Against Nashville: 3 points in the last 2 meetings.
This season
2026-27 regular season · 0 gamesMontréal have played 3 games and Oliver Kapanen has not dressed yet (out, lower body). Next game on Thursday 8 October against Nashville. 2025-26 in full below.
Last season
2025-26 regular season · 82 games37 points in 82 games on a team that finished 6th
Where he ranks among NHL forwards with 40+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.
Points per game · rolling blocks
Dashed line: season average (0.5). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A depth forward who kills penalties
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Montréal's power play went through him.
Special teams
Power-play involvement
Team power-play goals from the season team report; involvement is his power-play points.
Most of the goals come at even strength
How the 22 goals and 15 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Goals by period
Goals by game state
6 of 22 goals broke a tie; 9 came with Montréal trailing.
Most attempts from the slot, goals from the slot
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
227 attempts across the 75 games with a stored shot map.
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2025-26 · 82 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 leaders20+ mph bursts in the 70th percentile of forwards: 127
How fast he skated, how far, how hard he shot and where on the ice his shifts were spent, against the average NHL forward.
Where his shifts were spent
Share of his time on ice in each zone.
Fastest moments
Bursts per speed band, against the forward average.
Hardest shots
Shot attempts per speed band.
Takes more penalties than he draws
Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.
Possession and physical
A point in one game of three (30 of 82)
How often he scores, how long the streaks run.
Streaks
Against Nashville, a point in two of two
NSHW 4-11123+316:05NSHW 3-2 OT1013+111:59
PHIL 2-40001012:16
NYIW 4-10000−110:31
CBJL 2-50000012:34
TBLW 2-10001013:03
FLAW 4-3 SO0001+111:26
NJDL 0-30002−113:22NJDW 4-3 SO0003−214:33
NYRW 3-20000011:54TBLW 4-10001014:30
CARW 3-10001015:41Better on the road
Home and road
By opponent
By month
Final season of his deal: a restricted free agent next summer
In 2025-26 he scored 39.3 points per $1M of cap hit, 13th of 370 forwards with 40 or more games and a current contract.
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 · 2024-25 to 2025-26Ivan Demidov 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
Assists on his 22 goals, 2025-26.
Who he sets up
Scorers on his 15 assists.
By opponent
Nashville3 P in 21.50 P/GP
Utah3 P in 21.50 P/GP
Colorado3 P in 21.50 P/GP
Pittsburgh4 P in 31.33 P/GP
Edmonton2 P in 21.00 P/GP
Vancouver2 P in 21.00 P/GPFranchise ranks
See all: Franchise ranks →Career
Regular season and playoffsTwo seasons, all with the Canadiens
Career · regular season
Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.
Draft
Updated after every final · through 6 Oct