Roster · 2026-27 · Montréal Canadiens

Montréal Canadiens, by the numbers

Team

Montréal Canadiens

Season2026-27

Each player is rated out of 100 against NHL players at his position. The bar underneath is his wins above replacement, on a league scale with replacement level marked.

Forwards · 15

Ranked by rating — his percentile among NHL forwards.

R97Cole Caufield10 GP · 193 min+0.30WAR

C89Nick Suzuki8 GP · 178 min+0.24WAR

R82Zachary Bolduc10 GP · 139 min+0.19WAR

C72Phillip Danault10 GP · 165 min+0.13WAR

L64Alexandre Texier10 GP · 131 min+0.12WAR

L58Juraj Slafkovský10 GP · 184 min+0.11WAR

C47Jake Evans10 GP · 143 min+0.08WAR

C23Alex Newhook10 GP · 160 min+0.03WAR

C16Kirby Dach10 GP · 103 min+0.02WAR

L9Chris Kreider10 GP · 144 min+0.01WAR

R5Josh Anderson10 GP · 141 min+0.00WAR

C—Oliver Kapanen4 GP · 52 min+0.01WAR

R—Ivan Demidov1 GP · 16 min+0.00WAR

L—Florian Xhekaj3 GP · 26 min+0.00WAR

C—Owen Beck3 GP · 25 min+0.00WAR

Defense · 7

Defensemen are ranked against defensemen, never against forwards.

D100Lane Hutson10 GP · 257 min+0.39WAR

D81Noah Dobson10 GP · 212 min+0.18WAR

D57Alexandre Carrier10 GP · 198 min+0.09WAR

D44Kaiden Guhle7 GP · 157 min+0.05WAR

D36Mike Matheson6 GP · 142 min+0.03WAR

D22Arber Xhekaj10 GP · 118 min+0.01WAR

D—Adam Engstrom5 GP · 57 min+0.02WAR

Goaltenders · 3

Goalie WAR reaches higher than a skater's, so the bar uses its own league scale.

G75Jacob Fowler6 GP · 351 min+0.53WAR

G6Jakub Dobes4 GP · 236 min-0.39WAR

G—Samuel MontembeaultYet to play—WAR

A rating needs a minimum workload. Players below it show an em dash rather than a rank built on too few minutes, and are listed last by WAR. How this is calculated