Montreal Canadiens

48-24-10 · 106 pts · GF 283 · GA 256
#18 deepest of 32 teams, 2025-26
Shot depth
.513
22nd in the NHL · 29th over the last 10
CF depth
.637
5th in the NHL · 23rd over the last 10
xG depth
.404
21st in the NHL · 27th over the last 10
TOI depth
.844
21st in the NHL · 26th over the last 10
Season

How spread out was the offence?

0% 0% 25% 25% 50% 50% 75% 75% 100% 100% share of skaters, least to most perfectly even

The further the curve sags below the diagonal, the more a few players carried the team. Measured on season totals, xG depth is .449.

xG depth, game average, 2025-26
Canadiens
.404
League average
.407
Least deep (CHI)
.380
Biggest contributors · all four stats · season
Top 3: 28% of team output (an even split across 21 regulars would be 14%)
C. Caufield
C. Caufield R
10.1%
of team output · 81 GP · 51G 37A
J. Slafkovský
J. Slafkovský L
9.1%
of team output · 82 GP · 30G 43A
N. Suzuki
N. Suzuki C
8.7%
of team output · 82 GP · 29G 72A

6 skaters produced half of the team's xG. With an even split across its 21 regulars it would take 11.

#SkaterGPxG Share%Cum.
1 J. Slafkovský L 82 34.9
13.0% 13%
2 C. Caufield R 81 33.7
12.6% 26%
3 N. Suzuki C 82 29.7
11.1% 37%
4 O. Kapanen C 82 17.7
6.6% 43%
5 I. Demidov R 82 17.3
6.5% 50%
6 J. Anderson R 72 15.9
5.9% 56%
7 B. Gallagher R 77 15.6
5.8% 61%
8 Z. Bolduc R 78 15.1
5.6% 67%
9 J. Evans C 68 14.3
5.3% 72%
10 L. Hutson D 82 10.7
4.0% 76%
11 N. Dobson D 80 9.3
3.5% 80%
12 M. Matheson D 78 7.7
2.9% 83%
13 A. Newhook C 42 7.5
2.8% 85%
14 A. Texier L 43 6.9
2.6% 88%
15 P. Danault C 45 6.6
2.5% 91%
16 J. Veleno C 61 5.8
2.2% 93%
17 K. Dach C 37 5.7
2.1% 95%
18 A. Carrier D 73 2.9
1.1% 96%
19 K. Guhle D 39 2.1
0.8% 97%
20 O. Beck C 15 1.6
0.6% 97%
21 J. Struble D 59 1.6
0.6% 98%
22 A. Xhekaj D 65 1.6
0.6% 98%
23 S. Blais L 13 1.5
0.6% 99%
24 J. Davidson C 10 1.1
0.4% 99%
25 A. Engstrom D 15 0.6
0.2% 100%
26 P. Laine L 5 0.4
0.2% 100%
27 F. Xhekaj L 5 0.3
0.1% 100%
28 J. Roy R 3 0.1
0.0% 100%
29 D. Reinbacher D 2 0.1
0.0% 100%

Every skater who played. Faded rows played under a quarter of the games. The dashed line marks where the running total passes 50%.

GoalieGPSASV%TOI/GPGSAx
J. Dobes431187 .90158:44 +17.3
S. Montembeault25635 .87256:44 -4.9
J. Fowler17448 .90859:27 +7.1

Who carried the load, game by game

Each regular's share of team xG in every game (season).

Share of team xG in each of the last 20 games. The full window shows on larger screens.

#PlayerPosGPSeason
OctNovDecJanFebMarApr
Result
Forwards
20J. SlafkovskýL 8213.0%
13C. CaufieldR 8112.6%
14N. SuzukiC 8211.1%
91O. KapanenC 826.6%
93I. DemidovR 826.5%
17J. AndersonR 725.9%
11B. GallagherR 775.8%
76Z. BolducR 785.6%
71J. EvansC 685.3%
15A. NewhookC 422.8%
85A. TexierL 432.6%
24P. DanaultC 452.5%
90J. VelenoC 612.2%
77K. DachC 372.1%
Defense
48L. HutsonD 824.0%
53N. DobsonD 803.5%
8M. MathesonD 782.9%
45A. CarrierD 731.1%
21K. GuhleD 390.8%
47J. StrubleD 590.6%
72A. XhekajD 650.6%
WinLossOT/SO loss Did not playRegulars only · bar height = share of the team's total that game