Montreal Canadiens

1-0-1 · 3 pts · GF 8 · GA 8

#19 deepest of 32 teams, 2026-27

Shot depth

.514

20th in the NHL · 20th over the last 10

CF depth

.636

13th in the NHL · 13th over the last 10

xG depth

.416

21st in the NHL · 21st over the last 10

TOI depth

.828

25th in the NHL · 25th over the last 10

Season

2026-27 2025-26

Only 2 games into the season, so expect these numbers to move a lot.

How spread out was the offence?

Window

Season Last 20 Last 10

Stat

Shots CF xG TOI

The further the curve sags below the diagonal, the more a few players carried the team. Measured on season totals, xG depth is .558.

xG depth, game average, 2026-27

Canadiens

.416

League average

.430

Least deep (WPG)

.329

Biggest contributors · all four stats · season

Top 3: 29% of team output (an even split across 18 regulars would be 17%)

N. Suzuki C

of team output · 2 GP · 1G 3A

J. Anderson R

of team output · 2 GP · 1G 1A

C. Caufield R

of team output · 2 GP · 2G 0A

5 skaters produced half of the team's xG. With an even split across its 18 regulars it would take 10.

#SkaterGPxG Share%Cum.

1 J. Anderson R 2 0.9

13.9% 14%

2 J. Slafkovský L 2 0.8

11.9% 26%

3 N. Suzuki C 2 0.8

11.7% 38%

4 N. Dobson D 2 0.7

10.0% 48%

5 C. Kreider L 2 0.5

8.3% 56%

6 C. Caufield R 2 0.5

7.9% 64%

7 J. Evans C 2 0.5

7.6% 71%

8 I. Demidov R 2 0.4

6.8% 78%

9 A. Newhook C 2 0.4

6.1% 84%

10 Z. Bolduc R 2 0.3

4.2% 88%

11 M. Matheson D 2 0.2

3.2% 92%

12 A. Carrier D 2 0.2

2.5% 94%

13 L. Hutson D 2 0.2

2.4% 97%

14 A. Texier L 2 0.2

2.4% 99%

15 P. Danault C 2 0.1

0.8% 100%

16 K. Dach C 2 0.0

0.2% 100%

17 J. Struble D 2 0.0

0.0% 100%

18 A. Xhekaj D 2 0.0

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. Dobes258 .86259:20 -2.5

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 2 games. The full window shows on larger screens.

#PlayerPosGPSeason

SepOct

Result

Forwards

17J. AndersonR 213.9%

20J. SlafkovskýL 211.9%

14N. SuzukiC 211.7%

22C. KreiderL 28.3%

13C. CaufieldR 27.9%

71J. EvansC 27.6%

93I. DemidovR 26.8%

15A. NewhookC 26.1%

76Z. BolducR 24.2%

85A. TexierL 22.4%

24P. DanaultC 20.8%

77K. DachC 20.2%

Defense

53N. DobsonD 210.0%

8M. MathesonD 23.2%

45A. CarrierD 22.5%

48L. HutsonD 22.4%

47J. StrubleD 20.0%

72A. XhekajD 20.0%

WinLossOT/SO loss Did not playRegulars only · bar height = share of the team's total that game