Montreal Canadiens fantasy preview 2026-27.
15 skaters and 3 goaltenders clear the pool line. Nick Suzuki leads at 2.43 blended ESPN points per game. The club ranks 1st in the league in goals and 14th in hits. Every figure below is a completed season or a published calendar.
Every Montreal name in the 2026-27 pool
Sorted by desk rank in the format selected above. Any header re-sorts. Counting columns are 2025-26 season totals. The value chip is consensus rank minus desk rank: mint means the desk is higher on him than the four published boards, coral means the room makes you pay.
| Pos | ||||||||||||||||
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| 15of 400 | Nick Suzuki | C | 27 | 2.52 | 2.34 | 2.43 | +0.27 | 29-72-101 in 82 | 43 | 183 | 62 | 62 | 77% | 23 | +8 | |
| 41of 400 | Cole Caufield | RW | 25 | 2.40 | 1.97 | 2.22 | +0.68 | 51-37-88 in 81 | 29 | 258 | 50 | 21 | 69% | 18 | -23 | |
| 44of 400 | Noah DobsonNEW · NYI | D | 26 | 2.23 | 2.02 | 2.21 | -0.21 | 12-35-47 in 80 | 7 | 158 | 62 | 188 | 43% | 90 | +46 | |
| 49of 400 | Lane Hutson | D | 22 | 2.24 | 1.95 | 2.14 | -0.01 | 12-66-78 in 82 | 20 | 124 | 31 | 137 | 66% | 54 | +5 | |
| 71of 400 | Juraj Slafkovský | LW | 22 | 2.25 | 1.74 | 2.05 | +0.37 | 30-43-73 in 82 | 28 | 180 | 105 | 78 | 59% | 57 | -14 | |
| 108of 400 | Mike Matheson | D | 32 | 1.75 | 1.84 | 1.85 | -0.26 | 7-30-37 in 78 | 1 | 114 | 59 | 150 | 39% | 112 | +4 | |
| 162of 400 | Kaiden Guhle | D | 24 | 1.46 | 1.88 | 1.64 | — | 2-9-11 in 39 | 0 | 40 | 86 | 63 | — | — | n/r | |
| 184of 400 | Alexandre Carrier | D | 29 | 1.58 | 1.62 | 1.58 | +0.42 | 7-15-22 in 73 | 0 | 56 | 35 | 155 | 27% | — | n/r | |
| 213of 400 | Chris KreiderNEW · ANA | LW | 35 | 1.48 | 1.35 | 1.50 | -0.27 | 22-28-50 in 75 | 17 | 139 | 69 | 20 | 45% | 231 | +18 | |
| 237of 400 | Ivan Demidov | RW | 20 | 1.46 | 1.85 | 1.46 | -0.24 | 19-43-62 in 82 | 20 | 127 | 28 | 26 | 56% | 70 | -167 | |
| 284of 400 | Oliver Kapanen | C | 23 | 1.34 | 0.46 | 1.34 | -0.43 | 22-15-37 in 82 | 1 | 131 | 32 | 68 | — | — | n/r | |
| 305of 400 | Kirby Dach | C | 25 | 1.32 | 1.26 | 1.30 | -0.52 | 8-7-15 in 37 | 2 | 47 | 53 | 30 | — | — | n/r | |
| 315of 400 | Alex Newhook | C | 25 | 1.40 | 0.97 | 1.28 | -0.19 | 13-12-25 in 42 | 3 | 61 | 48 | 17 | — | — | n/r | |
| 344of 400 | Zachary Bolduc | RW | 23 | 1.20 | 1.41 | 1.24 | -0.13 | 12-18-30 in 78 | 6 | 101 | 170 | 43 | — | — | n/r | |
| 391of 400 | Jake Evans | C | 30 | 1.14 | 1.21 | 1.15 | +0.27 | 12-12-24 in 68 | 0 | 75 | 89 | 50 | — | — | n/r |
- 15 Nick Suzuki C · age 27 · mkt 23 2.43blend 2.5225-26 2.3424-25 +0.27H2−H1 43PPP 183SOG 62HIT 62BLK 77%PG% 29-72-101 in 82+8
- 41 Cole Caufield RW · age 25 · mkt 18 2.22blend 2.4025-26 1.9724-25 +0.68H2−H1 29PPP 258SOG 50HIT 21BLK 69%PG% 51-37-88 in 81-23
- 44 Noah Dobson D · age 26 · mkt 90 2.21blend 2.2325-26 2.0224-25 -0.21H2−H1 7PPP 158SOG 62HIT 188BLK 43%PG% 12-35-47 in 80+46
- 49 Lane Hutson D · age 22 · mkt 54 2.14blend 2.2425-26 1.9524-25 -0.01H2−H1 20PPP 124SOG 31HIT 137BLK 66%PG% 12-66-78 in 82+5
- 71 Juraj Slafkovský LW · age 22 · mkt 57 2.05blend 2.2525-26 1.7424-25 +0.37H2−H1 28PPP 180SOG 105HIT 78BLK 59%PG% 30-43-73 in 82-14
- 108 Mike Matheson D · age 32 · mkt 112 1.85blend 1.7525-26 1.8424-25 -0.26H2−H1 1PPP 114SOG 59HIT 150BLK 39%PG% 7-30-37 in 78+4
- 162 Kaiden Guhle D · age 24 · mkt n/r 1.64blend 1.4625-26 1.8824-25 —H2−H1 0PPP 40SOG 86HIT 63BLK —PG% 2-9-11 in 39n/r
- 184 Alexandre Carrier D · age 29 · mkt n/r 1.58blend 1.5825-26 1.6224-25 +0.42H2−H1 0PPP 56SOG 35HIT 155BLK 27%PG% 7-15-22 in 73n/r
- 213 Chris Kreider LW · age 35 · mkt 231 1.50blend 1.4825-26 1.3524-25 -0.27H2−H1 17PPP 139SOG 69HIT 20BLK 45%PG% 22-28-50 in 75+18
- 237 Ivan Demidov RW · age 20 · mkt 70 1.46blend 1.4625-26 1.8524-25 -0.24H2−H1 20PPP 127SOG 28HIT 26BLK 56%PG% 19-43-62 in 82-167
- 284 Oliver Kapanen C · age 23 · mkt n/r 1.34blend 1.3425-26 0.4624-25 -0.43H2−H1 1PPP 131SOG 32HIT 68BLK —PG% 22-15-37 in 82n/r
- 305 Kirby Dach C · age 25 · mkt n/r 1.30blend 1.3225-26 1.2624-25 -0.52H2−H1 2PPP 47SOG 53HIT 30BLK —PG% 8-7-15 in 37n/r
- 315 Alex Newhook C · age 25 · mkt n/r 1.28blend 1.4025-26 0.9724-25 -0.19H2−H1 3PPP 61SOG 48HIT 17BLK —PG% 13-12-25 in 42n/r
- 344 Zachary Bolduc RW · age 23 · mkt n/r 1.24blend 1.2025-26 1.4124-25 -0.13H2−H1 6PPP 101SOG 170HIT 43BLK —PG% 12-18-30 in 78n/r
- 391 Jake Evans C · age 30 · mkt n/r 1.15blend 1.1425-26 1.2124-25 +0.27H2−H1 0PPP 75SOG 89HIT 50BLK —PG% 12-12-24 in 68n/r
Montreal are 1st in goals
Six categories, summed across every Montreal skater in the pool for 2025-26, each drawn against the league average of the same sum. The tick on every track is that average. Rare shape: it scores and it fills the peripheral columns.
- G 258 lg avg 194 1st
- A 442 lg avg 329 1st
- PPP 177 lg avg 130 3rd
- SOG 1794 lg avg 1644 8th
- HIT 979 lg avg 909 14th
- BLK 1108 lg avg 789 2nd
Where the blended points sit
Share of the club's total blended points per game contributed by forwards, defencemen and goaltenders in the pool. A club heavy in the D band is a club whose value survives a league that starts four defencemen.
Deep at centre, barren at left wing
Ordered by blend inside each column, tinted by the same number on a fixed league-wide scale. Darker is better, and an empty column is the club telling you where you will have to shop elsewhere. Every tile links to the player.
Crease 3
Montreal against the other 31
Draftable stock
5 Montreal skaters inside the desk's top 100 — 3rd of 32
Every club, sorted. DAL lead with 5; the thinnest club has 0. A tall bar is a roster you will keep bumping into in the first eight rounds.
Power-play concentration
56.5% held by the top three — 12th-most concentrated
Above the league median of 55.2%. The names outside the top three are even-strength assets.
A split Montreal crease
Last season's starts, split between the goaltenders the pool ranks here. The calendar puts 10 back-to-backs in front of them, and those are the nights the starter does not get.
The tick is the league median busiest-goaltender share, 64.7% across the 32 clubs with a pool-ranked crease. Dobes sits at 51.2%.
| Goaltender | GS | W | SO | GAA | SV% | Blend | Role |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jakub Dobesage 25 · mkt 102 | 42 | 29 | 0 | 2.78 | 0.901 | 2.26 | Tandem |
| Samuel Montembeaultage 29 · mkt n/r | 23 | 10 | 0 | 3.43 | 0.872 | 0.52 | Depth |
| Jacob Fowlerage 21 · mkt 188 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 2.43 | 0.908 | 2.38 | Depth |
Power-play points are normally split in Montreal
- 1 Nick Suzuki C 43 PPP · 24.3% · 42.6% of his own points
- 2 Cole Caufield RW 29 PPP · 16.4% · 33.0% of his own points
- 3 Juraj Slafkovský LW 28 PPP · 15.8% · 38.4% of his own points
56.5% is a league-typical split: a first unit that takes most of it, a second unit that is not decorative.
1 in, 0 out
Only moves that changed a ranked player's club are tracked. Every blend on this page is computed from the player's own history, so a summer arrival brings his numbers with him.
Arrivals
- Noah Dobson listed MTL on ESPN/NHL boards
The Montreal schedule edge
The only input on this page that is already known. It does nothing to a first-round pick and a great deal to your last two bench spots.
Season opens 2026-09-29. Mint tiles help you; coral tiles cost you.
What this roster already did
Cole Caufield put up 3-2-5 with 3 shots on 2026-03-21 for MTL, worth 10.3 ESPN points. It is the 10th-biggest single game in the desk's ten-season file.
Chris Kreider owns the 13th-best LW season in the ten-year file: 2021-22, 81 games, 52-25-77, 2.54 ESPN points per game.
3 Montreal names to keep on the shelf
Where they play now and their NHL games so far. None of these are draft-night picks in a standard 12-team league. They are the names that change this page next August.
- Ivan Demidov Montreal Canadiens NHL 84 GP · 64 P 84 NHL games
- David Reinbacher AHL 57 GP · 24 P · 0.42 P/GP 2 NHL games
- Michael Hage NCAA 39 GP · 52 P · 1.33 P/GP no NHL games yet
Reading the Montreal board
Nick Suzuki leads at 2.43 blended ESPN points per game, 15th of 400 skaters. Cole Caufield (2.22) follows 0.21 back. Usage can flip that order. 15 skaters and 3 goaltenders clear the pool line.
Shape: 1st in goals, 14th in hits. Rare shape: it scores and it fills the peripheral columns.
Noah Dobson is the widest gap: desk 44, market 90. 46 slots in your favour. Ivan Demidov runs the other way, 237 here against 70. You pay 167 slots over. 2 names are priced above the model. Be patient here.
Three players hold 56.5% of the club's 177 power-play points. A league-typical split, which makes the third name the underpriced one.
28 off-nights of 84, 24th in the league. 10 back-to-backs, 4th-fewest. Hold the last bench spot for somebody else.
Jakub Dobes started 42 at 2.78 and 0.901. Tandem volume caps the ceiling whatever the rates say.
1 in, 0 out on the tracked ledger, headlined by Noah Dobson. Average pool age 25.9. 5 trending up, 4 down. Next in line: Ivan Demidov.
What this page does not know
Caveats, printed as the builder wrote them
- There is no projection here. Every rate is a weighted blend of what already happened, 0.6 on 2025-26, 0.3 on 2024-25, 0.1 on 2023-24, so a player whose role is about to change will be mispriced by exactly the amount his role changes.
- The DNA bars are club sums, not rates. A club with more pool-ranked skaters sums higher, which is the point: it measures the fantasy roster you can draft, not the average player on it.
- Power-play share is a proxy for first-unit time, not a measurement of it. It reads last season's points, so a club that rebuilt its top unit in the summer will read wrong until the season corrects it.
- The depth chart uses the pool's listed position. It is not a line-combination projection and no club has confirmed any of it.
- PG% is joined from a 250-player game-level build. Where a skater is missing from that build the column is blank rather than estimated.
- Roster membership follows the live NHL roster feed as of 2026-08-31. Training-camp cuts, waiver claims and September trades are not in it.
- Goaltender start counts are last season's, from whatever club the goaltender played for. They are workload evidence, not a depth-chart declaration.