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Montreal Canadiens

Christian Folin

#32Defenseman

2019-20 regular season
16
GP
1
G
1
A
2
P
13
SOG
7.7% SH
14:26
TOI/GP

D · MTL · NHL id 8477850

Christian Folin has played 16 games for the Montreal Canadiens in 2019-20, scoring 1 goal and 1 assist (2 points) on 13 shots while averaging 14:26 a night (13:39 at even strength, 0:03 on the power play and 0:34 shorthanded). At 5v5 the Canadiens have controlled 56% of shot attempts with Folin on the ice (9-11 in goals, 64% offensive-zone starts). In the Canadiens' most recent game against NSH he was on D3 with Xavier Ouellet and off the power play. He is shooting 7.7% this season against 3.2% across the 130 games in our data.

Right now

From the Mar 10 game vs NSH, detected from shift data

Power play
No PP unit
Penalty kill
PK2D
Jeff Petry
Last 5: D3 · D3 · D3 · D3 · D3

Deployment timeline

2019-20 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes

Usage: 11 games, 13:38 average time on ice, PP1 in 0 games, 0 line changes.

PPLine333333333330m3m7m10m13m17mJan 30Feb 2Feb 6Feb 10Feb 14Feb 18Feb 22Feb 27Mar 3Mar 7
  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • 5-game average
  • Did not play
  • ▲ promoted · ▼ demoted
11 games shown, 13:38 average. Line and PP unit come from where the player's ice time ranks among his teammates that night.

NHL EDGE tracking

Puck and player tracking

Source: NHL EDGE

No NHL EDGE tracking data for this player yet. Edge covers 2021-22 onward and refreshes nightly.

Shot map

2019-20 · 31 attempts, 13 on goal, 1 goal

Shot map, OPP at MTL: 31 attempts, 13 on goal, 1 goal, 0.52 expected goals; best chance Christian Folin at 0.18 xG.

  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • Goal
  • Shot on goal
  • Missed
  • Blocked
Every attempt (goals, shots, misses and blocks), attacking toward the right (or the top on phones).

Puck luck

2019-20 · cumulative goals against expected goals from his own shots

00.20.40.60.811.2+0.5goals above expected0.7σOct 9Mar 10
  • Actual goals
  • Expected
  • ±1σ
  • Above expected
  • Below expected

Beyond the box score

2019-20 regular season · 15 of 16 games through the sequence engine (more fill in as games are reprocessed)

MethodLeaders
−0.055
Season net
−0.20xG

5-on-5. Each takeaway is credited, and each giveaway charged, at the league xG value of the zone.

MethodLeaders
Per 60
0.28
Attempts
1
0.002

5-on-5 shots within 10 seconds of winning the puck outside the offensive zone.

MethodLeaders
Season
−0.58G
Per 60
−0.151
Drawn / taken
2.5 / 6.5minors

MethodLeaders
54.9%
51.4%
54.9%
Transition CF/60
4.7
Turnovers won/60
17.9
Turnovers lost/60
15.4

5-on-5 while he is on the ice.

Role changes

Notable promotions, demotions and ice-time swings from Line Watch

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Linemates

2019-20 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Folin

No 5v5 pairing data this season yet.

Game log

16 games in 2019-20, newest first

DateOppResultGAP+/-PIMHITBLKEVPPPK
Mar 10vs NSHL 2-4000-10022—13:0911:09—2:00
Mar 7@ FLAL 1-4000-12224—16:1515:16——
Mar 5@ TBLL 0-400000210—14:1012:470:350:48
Mar 3@ NYIW 6-2000+10551—12:4412:44——
Feb 29vs CARW 4-3000-12011—10:3810:38——
Feb 27vs NYRL 2-5000-11021—14:3613:270:051:04
Feb 25vs VANOTL 3-4000-12221—15:2915:29——
Feb 22@ OTTW 3-0000+10031—15:1014:52—0:18
Feb 20@ WSHW 4-3000+12020—13:3113:31——
Feb 6vs ANAW 3-2000-10011—12:1310:32—1:33
Feb 4@ NJDW 5-410102030—13:1213:040:06—
Oct 19@ STLW 5-200000031—19:3815:34—2:42
Oct 15vs TBLL 1-300000012—15:1115:11——
Oct 12vs STLW 6-3011+20051—16:5616:12—0:31
Oct 10vs DETL 2-4000-11243—15:1415:14——
Oct 9@ BUFOTL 4-5000+11012—12:5012:50——

Season splits by strength

2019-20 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data

StrengthGPTOI/GPSAGFGAGF%
All situations16230:5614:2621018553.2%49.8%10711691145%9.48.162%
Even strength16218:3013:3920116055.7%51.7%10210291145%8.67.163%
5v516217:5213:3720115955.8%51.7%10210291145%8.67.164%
Power play30:460:153175.0%50.0%1100—0.20.067%
Penalty kill78:561:1752020.0%27.8%41200—0.60.90%
4v578:561:1752020.0%27.8%41200—0.60.90%
5v6, opponent net empty42:180:35040.0%0.0%0100—0.00.1—

Career by season

Seasons in Edgehalla's data (2025-26 is being backfilled; earlier seasons follow)

SeasonTeamGPGAP+/-PIMHITBLKTOI/GP
2019-20MTL16112-113137.7%382114:26
2018-19MTL, PHI45066+627470.0%1257815:40
2017-18PlayoffsLAK4000-4070.0%15917:25
2017-18LAK6531013+130585.2%16710615:39

On-ice and deployment numbers are derived by Edgehalla from NHL play-by-play and shift data. Tracking percentiles are from NHL EDGE. Data updates after every game.