G · MTL · NHL id 8484170
Jacob Fowler has appeared in 17 games for the Montreal Canadiens in 2025-26, starting 17, with a 9-6-2 record and .908 save percentage on 448 shots (41 goals against). Over his last 5 appearances he has stopped 95 of 102 (.931), starting 4 of them.
Right now
Recent workload and form
Starts and workload
2025-26 · last 18 appearances, oldest first
- Start.947PIT · W
- Start.828NYR · O
- Start.850PHI · L
- Start1.000PIT · W
- Start.929BOS · W
- Start.810TBL · O
- Start.895STL · L
- Start.966CGY · W
- Start.870DET · L
- Start.846BUF · L
- Start.941OTT · W
- Start.857ANA · L
- Start.864NYI · W
- Start.958NSH · W
- Start.917NYR · W
- Start.895NJD · L
- Start.970NYI · W
- Relief.500BUF
NHL EDGE tracking
2025-26 percentiles among goalies
Season-level NHL EDGE puck and player tracking, refreshed nightly. The percentile is the league rank among goalies this season; the label at the right is the raw value.
Shots against
Last 10 games · 357 unblocked attempts faced, 235 on goal, 23 goals
Shot map, OPP at MTL: 357 attempts, 235 on goal, 23 goals, 25.54 expected goals; best chance Drake Batherson at 0.68 xG.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- Goal
- Shot on goal
- Missed
- Blocked
Player analytics
Compare with another player →2025-26 regular season. Rank is among all qualified players; the bar is his percentile among goalies. Each stat links to its explainer.
Goaltending
- Games played17
- Games started1767th of 98
- Wins960th of 72
- Overtime losses254th of 72
- Shutouts130th of 72
- Save %.90812th of 72
- Goals-against average2.436th of 72
- Goals against413rd of 72
- Saves40767th of 72
- Goals saved above expected+9.217th of 72
- High-danger save %.82522nd of 72
- Rebounds prevented /100−0.0934th of 72
Unranked rows are below the sample minimum (20 GP, 200 five-on-five minutes, 100 draws or 10 goalie games).
Beyond the box score
2025-26 regular season · 17 games through the sequence engine
| Class | SA | SV% | League | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 56 | .911 | .842 | +6.9 pts | |
| 46 | .891 | .920 | −2.9 pts | |
| Cycle | 169 | .923 | .899 | +2.4 pts |
| Off the draw | 11 | .909 | .950 | −4.1 pts |
Unblocked save % .941 vs .930 expected from his shot mix: +1.03 pts (±1.78)
- Prevented /100
- −0.09
- Rebounds
- 50vs 49.6 exp.
- Rate
- 12.3%of 407 saves
A rebound is an opponent attempt within 3 seconds of a save. Expected rebounds use the shot-by-shot model; positive means fewer second chances than expected.
Game log
18 games in 2025-26, newest first
| Date | Opp | Result | DEC | SA | SV | GA | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 16PO | vs BUF | L 3-8 | RL | 2 | 1 | 1 | .500 | 8:23 |
| Apr 12 | @ NYI | W 4-1 | W | 33 | 32 | 1 | .970 | 59:53 |
| Apr 5 | vs NJD | L 0-3 | L | 19 | 17 | 2 | .895 | 57:29 |
| Apr 2 | @ NYR | W 3-2 | W | 24 | 22 | 2 | .917 | 60:00 |
| Mar 28 | @ NSH | W 4-1 | W | 24 | 23 | 1 | .958 | 60:00 |
| Mar 21 | vs NYI | W 7-3 | W | 22 | 19 | 3 | .864 | 60:00 |
| Mar 15 | vs ANA | L 3-4 | L | 28 | 24 | 4 | .857 | 58:09 |
| Mar 11 | @ OTT | W 3-2 | W | 34 | 32 | 2 | .941 | 60:00 |
| Jan 15 | @ BUF | L 3-5 | L | 26 | 22 | 4 | .846 | 58:08 |
| Jan 10 | vs DET | L 0-4 | L | 23 | 20 | 3 | .870 | 56:32 |
| Jan 7 | vs CGY | W 4-1 | W | 29 | 28 | 1 | .966 | 60:00 |
| Jan 3 | @ STL | L 0-2 | L | 19 | 17 | 2 | .895 | 56:15 |
| Dec 28 | @ TBL | OTL 4-5 | O | 21 | 17 | 4 | .810 | 63:43 |
| Dec 23 | @ BOS | W 6-2 | W | 28 | 26 | 2 | .929 | 59:37 |
| Dec 20 | vs PIT | W 4-0 | W | 31 | 31 | 0 | 1.000 | 60:00 |
| Dec 16 | vs PHI | L 1-4 | L | 20 | 17 | 3 | .850 | 58:09 |
| Dec 13 | @ NYR | OTL 4-5 | O | 29 | 24 | 5 | .828 | 62:56 |
| Dec 11 | @ PIT | W 4-2 | W | 38 | 36 | 2 | .947 | 59:51 |
Season splits by strength
2025-26 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data
| Strength | GP | TOI/GP | SA | GA | CA/60 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All situations | 17 | 1010:42 | 59:27 | 447 | 40 | .911 | 57.4 |
| Even strength | 17 | 825:49 | 48:35 | 337 | 29 | .914 | 54.3 |
| 5v5 | 17 | 802:01 | 47:11 | 328 | 29 | .912 | 54.6 |
| Power play | 17 | 76:45 | 4:31 | 7 | 1 | .857 | 12.5 |
| Penalty kill | 17 | 89:54 | 5:17 | 78 | 9 | .885 | 100.8 |
| 4v4 | 10 | 17:02 | 1:42 | 8 | 0 | 1.000 | 49.3 |
| 3v3 (OT) | 2 | 6:46 | 3:23 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 35.5 |
| 5v4 | 17 | 72:53 | 4:17 | 6 | 1 | .833 | 12.3 |
| 4v5 | 17 | 88:33 | 5:13 | 76 | 8 | .895 | 99.6 |
| 5v3 | 4 | 3:52 | 0:58 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 15.5 |
| 5v6, opponent net empty | 9 | 16:52 | 1:52 | 21 | 0 | 1.000 | 167.2 |
Career by season
Seasons in Edgehalla's data (2025-26 is being backfilled; earlier seasons follow)
| Season | Team | GP | GS | W-L-OTL | SA | SV | GA | GAA | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26Playoffs | MTL | 1 | 0 | 0-0-0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .500 | 7.16 |
| 2025-26 | MTL | 17 | 17 | 9-6-2 | 448 | 407 | 41 | .908 | 2.43 |
Jacob Fowler news
- Canadiens Questionably Cut Fowler and Keep MontembeaultThe Hockey Writers
- Canadiens' Jacob Fowler: Stops 16 of 18 shots SaturdayCBS Sports
- 3 Canadiens Keys to a Successful 2026-27 SeasonThe Hockey Writers
- Goalie #2: Samuel Montembeault appears to have edged out Jacob FowlerDose.ca
- Montreal Canadiens' Kaapo Kähkönen Gets Honest About Jacob FowlerYahoo Sports
- Connor Hellebuyck to Montreal? It’s Not as Crazy as It Sounds.NHL Trade Talk
- TOR@MTL: Johnstone scores goal against Jacob FowlerNHL.com
- 3 Dark Horse 2027 Calder Trophy CandidatesThe Hockey Writers
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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.