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Montreal Canadiens

Kaiden Guhle

22.4

#21Defenseman6'3"201 lb

0.0 in 2 days
2025-26 regular season
39
GP
2
G
9
A
11
P
40
SOG
5.0% SH
19:28
TOI/GP

D · MTL · NHL id 8482087

Kaiden Guhle has played 39 games for the Montreal Canadiens in 2025-26, scoring 2 goals and 9 assists (11 points) on 40 shots while averaging 19:28 a night (17:11 at even strength, 0:01 on the power play and 1:40 shorthanded). At 5v5 he has skated 46% of his 5v5 minutes with Alexandre Carrier and 32% with Jake Evans over the last 10 games, and the Canadiens have controlled 45% of shot attempts with Guhle on the ice (22-23 in goals, 31% offensive-zone starts). In the Canadiens' most recent game against CAR he was on D3 with Alexandre Carrier and off the power play; dropped to D3 (from D2) in the last game. He is shooting 5.0% this season against 6.6% across the 232 games in our data.

Right now

From the May 29 game vs CAR, detected from shift data

Power play
No PP unit
Penalty kill
PK2D
Noah Dobson
Dropped to D3 (from D2) in the last gameLast 5: D2 · D2 · D2 · D3 · D3

Deployment timeline

2025-26 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes

Usage: 20 games, 19:57 average time on ice, PP1 in 0 games, 9 line changes.

PPLine21▲1112▼23▼2▲223▼32▲3▼2▲223▼30m8m17m25m33mApr 14Apr 21Apr 26May 1May 6May 10May 14May 18May 23May 27
  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • 5-game average
  • Did not play
  • ▲ promoted · ▼ demoted
20 games shown, 19:57 average. Line and PP unit come from where the player's ice time ranks among his teammates that night.

NHL EDGE tracking

2025-26 percentiles among skaters at his position

Source: NHL EDGE
Top speed78th7822.4 mph
Bursts 20+ mph58th5928
Hardest shot34th3587.6 mph
Offensive-zone time28th2840.3%
Distance skated40th41104.5 mi
High-danger SOG41st412
Percentile among position peers│ tick = 3-season weighted

Season-level NHL EDGE puck and player tracking, refreshed nightly. The percentile is the league rank among skaters this season; the label at the right is the raw value.

Shot map

2025-26 · 147 attempts, 52 on goal, 2 goals

Shot map, OPP at MTL: 147 attempts, 52 on goal, 2 goals, 2.72 expected goals; best chance Kaiden Guhle at 0.23 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).

Luck

2025-26 · 39 GP · 11 points vs 13.3 expected

Luck Meter →
Hold

Last 20 games: +4. Positive means running hot (sell), negative running cold (buy).

5.0%
100.9
36.7%
G vs xG
2 / 2.5
  • • Role shrank over the last 10 games (2 demotion events): the cold spell may not be all luck.
  • • Shot diet worsened: 0.015 xG per attempt lately vs 0.038 before.
Goals against expected goals
01234-0.5goals below expected-0.3σ10/84/14
  • Actual goals
  • Expected
  • ±1σ
  • Above expected
  • Below expected

2025-26 regular season. Rank is among all qualified players; the bar is his percentile among defencemen. Each stat links to its explainer.

Fantasy box score

  • Games played39
  • Goals2578th
  • Assists9493rd
  • Points11548th
  • Power-play points0437th
  • Shorthanded points0227th
  • Shots on goal40592nd
  • Hits86219th
  • Blocked shots63185th
  • Plus/minus+5194th
  • Penalty minutes41174th
  • Faceoffs won0451st

Possession & shot quality (5-on-5 on-ice)

Transition, turnovers & faceoffs

Usage

Special teams & discipline

Luck & trend

NHL EDGE tracking

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 · 39 of 39 games through the sequence engine

MethodLeaders
−0.033
Season net
−0.37xG

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

MethodLeaders
Per 60
0.27
Attempts
3
0.010

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

MethodLeaders
Season
−0.81G
Per 60
−0.064
Drawn / taken
16.5 / 20.5minors

MethodLeaders
50.1%
47.4%
49.4%
Transition CF/60
3.7
Turnovers won/60
20.2
Turnovers lost/60
20.6

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

MethodLeaders
  • More of his shots than the league
  • Fewer
40 shots on goal, 2 goals, all situations
AreaHis shareLeagueG
L Point33%5%0
Low Slot5%23%0
R Circle0%12%0
Center Point20%9%2
Outside L10%4%0
L Circle18%13%0
R Net Side0%3%0

How his goals happened

14 goals since 2023-24 with NHL EDGE tracking: press Replay to watch the tracking animation

Method
Goal anatomy
GamePlayEntryPassesShot mphNotesReplay
Mar 21, 2026 vs NYIDeflection—335.7deflection
Oct 11, 2025 @ CHIForecheck turnover—162.4one-timer
Apr 16, 2025 vs CARForecheck turnover—1*75.4—
Apr 16, 2025 vs CARCyclecarry3*63.4—
Jan 23, 2025 @ DETRushcarry166.4—
Jan 6, 2025 vs VANForecheck turnover—157.8—
Nov 18, 2024 vs EDMForecheck turnover—157.7—
Oct 14, 2024 vs PITForecheck turnover—183.6one-timer
Mar 24, 2024 @ SEAPoint shot—157.5—
Mar 19, 2024 @ EDMRushpass371.0—
Jan 27, 2024 @ PITForecheck turnover—059.1—
Jan 2, 2024 @ DALRebound—173.2one-timer, rebound
Nov 22, 2023 @ ANADeflectionloose016.32-on-1
Nov 11, 2023 vs BOSRushcarry030.9—

* includes a royal-road (cross-slot) pass. Derived from NHL EDGE puck and player tracking.

Linemates

2025-26 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Guhle

TeammatePosGPShareCF% togetherGF% togetherCF% Guhle apartCF% mate apart
Lane HutsonD48306:0031%48.7%54% (13-11)40.9% 508:3650.2% 578:28
Nick SuzukiC58292:5130%48.6%48% (10-11)42.6% 686:0253.3% 584:12
Alexandre CarrierD46260:1127%42.0%45% (9-11)42.8% 516:2743.4% 455:44
Juraj SlafkovskýLW58260:0527%45.9%50% (9-9)43.9% 718:4850.4% 562:25
Jake EvansC55259:3227%42.7%58% (7-5)44.5% 672:0347.1% 415:43
Cole CaufieldRW55244:1825%49.5%45% (9-11)41.8% 681:1854.2% 490:54
Ivan DemidovRW57236:5224%40.7%42% (8-11)45.2% 725:0945.5% 417:20
Zachary BolducC56230:4724%46.4%31% (4-9)43.9% 712:4147.7% 395:02
Josh AndersonRW51227:2723%43.4%64% (9-5)43.6% 635:2846.6% 369:07
Phillip DanaultC51225:2423%43.7%50% (10-10)44.3% 630:2045.3% 380:07
Mike MathesonD41201:4421%36.2%27% (3-8)48.1% 489:5645.1% 558:01
Alex NewhookC46196:5920%42.2%63% (10-6)44.5% 587:0044.0% 358:36
Kirby DachC42173:5718%41.2%36% (5-9)43.4% 553:0348.9% 284:56
Oliver KapanenC44161:1816%41.6%54% (7-6)45.4% 594:0841.6% 319:02

Game log

58 games in 2025-26, newest first

DateOppResultGAP+/-PIMHITBLKEVPPPK
May 29PO@ CARL 1-6000-20021—16:3911:35—5:04
May 27POvs CARL 0-4000001033—17:2712:57—4:30
May 25POvs CAROTL 2-3000-20425—22:2321:34—0:41
May 23PO@ CAROTL 2-3011+20000—19:2318:050:061:12
May 21PO@ CARW 6-2011+10212—18:4817:050:020:27
May 18PO@ BUFW 3-201101034—22:5222:15—0:37
May 16POvs BUFL 3-800000000—19:2715:46—3:41
May 14PO@ BUFW 6-3000+11015—20:3815:47—1:07
May 12POvs BUFL 2-300001020—15:1611:54—2:51
May 10POvs BUFW 6-2000+101422—17:4816:190:120:46
May 8PO@ BUFW 5-101101222—20:5615:111:104:35
May 6PO@ BUFL 2-400000223—18:2215:540:052:14
May 3PO@ TBLW 2-1022+21232—20:5618:14—1:24
May 1POvs TBLOTL 0-1000-11232—24:1422:02—2:12
Apr 29PO@ TBLW 3-2011+12240—21:4118:48—2:53
Apr 26POvs TBLL 2-3011010112—22:4818:040:024:42
Apr 24POvs TBLW 3-200000043—21:4416:37—5:07
Apr 21PO@ TBLOTL 2-3000-23233—26:2424:120:231:49
Apr 19PO@ TBLW 4-3000-10431—21:2117:56—3:25
Apr 14@ PHIL 2-4011+13030—17:2017:110:09—

Season splits by strength

2025-26 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data

StrengthGPTOI/GPSAGFGAGF%
All situations39759:0319:2859981742.3%43.6%280374303050%35.538.028%
Even strength39670:2517:1155666745.5%47.0%259304232350%27.327.932%
5v539659:0816:5455065945.5%47.0%256299222349%26.627.331%
Power play80:480:0610100.0%100.0%1010100%0.20.0—
Penalty kill3865:031:431610613.1%15.0%12531614%1.68.20%
4v41711:170:406842.9%45.5%3510100%0.60.640%
4v53862:421:391610013.8%16.0%12491420%1.67.30%
3v522:021:01050.0%0.0%03010%0.00.80%
5v6, opponent net empty1720:011:11173930.4%31.0%4174180%5.81.80%

Career by season

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

SeasonTeamGPGAP+/-PIMHITBLKTOI/GP
2025-26PlayoffsMTL19088046120.0%514020:29
2025-26MTL392911+541405.0%866319:28
2024-25PlayoffsMTL5000-3460.0%15321:48
2024-25MTL5561218+647718.5%10412421:11
2023-24MTL7061622-856956.3%11617820:51
2022-23MTL4441418-1927488.3%847720:31

Kaiden Guhle news

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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.