Oliver Kapanen

#91Center6'2"192 lb

0.0 in 2 days

2025-26 regular season

131

SOG

16.8% SH

14:28

TOI/GP

C · MTL · NHL id 8482775

Oliver Kapanen has played 82 games for the Montreal Canadiens in 2025-26, scoring 22 goals and 15 assists (37 points) on 131 shots while averaging 14:28 a night (11:42 at even strength, 0:58 on the power play and 1:34 shorthanded). At 5v5 he has skated 63% of his 5v5 minutes with Zachary Bolduc and 60% with Kirby Dach over the last 10 games, and the Canadiens have controlled 43% of shot attempts with Kapanen on the ice (51-48 in goals, 68% offensive-zone starts). In the Canadiens' most recent game against CAR he was on L4 with Kirby Dach and Zachary Bolduc and off the power play. He is shooting 16.8% this season against 14.5% across the 110 games in our data.

Right now

From the May 23 game vs CAR, detected from shift data

Line

Kirby Dach Zachary Bolduc

Power play

No PP unit

Penalty kill

No PK unit

Last 5: L4 · L4 · L4 · L4 · L4

Deployment timeline

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

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
5-game average
Did not play
▲ promoted · ▼ demoted

11 games shown, 9:40 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 speed59th6022.4 mph

Bursts 20+ mph80th81127

Hardest shot73rd7488.5 mph

Offensive-zone time22nd2340.2%

Distance skated70th70184.8 mi

High-danger SOG81st8158

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 · 239 attempts, 135 on goal, 22 goals

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 · 82 GP · 37 points vs 39.6 expected

Luck Meter →

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Luck meter+41

Last 20 games: -25. Positive means running hot (sell), negative running cold (buy).

Shooting+2.3 G

On-ice SH%+13.7 G

On-ice SV%−1.4 G

IPP−0.1 G

Points vs expected−2.6 P

: 16.8%
: 104.3
: 60.7%
G vs xG: 22 / 19.7

• Role shrank over the last 10 games (TOI down 1:42 a game): the cold spell may not be all luck.

Goals against expected goals

Actual goals
Expected
±1σ
Above expected
Below expected

Player analytics

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

Fantasy box score

Games played82
Goals22100th of 715
Assists15354th of 715
Points37210th of 715
Power-play points1380th of 715
Shorthanded points319th of 715
Shots on goal131205th of 715
Hits32526th of 715
Blocked shots68172nd of 715
Plus/minus+4211th of 715
Penalty minutes22404th of 715
Faceoffs won30699th of 715

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

Corsi (CF%)43.0%685th of 719
Fenwick (FF%)44.4%649th of 719
Expected goals (xGF%)47.1%495th of 719
Sequence xG (sxGF%)47.4%474th of 719
High-danger chances (HDCF%)41.1%668th of 719
Scoring chances (SCF%)44.3%636th of 719

Transition, turnovers & faceoffs

Transition attempts /601.41133rd of 719
Turnover Ledger /60−0.018206th of 719
Forecheck xG /60 (on-ice)0.21601st of 719
Faceoff win %45.5%170th of 238
Draw Equity /100−0.054173rd of 238

Usage

Ice time per game14:28460th of 715
Power-play time per game0:58348th of 715
Power-play share29.1%348th of 713
Ice-time share23.7%465th of 715
Offensive-zone start %67.5%53rd of 719

Special teams & discipline

Net penalties drawn /60−0.15389th of 719

Luck & trend

On-ice PDO104330th of 719
Goals above expected+2.3109th of 715
Luck Meter+41113th of 828
Ascension score—

NHL EDGE tracking

Top skating speed22.4305th of 715
20+ mph bursts127127th of 715
Hardest shot88.5339th of 715
Offensive-zone time40.2%529th of 715

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 · 82 of 82 games through the sequence engine

Method Leaders

: −0.022
Season net: −0.34xG

Offensive TK/600.39 (6)

Offensive GV/600.64 (10)

Neutral TK/600.06 (1)

Neutral GV/600.58 (9)

Defensive TK/600.32 (5)

Defensive GV/600.83 (13)

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

Method Leaders

Per 100 draws: −0.054
Season: −0.36G
: 45.5%672 draws

Wins by zone: OZ 125-133 · NZ 107-119 · DZ 74-114

Method Leaders

Per 60: 1.41
Attempts: 22
: 0.106

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

Method Leaders

Season: −0.61G
Per 60: −0.031
Drawn / taken: 8 / 11minors

Method Leaders

: 47.4%
: 41.1%
: 47.1%
Transition CF/60: 3.9
Turnovers won/60: 20.3
Turnovers lost/60: 19.5

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

Method Leaders

More of his shots than the league
Fewer

131 shots on goal, 22 goals, all situations
Area	His share	League	G
Low Slot	33%	23%	9
Center Point	2%	9%	0
R Circle	18%	12%	2
R Point	0%	6%	0
L Point	1%	5%	0
High Slot	11%	7%	1
Outside L	2%	4%	0

Role changes

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

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Moved up to L2 from L4Nov 17, 2025 alerts →

How his goals happened

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

Method

Goal anatomy
Game	Play	Entry	Passes	Shot mph	Notes
Mar 28, 2026 @ NSH	Rebound	carry	1	17.8	rebound
Mar 24, 2026 vs CAR	Deflection	dump	1	49.0	1-on-0, deflection
Mar 10, 2026 vs TOR	Forecheck turnover	—	0	11.9	—
Mar 3, 2026 @ SJS	Rush	carry	2	42.8	—
Feb 4, 2026 @ WPG	Rebound	—	0	47.3	rebound
Jan 31, 2026 @ BUF	Dump and chase	dump	0	11.1	6-on-1
Jan 12, 2026 vs VAN	Odd-man rush	carry	1*	71.8	3-on-2, one-timer
Jan 8, 2026 vs FLA	Cycle	pass	0	24.7	—
Jan 7, 2026 vs CGY	Rebound	loose	0	20.8	rebound
Jan 4, 2026 @ DAL	Odd-man rush	pass	5*	55.5	3-on-2, one-timer
Jan 1, 2026 @ CAR	Rush	carry	0	47.4	one-timer
Dec 21, 2025 @ PIT	Forecheck turnover	—	2	36.0	one-timer
Dec 11, 2025 @ PIT	Odd-man rush	carry	0	57.5	2-on-1, one-timer
Dec 9, 2025 vs TBL	Rebound	carry	0	8.6	4-on-2, rebound
Dec 3, 2025 vs WPG	Dump and chase	dump	3*	49.9	one-timer
Nov 17, 2025 @ CBJ	Rebound	—	0	42.5	one-timer, rebound
Nov 8, 2025 vs UTA	Odd-man rush	carry	0	21.1	3-on-2
Nov 6, 2025 @ NJD	Rebound	dump	0	29.1	3-on-2, rebound
Oct 20, 2025 vs BUF	Cycle	—	1	33.5	—
Oct 16, 2025 vs NSH	Rebound	—	0	6.8	rebound
Oct 9, 2025 @ DET	Odd-man rush	carry	0	18.4	2-on-1
Oct 8, 2025 @ TOR	Odd-man rush	carry	0	70.7	1-on-0

* 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 Kapanen

Teammate	Pos	GP		Share	CF% together	GF% together	CF% Kapanen apart	CF% mate apart
Ivan Demidov	RW	81	766:25	77%	44.5%	55% (47-39)	37.3% 154:04	48.0% 150:23
Lane Hutson	D	89	434:29	44%	46.7%	58% (26-19)	40.3% 556:44	53.4% 1214:37
Juraj Slafkovský	LW	43	405:16	41%	44.4%	56% (25-20)	49.8% 115:54	47.0% 176:49
Alex Newhook	C	37	335:04	34%	41.2%	58% (21-15)	39.2% 58:39	50.7% 95:06
Noah Dobson	D	80	321:17	32%	38.2%	37% (15-26)	46.6% 586:03	49.9% 1105:04
Mike Matheson	D	85	299:10	30%	38.3%	50% (16-16)	44.9% 641:07	47.3% 1270:27
Alexandre Carrier	D	78	296:21	30%	43.4%	53% (17-15)	42.8% 590:29	48.3% 903:15
Jayden Struble	D	61	216:30	22%	45.9%	53% (8-7)	45.5% 449:27	50.7% 606:12
Arber Xhekaj	D	62	189:09	19%	47.2%	42% (5-7)	41.7% 505:47	49.1% 491:50
Kaiden Guhle	D	44	161:18	16%	41.6%	54% (7-6)	41.6% 319:02	45.4% 594:08
Alexandre Texier	C	16	76:14	8%	54.8%	50% (1-1)	40.4% 124:59	49.8% 130:21
Zachary Bolduc	C	16	66:09	7%	40.9%	0% (0-3)	43.9% 100:34	50.0% 121:32
Kirby Dach	C	15	63:33	6%	33.9%	0% (0-3)	39.5% 82:26	47.2% 99:21
Adam Engstrom	D	15	52:25	5%	52.9%	83% (5-1)	39.4% 125:01	50.4% 136:07

Game log

89 games in 2025-26, newest first

Season

Date	Opp	Result	G	A	P	+/-		PIM	HIT	BLK			EV	PP	PK
May 23PO	@ CAR	OTL 2-3	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	80%	10:01	10:01	—	—
May 21PO	@ CAR	W 6-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	75%	8:59	8:59	—	—
May 18PO	@ BUF	W 3-2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	33%	4:45	4:45	—	—
Apr 26PO	vs TBL	L 2-3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0%	7:32	6:43	0:49	—
Apr 24PO	vs TBL	W 3-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	8:35	8:35	—	—
Apr 21PO	@ TBL	OTL 2-3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	60%	10:04	9:41	—	—
Apr 19PO	@ TBL	W 4-3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	67%	8:25	7:43	—	0:42
Apr 14	@ PHI	L 2-4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	67%	12:16	9:32	2:44	—
Apr 12	@ NYI	W 4-1	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	20%	10:31	10:04	0:27	—
Apr 11	vs CBJ	L 2-5	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	18%	12:34	10:43	1:49	0:02
Apr 9	vs TBL	W 2-1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	50%	13:03	8:14	4:41	0:08
Apr 7	vs FLA	W 4-3	0	0	0	+1	1	0	1	0	57%	11:26	9:59	1:18	—
Apr 5	vs NJD	L 0-3	0	0	0	-1	2	0	1	0	33%	13:22	11:02	2:01	—
Apr 4	@ NJD	W 4-3	0	0	0	-2	3	0	0	0	22%	14:33	12:31	2:02	—
Apr 2	@ NYR	W 3-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	33%	11:54	10:10	1:40	0:04
Mar 31	@ TBL	W 4-1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	25%	14:30	12:23	0:38	0:48
Mar 29	@ CAR	W 3-1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	33%	15:41	11:15	2:21	2:05
Mar 28	@ NSH	W 4-1	1	1	2	+3	3	0	0	0	0%	16:05	12:16	1:15	2:34
Mar 26	vs CBJ	W 2-1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	25%	15:22	13:30	0:52	1:00
Mar 24	vs CAR	W 5-2	1	0	1	+1	2	0	0	0	0%	11:04	9:29	1:01	0:34

Season splits by strength

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

Strength	GP		TOI/GP						SA	GF	GA	GF%
All situations	82	1186:55	14:28	946	1325	41.7%	43.4%	459	629	61	64	49%	59.7	69.3	61%
Even strength	82	959:01	11:42	789	1044	43.0%	44.5%	374	501	51	48	52%	44.7	50.0	68%
5v5	82	934:46	11:24	771	1021	43.0%	44.4%	361	489	51	48	52%	42.9	48.2	68%
Power play	56	78:35	1:24	105	24	81.4%	83.7%	57	12	3	3	50%	8.1	2.1	94%
Penalty kill	76	128:46	1:42	26	215	10.8%	13.9%	20	97	2	10	17%	2.1	13.9	6%
4v4	23	16:18	0:43	10	15	40.0%	47.4%	7	6	0	0	—	0.7	0.7	64%
3v3 (OT)	10	7:57	0:48	8	8	50.0%	46.7%	6	6	0	0	—	1.0	1.1	80%
5v4	56	78:21	1:24	104	24	81.3%	83.5%	56	12	3	3	50%	7.9	2.1	94%
4v5	76	128:46	1:42	26	215	10.8%	13.9%	20	97	2	10	17%	2.1	13.9	6%
6v5, own net empty	12	5:11	0:26	12	2	85.7%	77.8%	4	1	1	1	50%	0.6	1.0	100%
5v6, opponent net empty	20	14:17	0:43	14	36	28.0%	29.4%	4	15	4	2	67%	4.3	1.6	0%

Career by season

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

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM			HIT	BLK	TOI/GP
2025-26Playoffs	MTL	7	0	0	0	-2	2	4	0.0%	1	2	8:20
2025-26	MTL	82	22	15	37	+4	22	131	16.8%	32	68	14:28
2024-25Playoffs	MTL	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	0.0%	2	0	6:56
2024-25	MTL	18	0	2	2	-5	2	16	0.0%	1	8	10:53

Oliver Kapanen news

Practice: Oliver Kapanen did not practice with the top six
Dose.caOct 2, 2026
Canadiens' Oliver Kapanen: Won't play Tuesday
CBS SportsSep 29, 2026
Canadiens forward Oliver Kapanen out with a lower-body injury
CTV NewsSep 28, 2026
Canadiens F Kapanen (LBI) considered day-to-day as opener looms Tuesday
TSNSep 28, 2026
Oliver Kapanen is injured
Dose.caSep 28, 2026
Oliver Kapanen Injury: Absent from practice
RotoWireSep 28, 2026
Canadiens' Oliver Kapanen: Absent from practice
CBS SportsSep 28, 2026
A First NHL Trade Board of the Year
NHLRumors.comSep 27, 2026

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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.

Right now

Deployment timeline

NHL EDGE tracking

Shot map

Luck

Player analytics

Fantasy box score

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

Transition, turnovers & faceoffs

Usage

Special teams & discipline

Luck & trend

NHL EDGE tracking

Beyond the box score

Turnover LedgerTurnover Ledger (TO±)Takeaways credited and giveaways charged at the league xG value of the zone where possession changed, per 60.Glossary →

Draw EquityDraw Equity (DrEq)Faceoff results in goals: each win or loss scored against a coin flip and weighted by the zone. 100 extra offensive- or defensive-zone wins are worth about 1.9 goals.Σ (win − 0.5) × V(zone)Glossary →

Transition attemptsTransition attempt (TRN)An attempt within 10 s of a turnover, recovery, hit-forced recovery or faceoff win in the neutral or defensive zone, in the same play.Glossary →

Penalty ValuePenalty Value (PenV)Minor penalties drawn minus taken, times the net xG of a power play (about 0.20 per two-minute minor).(minors drawn − minors taken) × 0.20Glossary →

On-ice sequence resultsSequence xG (sxG)xG adjusted for flurries: a rebound only counts for the chance that the earlier shots in the same play did not already score.sxG_i = xG_i × Π (1 − xG_j) over earlier same-team shots in the playGlossary →

Shot DietShot diet (ixG/att)Average xG per individual unblocked attempt: how dangerous a player's typical shot is. One of the most stable traits we measure (split-half r 0.68).Shot diet = ixG / iFFGlossary →

Role changes

How his goals happened

Linemates

Game log

Season splits by strength

Career by season

Oliver Kapanen news