G · MTL · NHL id 8478470
Samuel Montembeault has appeared in 25 games for the Montreal Canadiens in 2025-26, starting 23, with a 10-8-4 record and .872 save percentage on 635 shots (81 goals against). Over his last 5 appearances he has stopped 115 of 132 (.871), starting 5 of them. In 2024-25 he went 31-24-7 with a .902 save percentage in 62 games.
Right now
Recent workload and form
Starts and workload
2025-26 · last 25 appearances, oldest first
- Start.880TOR · L
- Start.909CHI · W
- Start.818SEA · W
- Start.818NYR · L
- Start.793EDM · L
- Start.824OTT · W
- Start.905PHI · O
- Start.926UTA · W
- Start.840LAK · L
- Relief.667DAL
- Start.870BOS · L
- Start.700WSH
- Start.968VGK · W
- Start.828OTT · L
- Relief.769TBL
- Start.933FLA · W
- Start.889DAL · W
- Start.926FLA · W
- Start.929WSH · O
- Start.853OTT · W
- Start.813BUF · L
- Start.800BOS · L
- Start.973WPG · W
- Start.846NYI · O
- Start.848ANA · O
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 · 436 unblocked attempts faced, 292 on goal, 32 goals
Shot map, OPP at MTL: 436 attempts, 292 on goal, 32 goals, 37.95 expected goals; best chance David Perron at 0.61 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 played25
- Games started2357th of 98
- Wins1054th of 72
- Overtime losses430th of 72
- Shutouts050th of 72
- Save %.87267th of 72
- Goals-against average3.4364th of 72
- Goals against8125th of 72
- Saves55458th of 72
- Goals saved above expected−2.343rd of 72
- High-danger save %.78656th of 72
- Rebounds prevented /100−1.7061st 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 · 25 games through the sequence engine
| Class | SA | SV% | League | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 71 | .845 | .842 | +0.3 pts | |
| 55 | .927 | .920 | +0.7 pts | |
| Cycle | 253 | .877 | .899 | −2.2 pts |
| Off the draw | 28 | .821 | .950 | −12.9 pts |
Unblocked save % .916 vs .931 expected from his shot mix: −1.49 pts (±1.75)
- Prevented /100
- −1.70
- Rebounds
- 77vs 67.6 exp.
- Rate
- 13.9%of 554 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
25 games in 2025-26, newest first
| Date | Opp | Result | DEC | SA | SV | GA | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 6 | @ ANA | OTL 5-6 | O | 33 | 28 | 5 | .848 | 65:00 |
| Feb 26 | vs NYI | OTL 3-4 | O | 26 | 22 | 4 | .846 | 61:16 |
| Feb 4 | @ WPG | W 5-1 | W | 37 | 36 | 1 | .973 | 60:00 |
| Jan 24 | @ BOS | L 3-4 | L | 20 | 16 | 4 | .800 | 57:24 |
| Jan 22 | vs BUF | L 2-4 | L | 16 | 13 | 3 | .813 | 58:33 |
| Jan 17 | @ OTT | W 6-5 | W | 34 | 29 | 5 | .853 | 60:12 |
| Jan 13 | @ WSH | OTL 2-3 | O | 42 | 39 | 3 | .929 | 63:59 |
| Jan 8 | vs FLA | W 6-2 | W | 27 | 25 | 2 | .926 | 60:00 |
| Jan 4 | @ DAL | W 4-3 | W | 27 | 24 | 3 | .889 | 63:40 |
| Dec 30 | @ FLA | W 3-2 | W | 30 | 28 | 2 | .933 | 62:41 |
| Dec 9 | vs TBL | L 1-6 | RL | 13 | 10 | 3 | .769 | 40:00 |
| Dec 2 | vs OTT | L 2-5 | L | 29 | 24 | 5 | .828 | 59:56 |
| Nov 28 | @ VGK | W 4-1 | W | 31 | 30 | 1 | .968 | 59:28 |
| Nov 20 | vs WSH | L 4-8 | — | 10 | 7 | 3 | .700 | 22:50 |
| Nov 15 | vs BOS | L 2-3 | L | 23 | 20 | 3 | .870 | 58:16 |
| Nov 13 | vs DAL | L 0-7 | RL | 6 | 4 | 2 | .667 | 20:00 |
| Nov 11 | vs LAK | L 1-5 | L | 25 | 21 | 4 | .840 | 59:39 |
| Nov 8 | vs UTA | W 6-2 | W | 27 | 25 | 2 | .926 | 60:00 |
| Nov 4 | vs PHI | OTL 4-5 | O | 42 | 38 | 4 | .905 | 65:00 |
| Nov 1 | vs OTT | W 4-3 | W | 17 | 14 | 3 | .824 | 61:40 |
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 | 25 | 1418:12 | 56:44 | 635 | 81 | .872 | 58.4 |
| Even strength | 25 | 1145:31 | 45:49 | 487 | 56 | .885 | 56.9 |
| 5v5 | 25 | 1096:23 | 43:51 | 467 | 53 | .887 | 57.4 |
| Power play | 24 | 135:52 | 5:40 | 13 | 1 | .923 | 10.2 |
| Penalty kill | 25 | 122:43 | 4:55 | 121 | 20 | .835 | 117.8 |
| 4v4 | 17 | 26:30 | 1:34 | 8 | 1 | .875 | 47.5 |
| 3v3 (OT) | 9 | 22:38 | 2:31 | 12 | 2 | .833 | 42.4 |
| 5v4 | 24 | 125:54 | 5:15 | 13 | 1 | .923 | 11.0 |
| 4v5 | 25 | 115:35 | 4:37 | 108 | 17 | .843 | 112.6 |
| 5v3 | 4 | 6:01 | 1:30 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0 |
| 3v5 | 3 | 3:00 | 1:00 | 6 | 3 | .500 | 240.0 |
| 5v6, opponent net empty | 17 | 12:32 | 0:44 | 14 | 4 | .714 | 134.0 |
| 3v4 | 4 | 4:08 | 1:02 | 7 | 0 | 1.000 | 174.2 |
| 4v3 | 2 | 3:57 | 1:59 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0 |
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | MTL | 25 | 23 | 10-8-4 | 635 | 554 | 81 | .872 | 3.43 |
| 2024-25Playoffs | MTL | 3 | 3 | 0-2-0 | 76 | 69 | 7 | .908 | 2.76 |
| 2024-25 | MTL | 62 | 60 | 31-24-7 | 1678 | 1513 | 166 | .902 | 2.82 |
| 2023-24 | MTL | 41 | 40 | 16-15-9 | 1307 | 1180 | 127 | .903 | 3.14 |
| 2022-23 | MTL | 40 | 39 | 16-19-3 | 1345 | 1212 | 133 | .901 | 3.42 |
| 2021-22 | MTL | 38 | 30 | 8-18-6 | 1124 | 1002 | 122 | .891 | 3.77 |
| 2019-20 | FLA | 14 | 9 | 5-5-1 | 356 | 317 | 39 | .890 | 3.34 |
| 2018-19 | FLA | 11 | 10 | 4-3-2 | 282 | 252 | 30 | .894 | 3.04 |
Samuel Montembeault news
- Canadiens Have Some Difficult Contract Decisions Coming in 2027The Hockey Writers
- 3 Stars From the Montreal Canadiens’ PreseasonThe Hockey Writers
- Canadiens Questionably Cut Fowler and Keep MontembeaultThe Hockey Writers
- Sam Montembeault News: Perfect in relief Saturdayrotowire.com
- Canadiens' Sam Montembeault: Perfect in relief SaturdayCBS Sports
- Canadiens' Sam Montembeault: Expected to start Monday's preseason gameCBS Sports
- Sam Montembeault News: Expected to start Monday's preseason gameRotoWire
- Sam Montembeault News: Yields goal on low volumeRotoWire
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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.