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Montreal Canadiens

David Savard

#58Defenseman

2024-25 regular season
75
GP
1
G
14
A
15
P
48
SOG
2.1% SH
16:35
TOI/GP

D · MTL · NHL id 8475233

David Savard has played 75 games for the Montreal Canadiens in 2024-25, scoring 1 goal and 14 assists (15 points) on 48 shots while averaging 16:35 a night (13:03 at even strength, 0:01 on the power play and 3:09 shorthanded). At 5v5 the Canadiens have controlled 42% of shot attempts with Savard on the ice (29-44 in goals, 42% offensive-zone starts). In the Canadiens' most recent game against WSH he was on D3 with Arber Xhekaj and off the power play. He is shooting 2.1% this season against 3.8% across the 585 games in our data.

Right now

From the Apr 30 game vs WSH, detected from shift data

Pair
D3
Arber Xhekaj
Power play
No PP unit
Penalty kill
PK2D
Mike Matheson
Last 5: D3 · D3 · D3 · D3 · D3

Deployment timeline

2024-25 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes

Usage: 19 games, 12:03 average time on ice, PP1 in 0 games, 0 line changes.

PPLine33333333333333333330m3m7m10m13m17mMar 20Mar 25Mar 28Apr 1Apr 5Apr 8Apr 12Apr 16Apr 23Apr 27
  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • 5-game average
  • Did not play
  • ▲ promoted · ▼ demoted
19 games shown, 12:03 average. Line and PP unit come from where the player's ice time ranks among his teammates that night.

NHL EDGE tracking

2024-25 percentiles among skaters at his position

Source: NHL EDGE
Top speed15th1520.7 mph
Bursts 20+ mph15th153
Hardest shot30th3187.3 mph
Offensive-zone time1st137.7%
Distance skated53rd53158.4 mi
High-danger SOG25th251
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

2024-25 · 117 attempts, 50 on goal, 1 goal

Shot map, OPP at MTL: 117 attempts, 50 on goal, 1 goal, 1.93 expected goals; best chance David Savard 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

2024-25 · cumulative goals against expected goals from his own shots

0123-0.9goals below expected-0.7σOct 9Apr 16
  • Actual goals
  • Expected
  • ±1σ
  • Above expected
  • Below expected

Beyond the box score

2024-25 regular season · 72 of 75 games through the sequence engine (more fill in as games are reprocessed)

MethodLeaders
−0.049
Season net
−0.80xG

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

MethodLeaders
Per 60
0.37
Attempts
6
0.015

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

MethodLeaders
Season
−1.70G
Per 60
−0.082
Drawn / taken
9 / 18minors

MethodLeaders
43.8%
40.8%
43.6%
Transition CF/60
3.6
Turnovers won/60
22.1
Turnovers lost/60
20.0

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

MethodLeaders
  • More of his shots than the league
  • Fewer
48 shots on goal, 1 goals, all situations
AreaHis shareLeagueG
R Point25%6%0
Low Slot2%21%0
Outside R23%4%0
L Circle4%13%0
L Net Side0%3%0
Crease0%3%0
L Point4%6%0

Role changes

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

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How the goals happened

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

Method
Goal anatomy
GamePlayEntryPassesShot mphNotesReplay
Dec 23, 2024 @ CBJPoint shot—2*58.4—
Mar 16, 2024 @ CGYForecheck turnover—168.9one-timer
Jan 10, 2024 @ PHIForecheck turnover—09.2—
Dec 22, 2023 @ CHIForecheck turnover—03.7—
Dec 21, 2023 @ MINReboundcarry053.9rebound
Dec 13, 2023 vs PITForecheck turnover—064.6—

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

Linemates

2024-25 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Savard

No 5v5 pairing data this season yet.

Linemate and opposition quality

2024-25 · 5v5 · 974 min on ice · ranked against 274 defencemen

47.9%

teammates' average xGF%

23rd percentile · higher = stronger linemates

49.8%

opponents' average ice-time share

37th percentile · higher = faces more top-line minutes

Plays with weaker-than-usual linemates.

QoT averages the season xGF% of Savard's 5v5 teammates; QoC averages how much of their team's ice time Savard's opponents get, so a high QoC means facing top lines. Both are weighted by time shared on the ice, lean on last season for small samples, and are ranked within forwards or defence.

Game log

80 games in 2024-25, newest first

DateOppResultGAP+/-PIMHITBLKEVPPPK
Apr 30PO@ WSHL 1-400000012—10:509:20—1:30
Apr 27POvs WSHL 2-500001043—14:498:26—6:23
Apr 25POvs WSHW 6-3011-10011—11:037:55—3:08
Apr 23PO@ WSHL 1-3000-11020—9:358:29—1:06
Apr 21PO@ WSHOTL 2-300000003—11:579:24—2:33
Apr 16vs CARW 4-200000001—11:049:15—1:49
Apr 14vs CHIOTL 3-4000+20001—10:548:18—2:32
Apr 12@ TOROTL 0-100000211—12:348:21—4:11
Apr 11@ OTTL 2-5000-11014—14:3910:39—3:32
Apr 8vs DETW 4-1000+10000—12:037:20—4:43
Apr 5vs PHIW 3-200000002—11:427:58—2:37
Apr 3vs BOSW 4-100002202—10:419:37—1:04
Apr 1vs FLAW 3-2000-11001—11:329:09—2:23
Mar 30@ FLAW 4-200000012—10:238:32—1:51
Mar 28@ CARL 1-400000202—9:516:050:113:35
Mar 27@ PHIL 4-6011-12012—14:259:45—4:28
Mar 25@ STLL 1-6000-12012—15:2212:27—2:45
Mar 22vs COLOTL 4-5000-20001—12:199:30—2:49
Mar 20@ NYIOTL 3-400000028—15:1011:54—3:16
Mar 18vs OTTW 6-301100000—15:4412:17—2:53

Season splits by strength

2024-25 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data

StrengthGPTOI/GPSAGFGAGF%
All situations751244:1316:35890166434.8%35.1%392735397734%42.685.923%
Even strength75978:4113:03821111342.5%42.8%350467304441%34.544.541%
5v575973:5512:59816110842.4%42.7%346466294440%34.244.242%
Power play71:260:122166.7%66.7%11010%0.10.0100%
Penalty kill74236:213:12494819.2%11.0%3524142912%3.037.22%
4v4114:460:265550.0%55.6%4110100%0.30.20%
4v574223:373:014943910.0%11.8%3522242613%3.032.62%
3v5106:310:390240.0%0.0%010020%0.03.00%
5v6, opponent net empty2822:470:49145819.4%19.6%5215271%4.63.10%
3v456:131:150180.0%0.0%09010%0.01.60%
4v6, opponent net empty32:540:5821115.4%10.0%05010%0.21.20%

Career by season

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

SeasonTeamGPGAP+/-PIMHITBLKTOI/GP
2024-25PlayoffsMTL5011-2020.0%8911:39
2024-25MTL7511415-836482.1%5618016:35
2023-24MTL6061824-1245411.1%6916320:14
2022-23MTL6231720-1440634.8%6117622:23
2021-22MTL6231417-2236664.5%13412720:47
2020-21PlayoffsTBL2005506180.0%471914:07
2020-21TBL, CBJ54156-2724691.4%13210919:51
2019-20CBJ6801111-335970.0%12916320:41
2018-19PlayoffsCBJ10123-14137.7%343523:42
2018-19CBJ8281624+19361246.5%12212319:45
2017-18PlayoffsCBJ60000070.0%13919:48
2017-18CBJ8141216+2321452.8%14414319:23

David Savard 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.