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NHL Penalty Minutes Leaders: Montreal Canadiens
2025-26All situationsThrough 83 team games
This board ranks every NHL skater by total penalty minutes this season, regular season only.
Penalty minutes add up every minor, major and misconduct. Fighting majors and misconducts make the total lumpy: one bad night can add 17 minutes. PIM is still a category in many banger leagues. Because it comes in bursts, the season total matters more than any one week.
Leader for the Montreal Canadiens in 2025-26: Arber Xhekaj (MTL), 116 PIM.
Penalty Minutes leaderboard
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| # | Player | Team | PIM | GP | Per game | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arber XhekajDMTL | MTL | 116 | 65 | 1.78 | 10%▲6.3 |
| 2 | Josh AndersonFMTL | MTL | 90 | 72 | 1.25 | 10%▲9.2 |
| 3 | Jayden StrubleDMTL | MTL | 58 | 59 | 0.98 | 3.3%▲2.9 |
| 4 | Juraj SlafkovskýFMTL | MTL | 52 | 82 | 0.63 | 100%▲1.5 |
| 5 | Kaiden GuhleDMTL | MTL | 41 | 39 | 1.05 | 19%▲18 |
| 6 | Brendan GallagherFMTL | MTL | 39 | 77 | 0.51 | 3.3%▲2.8 |
| 7 | Lane HutsonDMTL | MTL | 34 | 82 | 0.41 | 99%▲3.1 |
| 8 | Ivan DemidovFMTL | MTL | 34 | 82 | 0.41 | 91%▲22 |
| 9 | Noah DobsonDMTL | MTL | 34 | 80 | 0.42 | 98%▼1.2 |
| 10 | Mike MathesonDMTL | MTL | 34 | 78 | 0.44 | 85%▼7.8 |
| 11 | Alexandre CarrierDMTL | MTL | 34 | 73 | 0.47 | 14%▲12 |
| 12 | Kirby DachFMTL | MTL | 31 | 37 | 0.84 | 12%▲12 |
| 13 | Nick SuzukiFMTL | MTL | 28 | 82 | 0.34 | 100%▲0.5 |
| 14 | Zachary BolducFMTL | MTL | 28 | 78 | 0.36 | 21%▲19 |
| 15 | Jake EvansFMTL | MTL | 28 | 68 | 0.41 | 5.7%▲5.2 |
| 16 | Phillip DanaultFMTL | MTL | 26 | 75 | 0.35 | 4.9%▲4.5 |
| 17 | Alexandre TexierFMTL | MTL | 26 | 51 | 0.51 | 4.9%▲4.3 |
| 18 | Oliver KapanenFMTL | MTL | 22 | 82 | 0.27 | 29%▲25 |
| 19 | Joseph VelenoFMTL | MTL | 19 | 61 | 0.31 | 4.1%▲3.9 |
| 20 | Cole CaufieldFMTL | MTL | 14 | 81 | 0.17 | 100%▲1.2 |
| 21 | Alex NewhookFMTL | MTL | 10 | 42 | 0.24 | 26%▲23 |
| 22 | Sammy BlaisFMTL | MTL | 10 | 21 | 0.48 | — |
| 23 | Jared DavidsonFMTL | MTL | 10 | 10 | 1.00 | 0.0% |
| 24 | Adam EngstromDMTL | MTL | 8 | 15 | 0.53 | 6.4%▲6.3 |
| 25 | Florian XhekajFMTL | MTL | 7 | 5 | 1.40 | 8.1%▲7.7 |
| 26 | Owen BeckFMTL | MTL | 6 | 15 | 0.40 | 8.8%▲8.7 |
| 27 | Patrik LaineFMTL | MTL | 2 | 5 | 0.40 | 9.7%▲9.2 |
| 28 | Joshua RoyFMTL | MTL | 2 | 3 | 0.67 | 8.0%▲8 |
| 29 | David ReinbacherDMTL | MTL | 0 | 2 | 0.00 | 28%▲27 |
How to read it
Total penalty minutes this season, all situations.
How reliable is it?
Totals reward games played and ice time as much as skill; see the per-60 version for the rate view.
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