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NHL Plus/Minus Leaders: Montreal Canadiens
2017-18All situationsThrough 82 team games
This board ranks every NHL skater by plus/minus, regular season only. Pick any season back to 2017-18 above the table.
Plus/minus adds one for every even-strength or shorthanded goal the team scores with the player on the ice and subtracts one for every one allowed. Power-play goals for do not count; empty-net goals do. Plus/minus is still a category in many leagues but it mostly reflects team quality and goaltending. The per-60 view helps compare players with different minutes.
Leader for the Montreal Canadiens in 2017-18: Nicolas Deslauriers (MTL), 7 +/-.
Plus/Minus leaderboard
| # | Player | Team | +/- | GP | Per game | PTS | G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nicolas DeslauriersFMTL | MTL | 7 | 58 | 0.12 | 14 | 10 | 0.2% |
| 2 | Victor MeteDMTL | MTL | 5 | 49 | 0.10 | 7 | 0 | — |
| 3 | David SchlemkoDMTL | MTL | 3 | 37 | 0.08 | 5 | 1 | — |
| 4 | Daniel CarrFMTL | MTL | 2 | 38 | 0.05 | 16 | 6 | — |
| 5 | Tomas PlekanecFMTL/TOR | MTL/TOR | 1 | 77 | 0.01 | 26 | 6 | — |
| 6 | Noah JuulsenDMTL | MTL | 1 | 23 | 0.04 | 3 | 1 | 0.1% |
| 7 | Phillip DanaultFMTL | MTL | 0 | 52 | 0.00 | 25 | 8 | 4.9%▲4.5 |
| 8 | Byron FroeseFMTL | MTL | 0 | 48 | 0.00 | 11 | 3 | — |
| 9 | Rinat ValievDMTL | MTL | 0 | 2 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 10 | Michael McCarronFMTL | MTL | -1 | 18 | -0.06 | 1 | 0 | 7.3%▲6.9 |
| 11 | Ales HemskyFMTL | MTL | -1 | 7 | -0.14 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 12 | Jordie BennDMTL | MTL | -2 | 77 | -0.03 | 15 | 4 | — |
| 13 | Jacob de la RoseFMTL | MTL | -2 | 55 | -0.04 | 12 | 4 | — |
| 14 | Jakub JerabekDMTL/WSH | MTL/WSH | -2 | 36 | -0.06 | 8 | 2 | — |
| 15 | Kerby RychelFMTL | MTL | -2 | 4 | -0.50 | 2 | 1 | — |
| 16 | Mark StreitDMTL | MTL | -2 | 2 | -1.00 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 17 | Paul ByronFMTL | MTL | -4 | 82 | -0.05 | 35 | 20 | — |
| 18 | Joe MorrowDMTL/WPG | MTL/WPG | -4 | 56 | -0.07 | 16 | 6 | — |
| 19 | Torrey MitchellFLAK/MTL | LAK/MTL | -5 | 60 | -0.08 | 11 | 6 | — |
| 20 | Mike ReillyDMIN/MTL | MIN/MTL | -5 | 57 | -0.09 | 18 | 2 | 0.1% |
| 21 | Nikita ScherbakFMTL | MTL | -5 | 26 | -0.19 | 6 | 4 | — |
| 22 | Brett LernoutDMTL | MTL | -5 | 18 | -0.28 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 23 | Logan ShawFANA/MTL | ANA/MTL | -6 | 72 | -0.08 | 14 | 4 | — |
| 24 | Karl AlznerDMTL | MTL | -7 | 82 | -0.09 | 12 | 1 | — |
| 25 | Andrew ShawFMTL | MTL | -8 | 51 | -0.16 | 20 | 10 | — |
| 26 | Shea WeberDMTL | MTL | -8 | 26 | -0.31 | 16 | 6 | — |
| 27 | Artturi LehkonenFMTL | MTL | -11 | 66 | -0.17 | 21 | 12 | 57%▲40 |
| 28 | Charles HudonFMTL | MTL | -12 | 72 | -0.17 | 30 | 10 | — |
| 29 | Brendan GallagherFMTL | MTL | -13 | 82 | -0.16 | 54 | 31 | 3.3%▲2.8 |
| 30 | Brandon DavidsonDEDM/NYI/MTL | EDM/NYI/MTL | -13 | 51 | -0.25 | 7 | 4 | — |
| 31 | Max PaciorettyFMTL | MTL | -16 | 64 | -0.25 | 37 | 17 | — |
| 32 | Jonathan DrouinFMTL | MTL | -28 | 77 | -0.36 | 46 | 13 | 0.5% |
| 33 | Jeff PetryDMTL | MTL | -30 | 82 | -0.37 | 42 | 12 | 0.1% |
| 34 | Alex GalchenyukFMTL | MTL | -31 | 82 | -0.38 | 51 | 19 | — |
How to read it
Goals for minus goals against while on the ice (power-play goals for excluded).
How reliable is it?
Plus/minus is noisy and team-driven; on-ice goal and expected-goal shares at 5-on-5 tell you more about the player.
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