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NHL Plus/Minus Leaders: Montreal Canadiens
2020-21All situationsThrough 56 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 2020-21: Joel Edmundson (MTL), 28 +/-.
Plus/Minus leaderboard
| # | Player | Team | +/- | GP | Per game | PTS | G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joel EdmundsonDMTL | MTL | 28 | 55 | 0.51 | 13 | 3 | 4.0%▲3.9 |
| 2 | Joel ArmiaFMTL | MTL | 10 | 41 | 0.24 | 14 | 7 | 3.3%▲3.1 |
| 3 | Brendan GallagherFMTL | MTL | 10 | 35 | 0.29 | 23 | 14 | 3.3%▲2.8 |
| 4 | Phillip DanaultFMTL | MTL | 9 | 53 | 0.17 | 24 | 5 | 4.9%▲4.5 |
| 5 | Victor MeteDMTL/OTT | MTL/OTT | 8 | 28 | 0.29 | 5 | 1 | — |
| 6 | Jeff PetryDMTL | MTL | 6 | 55 | 0.11 | 42 | 12 | 0.1% |
| 7 | Paul ByronFMTL | MTL | 5 | 46 | 0.11 | 16 | 5 | — |
| 8 | Brett KulakDMTL | MTL | 3 | 46 | 0.07 | 8 | 2 | 0.3% |
| 9 | Jake EvansFMTL | MTL | 2 | 47 | 0.04 | 13 | 3 | 5.7%▲5.2 |
| 10 | Alexander RomanovDMTL | MTL | 1 | 54 | 0.02 | 6 | 1 | 15%▲15 |
| 11 | Tyler ToffoliFMTL | MTL | 0 | 52 | 0.00 | 44 | 28 | 38%▼18 |
| 12 | Tomas TatarFMTL | MTL | 0 | 50 | 0.00 | 30 | 10 | — |
| 13 | Jesse YlonenFMTL | MTL | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 14 | Otto LeskinenDMTL | MTL | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 15 | Jesperi KotkaniemiFMTL | MTL | -1 | 56 | -0.02 | 20 | 5 | 3.2%▲3.1 |
| 16 | Erik GustafssonDPHI/MTL | PHI/MTL | -1 | 29 | -0.03 | 12 | 1 | 3.2%▲3.2 |
| 17 | Cole CaufieldFMTL | MTL | -1 | 10 | -0.10 | 5 | 4 | 100%▲1.2 |
| 18 | Xavier OuelletDMTL | MTL | -1 | 6 | -0.17 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 19 | Alex BelzileFMTL | MTL | -1 | 2 | -0.50 | 1 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 20 | Artturi LehkonenFMTL | MTL | -2 | 47 | -0.04 | 13 | 7 | 57%▲40 |
| 21 | Michael FrolikFMTL | MTL | -3 | 8 | -0.38 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 22 | Corey PerryFMTL | MTL | -4 | 49 | -0.08 | 21 | 9 | 7.4%▲5.9 |
| 23 | Shea WeberDMTL | MTL | -4 | 48 | -0.08 | 19 | 6 | — |
| 24 | Nick SuzukiFMTL | MTL | -5 | 56 | -0.09 | 41 | 15 | 100%▲0.5 |
| 25 | Jonathan DrouinFMTL | MTL | -8 | 44 | -0.18 | 23 | 2 | 0.5% |
| 26 | Jon MerrillDDET/MTL | DET/MTL | -9 | 49 | -0.18 | 5 | 0 | — |
| 27 | Josh AndersonFMTL | MTL | -10 | 52 | -0.19 | 24 | 17 | 10%▲9.2 |
| 28 | Ben ChiarotDMTL | MTL | -16 | 41 | -0.39 | 7 | 1 | 13%▲11 |
| 29 | Eric StaalFBUF/MTL | BUF/MTL | -30 | 53 | -0.57 | 13 | 5 | — |
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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