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NHL Plus/Minus Leaders: Montreal Canadiens
2026-27All situationsThrough 3 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 2026-27: Nick Suzuki (MTL), 3 +/-.
- Early sample: teams have played at most 3 games in 2026-27. Expect big swings.
Plus/Minus leaderboard
| # | Player | Team | +/- | GP | Per game | PTS | G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nick SuzukiFMTL | MTL | 3 | 2 | 1.50 | 4 | 1 | 100%▲0.5 |
| 2 | Josh AndersonFMTL | MTL | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 2 | 1 | 10%▲9.2 |
| 3 | Cole CaufieldFMTL | MTL | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 2 | 2 | 100%▲1.2 |
| 4 | Jayden StrubleDMTL | MTL | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 0 | 0 | 3.3%▲2.9 |
| 5 | Juraj SlafkovskýFMTL | MTL | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 0 | 0 | 100%▲1.5 |
| 6 | Chris KreiderFMTL | MTL | 1 | 2 | 0.50 | 2 | 1 | 62%▲29 |
| 7 | Phillip DanaultFMTL | MTL | 1 | 2 | 0.50 | 0 | 0 | 4.9%▲4.5 |
| 8 | Jake EvansFMTL | MTL | 1 | 2 | 0.50 | 0 | 0 | 5.7%▲5.2 |
| 9 | Alexandre CarrierDMTL | MTL | 1 | 2 | 0.50 | 2 | 1 | 14%▲12 |
| 10 | Zachary BolducFMTL | MTL | 1 | 2 | 0.50 | 1 | 1 | 21%▲19 |
| 11 | Arber XhekajDMTL | MTL | 1 | 2 | 0.50 | 0 | 0 | 10%▲6.3 |
| 12 | Lane HutsonDMTL | MTL | 1 | 2 | 0.50 | 3 | 0 | 99%▲3.1 |
| 13 | Ivan DemidovFMTL | MTL | 0 | 2 | 0.00 | 2 | 1 | 91%▲22 |
| 14 | Mike MathesonDMTL | MTL | -1 | 2 | -0.50 | 1 | 0 | 85%▼7.8 |
| 15 | Alexandre TexierFMTL | MTL | -1 | 2 | -0.50 | 0 | 0 | 4.9%▲4.3 |
| 16 | Noah DobsonDMTL | MTL | -1 | 2 | -0.50 | 1 | 0 | 98%▼1.2 |
| 17 | Kirby DachFMTL | MTL | -1 | 2 | -0.50 | 1 | 0 | 12%▲12 |
| 18 | Alex NewhookFMTL | MTL | -1 | 2 | -0.50 | 0 | 0 | 26%▲23 |
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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- 5v5 xGF%50% is break-even. 55% means the skater's team took 55% of the expected goals while he was on the ice.