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NHL Plus/Minus Leaders: Montreal Canadiens
2025-26All 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 2025-26: Nick Suzuki (MTL), 37 +/-.
Plus/Minus leaderboard
| # | Player | Team | +/- | GP | Per game | PTS | G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nick SuzukiFMTL | MTL | 37 | 82 | 0.45 | 101 | 29 | 100%▲0.5 |
| 2 | Lane HutsonDMTL | MTL | 36 | 82 | 0.44 | 78 | 12 | 99%▲3.1 |
| 3 | Cole CaufieldFMTL | MTL | 29 | 81 | 0.36 | 88 | 51 | 100%▲1.2 |
| 4 | Juraj SlafkovskýFMTL | MTL | 9 | 82 | 0.11 | 73 | 30 | 100%▲1.5 |
| 5 | Mike MathesonDMTL | MTL | 9 | 78 | 0.12 | 37 | 7 | 85%▼7.8 |
| 6 | Alexandre TexierFMTL/STL | MTL/STL | 9 | 51 | 0.18 | 21 | 8 | 4.9%▲4.3 |
| 7 | Alex NewhookFMTL | MTL | 9 | 42 | 0.21 | 25 | 13 | 26%▲23 |
| 8 | Noah DobsonDMTL | MTL | 5 | 80 | 0.06 | 47 | 12 | 98%▼1.2 |
| 9 | Kaiden GuhleDMTL | MTL | 5 | 39 | 0.13 | 11 | 2 | 19%▲18 |
| 10 | Oliver KapanenFMTL | MTL | 4 | 82 | 0.05 | 37 | 22 | 29%▲25 |
| 11 | Jayden StrubleDMTL | MTL | 4 | 59 | 0.07 | 12 | 2 | 3.3%▲2.9 |
| 12 | Owen BeckFMTL | MTL | 4 | 15 | 0.27 | 1 | 1 | 8.8%▲8.7 |
| 13 | Ivan DemidovFMTL | MTL | 3 | 82 | 0.04 | 62 | 19 | 91%▲22 |
| 14 | Alexandre CarrierDMTL | MTL | 2 | 73 | 0.03 | 22 | 7 | 14%▲12 |
| 15 | Sammy BlaisFMTL/TOR | MTL/TOR | 2 | 21 | 0.10 | 8 | 3 | — |
| 16 | Adam EngstromDMTL | MTL | 2 | 15 | 0.13 | 1 | 0 | 6.4%▲6.3 |
| 17 | Brendan GallagherFMTL | MTL | 0 | 77 | 0.00 | 23 | 7 | 3.3%▲2.8 |
| 18 | Joshua RoyFMTL | MTL | 0 | 3 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 8.0%▲8 |
| 19 | David ReinbacherDMTL | MTL | 0 | 2 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 28%▲27 |
| 20 | Florian XhekajFMTL | MTL | -1 | 5 | -0.20 | 1 | 0 | 8.1%▲7.7 |
| 21 | Kirby DachFMTL | MTL | -2 | 37 | -0.05 | 15 | 8 | 12%▲12 |
| 22 | Phillip DanaultFMTL/LAK | MTL/LAK | -3 | 75 | -0.04 | 17 | 6 | 4.9%▲4.5 |
| 23 | Patrik LaineFMTL | MTL | -3 | 5 | -0.60 | 1 | 0 | 9.7%▲9.2 |
| 24 | Josh AndersonFMTL | MTL | -4 | 72 | -0.06 | 23 | 14 | 10%▲9.2 |
| 25 | Jared DavidsonFMTL | MTL | -4 | 10 | -0.40 | 1 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 26 | Zachary BolducFMTL | MTL | -6 | 78 | -0.08 | 30 | 12 | 21%▲19 |
| 27 | Jake EvansFMTL | MTL | -8 | 68 | -0.12 | 24 | 12 | 5.7%▲5.2 |
| 28 | Arber XhekajDMTL | MTL | -8 | 65 | -0.12 | 4 | 1 | 10%▲6.3 |
| 29 | Joseph VelenoFMTL | MTL | -12 | 61 | -0.20 | 5 | 2 | 4.1%▲3.9 |
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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