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NHL Shifts Leaders: Montreal Canadiens
2026-27All situationsThrough 3 team games
This board ranks every NHL skater by shifts, regular season only. Pick any season back to 2025-26 above the table.
Shifts count every time a player steps onto the ice, from the NHL's shift charts. Defensemen take the most; top pairs approach 30 a night. A few leagues score shifts. More shifts means more ice time, so the board mirrors the time-on-ice leaders with defensemen on top.
Leader for the Montreal Canadiens in 2026-27: Noah Dobson (MTL), 60 SFT.
- Early sample: teams have played at most 3 games in 2026-27. Expect big swings.
Shifts leaderboard
18 qualified
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| # | Player | Team | SFT | GP | Per game | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Noah DobsonDMTL | MTL | 60 | 2 | 30.0 | 98%▼1.2 |
| 2 | Mike MathesonDMTL | MTL | 59 | 2 | 29.5 | 85%▼7.8 |
| 3 | Lane HutsonDMTL | MTL | 54 | 2 | 27.0 | 99%▲3.1 |
| 4 | Nick SuzukiFMTL | MTL | 48 | 2 | 24.0 | 100%▲0.5 |
| 5 | Alex NewhookFMTL | MTL | 46 | 2 | 23.0 | 26%▲23 |
| 6 | Cole CaufieldFMTL | MTL | 45 | 2 | 22.5 | 100%▲1.2 |
| 7 | Juraj SlafkovskýFMTL | MTL | 42 | 2 | 21.0 | 100%▲1.5 |
| 8 | Jake EvansFMTL | MTL | 41 | 2 | 20.5 | 5.7%▲5.2 |
| 9 | Phillip DanaultFMTL | MTL | 40 | 2 | 20.0 | 4.9%▲4.5 |
| 10 | Josh AndersonFMTL | MTL | 40 | 2 | 20.0 | 10%▲9.2 |
| 11 | Ivan DemidovFMTL | MTL | 39 | 2 | 19.5 | 91%▲22 |
| 12 | Chris KreiderFMTL | MTL | 38 | 2 | 19.0 | 62%▲29 |
| 13 | Alexandre CarrierDMTL | MTL | 38 | 2 | 19.0 | 14%▲12 |
| 14 | Arber XhekajDMTL | MTL | 34 | 2 | 17.0 | 10%▲6.3 |
| 15 | Jayden StrubleDMTL | MTL | 31 | 2 | 15.5 | 3.3%▲2.9 |
| 16 | Kirby DachFMTL | MTL | 29 | 2 | 14.5 | 12%▲12 |
| 17 | Alexandre TexierFMTL | MTL | 28 | 2 | 14.0 | 4.9%▲4.3 |
| 18 | Zachary BolducFMTL | MTL | 28 | 2 | 14.0 | 21%▲19 |
How to read it
Shifts taken, from the shift charts (2025-26 onward).
How reliable is it?
Shifts follow ice time and position; the 2025-26 totals miss the games without shift charts.
About our data sources →Projected next
Our fantasy projections for shifts: who should lead the coming games.