Montreal Canadiens Power Play
2026-27 · 1-0-0 · 2 pts · 3rd Atlantic
The Canadiens' current PP1 unit is Nick Suzuki, Cole Caufield, Lane Hutson, Juraj Slafkovský and Ivan Demidov, together for 2:21 of power-play time a game.
The Montreal Canadiens get 4:50 of power-play time per game (11th most) and have scored 56 power-play goals, 8.49 per 60 minutes (10th).
Nick Suzuki plays 73% of the team's power-play minutes.
On the penalty kill they have allowed 52 goals, 7.66 per 60 (18th fewest).
- PP1Nick Suzuki – Cole Caufield – Lane Hutson – Juraj Slafkovský – Ivan Demidov2:21
- PP2Chris Kreider – Alexandre Texier – Noah Dobson – Alex Newhook – Zachary Bolduc1:22
From the last 1 game; time is together on the man advantage per game.
Penalty kill
- PK1FJake Evans – Alex Newhook2:29
- PK2FPhillip Danault – Josh Anderson2:28
- PK1DMike Matheson – Alexandre Carrier3:03
- PK2DNoah Dobson – Arber Xhekaj1:16
Most-used PP units (2025-26)
| Unit | GP | TOI | GF | SF | GF/60 | xGF/60 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suzuki, Caufield, Hutson, Slafkovský, Demidov | 62 | 182:35 | 33 | 146 | 10.84 | 8.98 |
| Suzuki, Caufield, Bolduc, Hutson, Slafkovský | 16 | 44:46 | 8 | 37 | 10.72 | 8.42 |
| Gallagher, Texier, Dobson, Bolduc, Kapanen | 17 | 19:58 | 0 | 18 | 0.00 | 5.30 |
| Gallagher, Dobson, Newhook, Bolduc, Kapanen | 10 | 10:14 | 0 | 8 | 0.00 | 4.17 |
| Gallagher, Dobson, Dach, Newhook, Bolduc | 11 | 9:45 | 1 | 9 | 6.15 | 7.95 |
| Gallagher, Laine, Dobson, Dach, Demidov | 5 | 8:43 | 0 | 6 | 0.00 | 5.91 |
| Suzuki, Dobson, Caufield, Slafkovský, Demidov | 9 | 8:29 | 2 | 10 | 14.15 | 20.47 |
| Gallagher, Suzuki, Dobson, Kapanen, Demidov | 8 | 6:01 | 0 | 3 | 0.00 | 5.74 |
About these numbers
Power-play rates are per 60 minutes of man-advantage time rather than PP%, because they measure how dangerous a unit is while it is on the ice. Ranks compare all 32 teams. Goals for on the penalty kill (shorthanded goals) and empty-net situations are excluded from the rates.