Game #05 - September 26, 2026 - Ottawa 2 at Montreal 4
Game #05 - September 26, 2026
  Ottawa   2   at     Montreal   4

All times below are based on data from NHL.com.               
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Lines and defensive pairings

Line Time EV PP SH +/-
13 Caufield14 Suzuki22 Kreider
12:21 12:21 0:00 0:00 +1
15 Newhook24 Danault20 Slafkovsky
12:15 12:15 0:00 0:00 +2
63 F. Xhekaj62 Beck54 Thorpe
9:20 9:20 0:00 0:00 E
85 Texier71 Evans17 Anderson
8:01 8:01 0:00 0:00 E
17 Anderson71 Evans
1:51 0:00 0:00 1:51 E
13 Caufield14 Suzuki
1:42 1:42 0:00 0:00 E
71 Evans85 Texier
1:38 1:38 0:00 0:00 E
63 F. Xhekaj62 Beck85 Texier
1:25 1:25 0:00 0:00 E
13 Caufield14 Suzuki20 Slafkovsky
1:21 1:21 0:00 0:00 E
13 Caufield - 14 Suzuki - 20 Slafkovsky - 22 Kreider 1:09 0:00 1:09 0:00 E
Others 8:57 5:28 0:00 3:29 E
Pair Time EV PP SH +/-
  8 Matheson53 Dobson
22:45 19:29 0:00 3:16 +2
65 Mittelstadt45 Carrier
16:32 15:15 0:00 1:17 E
79 Szuber74 Samson
12:09 12:02 0:00 0:07 E
  8 Matheson65 Mittelstadt
1:25 1:13 0:00 0:12 +1
53 Dobson
1:09 0:00 1:09 0:00 E
  8 Matheson45 Carrier
1:06 1:04 0:00 0:02 E
Others 4:54 4:28 0:00 0:26 E

Line match-ups:

Line/Pair 13CC
14NS
22CK
15AN
24PD
20JS
63FX
62OB
54TT
85AT
71JE
17JA
8MM
53ND
65LM
45AC
79MS
74ES
79 Blais - 71 Greig - 62 Tomasino 4:02 2:16 2:43 1:32 4:13 4:33 2:33
54 Boucher - 16 Suzuki - 68 Halttunen 1:49 3:06 2:03 3:12 3:09 2:38 3:32
48 Cover - 92 Daoust - 53 Bourgault 1:49 2:02 0:46 1:27 1:39 2:27 0:55
53 Bourgault - 92 Daoust - 63 Pettersson 1:01 0:40 1:27   1:47 0:41 1:58
71 Greig - 48 Cover - 62 Tomasino - 68 Halttunen         2:40    
16 Suzuki - 71 Greig - 48 Cover - 62 Tomasino - 68 Halttunen 1:05 0:56 0:11   1:05 1:06 0:07
33 Matinpalo - 45 Hutton 2:17 1:02 0:20 2:41 3:34 2:53 0:19
5 Crotty - 64 Harrington 2:38 1:56 0:10 0:28 3:13 1:40 1:18
15 Kyrou 1:05 0:56 0:11   3:45 1:36 0:07
15 Kyrou - 58 Bolduc 0:17 1:00 1:17 0:43 1:16 1:20 2:31
58 Bolduc - 76 Toure 0:23 1:57 0:35 0:30 1:38 0:45 2:02
5 Crotty - 45 Hutton 0:47 1:34 1:04 0:01 2:02 1:32  
15 Kyrou - 45 Hutton 1:03   0:51 1:22 0:01 1:07 2:28
33 Matinpalo - 64 Harrington 1:06 0:59 1:12 0:15 1:27 1:29 0:32
5 Crotty - 58 Bolduc 0:51 1:19 0:43 0:01 0:55 1:31 0:38
64 Harrington - 76 Toure 0:43 1:04 0:04 0:31 1:26 0:11 0:15

Shift chart:
(green = even-strength, red = power-play, blue = short-handed)


For each forward: most common linemates
(as a percentage of total ice time)

13 Caufield
Linemates Total EV PP SH
Suzuki-Kreider 72.2% 72.2%    
Suzuki 9.9% 9.9%    
Suzuki-Slafkovsky 7.9% 7.9%    
Suzuki-Slafkovsky-Kreider 6.7%   6.7%  
Suzuki-F. Xhekaj 0.8% 0.8%    
Others 2.4% 2.4%    
Totals   93.3% 6.7%  
14 Suzuki
Linemates Total EV PP SH
Caufield-Kreider 68.3% 68.3%    
Caufield 9.4% 9.4%    
Caufield-Slafkovsky 7.5% 7.5%    
Caufield-Slafkovsky-Kreider 6.4%   6.4%  
Slafkovsky-Thorpe 1.3% 1.3%    
Others 7.2% 5.9%   1.3%
Totals   92.4% 6.4% 1.3%
15 Newhook
Linemates Total EV PP SH
Danault-Slafkovsky 80.0% 80.0%    
Slafkovsky-Anderson 5.7% 5.7%    
Kreider 3.0%     3.0%
Anderson 2.4%     2.4%
Beck-Slafkovsky 1.8% 1.8%    
Others 7.1% 6.4%   0.7%
Totals   93.9%   6.1%
17 Anderson
Linemates Total EV PP SH
Texier-Evans 64.6% 64.6%    
Evans 14.9%     14.9%
F. Xhekaj-Beck 7.5% 7.5%    
Slafkovsky-Newhook 7.0% 7.0%    
Newhook 3.0%     3.0%
Others 3.1% 2.7%   0.4%
Totals   81.7%   18.3%
20 Slafkovsky
Linemates Total EV PP SH
Newhook-Danault 72.1% 72.1%    
Caufield-Suzuki 7.9% 7.9%    
Caufield-Suzuki-Kreider 6.8%   6.8%  
Newhook-Anderson 5.1% 5.1%    
Newhook-Beck 1.7% 1.7%    
Others 6.4% 5.0%   1.4%
Totals   91.9% 6.8% 1.4%
22 Kreider
Linemates Total EV PP SH
Caufield-Suzuki 80.5% 80.5%    
Caufield-Suzuki-Slafkovsky 7.5%   7.5%  
Newhook 3.0%     3.0%
Danault 2.9%     2.9%
Texier-Evans 1.7% 1.7%    
Others 4.3% 3.7%   0.7%
Totals   85.9% 7.5% 6.6%
24 Danault
Linemates Total EV PP SH
Newhook-Slafkovsky 87.3% 87.3%    
  6.3%     6.3%
Kreider 3.2%     3.2%
Newhook 0.8% 0.1%   0.7%
Caufield-Slafkovsky 0.7% 0.7%    
Others 1.7% 1.7%    
Totals   89.8%   10.2%
54 Thorpe
Linemates Total EV PP SH
F. Xhekaj-Beck 90.0% 90.0%    
Texier-Evans 2.4% 2.4%    
Slafkovsky-Suzuki 2.3% 2.3%    
F. Xhekaj-Evans 1.8% 1.8%    
F. Xhekaj-Suzuki 1.0% 1.0%    
Others 2.6% 2.6%    
Totals   100.0%    
62 Beck
Linemates Total EV PP SH
F. Xhekaj-Thorpe 71.6% 71.6%    
F. Xhekaj-Texier 10.9% 10.9%    
F. Xhekaj-Anderson 7.2% 7.2%    
F. Xhekaj 4.6%     4.6%
Newhook-Slafkovsky 2.2% 2.2%    
Others 3.6% 3.6%    
Totals   95.4%   4.6%
63 F. Xhekaj
Linemates Total EV PP SH
Beck-Thorpe 69.7% 69.7%    
Beck-Texier 10.6% 10.6%    
Beck-Anderson 7.0% 7.0%    
Beck 4.5%     4.5%
Evans 1.7%     1.7%
Others 6.5% 6.5%    
Totals   93.8%   6.2%
71 Evans
Linemates Total EV PP SH
Texier-Anderson 60.7% 60.7%    
Anderson 14.0%     14.0%
Texier 12.4% 12.4%    
Texier-Kreider 2.0% 2.0%    
Texier-Thorpe 1.9% 1.9%    
Others 9.0% 6.4%   2.5%
Totals   83.5%   16.5%
85 Texier
Linemates Total EV PP SH
Evans-Anderson 66.4% 66.4%    
Evans 13.5% 13.5%    
F. Xhekaj-Beck 11.7% 11.7%    
Evans-Kreider 2.2% 2.2%    
Evans-Thorpe 2.1% 2.1%    
Others 4.0% 4.0%    
Totals   100.0%    

For each D-man: most common partners
(as a percentage of total ice time)

8 Matheson
Partner Total EV PP SH
Dobson 87.4% 74.8%   12.5%
Mittelstadt 5.4% 4.7%   0.8%
Carrier 4.2% 4.1%   0.1%
Mittelstadt-Carrier 1.4%     1.4%
Szuber 1.0% 1.0%    
Others 0.6% 0.3%   0.3%
Totals   84.9%   15.1%
45 Carrier
Partner Total EV PP SH
Mittelstadt 85.1% 78.5%   6.6%
Matheson 5.7% 5.5%   0.2%
Szuber 3.6% 3.6%    
Dobson 2.7% 2.7%    
Matheson-Mittelstadt 1.9%     1.9%
Others 1.1% 1.1%    
Totals   91.3%   8.7%
53 Dobson
Partner Total EV PP SH
Matheson 86.9% 74.4%   12.5%
  4.4%   4.4%  
Szuber 3.6% 3.6%    
Mittelstadt 2.5% 2.5%    
Carrier 2.0% 2.0%    
Others 0.6% 0.3%   0.3%
Totals   82.9% 4.4% 12.7%
65 Mittelstadt
Partner Total EV PP SH
Carrier 82.2% 75.8%   6.4%
Matheson 7.0% 6.0%   1.0%
Szuber 4.3% 4.3%    
Dobson 3.3% 3.3%    
Matheson-Carrier 1.8%     1.8%
Others 1.3% 1.0%   0.3%
Totals   90.5%   9.5%
74 Samson
Partner Total EV PP SH
Szuber 96.7% 95.8%   0.9%
Carrier 1.5% 1.5%    
Mittelstadt 0.9% 0.9%    
  0.3% 0.3%    
Mittelstadt-Szuber 0.3% 0.3%    
Others 0.4% 0.4%    
Totals   99.1%   0.9%
79 Szuber
Partner Total EV PP SH
Samson 81.0% 80.2%   0.8%
Dobson 6.3% 6.3%    
Mittelstadt 5.8% 5.8%    
Carrier 4.7% 4.7%    
Matheson 1.7% 1.7%    
Others 0.6% 0.6%    
Totals   99.2%   0.8%

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