Montreal Canadiens 2025-26: Most common lines and defensive pairs Montreal Canadiens 2025-26 season data
All times below are approximate and are based on data from NHL.com.

Most common forward lines
(Minimum 34 minutes)

Line Time EV PP SH +/-
20 Slafkovsky91 Kapanen93 Demidov
 364:47 364:02 0:45 0:00 +7
13 Caufield14 Suzuki20 Slafkovsky
 362:33 359:55 2:38 0:00 +8
15 Newhook91 Kapanen93 Demidov
 196:06 195:57 0:09 0:00 +4
13 Caufield14 Suzuki76 Bolduc
 177:08 176:56 0:12 0:00 +4
13 Caufield - 14 Suzuki - 20 Slafkovsky - 93 Demidov 162:14 20:25 141:49 0:00 +2
13 Caufield14 Suzuki85 Texier
 157:17 156:49 0:28 0:00 +9
17 Anderson24 Danault11 Gallagher
 153:27 153:13 0:14 0:00 +3
17 Anderson71 Evans11 Gallagher
 113:32 113:07 0:25 0:00 -2
13 Caufield14 Suzuki77 Dach
 93:18 93:18 0:00 0:00 +3
76 Bolduc77 Dach11 Gallagher
 92:49 92:00 0:47 0:02 +2
17 Anderson71 Evans
 88:03 2:25 0:00 85:38 -1
76 Bolduc71 Evans77 Dach
 75:01 75:01 0:00 0:00 +2
76 Bolduc24 Danault11 Gallagher
 62:08 61:53 0:15 0:00 -1
17 Anderson71 Evans90 Veleno
 58:36 58:23 0:11 0:02 -2
85 Texier71 Evans17 Anderson
 56:46 56:19 0:27 0:00 -2
90 Veleno71 Evans76 Bolduc
 51:30 51:30 0:00 0:00 -1
13 Caufield14 Suzuki
 48:39 48:28 0:00 0:11 +5
90 Veleno91 Kapanen
 48:35 0:46 0:00 47:49 E
13 Caufield - 14 Suzuki - 20 Slafkovsky - 76 Bolduc 47:01 1:39 45:22 0:00 +1
85 Texier91 Kapanen93 Demidov
 45:44 45:37 0:07 0:00 E
27 Blais90 Veleno62 Beck
 41:46 41:43 0:00 0:03 E
24 Danault71 Evans
 40:46 0:34 0:00 40:12 +1
49 Davidson90 Veleno11 Gallagher
 38:52 38:52 0:00 0:00 -2
27 Blais90 Veleno11 Gallagher
 38:38 38:37 0:01 0:00 E
76 Bolduc77 Dach90 Veleno
 38:28 38:28 0:00 0:00 -2
76 Bolduc24 Danault17 Anderson
 36:48 36:44 0:04 0:00 -2
17 Anderson71 Evans92 Laine
 36:16 36:16 0:00 0:00 -1
49 Davidson90 Veleno76 Bolduc
 34:13 34:13 0:00 0:00 E
Others 1336:12 1045:29 117:55 172:48 -14
Totals 4097:13 3438:39 311:49 346:45 +21

Most common defensive pairings
(Minimum 34 minutes)

Pair Time EV PP SH +/-
  8 Matheson53 Dobson
 907:04 815:16 10:28 81:20 E
48 Hutson45 Carrier
 352:41 346:10 0:42 5:49 +12
  8 Matheson45 Carrier
 347:31 182:30 1:01 164:00 +3
47 Struble48 Hutson
 330:32 327:47 0:11 2:34 -5
48 Hutson53 Dobson
 319:00 300:56 7:42 10:22 +17
72 Xhekaj45 Carrier
 307:07 302:02 0:03 5:02 -7
48 Hutson
 247:06 49:24 197:41 0:01 +1
  8 Matheson21 Guhle
 160:28 147:33 0:04 12:51 E
21 Guhle48 Hutson
 155:09 154:36 0:00 0:33 E
21 Guhle45 Carrier
 118:03 103:21 0:00 14:42 -4
53 Dobson
 94:09 11:00 83:06 0:03 -4
47 Struble45 Carrier
 89:19 88:31 0:04 0:44 E
72 Xhekaj47 Struble
 83:00 82:18 0:39 0:03 +1
72 Xhekaj48 Hutson
 79:32 76:46 0:04 2:42 E
  8 Matheson48 Hutson
 66:57 60:39 3:56 2:22 +3
72 Xhekaj42 Engstrom
 59:36 59:36 0:00 0:00 +1
21 Guhle53 Dobson
 54:55 37:24 0:06 17:25 +3
45 Carrier53 Dobson
 41:55 26:25 0:00 15:30 -4
47 Struble53 Dobson
 41:20 40:25 0:03 0:52 +1
21 Guhle72 Xhekaj
 34:04 32:57 0:00 1:07 -2
Others 207:45 193:03 5:59 8:43 +6
Totals 4097:13 3438:39 311:49 346:45 +22
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