Tavares · 3 PP shotsFLA · 7.00 power plays drawn / gmMatthews · 2 straight games on PP1EDM · 76.2% of PP time on PP18 games measured · 2026-27
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Held · no first-unit change measured this season

Montreal Canadiens — Power play units · 2026-27

Montreal's first unit has not scored a power-play goal yet. The best, Colorado, scores 1.000 a game.

T-6th
PP1 rank of 15
2:23
PP1 min / gm
59.6%
PP1 share
40.0%
PP2 share
0.000
PP1 goals / gm
0.000
PP2 goals / gm
0.00
Club PP pts / gm

2026-27 · 1 game measured · ranks of 15 first units by goals per team game

First unit

2:23 on the ice as a first unit · 0 goals · a shot every 0:48 · the same five 99% of the time

Second unit

40.0% of PP time

1:36 on the ice as a second unit · 0 goals

Unit by game · last 1

  • PP1
  • PP2
SkaterGames → 29 SepPP min/gmPP1 sharePP P
Cole Caufield2:23100%0
Ivan Demidov2:23100%0
Juraj Slafkovský2:26100%0
Lane Hutson2:32100%0
Nick Suzuki2:21100%0
Alex Newhook1:240%0
Alexandre Texier1:340%0
Chris Kreider1:360%0
Noah Dobson1:280%0
Zachary Bolduc1:280%0

One square per club game, oldest to newest. An ink outline is a game he dressed without a power-play shift; a red slashed box, a game he did not dress; a small dot, a night the club drew no power play; a dashed box, a game before he joined the club or one the data could not read. Hover a square for the game. “Held” marks a skater whose unit slot stands while he is out of the lineup.

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On the ice in Montreal's last game

Who is on Montreal's power play?

The season's most-used first unit is Nick Suzuki, Cole Caufield, Lane Hutson, Juraj Slafkovský and Ivan Demidov — together 2:21 as this exact five, 99% of the club's first-unit time.

The season's most-used second unit is Chris Kreider, Alexandre Texier, Noah Dobson, Alex Newhook and Zachary Bolduc — together 1:07 as this exact five, 70% of the club's second-unit time.

Montreal's first unit was the same five players 99% of the time, the most stable first unit in the league.

The club's power play

measurevalue
Power plays drawn per game2.00
Power-play time per game4:00
Games measured1
Times shorthanded per game3.00

First power-play unit — the five

playerposPP min/gmstreakPP1 sharePP G
Nick SuzukiC2:211100%0
Cole CaufieldR2:231100%0
Lane HutsonD2:321100%0
Juraj SlafkovskýL2:261100%0
Ivan DemidovR2:231100%0

What PP1 produces

Ranks compare this unit with the other 14 measured first power-play units. Every rate is printed beside the ice time it was computed over.
measurevaluerank of 15 PP1scomputed over
Scoring paceno goals yetT-6th of 150 goals in 2:23 on the ice
Goals per team game0.000T-6th of 150 goals across the club's 1 game
Share of the club's power-play time59.6%13th of 15of every power-play second the club had, this unit was out for 59.6%
Same five99%1st of 15this exact five: 2:21 of the line's 2:23
Shooting pacea shot every 0:48—3 shots in 2:23 on the ice
High-danger chancesa chance every 0:48—3 high-danger chances — shots from the slot, measured from shot locations — in 2:23 on the ice

Second power-play unit — the five

playerposPP min/gmstreakPP2 sharePP G
Chris KreiderL1:361100%0
Alexandre TexierL1:341100%0
Noah DobsonD1:281100%0
Alex NewhookC1:241100%0
Zachary BolducR1:281100%0

What PP2 produces

Ranks compare this unit with the other 14 measured second power-play units. Every rate is printed beside the ice time it was computed over.
measurevaluerank of 15 PP2scomputed over
Scoring paceno goals yetT-4th of 150 goals in 1:36 on the ice
Goals per team game0.000T-4th of 150 goals across the club's 1 game
Share of the club's power-play time40.0%3rd of 15of every power-play second the club had, this unit was out for 40.0%
Same five70%8th of 15this exact five: 1:07 of the line's 1:36
Shooting paceno shots yet—0 shots in 1:36 on the ice
High-danger chancesa chance every 1:36—1 high-danger chances — shots from the slot, measured from shot locations — in 1:36 on the ice

What a first-unit spot is worth here

opportunity × share × efficiency = first-unit goals per game
termvaluerank
Power plays drawn per game2.00T-11th of 15
First-unit minutes per game2:2312th of 15
Share of the club's power-play time59.6%13th of 15
Scoring pace as a five—T-6th of 15
First-unit goals per game0.000T-6th of 15
Same five99%1st of 15

Every skater

playerposunitstreakPP1 sharePP min/gmPK time/gmPP GPP APP P
Cole CaufieldRPP11100%2:230:00000
Ivan DemidovRPP11100%2:230:00000
Juraj SlafkovskýLPP11100%2:260:00000
Lane HutsonDPP11100%2:320:03000
Nick SuzukiCPP11100%2:210:31000
Alex NewhookCPP210%1:242:31000
Alexandre TexierLPP210%1:340:00000
Chris KreiderLPP210%1:360:41000
Noah DobsonDPP210%1:282:39000
Zachary BolducRPP210%1:280:00000
Alexandre CarrierD——0%0:003:21000
Arber XhekajD——0%0:001:29000
Jake EvansC——0%0:002:57000
Jayden StrubleD——0%0:000:00000
Josh AndersonR——0%0:012:30000
Kirby DachC——0%0:000:00000
Mike MathesonD——0%0:214:30000
Phillip DanaultC——0%0:032:48000

held — his last measured game is older than the club’s: injured or scratched, and an absence neither breaks nor extends a streak.

Every game — 1 this season

dateoppPP1 timePP1 GPP1 SOGPP1 SATPP1 HDCPP2 timePP2 GPP2 SATPP2 HDC
1 game2:23/gm03431:36/gm011
29 SepTOR2:2303431:36011

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8 games measured · 0 quarantined · every threshold published

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