Roster · 2017-18 · Montréal Canadiens

Montréal Canadiens, by the numbers

Team

Montréal Canadiens

Season2017-18

Each player is rated out of 100 against NHL players at his position. The bar underneath is his wins above replacement, on a league scale with replacement level marked.

Forwards · 20

Ranked by rating — his percentile among NHL forwards.

L90Paul Byron82 GP · 1322 min+1.70WAR

R79Brendan Gallagher82 GP · 1324 min+1.29WAR

L68Charles Hudon72 GP · 1010 min+1.02WAR

L67Max Pacioretty64 GP · 1217 min+1.00WAR

L66Jonathan Drouin77 GP · 1355 min+1.00WAR

C65Alex Galchenyuk82 GP · 1331 min+0.98WAR

L62Artturi Lehkonen66 GP · 1088 min+0.91WAR

C48Phillip Danault52 GP · 863 min+0.63WAR

R38Andrew Shaw51 GP · 806 min+0.42WAR

C33Tomas Plekanec77 GP · 1166 min+0.35WAR

L31Nicolas Deslauriers58 GP · 673 min+0.31WAR C29Torrey Mitchell60 GP · 684 min+0.29WAR

L29Daniel Carr38 GP · 461 min+0.28WAR

R18Nikita Scherbak26 GP · 348 min+0.14WAR

R7Logan Shaw72 GP · 856 min+0.05WAR

C5Byron Froese48 GP · 556 min+0.03WAR

L4Jacob de la Rose55 GP · 652 min+0.02WAR

R—Ales Hemsky7 GP · 70 min+0.01WAR

L—Kerby Rychel4 GP · 44 min+0.00WAR

C—Michael McCarron18 GP · 158 min-0.04WAR

Defense · 14

Defensemen are ranked against defensemen, never against forwards.

D90Jeff Petry82 GP · 1927 min+1.44WAR

D65Karl Alzner82 GP · 1647 min+0.65WAR

D64Victor Mete49 GP · 764 min+0.62WAR

D64Joe Morrow56 GP · 937 min+0.62WAR

D59Brandon Davidson51 GP · 858 min+0.56WAR

D57Jordie Benn77 GP · 1461 min+0.54WAR

D45David Schlemko37 GP · 668 min+0.42WAR

D38Jakub Jerabek36 GP · 588 min+0.35WAR

D38Shea Weber26 GP · 659 min+0.34WAR

D26Noah Juulsen23 GP · 447 min+0.15WAR

D19Mike Reilly57 GP · 853 min+0.10WAR

D10Brett Lernout18 GP · 301 min+0.02WAR

D—Rinat Valiev2 GP · 24 min+0.00WAR

D—Mark Streit2 GP · 28 min-0.00WAR

Goaltenders · 4

Goalie WAR reaches higher than a skater's, so the bar uses its own league scale.

G60Antti Niemi24 GP · 1213 min+1.86WAR

G59Charlie Lindgren14 GP · 833 min+1.74WAR

G53Al Montoya13 GP · 692 min+1.51WAR

G1Carey Price49 GP · 2855 min-1.83WAR

A rating needs a minimum workload. Players below it show an em dash rather than a rank built on too few minutes, and are listed last by WAR. How this is calculated