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Alex Newhook

#15 · Centre · Montréal Canadiens

Born Jan 28, 2001 in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, CAN (age 25) · 5'11", 200 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 16th overall in 2019 by COL (round 1)

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Stanley Cup NHL Champion 2021-22

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2025-26. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Jonathan Huberdeau CGY · 25 P in 50 GP Andrei Kuzmenko LAK · 25 P in 52 GP Adam Gaudette SJS · 25 P in 66 GP Barrett Hayton UTA · 25 P in 67 GP Joel Armia LAK · 25 P in 67 GP

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below. Cap hit is what he counted against the salary cap that season, where it is known.

01020302020-21: 3 points320-212021-22: 33 points3321-222022-23: 30 points3022-232023-24: 34 points3423-242024-25: 26 points2624-252025-26: 25 points2525-262026-27: 2 points226-27

Points by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2020-21 COL 6 0 3 3 5 2 8 3 0.50 $908K
2021-22 COL 71 13 20 33 11 12 113 40 0.46 $908K
2022-23 COL 82 14 16 30 0 22 116 60 0.37 $908K
2023-24 MTL 55 15 19 34 -11 18 85 36 0.62 $2.9M
2024-25 MTL 82 15 11 26 -21 24 118 89 0.32 $2.9M
2025-26 MTL 42 13 12 25 9 10 61 48 0.60 $2.9M
2026-27 MTL 5 1 1 2 -3 2 4 7 0.40 $2.9M
7 seasons Career 343 71 82 153 -10 90 505 283 0.45

Playoffs

Playoff games only. Pick a season to see that year's bracket.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2020-21 COL 8 1 1 2 0 2 4 5 0.25
2021-22 COL 12 0 4 4 0 4 7 5 0.33
2022-23 COL 7 0 1 1 -3 4 4 4 0.14
2024-25 MTL 5 1 1 2 -3 4 8 5 0.40
2025-26 MTL 19 7 3 10 3 16 33 31 0.53
5 seasons Playoffs 51 9 10 19 -3 30 56 50 0.37

2025-26 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
42 13 12 25 9 10 61 48 0.60 21.3 14:29

Contract

$2.9MCap hitends in 2027
$116KCap dollars per point25 points in 42 games
$1.203MCap dollars per goal above replacement2.4 goals above replacement
$2.8MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$82KValueworth minus cap hit; below zero is overpaid

His cap hit for the whole season, set against what he did in the regular season. Lower is better value. In a season still being played the cost per point starts high and falls as the games add up. Value is coloured by where it ranks among the 715 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Montreal Canadiens on Jul 11, 2023, as a new contract: 4 years and $11.6M, beginning in 2023-24. It runs through 2026-27, with 1 season left after this one.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2023-24 $2.9M $3.5M $0 $3.5M
2024-25 $2.9M $3.3M $0 $3.3M
2025-26 $2.9M $2.7M $0 $2.7M
2026-27 $2.9M $2.1M $0 $2.1M

Each season of the contract, with this one marked. The cap hit is the same every year; what he is paid is not. The pay is as written when the contract was recorded in October 2024, so a later change, such as the rise in the lowest salary for 2026-27, is not shown.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
Sep 15, 2026 Montréal Canadiens Extension 2027-28 to 2030-31 4 $22.2M $5.55M
Jul 11, 2023 Montreal Canadiens New contract 2023-24 to 2026-27 4 $11.6M $2.9M
Mar 31, 2021 Colorado Avalanche Entry-level 2020-21 to 2022-23 3 $4.475M $908K

Every contract on record for him, newest first, with the team that signed him to it and the day it was signed. The one covering 2025-26 is marked. An extension is signed while the contract before it is still running, often a year ahead. A row with no team or date is a contract known only by its cap hit, most often one signed since October 2024.

2025-26 playoff analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+1.2Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.2Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+0.3Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence+1.0Even-strength defence-0.6Power play-0.4Penalty kill+0.1Penalties+0.2

The goals he added to his team's goal difference, compared with a spare-part player given the same ice time. Each part is measured against the league, so zero is an average skater. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance. A playoff run is too short to rank anyone on.

-2-101232020-212021-222022-232023-242024-252025-262026-27Goals above replacementGoals above replacement, by season

On the ice

What happened at five-on-five while he was on the ice. What these numbers mean

44.5Corsi for %191 attempts for, 238 against
+1.0CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
44.9Expected goals for %9.5 expected for, 11.7 against
+2.1xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
42.7Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
64.7Goals for %11 for, 6 against
107.7PDO13.3% shooting + 94.5% saves
49Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 135 skaters who played enough to be ranked: green is in the top fifth and red the bottom fifth, with paler shades in between and amber for the middle. Hover over a tile for its percentile. PDO and attempts taken are left plain, since neither is good or bad on its own.

Who he played with

Forward lineGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jake Evans · Alex Newhook · Ivan Demidov13108:5245.950.28-2
Alexandre Texier · Alex Newhook · Ivan Demidov318:3738.765.10-0
Alex Newhook · Oliver Kapanen · Ivan Demidov213:2643.521.90-0
Brendan Gallagher · Phillip Danault · Alex Newhook310:3066.777.21-0

The lines he spent the most time in at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out. The two shares are coloured as above, against the league's lines that played a fair amount together. Hover over one for its percentile.

Chances and finishing

Expected goals adds up how likely each of his shots was to go in, judged by where it came from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. All situations, leaving out shots at an empty net.

7Goalsnot counting empty-netters
4.4Expected goalsfrom 46 unblocked attempts
+2.6Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.81 expected goals per 60 minutes47th
Shot quality 9.6% chance per attempt81st
Finishing +2.6 goals above expected94thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 81 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest in these playoffs.

0246Goals 7Expected 4.4

His goals and his expected goals as the season went on. When the goals line pulls away above, he is scoring more than his chances were worth; below, less.

Where he shot from

Every attempt he took in these playoffs, in all situations, attacking the net on the right. There is a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. "Show as heat map" shades the ice by where the attempts came from. Click a goal for its details.

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 14, 2026 @ PHI L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 15:39
Apr 12, 2026 @ NYI W 4-1 1 1 2 2 0 1 0 13:16
Apr 11, 2026 vs CBJ L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 13:44
Apr 9, 2026 vs TBL W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 18:56
Apr 7, 2026 vs FLA W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 17:15
Apr 5, 2026 vs NJD L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 13:13
Apr 4, 2026 @ NJD W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 4 1 15:15
Apr 2, 2026 @ NYR W 3-2 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 12:32
Mar 31, 2026 @ TBL W 4-1 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 14:45
Mar 29, 2026 @ CAR W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 17:14
Mar 28, 2026 @ NSH W 4-1 1 1 2 3 0 3 1 15:11
Mar 26, 2026 vs CBJ W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 16:32
Mar 24, 2026 vs CAR W 5-2 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 11:36
Mar 21, 2026 vs NYI W 7-3 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 13:52
Mar 19, 2026 @ DET L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 09:34
Mar 17, 2026 vs BOS W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 09:14
Mar 15, 2026 vs ANA L 3-4 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 16:12
Mar 14, 2026 vs SJS L 2-4 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 17:11
Mar 11, 2026 @ OTT W 3-2 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 13:04
Mar 10, 2026 vs TOR W 3-1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 14:20
Mar 7, 2026 @ LAK W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13:18
Mar 6, 2026 @ ANA L 5-6 (SO) 0 0 0 -3 0 2 1 14:38
Mar 3, 2026 @ SJS L 5-7 2 0 2 1 0 3 1 15:53
Feb 28, 2026 vs WSH W 6-2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 13:45
Feb 26, 2026 vs NYI L 3-4 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 13:18
Nov 13, 2025 vs DAL L 0-7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 05:54
Nov 11, 2025 vs LAK L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 2 1 2 15:04
Nov 8, 2025 vs UTA W 6-2 1 1 2 3 2 5 2 14:53
Nov 6, 2025 @ NJD L 3-4 (OT) 0 1 1 -1 0 1 2 15:17
Nov 4, 2025 vs PHI L 4-5 (SO) 0 0 0 -2 0 2 3 16:19
Nov 1, 2025 vs OTT W 4-3 (OT) 1 0 1 2 0 3 2 16:51
Oct 28, 2025 @ SEA W 4-3 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 13:38
Oct 25, 2025 @ VAN W 4-3 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 14:07
Oct 23, 2025 @ EDM L 5-6 2 0 2 1 0 3 2 13:32
Oct 22, 2025 @ CGY W 2-1 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 16:08
Oct 20, 2025 vs BUF W 4-2 0 2 2 1 0 1 1 15:44
Oct 18, 2025 vs NYR L 3-4 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 15:59
Oct 16, 2025 vs NSH W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 14:27
Oct 14, 2025 vs SEA W 5-4 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 16:41
Oct 11, 2025 @ CHI W 3-2 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 13:15
Oct 9, 2025 @ DET W 5-1 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 15:50
Oct 8, 2025 @ TOR L 2-5 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 15:15