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Montréal Canadiens, 2017-18

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Atlantic Division, Eastern Conference

2017-18 record

Records are wins, then losses, then losses in overtime or a shootout.

Analytics

Five-on-five, from 82 games. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones. What these numbers mean

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 31 teams: 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 is left plain, since it is neither good nor bad on its own.

Form through the season

Share of expected goals Share of shot attempts

Each point looks back over the last 10 games at five-on-five. Above 50% the team was getting the better of play, below it the worse. The expected goals line counts each chance for what it was worth, and the shot attempts line counts them all alike.

Lines and pairings

The three forwards and the two defencemen who spent the most time on the ice together at five-on-five, and how the team did while they were out: its share of the shot attempts and of the expected goals, and the goals for and against. Time is minutes and seconds across the season.

The two shares are coloured as above, against the league's lines and pairs that played a fair amount together: at least a tenth of the time of the busiest one. Hover over one for its percentile.

Where the shots come from

Every attempt in all situations, with the net being shot at on the right. Darker red means more attempts from that spot. Click a line in a key to see only that kind; Goals marks where each one was scored from.

Value for money

What the team got for its cap space in the regular season, counting the players with enough games to be ranked and a known contract. A player's season is worth what teams as a whole paid for one like it, and value is that less his cap hit. A player who changed teams is shared out by the games he played for each. How value is worked out

Roster

Everyone who played for the team this season, with their stats for it. Colours show where each number ranks in the league, from green (top fifth) to red (bottom fifth). Hover over a number for its percentile.

Cap hit is what a player counts against the salary cap this season. A star beside it means a former team pays part of it, and the amount shown is this team's share. Value is what his season was worth at the going rate, minus his cap hit. It appears once he has played enough to be ranked.

CF% and xGF% are the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals while he was on the ice at five-on-five. Rating is goals above replacement: the goals he added to his team's goal difference, compared with a spare-part player who played the same minutes. For a player who changed teams, these numbers cover his whole season.

Skater	Pos	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	CF%	xGF%	Rating	Cap hit	Value
Brendan Gallagher	R	82	31	23	54	-13	34	278	90	54.3	55.2	+11.7	$3.75M	+$4.3M
Alex Galchenyuk	C	82	19	32	51	-31	22	213	33	49.0	46.2	0.0	$4.9M	-$4.3M
Jonathan Drouin	L	77	13	33	46	-28	30	164	55	50.7	47.4	-0.9	$5.5M	-$5.4M
Jeff Petry	D	82	12	30	42	-30	28	178	167	52.1	52.4	+11.0	$5.5M	+$2.1M
Max Pacioretty	L	64	17	20	37	-16	30	212	118	53.3	51.7	+0.7	$4.5M	-$3.4M
Paul Byron	L	82	20	15	35	-4	23	115	137	50.7	50.3	+6.2	$1.167M	+$3.4M
Charles Hudon	L	72	10	20	30	-12	38	179	126	51.2	50.6	+6.1	$650K	+$3.8M
Phillip Danault	C	52	8	17	25	0	34	94	59	53.1	52.3	+3.8	$913K	+$2.1M
Tomas Plekanec	C	60	6	18	24	3	39	125	38	51.4	54.3	+1.5	$6M	-$4.5M
Artturi Lehkonen	L	66	12	9	21	-11	20	164	71	52.5	52.4	+2.2	$839K	+$1.2M
Andrew Shaw	R	51	10	10	20	-8	53	94	80	51.3	50.8	+0.1	$3.9M	-$3.2M
Daniel Carr	L	38	6	10	16	2	8	52	30	48.9	53.2	+3.4	$725K	+$2.1M
Shea Weber	D	26	6	10	16	-8	14	75	66	54.1	54.9	+2.6	$7.857M	-$5.6M
Jordie Benn	D	77	4	11	15	-2	34	106	90	50.1	50.2	+1.5	$1.1M	+$494K
Nicolas Deslauriers	L	58	10	4	14	7	55	77	238	46.7	50.2	+2.0	$775K	+$1.1M
Jacob de la Rose	L	55	4	8	12	-2	29	53	127	48.3	48.8	-0.8	$725K	-$619K
Karl Alzner	D	82	1	11	12	-7	40	84	141	50.7	49.2	-1.1	$4.625M	-$4.7M
Byron Froese	C	48	3	8	11	0	26	49	54	46.2	52.0	+3.4	$650K	+$2.1M
Joe Morrow	D	38	5	6	11	-11	26	58	63	50.9	49.9	-1.4	$650K	-$955K
Mike Reilly	D	19	0	8	8	1	8	29	17	44.0	45.1	-3.2	$725K	-$2.2M
Victor Mete	D	49	0	7	7	5	4	43	1	49.2	57.9	+3.0	$748K	+$1.8M
Logan Shaw	R	30	2	4	6	-5	8	46	65	46.3	47.6	+2.7	$650K	+$1.7M
Nikita Scherbak	R	26	4	2	6	-5	8	39	18	47.0	48.7	0.0	$863K	-$269K
David Schlemko	D	37	1	4	5	3	6	38	33	49.1	52.5	+0.9	$2.1M	-$905K
Jakub Jerabek	D	25	1	3	4	-1	6	22	28	49.4	50.5	+0.7	$925K	+$106K
Noah Juulsen	D	23	1	2	3	1	4	33	58	48.3	43.2	-0.8	$863K	-$792K
Kerby Rychel	L	4	1	1	2	-2	2	7	13	43.2	32.4	-0.3	$863K
Brandon Davidson	D	13	0	1	1	-3	9	13	28	50.8	53.4	+3.4	$1.425M	+$1.4M
Brett Lernout	D	18	0	1	1	-5	6	14	56	46.5	40.4	-1.3	$653K
Michael McCarron	C	18	0	1	1	-1	32	15	61	43.9	37.3	-1.7	$863K
Ales Hemsky	R	7	0	0	0	-1	10	5	0	48.9	44.2	-1.1	$1M
Mark Streit	D	2	0	0	0	-2	0	3	2	59.6	61.8	+0.1	$698K
Rinat Valiev	D	2	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	54.1	42.3	-0.2	$778K
Torrey Mitchell	C	11	0	0	0	0	2	8	6	48.5	50.2	-0.6	$1.2M	-$999K

Goalie	GP	W	L	OTL	SO	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	GAA	Save %	Saved above xG	Rating	Cap hit	Value
Carey Price	49	16	26	7	1	1487	1339	148	3.11	0.900	-24.8	-12.3	$6.5M	-$8.7M
Antti Niemi	19	7	5	4	1	592	550	42	2.46	0.929	+4.5	+11.4	$700K	+$2.5M
Charlie Lindgren	14	4	8	2	2	457	415	42	3.03	0.908	+2.6	+7.2	$700K
Al Montoya	4	2	1	0	0	102	88	14	3.77	0.863	-5.2	-2.0	$1.063M

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