Montreal Canadiens Depth Chart 2026-27

Position Players

POS	Starter	Second	Third+
Center	O. KapanenOliver Kapanen	A. NewhookAlex Newhook	P. DanaultPhillip Danault J. EvansJake Evans N. Suzuki Canadiens' Nick Suzuki: Facing multi-week absence Upper Body: Expected to be out until at least Nov 18 Nick Suzuki Canadiens' Nick Suzuki: Facing multi-week absence Upper Body: Expected to be out until at least Nov 18
Left Wing	C. Caufield Canadiens' Cole Caufield: Two-point effort in OT loss Cole Caufield Canadiens' Cole Caufield: Two-point effort in OT loss	C. KreiderChris Kreider	Z. BolducZack Bolduc K. DachKirby Dach F. Xhekaj Lower Body: IR. Expected to be out until at least Oct 31 Florian Xhekaj Lower Body: IR. Expected to be out until at least Oct 31
Right Wing	J. Slafkovsky Canadiens' Juraj Slafkovsky: Two points in Tuesday's OT loss Juraj Slafkovsky Canadiens' Juraj Slafkovsky: Two points in Tuesday's OT loss	J. AndersonJosh Anderson	A. TexierAlexandre Texier O. Beck Canadiens' Owen Beck: Hits revolving door back to Habs Owen Beck Canadiens' Owen Beck: Hits revolving door back to Habs I. Demidov Lower Body: IR. Expected to be out until at least Oct 31 Ivan Demidov Lower Body: IR. Expected to be out until at least Oct 31 L. Condotta Undisclosed: IR. Expected to be out until at least Oct 31 Lucas Condotta Undisclosed: IR. Expected to be out until at least Oct 31
Left Defenseman	L. HutsonLane Hutson	K. Guhle Canadiens' Kaiden Guhle: Plucks apple Saturday Kaiden Guhle Canadiens' Kaiden Guhle: Plucks apple Saturday	A. XhekajArber Xhekaj M. Matheson Canadiens' Mike Matheson: Not slated to play Tuesday Lower Body: Day-to-Day Mike Matheson Canadiens' Mike Matheson: Not slated to play Tuesday Lower Body: Day-to-Day
Right Defenseman	N. DobsonNoah Dobson	A. CarrierAlexandre Carrier	A. EngstromAdam Engstrom B. Pickford Undisclosed: IR. Expected to be out until at least Oct 31 Bryce Pickford Undisclosed: IR. Expected to be out until at least Oct 31
Goalie	J. FowlerJacob Fowler	J. Dobes Canadiens' Jakub Dobes: Dragged down by Sharks in OT Jakub Dobes Canadiens' Jakub Dobes: Dragged down by Sharks in OT	S. Montembeault Lower Body: IR. Expected to be out until at least Oct 25 Sam Montembeault Lower Body: IR. Expected to be out until at least Oct 25