| G | AST | PTS | SOG | +/- | PIM | FSP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -4 | 4 | 3.57 |
| Compare to same point last season | ||||||
Newhook anchors third line as Canadiens host Sabres at Bell Centre
Alex Newhook centers Montreal's third line alongside Josh Anderson and Chris Kreider tonight as the Canadiens host the Buffalo Sabres at Bell Centre. Newhook has shown steady middle-six playmaking with four points through six games while logging over 16 minutes a night. Montreal enters as a slight home favorite in an anticipated higher-scoring environment against an Atlantic Division rival. The Sabres are expected to counter with Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (unconfirmed) in net. While Newhook's line has established good chemistry, his secondary power-play role limits his ceiling against Buffalo's checking depth.
Our projection for tonight places Newhook around ~1 point with ~1–2 shots on goal and a small goal chance, translating to roughly 2.2 fantasy points. He caps off Montreal’s three-game week tonight, where our models anticipate modest overall weekly volume. Operating primarily on the third line and second power-play unit, his current shot generation and scoring opportunities make him tough to trust outside of very deep leagues. In standard 10-to-12 team fantasy setups, you should explore higher-upside options. Today’s action: Bench.
| DATE | OPP | G | AST | +/- | SOG | PIM | TOI | FPTS | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10/17 | BUF | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 0 | 16:21:00 | -0.5 | 18.5 |
| 10/14 | @WAS | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 15:52:00 | 7.0 | 0 |
| 10/13 | BUF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 15:19:00 | 1.0 | 14.5 |
| 10/10 | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:56:00 | 0.5 | 14.5 |
| 10/08 | NAS | 1 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 17:02:00 | 1.5 | 13.5 |
| 10/06 | CAR | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:38:00 | 2.5 | 11.5 |
| 10/03 | @PIT | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 15:43:00 | 1.0 | 14 |
| 09/29 | @TOR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 16:11:00 | 1.0 | 9 |
| Totals: | 1 | 3 | -4 | 10 | 4 | 16:15:15.0000 | 14.0 | ||
| YEAR | TEAM | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | TOI/G | HIT | FOW | BLK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21-22 | COL | 78 | 14 | 22 | 36 | 13 | 14 | 121 | 13 | 41 | 146 | 41 |
| 22-23 | COL | 88 | 14 | 17 | 31 | -2 | 26 | 119 | 13 | 64 | 221 | 28 |
| 23-24 | MON | 55 | 15 | 19 | 34 | -11 | 18 | 85 | 16 | 31 | 230 | 31 |
| 24-25 | MON | 87 | 16 | 12 | 28 | -24 | 28 | 126 | 15 | 91 | 249 | 34 |
| 25-26 | MON | 49 | 13 | 13 | 26 | 7 | 14 | 67 | 14 | 58 | 142 | 22 |
| 26-27 | MON | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -4 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 4 | 42 | 6 |
| ON PACE | 71 | 10 | 30 | 41 | -4 | 20 | 92 | 16 | 41 | 430 | 61 | |
| 3-YEAR AVG | 64 | 15 | 15 | 29 | -28 | 20 | 93 | 60 | 207 | 29 | ||
| Totals | 416 | 81 | 97 | 178 | -12 | 124 | 576 | 13 | 329 | 1087 | 183 | |
| G | AST | PTS | PPP | PPG | PPA | SHP | SHG | SHA | SOG | +/- | PIM | HIT | BLK | FOW | FPTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.54 | 1.13 | 1.67 | 0.36 | 0.02 | 0.34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.87 | -1.04 | 1.32 | 2.74 | 2.19 | 15.85 | 6 |
| G | AST | PTS | PPP | PPG | PPA | SHP | SHG | SHA | SOG | +/- | PIM | HIT | BLK | FOW | FPTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NAME | OWN | START |
|---|---|---|
| Jacob Fowler | 58% | 37% |
| Samuel Montembeault | 2% | 0% |
| Jakub Dobes | 76% | 33% |
| NAME | OWN | START |
|---|---|---|
| Lane Hutson | 100% | 95% |
| Noah Dobson | 95% | 74% |
| Mike Matheson | 65% | 24% |
| Alexandre Carrier | 7% | 5% |
| Kaiden Guhle | 2% | 1% |
| Arber Xhekaj | 2% | 2% |
| NAME | OWN | START |
|---|---|---|
| Juraj Slafkovsky | 99% | 60% |
| Chris Kreider | 39% | 13% |
| NAME | OWN | START |
|---|---|---|
| Cole Caufield | 100% | 74% |
| Ivan Demidov | 88% | 7% |
| Josh Anderson | 11% | 6% |
| Zachary Bolduc | 6% | 4% |
| NAME | OWN | START |
|---|---|---|
| Nick Suzuki | 100% | 79% |
| Alex Newhook | 4% | 2% |
| Oliver Kapanen | 1% | 0% |
| LINE | LEFT WING (LW) | CENTER (C) | RIGHT WING (RW) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Line 1 | Cole Caufield | Nick Suzuki | Juraj Slafkovsky |
| Line 2 | Chris Kreider | Alex Newhook | Josh Anderson |
| Line 3 | Zachary Bolduc | Phillip Danault | Alexandre Texier |
| Line 4 | Kirby Dach | Jake Evans | Oliver Kapanen |
| PAIR | LEFT DEFENSE (LD) | RIGHT DEFENSE (RD) |
|---|---|---|
| Pair 1 | Lane Hutson | Noah Dobson |
| Pair 2 | Kaiden Guhle | Alexandre Carrier |
| Pair 3 | Arber Xhekaj | David Reinbacher |
| UNIT | SKATER 1 | SKATER 2 | SKATER 3 | SKATER 4 | SKATER 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PP1 | Nick Suzuki | Cole Caufield | Zachary Bolduc | Lane Hutson | Juraj Slafkovsky |
| PP2 | Chris Kreider | Alexandre Texier | Noah Dobson | Alex Newhook | Oliver Kapanen |
| UNIT | SKATER 1 | SKATER 2 | SKATER 3 | SKATER 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PK1 | Phillip Danault | Jake Evans | Alexandre Carrier | Kaiden Guhle |
| PK2 | Josh Anderson | Noah Dobson | Arber Xhekaj | Alex Newhook |
| ORDER | GOALIE | ROLE | ROTATION STATUS |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Jakub Dobes | Starter (1A) | Tandem (1A) |
| #1 | Jacob Fowler | Starter (1B) | Tandem (1B) |
| PLAYER | STATUS | NOTES |
|---|---|---|
| Florian Xhekaj #63 · LW | OutIRLower Body | Xhekaj is dealing with a lower-body injury and has been placed on the injured reserve list. He is expected to miss two weeks. INJ SINCE: Oct 10 |
| Ivan Demidov #93 · RW | OutIRLower Body | Demidov is dealing with a lower-body injury and has been placed on the injured reserve list. INJ SINCE: Oct 6 |
| Lucas Condotta #82 · LW | OutIRUndisclosed | Condotta is dealing with an undisclosed injury and has been placed on the injured reserve list. INJ SINCE: Sep 29 |
| PLAYER | STATUS | NOTES |
|---|---|---|
| Bryce Pickford #94 · D | OutIRUndisclosed | Pickford is dealing with an undisclosed injury and has been placed on the injured reserve list. INJ SINCE: Sep 29 |
| Mike Matheson #8 · D | QuestionableDTDLower Body | Matheson is dealing with an lower-body injury and is uncertain to take the ice for the Canadiens. INJ SINCE: Oct 13 |
| PLAYER | STATUS | NOTES |
|---|---|---|
| Samuel Montembeault #35 · G | OutIRLower Body | Montembeault is dealing with a lower-body injury and has been placed on the injured reserve list. INJ SINCE: Oct 7 |
| Team | W-L | Win % | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7-2-0 | 0.778 | 14 | |
| 6-2-0 | 0.750 | 12 | |
| 6-3-0 | 0.667 | 12 | |
| 5-2-2 | 0.556 | 12 | |
| 4-4-2 | 0.400 | 10 | |
| 4-3-1 | 0.500 | 9 | |
| 3-3-2 | 0.375 | 8 | |
| 3-4-2 | 0.333 | 8 |
| Player | GP | G | A | SOG | +/- | PIM | PPG | O/S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nick Suzuki | 8 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
| Alex Newhook | 8 | 1 | 3 | 10 | -4 | 4 | 0 | |
| Phillip Danault | 8 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jake Evans | 8 | 0 | 0 | 6 | -4 | 2 | 0 | |
| Kirby Dach | 8 | 0 | 1 | 3 | -4 | 6 | 0 | |
| Oliver Kapanen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Owen Beck | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 |
| Player | GP | G | A | SOG | +/- | PIM | PPG | O/S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cole Caufield | 8 | 5 | 1 | 29 | 1 | 6 | 0 | |
| Josh Anderson | 8 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 2 | 10 | 0 | |
| Zachary Bolduc | 8 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| Chris Kreider | 8 | 1 | 3 | 7 | -1 | 2 | 0 | |
| Alexandre Texier | 8 | 1 | 2 | 13 | -2 | 6 | 0 | |
| Juraj Slafkovsky | 8 | 1 | 4 | 23 | -1 | 6 | 0 | |
| Ivan Demidov | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Florian Xhekaj | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -4 | 0 | 0 |
| Player | GP | G | A | SOG | +/- | PIM | PPG | O/S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lane Hutson | 8 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 1 | 6 | 1 | |
| Alexandre Carrier | 8 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 0 | |
| Noah Dobson | 8 | 0 | 2 | 17 | -4 | 8 | 0 | |
| Mike Matheson | 5 | 0 | 1 | 9 | -3 | 6 | 0 | |
| Kaiden Guhle | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 2 | 0 | |
| Arber Xhekaj | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | -2 | 12 | 0 | |
| Adam Engstrom | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| David Reinbacher | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 |
| Player | GP | W | L | OTL | SA | SV | GA | SO | O/S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacob Fowler | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 81 | 9 | 1 | |
| Jakub Dobes | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 114 | 96 | 18 | 0 | |
| Samuel Montembeault | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| 10-20 | SJ | 7:00 PM |
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| Jack Quinn BUF RW | +10.8 |
| Dmitry Orlov SJ D | +7.9 |
| Jack Roslovic TOR C | +7.7 |
| Carter Verhaeghe FLA C | +7.7 |
| Pyotr Kochetkov CAR G | +7.4 |
| Neal Pionk WPG D | +7.2 |
| Adam Edstrom NSH C | +6.9 |
| Ivar Stenberg SJ LW | +5.6 |
| Gabriel Landeskog COL LW | +5.2 |
| Jaccob Slavin CAR D | +5.0 |
| Michael Brandsegg-Nygard DET RW | +4.9 |
| Kent Johnson CBJ C | +4.8 |
| Mark Jankowski CAR C | +4.8 |
| William Carrier CAR LW | +4.5 |
| Easton Cowan TOR RW | +4.4 |
| Joey Daccord SEA G | -5.5 |
| Jared Spurgeon MIN D | -5.4 |
| Bobby McMann SEA C | -5.2 |
| Luca Cagnoni SJ D | -4.4 |
| Sergei Murashov PIT G | -4.1 |
| JJ Peterka BOS RW | -3.1 |
| Paul Cotter VAN C | -3.0 |
| Alex Ovechkin WAS LW | -2.9 |
| Marco Rossi VAN C | -2.8 |
| Anton Frondell CHI C | -2.8 |
| Robert Thomas STL C | -2.7 |
| Yaroslav Askarov SJ G | -2.7 |
| Jake Allen NJ G | -2.6 |
| Cole Hutson WAS D | -2.6 |
| Shane Pinto OTT C | -2.6 |