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2026-27 forecast · Sat, Feb 27, 7:00 PM ET
Lukas Dostal · 0.888 SV%
The preseason ratings make Montréal Canadiens 51.3% to win on the road: barely a lean at all, worth 1.3 points over a coin flip, which grades C. Over a full season those same ratings project MTL for 102 points and ANA for 94.
A preseason forecast from each team's regressed rating and home ice, the ratings behind the projected standings. The full model read, with the starting goalies, rest and form, publishes within seven days of the game and replaces this page’s numbers. How this is calculated
PuckCast's preseason forecast gives Montréal Canadiens a 51.3% chance to win on Sat, Feb 27. The matchup detail follows.
ANA controlled play at 5v5 last season, 51.0% of the expected goals to 50.0%.
In goal, neither team has named a starter. Last season Samuel Montembeault (MTL) saved -23.9 goals above expected to Lukas Dostal's -32.8, on save percentages of 0.872 and 0.888.
None of that is the model read. This is a rating-and-home-ice forecast; the full prediction, with confirmed goalies, rest and form, priced against the market, publishes inside the seven days before puck drop and replaces these numbers. Montréal Canadiens over Anaheim Ducks is where it starts, not where it ends.
No sportsbook has posted a price for this game yet. Prices usually appear roughly a week before puck drop.
No starter is named this far out. These are each side’s projected starters on the current roster, with last season’s numbers.
MTL
Samuel Montembeault
25 games, 2025-26
ANA
Lukas Dostal
56 games, 2025-26
| MTL | Metric | ANA |
|---|---|---|
| 50.0% | xGF% (5v5) | 51.0% |
| — | Shot share | — |
| — | Goals for / game | — |
| — | Goals against / game | — |
| — | Power play | — |
| — | Penalty kill | — |
| — | Faceoffs | — |
Montréal Canadiens
| Player | Pos | G | A | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Nick Suzuki | C | 29 | 60 | 90 |
 Lane Hutson | D | 11 | 67 | 77 |
 Cole Caufield | R | 41 | 35 | 76 |
 Juraj Slafkovský | L | 24 | 38 | 62 |
Anaheim Ducks
| Player | Pos | G | A | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Cutter Gauthier | L | 34 | 29 | 63 |
| Date | Game | Pick | Score | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-15 | ANA @ MTL | MTL | ANA 4–3 MTL | Missed |
| 2026-03-06 | MTL @ ANA | MTL | MTL 6–7 ANA | Missed |
| Team | Proj. points | Playoff odds |
|---|---|---|
| Montréal Canadiens | 102 | 61.2% |
| Anaheim Ducks | 94 | 53.3% |
Forecast method preseason-elo-v1; ratings as of 2026-08-19.
 Leo Carlsson | C | 25 | 34 | 60 |
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 Beckett Sennecke | R | 21 | 34 | 55 |
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 Jackson LaCombe | D | 10 | 36 | 46 |
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