Montréal Canadiens at Anaheim Ducks

ANA controlled play at 5v5 last season, 51.0% of the expected goals to 50.0%; MTL's power play ran at 23.5% against a ANA kill at 75.6%.

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 — 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 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

SV%

0.872

GSAx

-23.9

GAA

3.43

Record

10-8-4

25 games, 2025-26

ANA

Lukas Dostal

SV%

0.888

GSAx

-32.8

GAA

3.10

Record

30-20-4

56 games, 2025-26