With their team’s overall record below the seriousness line, most of the Montreal Canadiens players are in the red on the difference this season.
While the Habs sit seventh in the Atlantic Division with a 15-16-3 record, most of their players are literally below zero in the plus-minus column.
They include Nick Suzuki (-4), Cole Caufield (-6), Kirby Dach (-2), Sean Monahan (-5) and Christian Dvorak (-2), the club’s top five scorers. At -11, defender Kaiden Guhle has his team’s worst performance to date.
Among the skaters on a positive record is fullback Chris Wideman, who dominates the lineup at +6. His teammates Mike Hoffman (+3), Johnathan Kovacevic (+3), Arber Xhekaj (+2) and Anthony Richard (+2) are the other Canadians with a record above zero.
Boston Bruins’ Hampus Lindholm leads the National League at +27. He is followed by Dallas Stars veteran Joe Pavelski (+22) and former blue-white-red Tomas Tatar (+20, New Jersey Devils). In contrast, the St. Louis Blues’ Ryan O’Reilly stands out with a -26 for all the wrong reasons. Ottawa Senators forward Drake Batherson fared little better at -23.
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