The Montréal Canadiens used 32 players in the 2020-21 season, with a 24-21-11 record. Tyler Toffoli led the team with 44 points (28 goals, 16 assists) in 52 games. Jake Allen played the most games in goal (29).
| # | Player — sort by name ⇅ | GP — sort by games played ⇅ | Streak | G — sort by goals ⇅ | A — sort by assists ⇅ | PTS — sort by points ▼ | P/GP — sort by points per game ⇅ | PPG — sort by power-play goals ⇅ | SOG — sort by shots on goal ⇅ | HIT — sort by hits ⇅ | BLK — sort by blocked shots ⇅ | PIM — sort by penalty minutes ⇅ | TOI — sort by average ice time ⇅ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tyler Toffoli 🇨🇦 C 28 | 52 | 🧊 1 | 28 | 16 | 44 | 0.85 | 7 | 158 | 75 | 12 | 24 | 17:31 |
| 2 | Nick Suzuki 🇨🇦 C 21 | 56 | 🔥 1 | 15 | 26 | 41 | 0.73 | 5 | 110 | 70 | 38 | 26 | 18:10 |
| 3 | Tomas Tatar 🇸🇰 LW 30 | 50 | 🧊 4 | 10 | 20 | 30 | 0.60 | 2 | 82 | 63 | 20 | 8 | 14:59 |
| 4 | Josh Anderson 🇨🇦 RW 26 | 52 | 🧊 11 | 17 | 7 | 24 | 0.46 | 1 | 125 | 139 | 25 | 38 | 16:25 |
| 5 | Phillip Danault 🇨🇦 C 28 | 53 | 🧊 2 | 5 | 19 | 24 | 0.45 | 0 | 73 | 76 | 28 | 24 | 16:52 |
| 6 | Brendan Gallagher 🇨🇦 RW 28 | 35 | 🧊 2 | 14 | 9 | 23 | 0.66 | 3 | 106 | 46 | 12 | 16 | 15:00 |
| 7 | Jonathan Drouin 🇨🇦 LW 26 | 44 | 🧊 4 | 2 | 21 | 23 | 0.52 | 0 | 76 | 42 | 7 | 20 | 16:05 |
| 8 | Corey Perry 🇨🇦 RW 35 | 49 | 🧊 3 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 0.43 | 1 | 62 | 56 | 15 | 39 | 13:44 |
| 9 | Jesperi Kotkaniemi 🇫🇮 C 20 | 56 | 🧊 12 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 0.36 | 0 | 87 | 84 | 27 | 12 | 14:47 |
| 10 | Paul Byron 🇨🇦 LW 31 | 46 | 🧊 1 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 0.35 | 0 | 44 | 116 | 22 | 12 | 12:51 |
| 11 | Joel Armia 🇫🇮 RW 27 | 41 | 🧊 7 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 0.34 | 1 | 73 | 86 | 13 | 10 | 14:42 |
| 12 | Artturi Lehkonen 🇫🇮 LW 25 | 47 | 🧊 1 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 0.28 | 0 | 78 | 85 | 23 | 6 | 13:25 |
| 13 | Jake Evans 🇨🇦 C 24 | 47 | 🧊 1 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 0.28 | 0 | 55 | 79 | 26 | 29 | 11:50 |
| 14 | Cole Caufield 🇺🇸 RW 20 | 10 | 🔥 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0.50 | 0 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 13:57 |
| 15 | Eric Staal 🇨🇦 C 36 | 21 | 🧊 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.14 | 0 | 23 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 13:26 |
| 16 | Alex Belzile 🇨🇦 RW 29 | 2 | 🧊 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.50 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10:38 |
| 17 | Michael Frolik 🇨🇿 RW 33 | 8 | 🧊 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 11:26 |
| 18 | Jesse Ylonen 🇺🇸 RW 21 | 1 | 🧊 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:23 |
| Team totals · 18 skaters | 56 | 133 | 182 | 315 | 5.62 | 20 | 1200 | 1040 | 276 | 268 |
| # | Goalie — sort by name ⇅ | GP — sort by games played ⇅ | Share of games | W — sort by wins ⇅ | GAA — sort by goals against average ⇅ | SV% — sort by save percentage ▼ | SV — sort by saves ⇅ | GA — sort by goals against ⇅ | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jake Allen 🇨🇦 G 30 | 29 | 11 | 2.62 | 0.907 | 741 | 76 | — | |
| 2 | Carey Price 🇨🇦 G 33 | 25 | 12 | 2.60 | 0.901 | 594 | 65 | — | |
| 3 | Cayden Primeau 🇺🇸 G 21 | 4 | 1 | 3.50 | 0.849 | 79 | 14 | — |
56% of this roster was born in Canada, against 42% across the league. The team leans on Finland: 12% of its players, against 6% league-wide. Canadian-born players scored 68% of the team's points.
| Country | Players | Share of roster | vs NHL | Points | Who |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 18 |
|
+14 | 283 (68%) | Toffoli, Suzuki, Anderson, Danault +14 |
| United States | 5 |
|
-13 | 47 (11%) | Petry, Caufield, Merrill, Ylonen +1 |
| Finland | 4 |
|
+6 | 47 (11%) | Kotkaniemi, Armia, Lehkonen, Leskinen |
| Czechia | 1 |
|
even | 0 | Frolik |
| France | 1 |
|
+3 | 0 | Ouellet |
| Russia | 1 |
|
-2 | 6 (1%) | Romanov |
| Slovakia | 1 |
|
+2 | 30 (7%) | Tatar |
| Sweden | 1 |
|
-6 | 2 (0%) | Gustafsson |
Tyler Toffoli led the Montréal Canadiens in scoring in 2020-21 with 44 points — 28 goals and 16 assists in 52 games. Next came Jeff Petry (42) and Nick Suzuki (41).
Tyler Toffoli scored 28 goals for the Montréal Canadiens in 2020-21, 7 of them on the power play.
The Montréal Canadiens dressed 32 players in 2020-21: 29 skaters and 3 goalies. Together the skaters scored 158 goals.
Jake Allen played the most games in goal for the Montréal Canadiens in 2020-21: 29 games, 11 wins, a 0.907 save percentage and a 2.62 goals against average. Carey Price was the backup, in 25 games.
Jeff Petry averaged 22:44 of ice time per game for the Montréal Canadiens in 2020-21, the most on the roster.
The average age was 27.3 years. Jesperi Kotkaniemi was the youngest at 20, and Eric Staal the oldest at 36.
The Montréal Canadiens used 32 players in 2020-21 with a known birthplace. By country of birth: 18 in Canada, 5 in the United States and 4 in Finland. The other 5 came from Czechia, France, Russia, Slovakia and Sweden. League-wide that season, 42% of players were born in Canada, against 56% on this roster.