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Montreal Canadiens Logo Jacob Fowler

Position Goaltender Current Team Montreal Canadiens
Catches Left Current Contract 3 years ($923.3K CapHit)
Height 6'1" Expires 2027-28
Weight (lbs) 223 Expiry Age (Jun 30) 23
Age (DOB) 21 (Nov 24, 2004) Expiry Status RFA
Drafted 2023, Round 3, Overall 69 (MTL)
Date Team Transaction
Mar 11, 2026 Montreal Canadiens Recalled from AHL
Jan 16, 2026 Montreal Canadiens Assigned to AHL
Dec 10, 2025 Montreal Canadiens Recalled from AHL
Apr 4, 2025 Montreal Canadiens Signed to an entry level contract.
Status History Coming Soon

About Player Cards

Player cards present an infographic of a players performance using a series of Player Archetypes developed for Puckalytics.com and TheStanleyCap.com. The boxes in the rink image show the archetype ratings for the season specified in the card while the graphs to the right show the five-year trends for those archetypes.

Except for Faceoffs, the values shown are the players z-score (standard deviation from the mean) for the specific metric used to calculate the archetype values. When calculating z-scores forwards were compared to forwards and defensemen were compared to defensemen. Positive values indicate the player is above average and shaded in blue, while negative values indicate the player is below average and shaded in punk. The five year trend charts show a range of -4.0 to 4.0.

The value shown for Faceoffs is the faceoff winning percentage rather than their z-score with winning percentages below 50 in pink shades and above 50 in blue shades.

All archetypes are 5v5 except 5v4 TOI, 4v5 TOI, Skating (even strength) and Faceoffs (all situations). Archetypes use regular season data only.

Archetypes Summary
  • Sniper - Measures the to score above the expected goal rate.
  • Rebound - Measures the percent of a players shot attempts that come from rebounds (forwards only).
  • 5v4 TOI - Powerplay ice time, calculated as the percentage of his teams 5v4 ice time that the player was on the ice for.
  • Shooter - Measures whether a players points come from shots (goals or assists on rebounds from his shots).
  • Producer - Measures a players ability to produce goals and assists, adjusted for quality of teammates.
  • Playmaker - Measures whether a players points come from passes.
  • Drive - Measures a players ability to drive puck possession and generate shot attempts for his team.
  • Rush - Measures the percent of a players shot attempts that come from rush plays
  • Possession - An indicator of a players ability to improve his teams puck possession game.
  • Faceoffs - Faceoff Winning Percentage (min. 75 faceoffs taken).
  • 5v5 TOI - The percentage of his teams 5v5 TOI that the player was on the ice for.
  • Suppress - Measures a players ability to suppress opponent puck possession and shot attempts against.
  • Skating - An indicator of a players skating ability, or speed bursts above 20mph per mile skated.
  • Defend - An indicator of a players ability to suppress shot quality against.
  • 4v5 TOI - Penalty Kill ice time, calculated as the percentage of his teams 4v5 ice time that the player was on the ice for.
Data Sources
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5v5 Goalie Stats

Season Team(s) GP TOI SAA/60 SA/60 xGA/60 GA/60 GS/60 Sv% xSv% Sv%AE
2025-26 MTL 17 800:29 36.65 24.36 2.67 2.10 0.57 91.38 89.03 2.35

4v5 Goalie Stats

Season Team(s) GP TOI SAA/60 SA/60 xGA/60 GA/60 GS/60 Sv% xSv% Sv%AE
2025-26 MTL 17 88:35 75.18 52.15 8.11 5.42 2.69 89.61 84.46 5.16

Legend

Percentile 0-25 Percentile 25-50 Percentile 50-75 Percentile 75-100

Glossary

Statistic Definition
SAA/60Shot Attempts Against per 60 minutes.
SA/60Shots Against per 60 minutes.
xGA/60Expected Goals Against per 60 minutes.
GA/60Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
GS/60Goals Saved per 60 minutes (xGA/60 -GA/60).
Sv%Save Percentage.
xSv%Expected Save Percentage.
Sv%AESave Percentage above Expected (Sv% - xSv%).
Data from Puckalytics.com (starting in 2015-16).

News and Opinions

Current Contract

Jacob Fowler signed a $2,770,000 3-year contract with the Montreal Canadiens and General Manager Kent Hughes on April 4, 2025 with an AAV of $923,333. This contract will start in 2025-26 and end after the 2027-28 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 0.97% of the salary cap.

Entry Level Contract ( )  (0 ratings)

Season Age* Clause Cap Hit AAV Perf. Bonus Sign. Bonus Salary Compensation Minors Salary Status
2025-26 20 $923,333 $1,150,000 $80,000 $95,000 $775,000 $870,000 $82,500 ELC
2026-27 21 $923,333 $1,150,000 $500,000 $95,000 $855,000 $950,000 $82,500 ELC
2027-28 22 $923,333 $1,150,000 $500,000 $95,000 $855,000 $950,000 $82,500 ELC
Total $1,080,000 $285,000 $2,485,000 $2,770,000 $247,500
Signed: Apr 4, 2025
Team: Montreal Canadiens
Exp. Status: RFA

Career Statistics

Regular Season Playoffs
Season League Team GP GS W L OTL SA GA GAA Sv% GP GS W L OTL SA GA GAA Sv%
2019-20 NAPHL 16U Florida Alliance 16U AAA 7 7 176 12 1.73 0.932 3 2 1 94 9 3.00 0.904
2020-21 18U AAA South Kent School 18U Prep 22 2.14 0.945
2021-22 USHL Youngstown Phantoms 18 11 4 1 477 35 2.18 0.927 1 1 1 27 3 3.07 0.889
2021-22 18U AAA South Kent School 18U Prep 21 1.68 0.928
2021-22 PHC South Kent School 18U Prep 4 156 12 3.00 0.923
2022-23 USHL Youngstown Phantoms 40 27 9 3 1117 88 2.28 0.921 9 8 1 3 273 13 1.36 0.952
2024-25 NCAA Boston College 35 25 7 2 931 56 1.63 0.940
2024-25 AHL Laval Rocket 3 2 1 81 7 2.32 0.914 8 3 3 164 16 2.48 0.902
2025-26 NHL Montréal Canadiens 17 17 9 6 2 448 41 2.43 0.908 1 1 2 1 7.16 0.500
2025-26 AHL Laval Rocket 27 19 7 1 717 60 2.23 0.916
NHL Career 17 17 9 6 2 448 41 2.43 0.908 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 7.16 0.500