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Montreal Canadiens Logo Samuel Montembeault

Position Goaltender Current Team Montreal Canadiens
Catches Left Current Contract 3 years ($3.2M CapHit)
Height 6'3" Expires 2026-27
Weight (lbs) 218 Expiry Age (Jun 30) 30
Age (DOB) 29 (Oct 30, 1996) Expiry Status UFA
Drafted 2015, Round 3, Overall 77 (FLA)
Date Team Transaction
Oct 10, 2026 Montreal Canadiens Placed on IR
Dec 27, 2025 Montreal Canadiens Recalled from AHL
Dec 17, 2025 Montreal Canadiens Assigned to AHL for conditioning stint
Dec 1, 2023 Montreal Canadiens Signed 3 years @ $3.150M AAV starting in 2024-25
Jul 18, 2022 Montreal Canadiens Signed 2 years @ $1.000M AAV starting in 2022-23
Aug 1, 2021 Florida Panthers Signed 1 year @ $750K AAV starting in 2021-22
Dec 22, 2020 Florida Panthers Signed 1 year @ $700K AAV starting in 2020-21
Jul 15, 2019 Florida Panthers Signed 1 year @ $708K AAV starting in 2019-20
May 10, 2016 Florida Panthers Signed to an entry level contract.
Status History Coming Soon

Player Card(s)

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 pink. 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
2018-19 FLA 11 488:37 41.14 28.24 2.51 2.95 -0.44 89.57 91.11 -1.54
2019-20 FLA 14 534:01 40.90 28.65 2.37 3.26 -0.89 88.63 91.74 -3.11
2021-22 MTL 38 1510:21 44.57 33.13 2.81 2.90 -0.09 91.25 91.52 -0.27
2022-23 MTL 40 1862:02 46.21 33.00 3.06 2.84 0.22 91.41 90.73 0.68
2023-24 MTL 41 1893:29 44.20 30.42 2.72 2.50 0.22 91.77 91.05 0.72
2024-25 MTL 62 2807:46 41.97 27.37 2.65 2.50 0.15 90.87 90.33 0.54
2025-26 MTL 25 1095:46 38.60 25.52 2.66 2.85 -0.19 88.84 89.59 -0.75

4v5 Goalie Stats

Season Team(s) GP TOI SAA/60 SA/60 xGA/60 GA/60 GS/60 Sv% xSv% Sv%AE
2018-19 FLA 11 35:27 62.62 40.62 7.17 8.46 -1.29 79.17 82.34 -3.18
2019-20 FLA 14 42:17 86.56 58.18 7.53 11.35 -3.83 80.49 87.06 -6.58
2021-22 MTL 38 162:28 82.72 60.20 7.95 9.97 -2.02 83.44 86.79 -3.36
2022-23 MTL 40 194:09 90.55 62.12 9.32 11.43 -2.12 81.59 85.00 -3.41
2023-24 MTL 41 207:27 80.69 57.27 8.49 6.36 2.13 88.89 85.17 3.72
2024-25 MTL 62 287:13 72.70 50.55 7.87 6.68 1.19 86.78 84.43 2.35
2025-26 MTL 25 115:40 83.52 57.06 9.95 9.34 0.61 83.64 82.56 1.08

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

Samuel Montembeault signed a $9,450,000 3-year contract with the Montreal Canadiens and General Manager Kent Hughes on December 1, 2023 with an AAV of $3,150,000. This contract will start in 2024-25 and end after the 2026-27 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 3.58% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (UFA) ( )  (0 ratings)

Season Age* Clause Cap Hit AAV Perf. Bonus Sign. Bonus Salary Compensation Minors Salary Status
2024-25 27 $3,150,000 $3,150,000 - $1,000,000 $3,000,000 $4,000,000 $4,000,000 UFA
2025-26 28 $3,150,000 $3,150,000 - - $3,000,000 $3,000,000 $3,000,000 UFA
2026-27 29 $3,150,000 $3,150,000 - - $2,450,000 $2,450,000 $2,450,000 UFA
Total - $1,000,000 $8,450,000 $9,450,000 $9,450,000
Signed: Dec 1, 2023
Team: Montreal Canadiens
GM: Kent Hughes
Exp. Status: UFA
Cap %: 3.58

Previous Contracts (show) (hide)

Samuel Montembeault signed a $2,000,000 2-year contract with the Montreal Canadiens and General Manager Kent Hughes on July 18, 2022 with an AAV of $1,000,000. This contract will start in 2022-23 and end after the 2023-24 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 1.21% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (RFA) ( )  (0 ratings)

Season Age* Clause Cap Hit AAV Perf. Bonus Sign. Bonus Salary Compensation Minors Salary Status
2022-23 25 $1,000,000 $1,000,000 - - $1,000,000 $1,000,000 $1,000,000 RFA-arb
2023-24 26 $1,000,000 $1,000,000 - - $1,000,000 $1,000,000 $1,000,000 RFA-arb
Total - - $2,000,000 $2,000,000 $2,000,000
Signed: July 18, 2022
Team: Montreal Canadiens
GM: Kent Hughes
Exp. Status: UFA
Cap %: 1.21

Samuel Montembeault signed a $750,000 1-year contract with the Florida Panthers and General Manager Bill Zito on August 1, 2021 with an AAV of $750,000. This contract will start in 2021-22 and end after the 2021-22 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 0.92% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (RFA) ( )  (0 ratings)

Season Age* Clause Cap Hit AAV Perf. Bonus Sign. Bonus Salary Compensation Minors Salary Status
2021-22 24 $750,000 $750,000 - - $750,000 $750,000 $250,000 RFA-arb
Total - - $750,000 $750,000 $250,000
Signed: Aug 1, 2021
Team: Florida Panthers
GM: Bill Zito
Exp. Status: RFA-arb
Cap %: 0.92
Note: Guaranteed minimum salary of $350,000.

Samuel Montembeault signed a $700,000 1-year contract with the Florida Panthers and General Manager Bill Zito on December 22, 2020 with an AAV of $700,000. This contract will start in 2020-21 and end after the 2020-21 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 0.86% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (RFA) ( )  (0 ratings)

Season Age* Clause Cap Hit AAV Perf. Bonus Sign. Bonus Salary Compensation Minors Salary Status
2020-21 23 $700,000 $700,000 - - $700,000 $700,000 $85,000 RFA
Total - - $700,000 $700,000 $85,000
Signed: Dec 22, 2020
Team: Florida Panthers
GM: Bill Zito
Exp. Status: RFA-arb
Cap %: 0.86

Samuel Montembeault signed a $708,750 1-year contract with the Florida Panthers and General Manager Dale Tallon on July 15, 2019 with an AAV of $708,750. This contract will start in 2019-20 and end after the 2019-20 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 0.87% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (RFA) ( )  (0 ratings)

Season Age* Clause Cap Hit AAV Perf. Bonus Sign. Bonus Salary Compensation Minors Salary Status
2019-20 22 $708,750 $708,750 - - $708,750 $708,750 $70,000 10.2(c)
Total - - $708,750 $708,750 $70,000
Signed: July 15, 2019
Team: Florida Panthers
GM: Dale Tallon
Exp. Status: RFA
Cap %: 0.87

Samuel Montembeault signed a $2,177,500 3-year contract with the Florida Panthers and General Manager Dale Tallon on May 10, 2016 with an AAV of $725,833. This contract will start in 2016-17 and end after the 2018-19 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 0.99% of the salary cap.

Entry Level Contract ( )  (0 ratings)

Season Age* Clause Cap Hit AAV Perf. Bonus Sign. Bonus Salary Compensation Minors Salary Status
2016-17 19 $725,833 $925,000 $257,500 $92,500 $575,000 $667,500 $70,000 ELC
2017-18 20 $725,833 $925,000 $182,500 $92,500 $650,000 $742,500 $70,000 ELC
2018-19 21 $725,833 $925,000 $157,500 $92,500 $675,000 $767,500 $70,000 ELC
Total $597,500 $277,500 $1,900,000 $2,177,500 $210,000
Signed: May 10, 2016
Team: Florida Panthers
GM: Dale Tallon
Exp. Status: 10.2(c)

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%
2011-12 Minor-QC Mauricie Est. 16 2.82
2011-12 QAAA Trois-Rivieres 1 0.00
2012-13 QAAA Trois-Rivieres 19 11 7 47 2.54 6 4 2
2013-14 QMJHL Blainville-Bois. 14 9 1 275 28 2.35 0.898 1 1 17 3 3.40 0.824
2014-15 QMJHL Blainville-Boisbriand Armada 52 33 11 7 1234 134 2.59 0.891 6 2 4 115 14 2.38 0.878
2015-16 QMJHL Blainville-Boisbriand Armada 47 17 19 8 1202 119 2.63 0.901 11 5 6 374 28 2.45 0.925
2016-17 QMJHL Blainville-Boisbriand Armada 41 28 9 1 962 89 2.40 0.907 18 12 6 468 42 2.35 0.910
2017-18 AHL Springfield Thunderbirds 41 13 23 4 1142 119 3.25 0.896
2018-19 NHL Florida Panthers 11 11 4 3 2 282 30 3.04 0.894
2018-19 AHL Springfield Thunderbirds 39 13 16 11 1173 118 3.24 0.899
2019-20 NHL Florida Panthers 14 14 5 5 1 356 39 3.34 0.890
2019-20 AHL Springfield Thunderbirds 11 5 5 1 402 33 3.00 0.918
2020-21 AHL Syracuse Crunch 13 8 4 1 362 37 2.86 0.898
2021-22 NHL Montréal Canadiens 38 38 8 18 6 1124 122 3.77 0.891
2022-23 NHL Montréal Canadiens 40 40 16 19 3 1345 133 3.42 0.901
2023-24 NHL Montréal Canadiens 41 41 16 15 9 1307 127 3.14 0.903
2024-25 NHL Montréal Canadiens 62 62 31 24 7 1678 166 2.82 0.902 3 3 2 76 7 2.76 0.908
2025-26 NHL Montréal Canadiens 25 25 10 8 4 635 81 3.43 0.872
2025-26 AHL Laval Rocket 2 2 52 5 2.53 0.904
NHL Career 231 231 90 92 32 6727 698 3.23 0.896 3 3 0 2 0 76 7 2.76 0.908