Montreal Canadiens Line Combinations
Tonightat
Chicago Blackhawks8:00 PM ET
Updated: 10/23/2026 5:09 PM
Playing tonight
▲Moved up▼Moved downNNew
Flag1 line in questionFlorian XhekajMTL
Jacob FowlerCONFIRMED 2:02 PMGoaliesO/U 6.5
CONFIRMED 2:02 PMSpencer Knight
Team total 2.95 · 40% to win · 135Since each team's last game
6 changesMontreal Canadiens▲Oliver Kapanen moves up to Line 1▲Oliver Kapanen moves up to PP1▼Zack Bolduc moves down to PP2NFlorian Xhekaj joins Line 4▲Noah Dobson moves up to PP1NAdam Engstrom joins PP2
Chicago BlackhawksNo line changes
Canadiens at Blackhawks 8:00 PM ET · 6 line changes
| Montreal CanadiensLines updated 8:34 AM | Chicago BlackhawksLines updated 8:34 AM | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Offense | Offense | ||||||
| L1 | Cole C. CaufieldW | ▲Oliver O. KapanenW | Juraj J. SlafkovskyW | L1 | Patrick P. KaneW | Connor C. BedardC | Roman R. KantserovW |
| L2 | Chris C. KreiderW | Alex A. NewhookC | Josh J. AndersonW | L2 | Tyler T. BertuzziW | Anton A. FrondellC | Teuvo T. TeravainenW |
| L3 | Zack Z. BolducW | Phillip P. DanaultC | Alexandre A. TexierW | L3 | Ryan R. DonatoW | Frank F. NazarC | Oliver O. MooreW |
| L4 | Kirby K. DachW | Jake J. EvansC | NFlorian F. F. XhekajW | L4 | Cole C. SmithW | Ryan R. GreeneC | Jordan J. GreenwayW |
| Defense | Defense | ||||||
| P1 | Noah N. DobsonD | Lane L. HutsonD | P1 | Alex A. VlasicD | Ian I. ColeD | ||
| P2 | Alexandre A. CarrierD | Kaiden K. GuhleD | P2 | Artyom A. LevshunovD | Wyatt W. KaiserD | ||
| P3 | Adam A. EngstromD | Arber A. A. XhekajD | P3 | Sam S. RinzelD | Ethan E. Del MastroD | ||
| Power play | Power play | ||||||
| PP1 | Cole C. CaufieldW | Juraj J. SlafkovskyW | ▲Oliver O. KapanenW | PP1 | Connor C. BedardC | Patrick P. KaneW | Roman R. KantserovW |
| ▲Noah N. DobsonD | Lane L. HutsonD | Tyler T. BertuzziW | Teuvo T. TeravainenW | ||||
| PP2 | Alex A. NewhookC | Chris C. KreiderW | ▼Zack Z. BolducW | PP2 | Anton A. FrondellC | Frank F. NazarC | Ryan R. DonatoW |
| Alexandre A. TexierW | NAdam A. EngstromD | Oliver O. MooreW | Sam S. RinzelD | ||||
| Goalie | Goalie | ||||||
| G | Jacob J. FowlerG CONFIRMED 2:02 PM | G | Spencer S. KnightG CONFIRMED 2:02 PM | ||||
| Injuries | Injuries | ||||||
| OUTNick N. SuzukiCIRBryce B. PickfordDIRFlorian F. F. XhekajWIRIvan I. DemidovWIRLucas L. CondottaWIRSam S. MontembeaultG | DTDBowen B. ByramDIRAndrew A. MangiapaneW | ||||||
The Montreal Canadiens visit the Chicago Blackhawks tonight at 8:00 PM ET. Cole Caufield runs the first power-play unit and Jacob Fowler is confirmed in goal.
Canadiens' lines: quick answers
Who is starting in goal for the Canadiens tonight?
Jacob Fowler, confirmed at 2:02 PM ET.
Who is on the Canadiens' top line?
Cole Caufield, Juraj Slafkovsky and Oliver Kapanen.
Who is on the Canadiens' first power play?
Cole Caufield, Juraj Slafkovsky, Oliver Kapanen, Noah Dobson and Lane Hutson.