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Juraj Slafkovský
Left Wing #20 Canadiens
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Juraj Slafkovský has 35 points (16 goals, 19 assists) in 44 games for the Montreal Canadiens this season.

Selected in the 1st round (No. 1) of the 2022 NHL Draft by the Montreal Canadiens, he has 146 points (58 goals, 88 assists) in 244 regular-season games for the Montreal Canadiens.

He also has 2 points (2 goals, 0 assists) in 5 Stanley Cup Playoff games.

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  • Country: Country FlagSVK
    Age: 21.8 yrs (30.03.2004)
    Height / Weight: 191 cm / 102 kg
    Shoots: L
    Drafted: 1st in 2022
    Draft Team: Team logoMontreal Canadiens
    Awards: -
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The 21-year-old is an elite play-driver for his team, with the Canadiens controlling 61% of expected goals when he is on the ice. When Juraj Slafkovský is off the ice, the Canadiens control 44% of expected goals, indicating the team is significantly better when he plays.

He is being deployed in an offense-leaning role, starting 45% of his shifts in the offensive zone versus 18% in the defensive zone.

  • 83

    Overall Rating
    Offense:Off: 26th of 250 Wings
    Defense:Def: 27th of 250 Wings
  • Metric Current Season
    PlayDriving
    0.16
    -0.140.14
    OnIce_xGoalsPct
    0.61
    0.350.65
    IceTimePerGame
    18.07
    1222
    Metric Current Season
    Goals/60
    1.21
    0.21.5
    PrimaryAssists/60
    1.06
    0.11.5
    SecondaryAssists/60
    0.38
    0.11.2
    xGoals/60
    1.22
    0.491.34
    OnIce_xGoalsFor/60
    4.21
    1.85
    OnIce_GoalsFor/60
    4.68
    1.45.5
    PenaltiesDrawn/60
    0.75
    0.271.56
    OZoneStartPct
    0.45
    0.150.4
    PP_xGoals/60
    2.90
    0.52.5
    Metric Current Season
    OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    2.74
    2.54
    OnIce_GoalsAgainst/60
    2.19
    2.54
    Penalties/60
    1.21
    0.51.5
    ShotsBlocked/60
    3.24
    13
    Takeaways/60
    0.45
    0.52
    Giveaways/60
    2.57
    14
    DZoneStartPct
    0.18
    0.150.4
    PK_OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    0.00
    512
  • Career Trajectory Most comparable players to Juraj Slafkovský at his age (21.8 yrs):
    Nikita Kucherov (Rating of 83 in 2014, Today 90)
    David Pastrnak (Rating of 83 in 2017, Today 77)
    Kailer Yamamoto (Rating of 83 in 2019, Today 68)
Contract InformationPowered by CORE
Actual AAV: $7.600M
Player Contract Value: $9.500M
Remaining: 8 year(s)
Contract Ends: 2033 UFA
Age at the end: 30.3 yrs (30.03.2004)
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Juraj Slafkovský
Recent Games
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
01.01.2026 Team Logo Hurricanes 1 1 1 2 1 19:06 2 50.0% 0
03.01.2026 Team Logo Blues 1 0 0 0 -1 20:28 1 0.0% 0
04.01.2026 Team Logo Stars 1 1 1 2 1 20:21 4 25.0% 0
07.01.2026 Team Logo Flames 1 0 1 1 0 16:10 3 0.0% 0
08.01.2026 Team Logo Panthers 1 1 1 2 3 18:51 0 4
Total 5 3 4 7 4 10 30.0% 4
Regular Season
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
2022-23 Team Logo Canadiens 39 4 6 10 -13 12:13 42 9.5% 33
2023-24 Team Logo Canadiens 82 20 30 50 -19 17:55 152 13.2% 55
2024-25 Team Logo Canadiens 79 18 33 51 4 17:21 133 13.5% 45
2025-26 Team Logo Canadiens 44 16 19 35 10 18:04 88 18.2% 42
Season Projection 82 30 35 65 19 18:04 164 18.3% 78
Total 244 58 88 146 -18 415 14.0% 175
Playoffs
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
2024-25 Team Logo Canadiens 5 2 0 2 -4 19:52 15 13.3% 4
Total 5 2 0 2 -4 15 13.3% 4
Player MatchPowered by CORE
Player
Match		 Name Team Pos Age Height / Weight Season
P/G		 Career
P/G		 Offense
Rating		 Defense
Rating		 Actual AAV
Juraj Slafkovský Team Logo LW 21.8 yrs 191 cm / 102 kg 0.80 0.60 82 83 $7.600M
84% Valeri Nichushkin Team Logo RW 30.9 yrs 193 cm / 95 kg 0.74 0.57 79 86 $6.125M
84% Tomas Hertl Team Logo C 32.2 yrs 191 cm / 100 kg 0.81 0.70 90 84 $6.750M
82% Dylan Cozens Team Logo C 24.9 yrs 191 cm / 92 kg 0.72 0.60 78 77 $7.100M
81% Josh Doan Team Logo RW 23.9 yrs 188 cm / 89 kg 0.69 0.55 83 80 $0.925M
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