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Juraj Slafkovský has 33 points (15 goals, 18 assists) in 43 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 144 points (57 goals, 87 assists) in 243 regular-season games for the Montréal Canadiens.

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

  • 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 46% of his shifts in the offensive zone versus 18% in the defensive zone.

  • 83

    Overall Rating
    Offense:Off: 32nd of 251 Wings
    Defense:Def: 37th of 251 Wings
  • Metric Current Season
    Games
    1 - 82
    42.00
    PlayDriving
    -0.14 - 0.14
    0.17
    IceTimePerGame
    12 - 22
    18.10
    Metric Current Season
    Goals/60
    0.2 - 1.5
    1.18
    PrimaryAssists/60
    0.1 - 1.5
    0.95
    SecondaryAssists/60
    0.1 - 1.2
    0.39
    xGoals/60
    0.49 - 1.34
    1.18
    OnIce_xGoalsFor/60
    1.8 - 5
    4.22
    OnIce_GoalsFor/60
    1.4 - 5.5
    4.58
    PenaltiesDrawn/60
    0.27 - 1.56
    0.79
    OZoneStartPct
    0.15 - 0.4
    0.46
    PP_xGoals/60
    0.5 - 2.5
    2.99
    PP_OnIce_GoalsFor/60
    3 - 13
    9.90
    Metric Current Season
    OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    2.5 - 4
    2.74
    OnIce_GoalsAgainst/60
    2.5 - 4
    2.21
    Penalties/60
    0.5 - 1.5
    1.10
    ShotsBlocked/60
    1 - 3
    3.08
    Takeaways/60
    0.5 - 2
    0.47
    Giveaways/60
    1 - 4
    2.37
    DZoneStartPct
    0.15 - 0.4
    0.18
    PK_OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    5 - 12
    0.00
    PK_OnIce_GoalsAgainst/60
    5 - 12
    0.00
  • Career Trajectory Most comparable players to Juraj Slafkovský at his age (21.8 yrs):
    Patrik Laine (Rating of 83 in 2019, Today 73)
    Martin Necas (Rating of 83 in 2020, Today 86)
    Kyle Connor (Rating of 82 in 2017, Today 82)
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Actual AAV: $7.600M
Player Contract Value: $9.600M
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
30.12.2025 Team Logo Panthers 1 0 0 0 1 19:52 0 2
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
Total 5 2 3 5 2 10 20.0% 2
Regular Season
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
2022-23 Montréal Canadiens 39 4 6 10 -13 12:13 42 9.5% 33
2023-24 Montréal Canadiens 82 20 30 50 -19 17:55 152 13.2% 55
2024-25 Montréal Canadiens 79 18 33 51 4 17:21 133 13.5% 45
2025-26 Montréal Canadiens 43 15 18 33 7 18:03 88 17.0% 38
Season Projection 82 29 34 63 13 18:03 168 17.3% 72
Total 243 57 87 144 -21 415 13.7% 171
Playoffs
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
2024-25 Montréal 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 0.77 0.59 85 79 $7.600M
86% Valeri Nichushkin Team Logo RW 30.9 yrs 193 cm / 95 kg 0.76 0.57 82 80 $6.125M
84% Adrian Kempe Team Logo RW 29.3 yrs 188 cm / 92 kg 0.81 0.65 80 77 $5.500M
84% Tomas Hertl Team Logo C 32.2 yrs 191 cm / 99 kg 0.78 0.70 91 77 $6.750M
83% Alex Tuch Team Logo RW 29.7 yrs 193 cm / 99 kg 0.85 0.72 79 78 $4.750M
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