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Juraj Slafkovský has 32 points (15 goals, 17 assists) in 42 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 143 points (57 goals, 86 assists) in 242 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 / 101 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: 30th of 250 Wings
    Defense:Def: 39th of 250 Wings
  • Metric Current Season
    Games
    1 - 82
    42.00
    QoC
    -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):
    Martin Necas (Rating of 83 in 2020, Today 86)
    Patrik Laine (Rating of 83 in 2019, Today 73)
    Brayden Point (Rating of 83 in 2017, Today 80)
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Actual AAV: $7.600M
Player Contract Value: $9.700M
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
28.12.2025 Team Logo Lightning 1 2 1 3 1 20:26 5 40.0% 0
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
Total 5 4 3 7 3 12 33.3% 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 42 15 17 32 7 18:06 85 17.6% 38
Season Projection 82 29 33 62 14 18:06 166 17.5% 74
Total 242 57 86 143 -21 412 13.8% 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 / 101 kg 0.76 0.59 85 79 $7.600M
86% Valeri Nichushkin Team Logo RW 30.8 yrs 193 cm / 95 kg 0.79 0.57 83 81 $6.125M
85% Tomas Hertl Team Logo C 32.2 yrs 191 cm / 99 kg 0.75 0.70 90 77 $6.750M
84% Adrian Kempe Team Logo RW 29.3 yrs 188 cm / 92 kg 0.83 0.65 80 78 $5.500M
82% Alex Tuch Team Logo RW 29.7 yrs 193 cm / 99 kg 0.82 0.72 79 77 $4.750M
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