Juraj
Slafkovský
L · MTL · Offensive · Above average
- PAL
- 69
- WAR
- 1.0
- Value
- 48
- PTS
- 73
2025-26№ 164 / 615
Juraj Slafkovský (Montreal Canadiens) stats and profile: offensive production, ice time, advanced stats, WAR and PAL rating.
Juraj Slafkovský
#20LPlays: Left wing · 5% of faceoffs
Montreal Canadiens
HEIGHT : 191 cm · WEIGHT : 102 kg · SHOOTS : L
Born : March 29, 2004 · Kosice, Slovakia
Drafted : 2022 · MTL · round 1, pick #1
Contract : $7,600,000 · 2025-26 → 2032-33 · Standard Contract (Extension) · UFA · Signing bonus $7,000,000M-NTC
NHL record
| Year | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | Montréal Canadiens | 17 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 18 |
| 2025-26 | Montréal Canadiens | 82 | 30 | 43 | 73 | 52 |
| 2024-25 | Montréal Canadiens | 79 | 18 | 33 | 51 | 45 |
| 2023-24 | Montréal Canadiens | 82 | 20 | 30 | 50 | 55 |
| 2022-23 | Montréal Canadiens | 39 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 33 |
| NHL totals | 299 | 74 | 122 | 196 | 203 | |
Playoffs
| Year | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Montréal Canadiens | 19 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 9 |
| 2024-25 | Montréal Canadiens | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Playoff totals | 24 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 13 | |
Juraj Slafkovský: our analysis
2025-26 season: 82 GP, 30 G, 43 A, 73 PTS, +9 +/-, 18:32 TOI. WAR 1.0 (164th of 615) · PAL 69, above average.
In 2025-26, Juraj Slafkovský, 22, posts a PAL Rating of 69 out of 100 (above average), and his WAR of 1.0 ranks 164th among 615 regulars, in the top half.
His strengths: shooting (89, among the best in the league), power play (89, among the best in the league) and offense (88, among the best in the league). On the other hand, defense (10, among the weakest in the league) and discipline (15, among the weakest in the league) hold him back.
Breaking down his WAR (goals above average), his biggest contribution: EV offense (+3.3); his biggest cost: EV defense (-2.7).
A clear step forward: his PAL went from 29 in 2024-25 to 69; his WAR went from 0.5 to 1.0.
Contract-wise, his Value score of 48 (fair value) weighs his output against what he costs: 50 is what that salary should buy.
Juraj Slafkovský's story
Leaving Košice as an early teenager to follow development opportunities abroad, Juraj Slafkovský moved through Red Bull’s academy in Austria, a stint in the Czech junior ranks and then into TPS’s system in Finland. He spent several seasons with TPS’s under-20 squad before making his Liiga debut in 2021–22; his initial senior minutes were limited, but international form soon altered perceptions of his potential.
The Olympic tournament in 2022 thrust Slafkovský into the spotlight. As the youngest player in the event, he led all scorers with seven goals in seven games, helped Slovakia capture its first Olympic medal in ice hockey and was voted the tournament’s most valuable player. Earlier appearances at the World Junior Championship and the senior World Championship in 2021, plus a silver at the Hlinka Gretzky Cup, had already put him on scouts’ radars.
Selected first overall by the Montreal Canadiens in the 2022 NHL Entry Draft, Slafkovský became the highest-drafted Slovak in league history. He signed an entry-level deal and made Montreal’s roster that October. His first NHL goal came on 20 October 2022 versus Arizona, followed by his first power-play goal nine days later. A knee injury in January 2023 ended his rookie campaign early; he finished that season with four goals and ten points in 39 games.
A clearer offensive stride arrived in 2023–24 after changes to linemates and a move to the top unit. Slafkovský established franchise records for teenage point streaks, recorded his first NHL hat-trick on 10 April 2024 and closed the season with 20 goals and 50 points. The Canadiens rewarded him with an eight-year, $60.8 million extension on 1 July 2024. Subsequent seasons saw further development: he reached the 30-goal mark and set a new personal best of 73 points in 2026.
International duty has remained a constant. Beyond the 2022 Olympics, he returned to World Championship competition and was named to Slovakia’s roster for the 2026 Olympics, producing multi-goal efforts and reaching ten Olympic goals before turning 22. On the ice, Slafkovský’s game is characterised by physical presence, willingness to play on the power play and an evolving ability to drive offence from the wing.
Facts drawn from Wikipédia, told in our own words.
Advanced stats
- TOI/GP
- 18:08
- PP TOI/GP
- 3:29
- SH TOI/GP
- 0:01
- Pts/GP
- 0.71
- EV points
- 8
- Hits
- 13
- Blocks
- 12
- Takeaways
- 3
- Corsi % (SAT)
- 52.4 %
- Off. zone starts
- 38.5 %
- Faceoffs
- 31.3 %
Stats and photos: NHL (NHL.com)
2026-27 projection
Projected points
72between 49 and 88 (80% range)
- Goals
- 24
- Assists
- 48
- Games
- 83
So far: 12 pts in 17 games. The team has played 17 of 84 games. Projected pace: 0.92 pts per game (last season: 0.89).
Three straight seasons of growth. Since 2018, of 97 players in that spot, 23 kept improving the next season; on average, their pace fell back to 90% of their best season.
The projection follows last season's pace. Tested on 2,265 player seasons (2022-23 to 2025-26): average miss of 9 points over 82 games; for players at 0.9 points per game and up, it ran 5 points high on average.
Trend
Trending up
- Points per game: 0.61 in 23-24, 0.89 in 25-26
- PAL Rating: 29 → 69
Outlook, age included
↑ Trending upAge 22: usually still improving
This is only a projection. It knows nothing about injuries, trades or role changes; one player in five finishes outside the range.
Player ratings, 2025-26
All ratings →Fourteen ratings from 0 to 100 drawn from data, never by hand: 75 = established NHL player, 95+ = elite.
OV · OverallConfidence 82 %
80
Very good
- SK
- Skating
- 75
- Confidence 73 %
- ST
- Strength
- 88
- Confidence 85 %
- EN
- Endurance
- 84
- Confidence 80 %
- DU
- Durability
- 83
- Confidence 73 %
- CK
- Checking
- 79
- Confidence 85 %
- FG
- Fighting
- 76
- Confidence 63 %
- DI
- Discipline
- 59
- Confidence 85 %
- FO
- Faceoffs
- —
- PA
- Passing
- 82
- Confidence 82 %
- SC
- Scoring
- 81
- Confidence 82 %
- DF
- Defense
- 62
- Confidence 79 %
- PS
- Penalty shot
- 61
- Confidence 33 %
- EX
- Experience
- 72
- Confidence 100 %
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SK — Skating75
- Top speed (35 %)36.3 · 78
- Bursts > 20 mph /60 (30 %)5.118 · 73
- Distance /60 (20 %)15.9 · 68
- Speed consistency (15 %)35.3 · 76
ST — Strength88
- Contact absorbed /60 (50 %)4.775 · 82
- Body mass (50 %)1.357 · 87
EN — Endurance84
- Ice time per game (45 %)16.6 · 83
- Total ice time (20 %)1,439 · 89
- Shift length (15 %)51.6 · 90
- Lowest recent ice time per game (15 %)12.4 · 68
- Special-teams time per game (5 %)2.917 · 82
DU — Durability83
- Share of games played (100 %)0.866 · 83
CK — Checking79
- Hits /60 (70 %)5.721 · 79
- Lowest seasonal rate (20 %)4.417 · 78
- Season volume (10 %)4.663 · 80
FG — Fighting76
- Fights per 82 games (100 %)0.847 · 76
DI — Discipline59
- Net penalty value /60 (50 %)-0.036 · 59
- Penalties taken /60 (30 %)0.861 · 67
- Penalties drawn /60 (20 %)0.65 · 68
PA — Passing82
- Primary assists /60 (40 %)0.889 · 83
- Secondary assists /60 (20 %)0.654 · 86
- Offensive creation (RAPM) (20 %)0.134 · 80
- Power-play points /60 (10 %)4.777 · 81
- Assist consistency (10 %)0.307 · 63
SC — Scoring81
- Goals /60 (25 %)1.04 · 79
- Individual xG /60 (20 %)0.984 · 81
- Finishing (goals − xG per shot) (20 %)0.11 · 74
- High-danger chances /60 (15 %)1.61 · 81
- xG per shot (10 %)0.084 · 86
- Shot attempts /60 (10 %)14.9 · 78
DF — Defense62
- RAPM defense /60 (35 %)-0.084 · 63
- Relative xG against (20 %)0.214 · 61
- On-ice xG against /60 (15 %)2.966 · 48
- Penalty kill /60 (10 %)0.035 · 70
- Takeaways − giveaways /60 (10 %)-2.096 · 62
- Shot attempts against /60 (5 %)59.2 · 71
- Blocked shots /60 (5 %)3.616 · 89
PS — Penalty shot61
- Shootouts (60 %)30.7 · 59
- Penalty shots (40 %)26.7 · 76
EX — Experience72
- Career regular-season games (65 %)80
- Career playoff games (25 %)61
- NHL seasons (10 %)55
OV — Overall80
- SC · Scoring (28 %)81
- PA · Passing (22 %)82
- DF · Defense (18 %)62
- SK · Skating (12 %)75
- EN · Endurance (8 %)84
- DI · Discipline (5 %)59
- ST · Strength (4 %)88
- CK · Checking (3 %)79
| Season | OV | SK | SC | DF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 80 | 75 | 81 | 62 |
| 2024-25 | 70 | 70 | 73 | 62 |
| 2023-24 | 72 | 73 | 74 | 67 |
| 2022-23 | 62 | 75 | 62 | 74 |
The bars show confidence (sample size), not player quality. — : not enough data, not a zero. Engine version 1.0.
WAR and PAL ratings, 2025-26
How we rate →PAL Rating scores performance from 0 to 100 against players at the same position (50 = average player), starting from the player's strength, offensive or defensive. Value Rating compares that performance with what the player costs: 50 means paid what the play is worth.
WAR
1.0
wins above replacement
164 of 615
PAL Rating
69/ 100
Performance · Above average
132 of 476 at the position
Value Rating
48/ 100
Fair value
7.60 M$ · expected PAL 71
ProfileOffensiveValue comes mostly from offense
- Offense
- 88
- Defense
- 16
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- Offense
- 88
- Creation
- 85
- Shooting
- 89
- Possession
- 51
- Defense
- 10
- Discipline
- 15
- Power play
- 89
- Penalty kill
- 73
From 0 to 100; 50 is the average player at the same position, adjusted for ice time.
| Season | Team | WAR | PAL | Value | Cap hit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | MTL | 1.0 | 69 | 48 | 7.60 M$ |
| 2024-25 | MTL | 0.5 | 29 | 46 | 0.95 M$ |
| 2023-24 | MTL | 0.3 | 29 | 42 | 0.95 M$ |
| 2022-23 | MTL | -0.1 | 9 | 14 | 0.95 M$ |
Hockey IQ, 2025-26
Rankings and method →The quality of the player's decisions with and against the puck at 5-on-5, against regulars at the same position (50 = average). PAL measures output; IQ measures how the player plays.
Overall IQ
34/ 100
Below average
better than 34% of forwards, offense and defense combined
Offensive IQ
75/ 100
Very good
passing, shots, puck
Defensive IQ
16/ 100
Low
takeaways, discipline, own zone
Overall IQ isn't an average of the two scores: it's the player's rank with offense and defense combined, 278 of 424 forwards.
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Offense
- Playmaking passes
- 93
- Shot selection
- 80
- Penalties drawn
- 36
- Puck management
- 30
Defense
- Takeaways
- 5
- Discipline
- 19
- Safe zone exits
- 69
Percentiles: 80 means better than 80% of regulars at the same position. Play without the puck (positioning, coverage) isn't measured: the NHL doesn't publish that data.
| Season | Team | IQ | Off. | Def. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | MTL | 34 | 75 | 16 |
| 2024-25 | MTL | 59 | 75 | 37 |
| 2023-24 | MTL | 33 | 60 | 22 |
| 2022-23 | MTL | 8 | 1 | 38 |
WAR, 2025-26
How it's calculated →Wins added to the team, compared with a replacement-level player called up from the AHL.
1.0
wins above replacement
-0.0 to 2.5 — 90% interval
164 of 615 forwards
+5.4 goals above replacement
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- EV offense
- +3.3
- EV defense
- -2.7
- Power play
- +1.2
- Penalty kill
- 0.0
- Shooting
- +1.1
- Penalties
- -1.2
- Average → replacement
- +3.8
In goals.
| Season | Team | GP | WAR | 90% interval | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | MTL | 82 | 1.0 | -0.0 to 2.5 | 164/615 |
| 2024-25 | MTL | 75 | 0.5 | -0.8 to 1.5 | 237/596 |
| 2023-24 | MTL | 82 | 0.3 | -1.2 to 1.7 | 270/608 |
| 2022-23 | MTL | 39 | -0.1 | -0.5 to 0.6 | 435/617 |
Player tracking (NHL EDGE)
League EDGE leaderboards →Speed, shot power, distance covered, time by zone: measured by chips in the puck and shoulder pads. 90th percentile = better than 90% of players.
- Hardest shot
- 147.3 km/h94th percentileleague avg. 130.1 km/h
- Top skating speed
- 37.2 km/h95th percentileleague avg. 35.2 km/h
- Bursts over 20 mph, season
- 4591st percentileleague avg. 21
- Offensive zone time
- 46.5 %91st percentileleague avg. 43.1 %
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- Total distance, season
- 77.9 km83rd percentileleague avg. 52.2 km
- Distance, single-game high
- 5.39 km79th percentileleague avg. 4.52 km
- Offensive zone at 5v5
- 42.6 %79th percentileleague avg. 42.4 %
- Neutral zone time
- 17.4 %20th percentileleague avg. 16.8 %
- Defensive zone time
- 36.1 %90th percentileleague avg. 40.1 %
Shooting
| Shots on goal | Goals | Shooting % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| All | 4188th percentile | 254th percentile | 4.9 %9th percentile |
| High danger | 1278th percentile | 274th percentile | 16.7 %43rd percentile |
| Mid range | 1179th percentile | 054th percentile | 0.0 %32nd percentile |
| Long range | 383rd percentile | 092nd percentile | 0.0 %87th percentile |
Shots on goal by zone
2026-2027 regular season. Measured by puck and player tracking chips; the percentile ranks the player within the league.
Game log, 2026-27
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CARJuraj Slafkovský: frequently asked questions
How many goals does Juraj Slafkovský have in 2026-27?
Juraj Slafkovský has 2 goals and 12 points (10 assists) in 17 games in 2026-27.
How old is Juraj Slafkovský?
Juraj Slafkovský is 22 years old: he was born on March 30, 2004.
How tall is Juraj Slafkovský, and how much does he weigh?
Juraj Slafkovský is 6'3" (191 cm) and weighs 225 lb (102 kg).
Where is Juraj Slafkovský from?
Slovakia: Juraj Slafkovský was born in Kosice, Slovakia.
What team does Juraj Slafkovský play for?
Juraj Slafkovský plays for the Montreal Canadiens in the NHL, at L, wearing number 20.
Is Juraj Slafkovský injured?
No: Juraj Slafkovský is not on the latest NHL injury report. This answer is updated throughout the season.
How good is Juraj Slafkovský?
Juraj Slafkovský produced 1.0 wins above replacement (WAR) in 2025-26, 164th of 615 players at his position in the NHL. His PAL rating is 69 out of 100: above average for his position.
How much does Juraj Slafkovský make?
Juraj Slafkovský earns $7.6M for the 2025-26 season. His Value Rating is 48 out of 100 (fair value): it measures the on-field return for that salary, compared with players at his position.
When does Juraj Slafkovský's contract end?
Juraj Slafkovský's contract runs through the 2032-33 season; he will then be an unrestricted free agent. It includes a M-NTC clause.
Is Juraj Slafkovský overpaid?
Neither: he delivers about what his salary should buy. His Value rating is 48 out of 100 (fair value), where 50 is the output expected for his salary, compared with players at his position.
Is Juraj Slafkovský a top-10 player at his position?
No: by WAR, he ranks 164th of 615 players at his position in the NHL in 2025-26. Our comparison tool puts him side by side with any other player.
Is Juraj Slafkovský getting better?
Yes: his PAL rating went from 29 in 2024-25 to 69 in 2025-26 (out of 100, 50 = average player at his position).
How has Juraj Slafkovský played lately?
Over his last 10 games, Juraj Slafkovský has 9 points (1 goal, 8 assists).
What are Juraj Slafkovský's career stats?
Over his NHL career, Juraj Slafkovský has 299 games, 74 goals, 122 assists and 196 points. His best season: 2025-26, with 73 points in 82 games.
Where was Juraj Slafkovský drafted?
Juraj Slafkovský was drafted 1st overall (round 1) by Montreal Canadiens in 2022.
Is Juraj Slafkovský better at home or on the road?
At home: in 2026-27, he averages 1.11 points per game at home (10 in 9 games) and 0.25 on the road (2 in 8 games).
How does Juraj Slafkovský perform in the playoffs?
In the playoffs, Juraj Slafkovský has 24 games and 14 points in his career. His pace (0.58 points per game) is similar to his regular-season pace (0.66).
Which player is most similar to Juraj Slafkovský?
Dylan Guenther: he is the player at his position whose PAL profile (the 0-to-100 dimensions) is closest to his in 2025-26.
Dylan Guenther's page →Is Juraj Slafkovský a good fantasy pick?
Yes, a solid pick: our projection has him at 72 points in 2026-27, or 0.87 points per game.
Is Juraj Slafkovský related to anyone famous?
Yes: Alexander Slafkovský (second cousin, former competitive slalom canoeist).
What is Juraj Slafkovský's nationality?
Juraj Slafkovský is Slovak. Internationally: Slovakia — Olympic bronze medalist at the 2022 Winter Olympics (tournament leading scorer, tournament MVP), appeared at the 2021 and 2022 World Championships (3 goals and 6 assists in 2022), won silver at the 2021 Hlinka Gretzky Cup, named to Slovakia's roster for the 2024 World Championship and the 2026 Winter Olympics (selected to the tournament All-Star Team).
What awards has Juraj Slafkovský won?
Voted most valuable player (MVP) of the ice hockey tournament at the 2022 Winter Olympics ; Named Slovak Ice Hockey Federation Player of the Year in 2022 (youngest ever recipient) ; Named best forward by the Slovak Ice Hockey Federation in 2022 ; Named best under-20 player by the Slovak Ice Hockey Federation in 2022 ; Voted to the tournament All-Star Team at the 2026 Winter Olympics ; Named the NHL's Third Star for the Week of 22–28 December.
Where did Juraj Slafkovský play before turning pro?
Trained at Red Bull's ice hockey academy in Austria (left home at age 14), spent time playing in the Czech Republic against older teenagers, then joined HC TPS (three seasons with TPS U20 in the Finnish junior league) before debuting in Liiga in 2021–22..
How many points is Juraj Slafkovský projected to score in 2026-27?
Our projection has him at 72 points in 83 games in 2026-27 (49 to 88 points, 80% interval), based on his recent seasons, age and role.
See also: his Montreal Canadiens teammates
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