Sam Montembeault

Sam Montembeault

29-Year-Old GoalieG
Montreal Canadiens
2025 Fantasy Outlook
Montembeault was the one to lead the Canadiens back to the playoffs in 2024-25, doing so with a 31-24-7 record, a 2.82 GAA and a .901 save percentage over 62 appearances. Part of that heavy workload was because the Canadiens lacked an experienced backup, with Jakub Dobes and Cayden Primeau splitting time in that role. Montembeault is under contract for two more years at a $3.15 million cap hit, so the Canadiens can work on building their roster around his team-friendly deal. He's not an elite netminder yet, but as Montreal's defense tightens up, his numbers should improve. He's a quality No. 2 goalie in most fantasy formats and a low-end No. 1 in deeper leagues. Read Past Outlooks
$Signed a three-year, $9.45 million contract extension with the Canadiens in December of 2023.
Allows three goals in loss
GMontreal Canadiens
January 22, 2026
Montembault made 13 saves in a 4-2 loss to Buffalo on Thursday. He allowed three goals.
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Buffalo scored the first three goals to build a 3-0 lead by the 2:25 mark of the second period. Montembault has started five of Montreal's last 10 games; he's 3-1-1 in that span. He has struggled this season to show that his 31-24-7 record, 2.82 GAA and .902 save percentage last year real. The talent is there -- he's delivered three straight seasons with a save percentage of .901 or above. But Montembeault has delivered a .871 save percentage in 19 starts (21 appearances) in 2025-26.
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Montembeault doesn't get the respect he deserves, but then again, respect is irrelevant in fantasy. By traditional stats, Montembeault ranked 41st in 2023-24 among those with 25 or more starts. He finished 16-15-9 with a 3.14 GAA and .903 save percentage in 41 appearances, behind fantasy pariahs like Ilya Samsonov, Filip Gustavsson and Petr Mrazek. Still, Montembeault's 18.39 GSAx (goals saved above expected) was 10th best overall behind the NHL's second-worst defense. GSAx is the measure of a goalie's individual impact on the game, which means he saved the Habs' bacon more often than not. Montembeault has exceeded expectations two seasons in a row. Does that make him a fantasy option in 2024-25? Probably not, unless his team takes an unlikely leap forward, but he might be a stop-gap off the wire or a daily play depending on the matchup.
On a poor team, Montembeault delivered passable results in the form of a 16-19-3 record, a 3.42 GAA and a .901 save percentage in a career-high 40 games last year. Montembeault has enough talent to be a backup in the NHL, but there's an open path to the starting job with the Canadiens to begin 2023-24. If that doesn't come to fruition, Montembeault could at least serve as a 1A to Jake Allen or as Casey DeSmith's 1B. None of the three goalies on the Canadiens' NHL roster is a particularly exciting option, but whoever gets a plurality of the starts could be a decent depth goalie in fantasy. Montembeault arguably had the most momentum at the end of 2022-23, but he'll likely have to win the job in camp. As such, this is a situation worth monitoring once training camp gets underway in September.
Montembault played 38 games for the league-worst Canadiens a season ago and his numbers -- 8-18-6 record, 3.77 GAA, .891 save percentage -- reflected that. Injuries to starter Carey Price and backup Jake Allen resulted in a much more significant role for Montembault than anyone initially expected. There's a real chance Price doesn't play at all this coming year due to a knee issue and Allen, the presumptive starter, hasn't been the picture of perfect health himself over the years, meaning we may again see more of Montembault than Montreal would prefer.
Montembeault had a 2019-20 to forget, posting a 5-5-1 record, a 3.34 GAA and an .890 save percentage in 14 NHL games. That poor performance allowed Chris Driedger to leap Montembeault on the depth chart, with the former now serving as Sergei Bobrovsky's primary backup. Montembeault is in an interesting position heading into 2020-21, as the Panthers brought in Scott Darling on a tryout. If Darling wins the taxi squad job, that would likely lead to Montembeault playing a starting role in the minor leagues, where he went 5-5-1 with a 3.00 GAA and a .918 save percentage in 11 games last year. Barring injuries to Bobrovsky or Driedger, fantasy managers can safely avoid Montembeault.
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Between pipes Thursday
GMontreal Canadiens
January 22, 2026
Montembeault will defend the home crease versus Buffalo on Thursday, per Renaud Lavoie of TVA Sports.
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Hangs on for OT win
GMontreal Canadiens
January 18, 2026
Montembeault stopped 29 of 34 shots on goal in Saturday's 6-5 overtime win over the Senators.
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Facing Senators
GMontreal Canadiens
January 17, 2026
Montembeault will defend the visiting crease against Ottawa on Saturday.
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Fades late in OT loss
GMontreal Canadiens
January 14, 2026
Montembeault made 39 saves in Tuesday's 3-2 overtime loss to the Capitals.
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Set to start Tuesday
GMontreal Canadiens
January 12, 2026
Montembeault will defend the road net against Washington on Tuesday, per Patrick Friolet of RDS.
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Poised to start Sunday
GMontreal Canadiens
December 5, 2025
Montembeault will likely be in the crease against the Blues at home Sunday, Stu Cowan of The Montreal Gazette reports.
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The Habs are going to deploy Jakub Dobes on the road versus Toronto on Saturday, leaving the second game of their back-to-back to Montembeault on Sunday. The 29-year-old Quebec native has just one win in his last six outings, posting a 1-3-0 record and .855 save percentage. With neither backstop performing all that well, the Habs could split the workload heading into the Christmas break.
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