Matheson had a power-play assist and an even-strength helper in Monday's 6-3 loss to Pittsburgh. He added two shots on net and three blocked shots.

EDGE Analysis

Matheson had the primary assist on Kaiden Guhle's goal in the first period then was the secondary helper on Juraj Slafkovsky's power-play marker early in the second period. Matheson has three assists over the last two games. He's been the Canadiens' top defenseman, averaging 25:49 of ice time per contest this season.

Matheson had an assist, two shots on goal and one blocked shot in Saturday's 4-1 win over the Senators.

EDGE Analysis

Matheson picked up the primary assist on Cole Caufield's first-period marker. It was the first point of the season for Matheson, who had a career-high 63 points in 2023-24, ninth among defensemen.

Matheson worked with head coach Martin St. Louis on a whiteboard following Tuesday's practice, going over situations and how the club's top power-play unit should adapt to those situations, Arpon Basu of The Athletic reports.

EDGE Analysis

Matheson is once again expected to quarterback the Canadiens' top power-play unit and is coming off a career year in 2023-24, during which he finished eighth among defensemen with a career-high 28 power-play points. The Habs need to improve in this area -- Montreal ranked 27th in efficiency last season -- and the club was abysmal during the preseason, going 0-for-30 with the man advantage. The 30-year-old blueliner may eventually look over his shoulder at rookie Lane Hutson, who will quarterback the second power-play unit, but Matheson will be the dominant defenseman on that special-teams group to start the 2024-25 season.

Matheson logged an assist, three blocks and one hit in Thursday's 3-2 overtime loss to the Islanders.

EDGE Analysis

Matheson continued a remarkable stretch during which he's distributing at an elite level. The defenseman has nine assists during a six-game point streak and 12 helpers over the last eight contests. His career-high 50 assists ranks ninth in the NHL among blueliners.

Matheson notched two assists and five blocked shots in Sunday's 5-2 loss to the Rangers.

EDGE Analysis

Matheson has been distributing helpers at a high rate lately, logging nine assists over his last six contests. The 30-year-old defenseman is up to 57 points, 179 shots on net, 171 blocked shots, 58 PIM and a minus-27 rating through 77 appearances. It's by far the best year of his career, which has been fueled by earning 27 of those points on the power play in his first year quarterbacking the first unit on a full-time basis.

Matheson had two assists, including one on the power play, three shots on net, three blocks and one hit in Saturday's 4-2 loss to the Maple Leafs.

EDGE Analysis

Matheson was the secondary helper on Nick Suzuki's power-play strike then was the main assistant on Caul Caufield's even-strength tally. The defenseman ran his assist streak to three games and is within shouting distance of 60 points, needing five over the final six games.

Matheson had a power-play assist, three shots on net and three blocks in Tuesday's 5-3 win over Florida.

EDGE Analysis

Matheson's shot was tipped in by Nick Suzuki for Montreal's third goal. Matheson has five points over the last five games and is up to 52 points, marking the first 50-point season of his career.

Matheson scored a short-handed goal and a plus-5 rating during Sunday's 5-1 win over the Kraken.

EDGE Analysis

The goal is Matheson's 10th of the campaign and first point in five games. While his 48 points in 70 games is solid and he has seen ice time in excess of 28 minutes in multiple recent contests, Montreal's 2.71 goals per game is the fifth worst mark in the league. The opportunities for Matheson are a mixed bag, making it hard to know if playing almost half the game will result in points when the team is one of the most offensively anemic in the NHL.

Matheson had a power-play assist, two shots on net and two blocks in Tuesday's 3-0 win over Columbus.

EDGE Analysis

Matheson was the primary assistant on Juraj Slafkovsky's power-play strike at the 3:15 mark of the first period. It was Matheson's second consecutive game with a power-play assist and his 19th of the season with the man-advantage unit. Matheson is cruising toward his first 50-point season -- he needs just three points over the season's final 17 games to reach that mark.

Matheson scored a goal and added an assist in a 3-2 loss to Toronto on Saturday.

EDGE Analysis

The goal was pretty. Matheson cut across the goalmouth , took a return pass from Cole Caufield and slid a backhand around Ilya Samsonov just 36 seconds into the game. Matheson has been a revelation this season. His 46 points put him into a tie with Morgan Rielly for 10th in blue line scoring overall. With luck, Matheson will flirt with a 60-point season. His previous best was 34 points in 48 games last season.