Canadiens' Jakub Dobes: Leading man continues to win
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Dobes made 17 saves in a 3-1 win over Toronto on Tuesday.
Dobes has two wins in a row, and he's 6-1-1 with 23 goals allowed in his nine starts since Jan. 27. He has started four of the team's last five games (3-1-0) and eight of the last 11. The Habs (80 points), who are third in the Atlantic, remain in a dogfight with the Red Wings (79 points) and Bruins (78 points), who are currently sitting in wild-card spots. Dobes is clearly their man in the blue paint right now ahead of Sam Montembeault.
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Canadiens' Jakub Dobes: Set to start Tuesday
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Dobes will get the starting nod at home against the Maple Leafs on Tuesday, RDS.ca reports.
Dobes has continued to rack up wins, securing five victories in his last seven outings. Overall, the young netminder is 20-6-4 this season in just 30 appearances. Dobes should continue to see the bulk of the workload moving forward.
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Canadiens' Jakub Dobes: Earns win Saturday
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Dobes stopped 36 of 39 shots in Saturday's 4-3 win over the Kings.
Dobes was one of the main reasons why the Canadiens got the win Sunday, but that was just another strong showing in a series of very good performances for the 24-year-old. Dobes has won six of his last eight starts, going 6-1-1 with a 3.10 GAA and an .896 save percentage. He has lost in regulation only once since the calendar flipped to 2026 and seems to be firmly entrenched as the Habs' No. 1 goaltender for the time being.
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Canadiens' Jakub Dobes: Slated to start Saturday
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Dobes is expected to start on the road against the Kings on Saturday, per Eric Engels of Sportsnet.
Dobes stopped 21 of 27 shots en route to a 7-5 loss to San Jose in his last start Tuesday. He's 19-6-4 with a 3.03 GAA and an .889 save percentage in 29 appearances in 2025-26. The Kings are tied for 30th in goals per game with 2.56, though Los Angeles is coming off a 5-3 victory over the Islanders on Thursday.
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Canadiens' Jakub Dobes: Allows six goals in loss
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Dobes stopped 21 of 27 shots in Tuesday's 7-5 loss to the Sharks. The seventh goal was an empty-netter.
Dobes took his first regulation loss since Dec. 9 versus the Lightning. He went 9-0-2 over 11 outings, though he's only recently claimed a starting role over Sam Montembeault. Dobes is now 19-6-4 with a 3.03 GAA and an .889 save percentage over 29 appearances, so he's still a little risky in fantasy. The Canadiens should be able to find starts for each of their goalies soon, as the team visits the Ducks on Friday and the Kings on Saturday to wrap up this California road trip.
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Canadiens' Jakub Dobes: Drawing start in San Jose
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Dobes will guard the road cage against the Sharks on Tuesday, per Eric Engels of Sportsnet.
Dobes had a solid showing in his first start following the Olympic break, stopping 27 of 29 shots in Saturday's 6-2 win over the Capitals. The 24-year-old hasn't lost in regulation since Dec. 9 -- he's 9-0-2 with a 2.59 GAA and a .902 save percentage since then. The Sharks are 2-1-0 and have scored eight goals since the NHL resumed play last week.
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Canadiens' Jakub Dobes: Cruises to win Saturday
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Dobes stopped 27 of 29 shots in Saturday's 6-2 win over the Capitals.
He was beaten twice by Alex Ovechkin, but Dobes found a way to stop the rest of the Capitals' offense effectively. It's not like he needed a strong showing, as the Canadiens supplied him with enough support by scoring at least two goals in each period. Dobes has won six of his last seven starts dating back to Jan. 12, a period in which he's gone 6-0-1 with a 2.67 GAA and a .904 save percentage.
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Canadiens' Jakub Dobes: Set to start Saturday
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Dobes is expected to patrol the crease at home versus Washington on Saturday, Eric Engels of Sportsnet reports.
It will be Sam Montembeault who gets the first game coming out of the break, featuring against the Islanders on Thursday before Dobes gets the nod Saturday. In his last seven appearances, the 24-year-old Dobes hasn't suffered a regulation loss, going 6-0-1 with a .886 save percentage.
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Canadiens' Jakub Dobes: Win streak ends in OT loss
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Dobes halted 20 of 24 shots on net in Monday's 4-3 overtime loss to the Wild.
Although the Canadiens scored three consecutive goals in the middle of the contest, Dobes allowed two goals in the first period before giving up the equalizer midway through the third. After holding up through the first three and a half minutes of overtime, he ultimately surrendered the game-winning tally to Minnesota's Kirill Kaprizov. With the OT loss, Dobes now has an 18-5-4 record, a 2.96 GAA and an .892 save percentage across 27 outings this season. Even though the 24-year-old netminder snapped his six-game win streak Monday, he has earned the Canadiens a point in each of his last 10 starts. As he's started each of Montreal's last four games, Dobes looks to have a firm hold on the No. 1 job in the team's crease, making him a viable fantasy option in most standard leagues for the time being.
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Canadiens' Jakub Dobes: Starting in Minnesota
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Dobes will guard the road goal against the Wild on Monday.
Dobes has stopped 151 of the 169 shots he has faced during his six-game winning streak. He has gone 18-5-3 in the 2025-26 campaign with a 2.92 GAA and an .894 save percentage through 26 appearances. Minnesota ranks 12th in the league with 3.25 goals per game.
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Canadiens' Jakub Dobes: Extends winning run
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Dobes stopped 36 of 38 shots in Saturday's 4-2 win over the Sabres.
Dobes has started each of the Canadiens' last three games and has performed at a high level, posting a save percentage of at least .940 in two of those contests. In six starts since the beginning of January, Dobes has posted a 2.97 GAA with an .893 save percentage.
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Canadiens' Jakub Dobes: Set to start versus Avs
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Dobes is slated to guard the cage at home against the Avalanche on Thursday, Stu Cowan of The Montreal Gazette reports.
Dobes will make consecutive starts for the first time since early December, despite having gone 6-0-1 in his last seven outings. At this point, the starting gig in Montreal seems to be up for grabs. As such, a couple more strong starts from Dobes could see him unseat Sam Montembeault as the Habs' No. 1 option.
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Canadiens' Jakub Dobes: Defending home ice Tuesday
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Dobes will start in net at home against the Wild on Tuesday.
Tuesday's contest will give Dobes the chance to extend his win streak to three games despite allowing eight combined goals in his previous two outings. Overall, the 24-year-old netminder has a 14-5-3 record with a 3.01 GAA and an .880 save percentage over 22 appearances this season. With Jacob Fowler recently sent down to the AHL, Dobes will likely have to impress in Tuesday's contest if he wants to fend off the 21-year-old rookie for a full-time role in the NHL. Entering Tuesday's contest, Minnesota ranks 15th across the league with 3.16 goals per game, meaning Dobes will have his work cut out for him.
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Canadiens' Jakub Dobes: Carried to win Monday
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Dobes made 20 saves in Monday's 6-3 win over the Canucks.
The game was tied 3-3 through two periods, but Montreal dominated the final 20 minutes to hand Dobes the win. The 24-year-old has made only five starts over the last month as part of the Habs' three-man committee between the pipes, but he's gotten the job done when called upon, going 4-0-1 with a 2.56 GAA and an .893 save percentage.
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Canadiens' Jakub Dobes: Earns win despite subpar outing
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Dobes stopped 20 of 25 shots in Thursday's 7-5 win over the Hurricanes.
Dobes was coming off three straight games in which he had posted a save percentage above .900, but that wasn't the case here. Fortunately for him, the 24-year-old still managed to get the win after receiving enough support from the offense in one of the highest-scoring games of the season. Dobes has won three of his last four starts, going 3-0-1 with a 2.45 GAA and an .899 save percentage over that stretch.
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Canadiens' Jakub Dobes: Between the pipes Thursday
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Dobes will protect the visiting cage in Carolina on Thursday, Eric Engels of Sportsnet reports.
Dobes will make his first start in four games. He is 12-5-3 with a 2.90 GAA and an .894 save percentage across 20 appearances this season. The Hurricanes are generating 3.23 goals per game, ninth in the NHL.
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Canadiens' Jakub Dobes: Takes shootout loss
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Dobes stopped 28 of 31 shots in Sunday's 4-3 shootout loss to the Penguins.
Dobes allowed multiple goals for the first time in his last three games. The 24-year-old has carved out a fairly even split of playing time with Jacob Fowler lately, and getting positive results should help Dobes avoid being relegated to the backup role. He's now at a 12-5-3 record with a 2.90 GAA and an .894 save percentage over 20 appearances this season. The Canadiens' road trip continues in Boston on Tuesday, which projects as a start for Fowler if the team continues to alternate goalies.
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Canadiens' Jakub Dobes: Tending twine in Pittsburgh
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Dobes will defend the road crease against Pittsburgh on Sunday, Penguins play-by-play announcer Josh Getzoff reports.
Dobes will draw his third start in the Canadiens' last seven games in the second half of a back-to-back set Sunday. He has won his last two starts, posting a 1.00 GAA and .953 save percentage during that time.
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Canadiens' Jakub Dobes: Fourth win in last five starts
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Dobes made 22 saves in a 2-1 shootout win over the Maple Leafs on Saturday.
Scott Laughton beat him with a slapper on a shorthanded breakaway at 10:28 of the third period. Dobes has two straight wins and is 4-1-0 in his last five starts. He has allowed just eight goals in the four wins, one more than the seven he coughed up against Colorado at the end of November.
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Canadiens' Jakub Dobes: Confirmed starter for Wednesday
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Dobes will tend the twine in Utah on Wednesday, Renaud Lavoie of TVA Sports reports.
Dobes got back in the win column Saturday against Toronto on the heels of his four-game losing streak. His 24-save performance against the Leafs was his best showing in a month -- Dobes hadn't allowed two goals or less since Oct. 22 in Calgary prior to Saturday. As for Wednesday's opponent, the Mammoth have won back-to-back games over the Rangers and Golden Knights following a four-game skid. Logan Cooley and Dylan Guenther clicked on Utah's second line after being reunited in Monday's 5-1 win over Vegas, combining for seven points, so this could be a challenging task for Dobes and the Canadiens in the first game of their road trip out west.
