The 2023 World Hockey Championship is now underway and will run through May 28th. Despite missing the playoffs, the Habs don’t have many regulars playing in this event although several of their prospects are participating. As is tradition, we’ll keep track of their stats here.
Joel Armia (Finland)
| Date | Opponent | G | A | PIMS | +/- | SOG | TOI |
| May 12 | USA | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 16:00 |
| May 13 | GER | 1 | 0 | 0 | E | 1 | 14:00 |
| May 15 | SWE | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 16:01 |
| May 17 | FRA | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 15:51 |
| May 19 | HUN | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 18:57 |
| May 20 | AUT | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 14:18 |
| May 23 | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | 14:54 |
| May 25 | CAN | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 14:38 |
| Totals | 2 | 1 | 4 | -5 | 11 | 124:39 | |
Justin Barron (Canada)
| Date | Opponent | G | A | PIMS | +/- | SOG | TOI |
| May 12 | LAT | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 0 | 13:06 |
| May 14 | SLO | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 4 | 9:19 |
| May 15 | SVK | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 0 | 2:11 |
| May 17 | KAZ | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 16:22 |
| May 20 | SUI | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 0 | 10:08 |
| May 22 | NOR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 9:17 |
| May 23 | CZE | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 2 | 7:43 |
| May 25 | FIN | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 11:53 |
| May 27 | LAT | 0 | 1 | 0 | E | 1 | 9:40 |
| May 28 | GER | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 12:18 |
| Totals | 0 | 3 | 0 | +2 | 12 | 101:47 | |
Frederik Dichow (Denmark)
| Date | Opponent | GA | SF | GAA | SV% |
| May 13 | HUN | 1 | 17 | 1.00 | .941 |
| May 14 | FRA | 3 | 26 | 2.92 | .885 |
| May 16 | AUT | 2 | 21 | 2.00 | .905 |
| May 18 | GER | 4 | 33 | 4.06 | .879 |
| May 20 | USA | 0 | 15 | 0.00 | 1.000 |
| May 22 | SWE | Did not play | |||
| May 23 | FIN | Did not play | |||
| Totals (3-1-0 record) | 10 | 112 | 2.30 | .911 | |
Sean Farrell (USA)
| Date | Opponent | G | A | PIMS | +/- | SOG | TOI |
| May 12 | FIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 1 | 11:12 |
| May 14 | HUN | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 2 | 10:30 |
| May 15 | GER | 1 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 10:41 |
| May 17 | AUT | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 12:57 |
| May 20 | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 0 | 12:45 |
| May 21 | FRA | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 1 | 11:43 |
| May 23 | SWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 0 | 14:00 |
| May 25 | CZE | 0 | 0 | 2 | E | 0 | 11:07 |
| May 27 | GER | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 12:55 |
| May 28 | LAT | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 0 | 1:42 |
| Totals | 1 | 1 | 2 | E | 7 | 107:32 | |
Lane Hutson (USA)
| Date | Opponent | G | A | PIMS | +/- | SOG | TOI |
| May 12 | FIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 0 | 15:12 |
| May 14 | HUN | 0 | 1 | 0 | +4 | 1 | 17:36 |
| May 15 | GER | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 15:18 |
| May 17 | AUT | 1 | 1 | 0 | +2 | 3 | 16:52 |
| May 20 | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 1 | 11:38 |
| May 21 | FRA | Did not play | |||||
| May 23 | SWE | 1 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 5 | 11:32 |
| May 25 | CZE | 0 | 1 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 10:35 |
| May 27 | GER | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 0 | 16:54 |
| May 28 | LAT | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 17:46 |
| Totals | 2 | 4 | 2 | +7 | 12 | 133:23 | |
Samuel Montembeault (Canada)
| Date | Opponent | GA | SF | GAA | SV% |
| May 12 | LAT | 0 | 23 | 0.00 | 1.000 |
| May 14 | SLO | Did not play | |||
| May 15 | SVK | 1 | 24 | 0.92 | .958 |
| May 17 | KAZ | Did not play | |||
| May 20 | SUI | 3 | 26 | 3.10 | .885 |
| May 22 | NOR | Did not play | |||
| May 23 | CZE | 1 | 17 | 1.00 | .941 |
| May 25 | FIN | 1 | 28 | 1.00 | .964 |
| May 27 | LAT | 2 | 22 | 2.00 | .909 |
| May 28 | GER | 2 | 23 | 2.00 | .913 |
| Totals (6-1-0 record) | 10 | 163 | 1.42 | .939 | |
Luke Tuch (USA)
| Date | Opponent | G | A | PIMS | +/- | SOG | TOI |
| May 12 | FIN | Did not play | |||||
| May 14 | HUN | 1 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 8:51 |
| May 15 | GER | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 0 | 2:55 |
| May 17 | AUT | Did not play | |||||
| May 20 | DEN | Did not play | |||||
| May 21 | FRA | 0 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 10:46 |
| May 23 | SWE | Did not play | |||||
| May 25 | CZE | Dressed, did not play | |||||
| May 27 | GER | Did not play | |||||
| May 28 | LAT | Did not play | |||||
| Totals | 1 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 22:32 | |
Over the years, a fair number of Habs have played in this tournament. Here is a look at them and how they have produced:
Skaters
| Player | Country | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIMS |
| Michael Matheson | CAN | 20 | 3 | 10 | 13 | +19 | 10 |
| Juraj Slafkovsky | SVK | 14 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -2 | 4 |
| Joel Armia | FIN | 10 | 5 | 3 | 8 | +9 | 8 |
| Josh Anderson | CAN | 10 | 1 | 7 | 8 | +2 | 10 |
| Sean Farrell | USA | 10 | 2 | 4 | 6 | +2 | 2 |
| Chris Wideman | USA | 19 | 2 | 4 | 6 | +1 | 10 |
| Brendan Gallagher | CAN | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | +5 | 12 |
| Joel Edmundson | CAN | 9 | 1 | 3 | 4 | +11 | 12 |
| David Savard | CAN | 10 | 0 | 4 | 4 | +10 | 6 |
| Sean Monahan | CAN | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 2 |
| Christian Dvorak | USA | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 6 |
| Nicolas Beaudin | CAN | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -4 | 0 |
Goalies
| Player | Country | GP | Record | GAA | SV% | SO |
| Frederik Dichow | DEN | 1 | 0-1-0 | 5.00 | .800 | 0 |
Cayden Primeau was the third-string goalie for the United States in 2019 but did not play. Jordan Harris was named to the roster for the United States in 2022 but did not play.