Colorado Avalanche vs. Montreal CanadiensJan 23, 2018

FinalTuesday, Jan 23, 2018· Centre Bell

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
COL	0	0	2	2		COL	5	7	10	22
MTL	0	2	2	4		MTL	10	12	18	40

: COL 48MTL 65
: COL 2.27MTL 4.17
PP goals: COL 0MTL 1
Hits: COL 23MTL 43
Blocks: COL 14MTL 17
PIM: COL 8MTL 8
: COL 38%MTL 62%

Fantasy takeaways

Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.

Montreal Canadiens beat Colorado Avalanche 4–2

Montreal Canadiens beat Colorado Avalanche 4–2 at home. Jonathan Drouin (MTL) led the scoring with 1G 2A. Jonathan Bernier (COL) faced 39 shots and stopped 36 (.923), +9 against a season average of 29.5; the loss.

Points
Jonathan Drouin had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 18:05.Drouin
Points
Alex Galchenyuk had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 16:33.Galchenyuk
Goalie
Jonathan Bernier (COL) faced 39 shots and stopped 36 (.923), +9 against a season average of 29.5; the loss.Bernier
Usage
Patrik Nemeth (COL) played 15:40, −4:15 down on his 19:55 season average over 67 games.Nemeth
Usage
Anton Lindholm (COL) played 9:54, −3:20 down on his 13:14 season average over 47 games.Lindholm
PP1
COL's PP1 (Landeskog, MacKinnon, Rantanen, Jost and Girard) went scoreless in 4:37 of 5v4 time with 9 attempts.Landeskog MacKinnon Rantanen Jost Girard
PP1
MTL's PP1 (Petry, Pacioretty, Gallagher, Galchenyuk and Drouin) went scoreless in 4:17 of 5v4 time with 13 attempts.Petry Pacioretty Gallagher Galchenyuk Drouin
Cats
Nicolas Deslauriers (MTL) threw 7 hits and blocked 2 shots, a night for hits leagues.Deslauriers

Shot map

Both teams on one rink, filtered by strength and period.

Shot map

Every attempt, sized by expected goals. Goals are rings, shots on goal dots, misses hollow, blocks crosses.

Strength

Period

Team

← COL attacks left (bottom on phones)MTL attacks right (top on phones) →

MTL
COL
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 113 of 113 attempts · MTL 65 · COL 48

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

MTL
COL
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

MTL pressure
COL pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: COL 19% of the game, MTL 41%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

MTL

COL

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	COL	MTL
	37	48
	1.59	1.83
	1.54	1.78
	4	11
	1	2
	26	16
	−0.100	+0.100
	19%	41%

Definitions: sequence xG, transition attempts, Draw Equity, control and the Pressure Index.

Lines used

Detected from who actually shared the ice, with time together. Percentages are the unit's share of shot attempts.

Colorado Avalanche

L1Landeskog – MacKinnon – Rantanen
10:1624% CF
L2Comeau – Soderberg – Nieto
5:3142% CF
L3Bourque – Compher – Jost
3:2320% CF
L4Yakupov – Toninato – Kerfoot
1:390% CF
D1Johnson – Zadorov
8:1344% CF
D2Barberio – Nemeth
5:440% CF
D3Lindholm – Girard
1:5867% CF

PP1Landeskog – MacKinnon – Rantanen – Jost – Girard
4:37100% CF
PP2Soderberg – Johnson – Yakupov – Kerfoot – Compher
3:15100% CF
PK1FComeau – Soderberg
2:51
PK2FBourque – Nieto
1:27
PK1DJohnson – Nemeth
3:14
PK2DBarberio – Lindholm
1:27

Current COL line combinations →

Montreal Canadiens

L1Plekanec – Gallagher – Lehkonen
9:2371% CF
L2Deslauriers – Galchenyuk – Drouin
9:1958% CF
L3Byron – Pacioretty – Hudon
7:4565% CF
L4Froese – Shaw – de la Rose
6:5140% CF
D1Petry – Alzner
13:5463% CF
D2Benn – Jerabek
12:5348% CF
D3Schlemko – Mete
11:4963% CF

PP1Petry – Pacioretty – Gallagher – Galchenyuk – Drouin
4:1787% CF
PP2Schlemko – Byron – Hudon – Lehkonen – Mete
2:2786% CF
PK1FPlekanec – Lehkonen
3:24
PK2FByron – Pacioretty
1:25
PK1DPetry – Alzner
4:33
PK2DSchlemko – Benn
2:02

Current MTL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

5:42
MTLNicolas Deslauriers (Jonathan Drouin, Alex Galchenyuk)wrist0.14 xG
COL: Barberio, Landeskog, MacKinnon, Zadorov, RantanenMTL: Benn, Deslauriers, Galchenyuk, Drouin, Jerabek
COL 0 – 1 MTL
7:58
MTLAlex GalchenyukPP (Paul Byron, Jonathan Drouin)wrist0.08 xG
COL: Bourque, Nieto, Zadorov, LindholmMTL: Schlemko, Byron, Galchenyuk, Lehkonen, Drouin
COL 0 – 2 MTL

3rd period

12:36
MTLJonathan Drouin (Jeff Petry, Karl Alzner)wrist0.17 xG
COL: Comeau, Soderberg, Johnson, Landeskog, GirardMTL: Petry, Alzner, Pacioretty, Hudon, Drouin
COL 0 – 3 MTL
14:11
COLNathan MacKinnon (Erik Johnson, Gabriel Landeskog)wrist0.02 xG
COL: Johnson, Landeskog, MacKinnon, Rantanen, GirardMTL: Plekanec, Petry, Alzner, Gallagher, Lehkonen
COL 1 – 3 MTL
18:24
MTLBrendan GallagherEN (Tomas Plekanec)wrist0.73 xG
COL: Soderberg, Johnson, Landeskog, Kerfoot, MacKinnon, RantanenMTL: Plekanec, Petry, Alzner, Pacioretty, Gallagher
COL 1 – 4 MTL
19:48
COLJ.T. Compher (Nail Yakupov)wrist0.03 xG
COL: Nieto, Yakupov, Compher, Zadorov, GirardMTL: Benn, Froese, Shaw, de la Rose, Jerabek
COL 2 – 4 MTL

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Colorado Avalanche

COL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nathan MacKinnon C	L1	1	0	1	-1	3	0.19	1	0	0	20:16	—	—	39	57
Gabriel Landeskog L	L1	0	1	1	-2	0	0.04	2	0	0	20:10	—	—	30	46
Mikko Rantanen R	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	0	1	2	17:57	—	—	38	38
Carl Soderberg C	L2	0	0	0	-2	3	0.41	1	1	0	15:49	—	—	48	44
Matt Nieto L	L2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.17	1	1	0	14:05	—	—	52	24
Blake Comeau L	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.08	3	0	0	13:41	—	—	50	26
J.T. Compher L	L3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.08	0	2	0	17:56	—	—	45	57
Tyson Jost C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.27	1	0	0	16:24	—	—	44	84
Gabriel Bourque L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	2	11:13	—	—	38	38
Alexander Kerfoot C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	1	0	14:50	—	—	48	46
Nail Yakupov R	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.12	1	0	2	11:55	—	—	50	15
Dominic Toninato C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	0	0	0	7:30	—	—	57	78
Erik Johnson D	D1	0	1	1	-1	4	0.51	3	2	0	27:50	—	—	49	52
Nikita Zadorov D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.28	5	0	0	22:01	—	—	50	59
Mark Barberio D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	2	2	17:59	—	—	16	10
Patrik Nemeth D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	15:40	—	—	26	55
Samuel Girard D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	1	0	17:28	—	—	56	33
Anton Lindholm D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	9:54	—	—	60	89

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jonathan Bernier(start)	L	39	36	3	.923	3.45	59:43

Montreal Canadiens

MTL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Artturi Lehkonen L	L1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.43	1	1	0	18:53	—	—	72	89
Tomas Plekanec C	L1	0	1	1	0	2	0.05	0	0	0	15:40	—	—	68	65
Brendan Gallagher R	L1	1	0	1	0	6	1.37	6	0	0	15:39	—	—	70	66
Jonathan Drouin L	L2	1	2	3	+2	2	0.30	1	0	0	18:05	—	—	63	79
Alex Galchenyuk C	L2	1	1	2	+1	3	0.23	0	0	0	16:33	—	—	60	70
Nicolas Deslauriers L	L2	1	0	1	+1	1	0.14	7	2	0	13:18	—	—	47	41
Max Pacioretty L	L3	0	0	0	+2	4	0.68	5	0	0	17:18	—	—	71	84
Paul Byron L	L3	0	1	1	0	2	0.59	0	2	2	16:05	—	—	64	67
Charles Hudon L	L3	0	0	0	+1	4	0.08	4	1	0	12:24	—	—	60	83
Logan Shaw R	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	0	0	11:23	—	—	33	7
Byron Froese C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.03	1	0	0	11:10	—	—	33	19
Jacob de la Rose L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	0	0	9:40	—	—	27	8
Jeff Petry D	D1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.07	3	2	0	24:33	—	—	65	51
Karl Alzner D	D1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.02	2	3	0	20:37	—	—	58	44
Jordie Benn D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	5	2	2	18:18	—	—	43	34
Jakub Jerabek D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	2	1	2	16:15	—	—	48	28
David Schlemko D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	0	0	2	18:50	—	—	60	75
Victor Mete D	D3	0	0	0	0	3	0.09	0	3	0	17:25	—	—	59	94

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Carey Price(start)	W	22	20	2	.909	2.27	59:54

Methodology

Shot locations come from the NHL play-by-play, normalised so each shooter attacks the same way, then flipped so the home team attacks right. On-ice stats and lines come from the shift charts: a unit is the exact set of skaters sharing the ice, and CF% is the share of all shot attempts while they were out. Head-to-head cells are 5v5 time against each opponent. Expected goals and the Pressure Index appear as their models are released.