Chicago Blackhawks vs. Montreal CanadiensOct 14, 2023

FinalSaturday, Oct 14, 2023· Centre Bell

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
CHI	0	0	2	2		CHI	9	5	16	30
MTL	0	3	0	3		MTL	12	15	9	36

: CHI 61MTL 66
: CHI 3.79MTL 3.50
PP goals: CHI 0MTL 0
Hits: CHI 23MTL 15
Blocks: CHI 21MTL 20
PIM: CHI 8MTL 20
: CHI 25%MTL 75%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Montreal Canadiens edge Chicago Blackhawks 3–2

Montreal Canadiens beat Chicago Blackhawks 3–2 at home. Tyler Johnson (CHI) led the scoring with 2G 0A. New look for CHI: Donato–Raddysh–Bedard skated 8:56 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (47.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Tyler Johnson had two goals (2 points) on 5 shots in 14:13.Johnson
Points
Sean Monahan had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 18:26.Monahan
New line
New look for CHI: Donato–Raddysh–Bedard skated 8:56 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (47.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Donato Raddysh Bedard
Usage
Corey Perry (CHI) played 19:18, +6:02 up on his 13:16 season average over 53 games.Perry
Goalie
Petr Mrazek (CHI) faced 36 shots and stopped 33 (.917), +5 against a season average of 30.8; the loss.Mrazek
New line
New look for CHI: Johnson–Athanasiou–Reichel skated 6:31 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (40% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Johnson Athanasiou Reichel
New line
New look for CHI: Katchouk–Guttman–Johnson skated 6:04 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (37.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Katchouk Guttman Johnson
Usage
Ryan Donato (CHI) played 21:31, +7:37 up on his 13:54 season average over 77 games.Donato

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

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

MTL
CHI
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 127 of 127 attempts · MTL 66 · CHI 61

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

MTL
CHI
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: CHI 27% of the game, MTL 28%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

MTL

CHI

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	CHI	MTL
	34	58
	1.79	2.59
	1.68	2.22
	2	10
	4	4
	17	12
	−0.153	+0.153
	27%	28%

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.

Chicago Blackhawks

L1Perry – Foligno – Dickinson
9:0527% CF
L2Donato – Raddysh – Bedard
8:5648% CF
L3Johnson – Athanasiou – Reichel
6:3140% CF
L4Katchouk – Guttman – Johnson
6:0438% CF
D1Jones – Vlasic
6:5529% CF
D2Murphy – Korchinski
6:4315% CF
D3Tinordi – Kaiser
6:0531% CF

PP1Perry – Jones – Donato – Reichel – Bedard
7:1969% CF
PP2Foligno – Johnson – Athanasiou – Raddysh – Korchinski
3:0883% CF
PK1FKatchouk – Raddysh
1:27
PK2FFoligno – Dickinson
1:08
PK1DTinordi – Jones
1:10
PK2DMurphy – Kaiser
0:44

Current CHI line combinations →

Montreal Canadiens

L1Anderson – Suzuki – Caufield
9:3144% CF
L2Gallagher – Pearson – Monahan
5:1067% CF
L3Evans – Ylonen – Harvey-Pinard
4:33100% CF
D1Harris – Xhekaj
13:2757% CF
D2Savard – Matheson
11:2855% CF
D3Kovacevic – Guhle
10:0876% CF

PP1Matheson – Monahan – Suzuki – Dach – Caufield
2:38100% CF
PP2Gallagher – Ylonen – Newhook – Xhekaj – Slafkovský
1:08
PK1FEvans – Ylonen
4:19
PK2FPearson – Harvey-Pinard
1:42
PK1DSavard – Matheson
3:41
PK2DKovacevic – Guhle
3:12

Current MTL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

3:54
MTLCole Caufield (Josh Anderson)other0.22 xG
CHI: Perry, Foligno, Murphy, Dickinson, KorchinskiMTL: Anderson, Monahan, Kovacevic, Caufield, Guhle
CHI 0 – 1 MTL
7:56
MTLTanner Pearson (Kaiden Guhle, Sean Monahan)snap0.07 xG
CHI: Murphy, Katchouk, Guttman, Johnson, KorchinskiMTL: Gallagher, Pearson, Monahan, Kovacevic, Guhle
CHI 0 – 2 MTL
17:38
MTLSean MonahanSH (Rafael Harvey-Pinard)wrist0.36 xG
CHI: Perry, Jones, Donato, Reichel, BedardMTL: Monahan, Kovacevic, Harvey-Pinard, Guhle
CHI 0 – 3 MTL

3rd period

0:35
CHITyler Johnson (Seth Jones, Taylor Raddysh)snap0.37 xG
CHI: Johnson, Jones, Raddysh, KorchinskiMTL: Suzuki, Harris, Caufield, Guhle
CHI 1 – 3 MTL
18:39
CHITyler Johnson (Corey Perry, Connor Bedard)wrist0.10 xG
CHI: Perry, Johnson, Athanasiou, Jones, Donato, BedardMTL: Savard, Matheson, Evans, Suzuki, Harvey-Pinard
CHI 2 – 3 MTL

Box score

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

Chicago Blackhawks

CHI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Corey Perry R	L1	0	1	1	-1	3	0.64	0	2	2	19:18	—	—	33	34
Nick Foligno L	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.18	4	0	0	18:53	—	—	22	24
Jason Dickinson C	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	1	2	14:52	—	—	29	24
Connor Bedard C	L2	0	1	1	0	5	1.05	0	1	0	23:02	—	—	44	50
Ryan Donato C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	0	0	21:31	—	—	48	63
Taylor Raddysh R	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.02	0	1	0	17:55	—	—	46	60
Andreas Athanasiou C	L3	0	0	0	+1	5	0.38	0	0	0	15:49	—	—	40	40
Lukas Reichel L	L3	0	0	0	-1	6	0.45	0	1	0	15:45	—	—	33	45
Tyler Johnson C	L3	2	0	2	+2	5	0.68	2	1	0	14:13	—	—	31	26
Reese Johnson C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.11	4	2	0	9:29	—	—	32	47
Boris Katchouk L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	0	9:19	—	—	40	40
Cole Guttman C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.16	0	1	0	9:13	—	—	33	50
Seth Jones D	D1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.10	1	1	0	25:40	—	—	43	50
Alex Vlasic D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	3	2	16:54	—	—	33	66
Kevin Korchinski D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	2	0	20:21	—	—	41	31
Connor Murphy D	D2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	2	2	2	15:36	—	—	33	32
Wyatt Kaiser D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	2	0	15:31	—	—	35	44
Jarred Tinordi D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	12:33	—	—	36	38

CHI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Petr Mrazek(start)	L	36	33	3	.917	3.50	58:06

Montreal Canadiens

MTL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nick Suzuki C	L1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.13	1	1	2	18:50	—	—	50	37
Cole Caufield R	L1	1	0	1	0	5	0.61	0	0	0	16:32	—	—	59	63
Josh Anderson R	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.34	2	0	2	13:39	—	—	60	68
Sean Monahan C	L2	1	1	2	+3	3	0.67	0	0	4	18:26	—	—	55	57
Tanner Pearson L	L2	1	0	1	+1	1	0.07	0	0	0	13:10	—	—	56	46
Brendan Gallagher R	L2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.11	0	0	0	10:10	—	—	63	66
Jake Evans C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.17	2	2	0	16:29	—	—	71	61
Jesse Ylonen R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	2	14:19	—	—	83	90
Rafael Harvey-Pinard L	L3	0	1	1	0	3	0.48	2	0	0	13:03	—	—	100	100
Jordan Harris D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.12	0	2	2	18:28	—	—	58	40
Arber Xhekaj D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.05	3	1	2	17:40	—	—	61	53
Mike Matheson D	D2	0	0	0	-1	4	0.19	0	4	2	24:34	—	—	59	41
David Savard D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	5	2	21:46	—	—	54	34
Johnathan Kovacevic D	D3	0	0	0	+3	0	0.00	1	0	0	17:40	—	—	75	84
Kaiden Guhle D	D3	0	1	1	+2	5	0.15	1	3	2	17:03	—	—	74	83
Alex Newhook C	—	0	0	0	0	2	0.27	1	0	0	14:46	—	—	60	59
Juraj Slafkovský L	—	0	0	0	0	2	0.12	2	0	0	14:23	—	—	67	60
Kirby Dach C	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	4:40	—	—	100	100

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Samuel Montembeault(start)	W	30	28	2	.933	3.79	60:00

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Cole Caufield (MTL) 2nd 3:54 · assists Josh Anderson · Rush · carried in · 5.7 mph shot · 4.1 s from entry to goal.

Cole Caufield · 2nd 3:54 · MTL

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 5.7 mph
Distance: 10 ft
Entry to goal: 4.1 s

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Sean Monahan · 2nd 17:38 · MTL SH

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 67.6 mph
Distance: 19 ft
Entry to goal: 1.7 s

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Tanner Pearson · 2nd 7:56 · MTL

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 74.5 mph
Distance: 42 ft
Entry to goal: 2.2 s

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Tyler Johnson · 3rd 0:35 · CHI

Play: rush
Entry: pass
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 29.0 mph
Distance: 7 ft
Entry to goal: 4.4 s

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Tyler Johnson · 3rd 18:39 · CHI

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 39.0 mph
Distance: 10 ft
Type: rebound

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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.