Columbus Blue Jackets vs. Montreal CanadiensMar 25, 2023

FinalSaturday, Mar 25, 2023· Centre Bell

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Columbus Blue JacketsCBJ

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Montreal CanadiensMTL

8

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
CBJ	2	0	0	2		CBJ	10	5	8	23
MTL	2	4	2	8		MTL	8	17	7	32

: CBJ 44MTL 62
: CBJ 1.71MTL 2.90
PP goals: CBJ 0MTL 1
Hits: CBJ 18MTL 13
Blocks: CBJ 17MTL 14
PIM: CBJ 6MTL 8
: CBJ 62%MTL 38%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Montreal Canadiens rout Columbus Blue Jackets 8–2

Montreal Canadiens beat Columbus Blue Jackets 8–2 at home. Nick Suzuki (MTL) led the scoring with 1G 3A. MTL's first power-play unit (Hoffman, Matheson, Suzuki, Harvey-Pinard and Dach) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 2:39 together.

Points
Nick Suzuki had a goal and 3 assists (4 points) on 3 shots in 15:59.Suzuki
Points
Rafael Harvey-Pinard had a hat trick (3 points) on 3 shots in 14:55.Harvey-Pinard
Points
Mike Hoffman had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 14:21.Hoffman
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Mike Matheson had 3 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 22:15.Matheson
Points
Brendan Gallagher had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 12:58.Gallagher
Points
Jesse Ylonen had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 11:17.Ylonen
Points
Johnathan Kovacevic had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 17:53.Kovacevic
PP1
MTL's first power-play unit (Hoffman, Matheson, Suzuki, Harvey-Pinard and Dach) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 2:39 together.Hoffman Matheson Suzuki Harvey-Pinard Dach

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

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

MTL
CBJ
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 106 of 106 attempts · MTL 62 · CBJ 44

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

MTL
CBJ
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: CBJ 16% of the game, MTL 39%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

MTL

CBJ

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	CBJ	MTL
	38	64
	1.13	2.94
	1.11	2.81
	6	8
	2	4
	20	18
	+0.057	−0.057
	16%	39%

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.

Columbus Blue Jackets

L1Gaudreau – Jenner – Marchenko
7:5941% CF
L2Bemstrom – Foudy – McKown
7:2840% CF
L3Kuraly – Pederson – Robinson
7:2533% CF
L4Roslovic – Fix-Wolansky – Johnson
6:3033% CF
D1Peeke – Bayreuther
14:3442% CF
D2Christiansen – Blankenburg
9:1033% CF
D3Boqvist – Berni
7:0138% CF

PP1Gaudreau – Jenner – Roslovic – Boqvist – Marchenko
3:3575% CF
PP2Pederson – Bemstrom – Johnson – Blankenburg – McKown
2:52100% CF
PK1FKuraly – Robinson
2:15
PK2FRoslovic – Foudy
1:26
PK1DPeeke – Blankenburg
1:58
PK2DBerni – Christiansen
0:00

Current CBJ line combinations →

Montreal Canadiens

L1Drouin – Gurianov – Dach
10:5454% CF
L2Gallagher – Evans – Ylonen
10:0580% CF
L3Hoffman – Suzuki – Harvey-Pinard
9:4657% CF
L4Belzile – Tierney – Pezzetta
9:2154% CF
D1Edmundson – Barron
14:4141% CF
D2Savard – Matheson
14:3960% CF
D3Kovacevic – Harris
12:2574% CF

PP1Hoffman – Matheson – Suzuki – Harvey-Pinard – Dach
2:39100% CF
PP2Savard – Edmundson – Tierney – Evans – Pezzetta
1:03100% CF
PK1FEvans – Pezzetta
2:03
PK2FSuzuki – Harvey-Pinard
1:54
PK1DEdmundson – Kovacevic
2:20
PK2DSavard – Matheson
0:58

Current MTL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

1:32
CBJLane Pederson (Kent Johnson, Jack Roslovic)snap0.22 xG
CBJ: Roslovic, Pederson, Christiansen, Johnson, BlankenburgMTL: Edmundson, Drouin, Gurianov, Dach, Barron
CBJ 1 – 0 MTL
3:39
MTLMike Hoffman (Mike Matheson, Nick Suzuki)wrist0.08 xG
CBJ: Gaudreau, Jenner, Marchenko, Christiansen, BlankenburgMTL: Hoffman, Savard, Matheson, Suzuki, Harvey-Pinard
CBJ 1 – 1 MTL
9:43
MTLJesse Ylonen (Brendan Gallagher, Joel Edmundson)wrist0.08 xG
CBJ: Kuraly, Pederson, Peeke, Bayreuther, RobinsonMTL: Gallagher, Matheson, Evans, Ylonen, Barron
CBJ 1 – 2 MTL
18:00
CBJKirill Marchenko (Andrew Peeke, Gavin Bayreuther)wrist0.02 xG
CBJ: Gaudreau, Jenner, Peeke, Bayreuther, MarchenkoMTL: Hoffman, Suzuki, Kovacevic, Harris, Harvey-Pinard
CBJ 2 – 2 MTL

2nd period

0:13
MTLRafael Harvey-Pinard (Mike Matheson, Nick Suzuki)backhand0.24 xG
CBJ: Gaudreau, Jenner, Peeke, Bayreuther, MarchenkoMTL: Hoffman, Savard, Matheson, Suzuki, Harvey-Pinard
CBJ 2 – 3 MTL
7:13
MTLRafael Harvey-Pinard (Mike Hoffman, Nick Suzuki)wrist0.10 xG
CBJ: Kuraly, Pederson, Peeke, Bayreuther, RobinsonMTL: Hoffman, Suzuki, Kovacevic, Harris, Harvey-Pinard
CBJ 2 – 4 MTL
13:08
MTLBrendan Gallagher (Jake Evans, Jesse Ylonen)wrist0.25 xG
CBJ: Roslovic, Fix-Wolansky, Christiansen, Johnson, BlankenburgMTL: Gallagher, Evans, Kovacevic, Harris, Ylonen
CBJ 2 – 5 MTL
16:42
MTLRafael Harvey-PinardPP (Mike Hoffman, Mike Matheson)tip-in0.11 xG
CBJ: Jenner, Roslovic, Peeke, BerniMTL: Hoffman, Matheson, Suzuki, Harvey-Pinard, Dach
CBJ 2 – 6 MTL

3rd period

11:48
MTLAlex Belzile (Chris Tierney, Johnathan Kovacevic)backhand0.04 xG
CBJ: Kuraly, Pederson, Peeke, Bayreuther, RobinsonMTL: Belzile, Tierney, Pezzetta, Kovacevic, Harris
CBJ 2 – 7 MTL
13:49
MTLNick Suzuki (Johnathan Kovacevic, Jordan Harris)wrist0.11 xG
CBJ: Roslovic, Peeke, Bayreuther, Marchenko, JohnsonMTL: Hoffman, Suzuki, Kovacevic, Harris, Harvey-Pinard
CBJ 2 – 8 MTL

Box score

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

Columbus Blue Jackets

CBJ skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Boone Jenner C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.10	0	0	0	19:07	—	—	46	35
Johnny Gaudreau L	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.06	0	0	0	18:18	—	—	39	34
Kirill Marchenko R	L1	1	0	1	-2	4	0.16	1	1	0	16:58	—	—	33	21
Hunter McKown C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.15	1	1	2	14:58	—	—	50	32
Emil Bemstrom C	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.16	0	0	0	14:05	—	—	50	48
Liam Foudy C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.07	2	0	0	12:41	—	—	38	24
Lane Pederson C	L3	1	0	1	-2	3	0.43	3	0	0	14:30	—	—	38	29
Sean Kuraly C	L3	0	0	0	-3	1	0.04	5	0	0	13:22	—	—	29	11
Eric Robinson L	L3	0	0	0	-3	1	0.02	1	0	0	12:01	—	—	30	12
Jack Roslovic C	L4	0	1	1	-1	1	0.04	0	1	0	17:24	—	—	33	36
Kent Johnson C	L4	0	1	1	-1	0	0.16	0	0	0	15:18	—	—	44	37
Trey Fix-Wolansky R	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.07	2	1	0	13:19	—	—	39	20
Andrew Peeke D	D1	0	1	1	-4	1	0.02	0	3	0	21:13	—	—	46	26
Gavin Bayreuther D	D1	0	1	1	-4	1	0.01	0	1	2	17:29	—	—	39	23
Nick Blankenburg D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.16	1	2	0	19:40	—	—	38	38
Jake Christiansen D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	2	0	19:05	—	—	25	28
Adam Boqvist D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	1	1	2	20:03	—	—	17	6
Tim Berni D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	4	0	14:57	—	—	47	36

CBJ goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Elvis Merzlikins(start)	L	24	18	6	.750	1.96	37:02
Michael Hutchinson	—	8	6	2	.750	0.95	22:58

Montreal Canadiens

MTL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Kirby Dach C	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.17	2	0	0	17:12	—	—	53	41
Denis Gurianov R	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.09	0	0	0	13:52	—	—	65	38
Jonathan Drouin L	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	0	1	2	13:02	—	—	57	12
Jake Evans C	L2	0	1	1	+2	1	0.03	0	1	0	17:02	—	—	78	92
Brendan Gallagher R	L2	1	1	2	+2	2	0.44	0	0	0	12:58	—	—	79	93
Jesse Ylonen R	L2	1	1	2	+2	4	0.30	0	0	0	11:17	—	—	82	93
Nick Suzuki C	L3	1	3	4	+3	3	0.20	0	0	0	15:59	—	—	54	78
Rafael Harvey-Pinard L	L3	3	0	3	+3	3	0.45	2	0	0	14:55	—	—	52	78
Mike Hoffman C	L3	1	2	3	+3	2	0.28	0	0	2	14:21	—	—	50	79
Michael Pezzetta L	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	1	1	0	15:03	—	—	53	65
Chris Tierney C	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.14	0	0	0	14:28	—	—	47	62
Alex Belzile R	L4	1	0	1	+1	1	0.04	1	0	0	14:13	—	—	61	76
Joel Edmundson D	D1	0	1	1	-1	0	0.03	4	3	0	20:26	—	—	44	41
Justin Barron D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.08	3	0	0	19:00	—	—	50	52
Mike Matheson D	D2	0	3	3	+3	3	0.27	0	1	0	22:15	—	—	62	85
David Savard D	D2	0	0	0	+2	3	0.12	0	6	2	20:19	—	—	57	85
Johnathan Kovacevic D	D3	0	2	2	+3	3	0.05	0	0	0	17:53	—	—	75	76
Jordan Harris D	D3	0	1	1	+3	1	0.18	0	1	2	17:45	—	—	70	76

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Samuel Montembeault(start)	W	23	21	2	.913	1.71	60:00

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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.