Columbus Blue Jackets vs. Montreal CanadiensOct 26, 2023

Final / OTThursday, Oct 26, 2023· Centre Bell

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
CBJ	2	1	0	0	3		CBJ	15	7	10	4	36
MTL	0	2	1	1	4		MTL	9	8	8	4	29

: CBJ 72MTL 71
: CBJ 3.16MTL 4.35
PP goals: CBJ 2MTL 2
Hits: CBJ 18MTL 25
Blocks: CBJ 23MTL 24
PIM: CBJ 19MTL 17
: CBJ 54%MTL 46%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Montreal Canadiens edge Columbus Blue Jackets 4–3 (OT)

Montreal Canadiens beat Columbus Blue Jackets 4–3 in overtime at home. Cole Caufield (MTL) led the scoring with 1G 2A. MTL's first power-play unit (Matheson, Anderson, Monahan, Suzuki and Caufield) scored 2 power-play goals on 8 attempts in 5:20 together.

Points
Cole Caufield had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 8 shots in 20:21.Caufield
Points
Jack Roslovic had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 4 shots in 20:23.Roslovic
Points
Nick Suzuki had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 5 shots in 20:31.Suzuki
Points
Emil Bemstrom had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 13:50.Bemstrom
Points
Mike Matheson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 28:03.Matheson
PP1
MTL's first power-play unit (Matheson, Anderson, Monahan, Suzuki and Caufield) scored 2 power-play goals on 8 attempts in 5:20 together.Matheson Anderson Monahan Suzuki Caufield
New line
New look for CBJ: Gaudreau–Jenner–Roslovic skated 13:20 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Gaudreau Jenner Roslovic
New line
New look for CBJ: Texier–Bemstrom–Fantilli skated 10:11 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (68.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Texier Bemstrom Fantilli

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 143 of 143 attempts · MTL 71 · CBJ 72

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 25% of the game, MTL 38%.

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
	55	58
	2.39	2.71
	2.33	2.60
	13	12
	5	5
	15	10
	+0.039	−0.039
	25%	38%

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 – Roslovic
13:2050% CF
L2Texier – Bemstrom – Fantilli
10:1169% CF
L3Danforth – Marchenko – Sillinger
9:2724% CF
L4Kuraly – Olivier – Voronkov
5:0662% CF
D1Severson – Werenski
15:5365% CF
D2Gudbranson – Bean
14:1340% CF
D3Provorov – Jiricek
9:4636% CF

PP1Gaudreau – Jenner – Werenski – Danforth – Fantilli
3:54100% CF
PP2Roslovic – Provorov – Bemstrom – Marchenko – Voronkov
2:02100% CF
PK1FKuraly – Texier
4:33
PK2FJenner – Sillinger
2:09
PK1DGudbranson – Provorov
4:53
PK2DSeverson – Werenski
2:39

Current CBJ line combinations →

Montreal Canadiens

L1Gallagher – Pearson – Monahan
10:2965% CF
L2Suzuki – Harvey-Pinard – Caufield
9:3155% CF
L3Anderson – Newhook – Slafkovský
8:1845% CF
L4Evans – Pezzetta – Ylonen
6:5024% CF
D1Lindstrom – Xhekaj
8:0333% CF
D2Harris – Barron
8:0070% CF
D3Matheson – Kovacevic
7:3664% CF

PP1Matheson – Anderson – Monahan – Suzuki – Caufield
5:2089% CF
PP2Gallagher – Pearson – Newhook – Xhekaj – Slafkovský
2:0150% CF
PK1FEvans – Ylonen
3:30
PK2FPearson – Harvey-Pinard
1:13
PK1DMatheson – Kovacevic
2:42
PK2DHarris – Barron
0:53

Current MTL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

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	0	8	0.83	0	3	0	22:07	—	—	50	61
Johnny Gaudreau L	L1	0	1	1	0	4	0.37	0	0	0	20:54	—	—	50	56
Jack Roslovic C	L1	1	2	3	-1	4	0.56	1	2	0	20:23	—	—	51	61
Alexandre Texier L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	0	0	0	18:35	—	—	65	37
Adam Fantilli C	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.04	1	2	2	17:54	—	—	69	52
Emil Bemstrom C	L2	2	0	2	0	4	0.38	0	0	0	13:50	—	—	69	52
Justin Danforth R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.20	3	1	0	15:55	—	—	28	16
Cole Sillinger C	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.20	0	4	2	13:13	—	—	28	21
Kirill Marchenko R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	0	0	12:37	—	—	24	20
Sean Kuraly C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	5	1	0	13:36	—	—	60	36
Dmitri Voronkov L	L4	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	1	0	9	8:21	—	—	53	32
Mathieu Olivier R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	1	0	0	8:20	—	—	57	36
Zach Werenski D	D1	0	1	1	0	4	0.32	0	0	0	26:19	—	—	68	75
Damon Severson D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	3	2	22:19	—	—	63	70
Erik Gudbranson D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	3	0	21:30	—	—	40	28
Jake Bean D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	2	15:21	—	—	44	38
Ivan Provorov D	D3	0	1	1	-1	1	0.03	1	2	0	23:11	—	—	36	40
David Jiricek D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	2	11:14	—	—	39	22

CBJ goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Elvis Merzlikins(start)	O	29	25	4	.862	4.35	64:17

Montreal Canadiens

MTL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Sean Monahan C	L1	1	0	1	0	4	0.51	0	1	0	21:09	—	—	67	64
Brendan Gallagher R	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.06	2	1	4	16:08	—	—	70	70
Tanner Pearson L	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.05	1	2	2	15:32	—	—	55	41
Nick Suzuki C	L2	1	2	3	+1	5	1.02	1	0	0	20:31	—	—	54	47
Cole Caufield R	L2	1	2	3	+1	8	1.04	0	0	0	20:21	—	—	56	50
Rafael Harvey-Pinard L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	13:26	—	—	57	48
Josh Anderson R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.43	3	0	0	17:44	—	—	50	59
Alex Newhook C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.22	1	0	0	15:07	—	—	52	56
Juraj Slafkovský L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.27	0	0	0	13:48	—	—	59	57
Jake Evans C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.06	0	0	0	12:37	—	—	35	45
Jesse Ylonen R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	4	0	12:26	—	—	23	45
Michael Pezzetta L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.24	6	0	0	7:38	—	—	32	52
Arber Xhekaj D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	2	7	13:24	—	—	30	55
Gustav Lindstrom D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	11:55	—	—	41	74
Jordan Harris D	D2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.03	0	2	2	22:49	—	—	52	52
Justin Barron D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.15	2	3	2	20:24	—	—	66	73
Mike Matheson D	D3	1	1	2	0	2	0.24	2	5	0	28:03	—	—	61	49
Johnathan Kovacevic D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	2	0	22:52	—	—	43	16

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Samuel Montembeault(start)	W	36	33	3	.917	3.16	64:17

Goal anatomy

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

Jack Roslovic (CBJ) 1st 2:46 · assists Johnny Gaudreau, Zach Werenski · Rebound · carried in · 4-on-2 at the blue line · 14.2 mph shot · 3.6 s from entry to goal.

Jack Roslovic · 1st 2:46 · CBJ

Play: rebound
Entry: carry
Odd man: 4-on-2
Passes: 0
Shot: 14.2 mph
Distance: 4 ft
Entry to goal: 3.6 s
Type: rebound

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Emil Bemstrom · 1st 17:21 · CBJ PP

Play: point-shot
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 69.5 mph
Distance: 40 ft
Type: one-timer

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Nick Suzuki · 2nd 0:27 · MTL

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 63.8 mph
Distance: 36 ft

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Emil Bemstrom · 2nd 13:34 · CBJ PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 33.4 mph
Distance: 10 ft
Entry to goal: 6.4 s

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Mike Matheson · 2nd 19:43 · MTL PP

Play: point-shot
Passes: 3
Shot: 56.0 mph
Distance: 40 ft

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Sean Monahan · 3rd 7:48 · MTL PP

Play: deflection
Passes: 3
Shot: 22.7 mph
Distance: 4 ft

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Cole Caufield · OT 4:17 · MTL

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 4-on-3
Passes: 1
Shot: 59.7 mph
Distance: 25 ft
Entry to goal: 4.5 s

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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.

Columbus Blue Jackets vs. Montreal CanadiensOct 26, 2023

Fantasy takeaways

Montreal Canadiens edge Columbus Blue Jackets 4–3 (OT)

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Columbus Blue Jackets

Montreal Canadiens

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

OT period

Box score

Columbus Blue Jackets

Montreal Canadiens

Goal anatomy

Jack Roslovic · 1st 2:46 · CBJ

Emil Bemstrom · 1st 17:21 · CBJ PP

Nick Suzuki · 2nd 0:27 · MTL

Emil Bemstrom · 2nd 13:34 · CBJ PP

Mike Matheson · 2nd 19:43 · MTL PP

Sean Monahan · 3rd 7:48 · MTL PP

Cole Caufield · OT 4:17 · MTL