St. Louis Blues vs. Montreal CanadiensOct 17, 2018

FinalWednesday, Oct 17, 2018· Centre Bell

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
STL	0	1	1	2		STL	3	11	11	25
MTL	1	1	1	3		MTL	10	7	6	23

: STL 55MTL 56
: STL 2.12MTL 1.78
PP goals: STL 2MTL 1
Hits: STL 21MTL 19
Blocks: STL 23MTL 19
PIM: STL 13MTL 15
: STL 60%MTL 40%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Montreal Canadiens edge St. Louis Blues 3–2

Montreal Canadiens beat St. Louis Blues 3–2 at home. Mike Reilly (MTL) led the scoring with 1G 1A. STL's first power-play unit (Maroon, Bozak, O'Reilly, Tarasenko and Dunn) scored 1 power-play goal on 11 attempts in 4:28 together.

Points
Mike Reilly had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 21:49.Reilly
PP1
STL's first power-play unit (Maroon, Bozak, O'Reilly, Tarasenko and Dunn) scored 1 power-play goal on 11 attempts in 4:28 together.Maroon Bozak O'Reilly Tarasenko Dunn
New line
New look for STL: O'Reilly–Tarasenko–Kyrou skated 10:38 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (26.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.O'Reilly Tarasenko Kyrou
New line
New look for STL: Sanford–Barbashev–Blais skated 6:50 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (18.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Sanford Barbashev Blais
New line
New look for STL: Steen–Maroon–Bozak skated 5:15 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (69.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Steen Maroon Bozak
Usage
David Perron (STL) played 13:40, −3:29 down on his 17:09 season average over 56 games.Perron
Usage
Mike Reilly (MTL) played 21:49, +3:12 up on his 18:37 season average over 56 games.Reilly
Usage
Jordie Benn (MTL) played 13:38, −4:37 down on his 18:15 season average over 80 games.Benn

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

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

MTL
STL
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 111 of 111 attempts · MTL 56 · STL 55

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

MTL
STL
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: STL 33% of the game, MTL 32%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

MTL

STL

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	STL	MTL
	41	54
	1.70	1.59
	1.65	1.58
	10	6
	1	4
	14	23
	+0.052	−0.052
	33%	32%

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.

St. Louis Blues

L1O'Reilly – Tarasenko – Kyrou
10:3826% CF
L2Perron – Schenn – Schwartz
7:3020% CF
L3Sanford – Barbashev – Blais
6:5018% CF
L4Steen – Maroon – Bozak
5:1569% CF
D1Edmundson – Parayko
10:1435% CF
D2Bouwmeester – Pietrangelo
8:5050% CF
D3Schmaltz – Dunn
3:58100% CF

PP1Maroon – Bozak – O'Reilly – Tarasenko – Dunn
4:28100% CF
PP2Steen – Perron – Pietrangelo – Schenn – Schwartz
3:0186% CF
PK1FO'Reilly – Barbashev
2:12
PK2FSchenn – Schwartz
1:41
PK1DBouwmeester – Pietrangelo
2:22
PK2DEdmundson – Parayko
1:48

Current STL line combinations →

Montreal Canadiens

L1Lehkonen – Drouin – Domi
10:4544% CF
L2Byron – Armia – Kotkaniemi
9:1350% CF
L3Tatar – Gallagher – Danault
9:0568% CF
L4Plekanec – Peca – Hudon
4:5270% CF
D1Reilly – Juulsen
12:4357% CF
D2Petry – Alzner
12:1262% CF
D3Benn – Ouellet
8:3769% CF

PP1Petry – Tatar – Gallagher – Drouin – Domi
3:2775% CF
PP2Reilly – Armia – Hudon – Lehkonen – Kotkaniemi
2:14100% CF
PK1FDanault – Lehkonen
3:24
PK2FPlekanec – Peca
1:58
PK1DReilly – Juulsen
3:22
PK2DAlzner – Benn
2:30

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.

St. Louis Blues

STL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Ryan O'Reilly C	L1	0	1	1	-1	1	0.10	0	0	0	21:41	—	—	33	38
Vladimir Tarasenko R	L1	0	1	1	-1	2	0.18	2	0	0	19:50	—	—	30	36
Jordan Kyrou R	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.13	0	1	0	12:05	—	—	26	39
Brayden Schenn C	L2	1	0	1	-1	3	0.26	2	1	0	18:30	—	—	39	66
Jaden Schwartz L	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	1	2	17:03	—	—	43	62
David Perron L	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.19	0	0	0	13:40	—	—	38	60
Ivan Barbashev L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.22	2	0	0	11:28	—	—	24	25
Sammy Blais L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	4	0	0	9:03	—	—	47	43
Zachary Sanford L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.11	1	2	0	9:02	—	—	25	39
Alexander Steen L	L4	0	1	1	0	3	0.25	0	0	2	17:19	—	—	69	84
Tyler Bozak C	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.31	0	0	0	16:56	—	—	69	79
Patrick Maroon L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.15	2	0	7	14:24	—	—	60	75
Colton Parayko D	D1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.02	1	3	0	18:44	—	—	42	51
Joel Edmundson D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	1	1	0	18:17	—	—	31	47
Alex Pietrangelo D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.06	2	8	0	26:36	—	—	38	42
Jay Bouwmeester D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	3	2	19:19	—	—	52	74
Vince Dunn D	D3	1	0	1	0	3	0.08	1	1	0	17:58	—	—	37	30
Jordan Schmaltz D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	2	0	11:02	—	—	71	88

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jake Allen(start)	L	23	20	3	.870	1.78	59:46

Montreal Canadiens

MTL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Artturi Lehkonen L	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.16	1	1	0	17:49	—	—	44	23
Jonathan Drouin L	L1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	17:35	—	—	47	22
Max Domi C	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.18	2	1	0	16:09	—	—	50	22
Paul Byron L	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.05	1	1	0	16:48	—	—	50	37
Jesperi Kotkaniemi C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.15	1	0	0	14:47	—	—	46	34
Joel Armia R	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.14	0	1	2	14:23	—	—	55	52
Brendan Gallagher R	L3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.14	1	0	2	17:25	—	—	64	42
Phillip Danault C	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.01	2	1	0	17:15	—	—	67	45
Tomas Tatar L	L3	0	1	1	+1	3	0.28	0	0	0	14:07	—	—	74	55
Matthew Peca C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	2	10:53	—	—	54	80
Tomas Plekanec C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	1	0	10:46	—	—	69	96
Charles Hudon L	L4	0	1	1	0	2	0.48	3	0	4	10:09	—	—	63	83
Mike Reilly D	D1	1	1	2	+1	1	0.07	1	2	0	21:49	—	—	52	37
Noah Juulsen D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	1	0	19:56	—	—	57	37
Jeff Petry D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.04	2	4	0	23:39	—	—	56	39
Karl Alzner D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	1	0	0	17:23	—	—	57	36
Xavier Ouellet D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.05	1	3	0	17:03	—	—	56	64
Jordie Benn D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	2	5	13:38	—	—	69	92

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Carey Price(start)	W	25	23	2	.920	2.12	59:52

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.

St. Louis Blues vs. Montreal CanadiensOct 17, 2018

Fantasy takeaways

Montreal Canadiens edge St. Louis Blues 3–2

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

St. Louis Blues

Montreal Canadiens

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

St. Louis Blues

Montreal Canadiens