St. Louis Blues vs. Montreal CanadiensFeb 17, 2022

Final / OTThursday, Feb 17, 2022· Centre Bell

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
STL	1	0	1	0	2		STL	9	4	14	0	27
MTL	1	0	1	1	3		MTL	11	9	9	1	30

: STL 47MTL 64
: STL 2.65MTL 2.52
PP goals: STL 0MTL 0
Hits: STL 25MTL 13
Blocks: STL 21MTL 10
PIM: STL 14MTL 10
: STL 46%MTL 54%

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 (OT)

Montreal Canadiens beat St. Louis Blues 3–2 in overtime at home. Cole Caufield (MTL) led the scoring with 2G 0A. New look for MTL: Anderson–Suzuki–Caufield skated 10:08 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Cole Caufield had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 21:04.Caufield
Points
Pavel Buchnevich had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 16:10.Buchnevich
Points
Jeff Petry had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 24:17.Petry
New line
New look for MTL: Anderson–Suzuki–Caufield skated 10:08 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Anderson Suzuki Caufield
New line
New look for MTL: Byron–Evans–Pitlick skated 6:51 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (54.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Byron Evans Pitlick
Usage
Cole Caufield (MTL) played 21:04, +4:27 up on his 16:37 season average over 66 games.Caufield
Usage
Justin Faulk (STL) played 26:54, +3:45 up on his 23:09 season average over 75 games.Faulk
Usage
Corey Schueneman (MTL) played 21:24, +5:01 up on his 16:23 season average over 23 games.Schueneman

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 64 · STL 47

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 27% of the game, MTL 48%.

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
	38	50
	2.03	1.59
	2.01	1.57
	6	6
	0	2
	11	14
	−0.075	+0.075
	27%	48%

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

L1Perron – O'Reilly – Saad
8:5350% CF
L2Tarasenko – Buchnevich – Thomas
8:1850% CF
L3Schenn – Barbashev – Kyrou
4:3530% CF
L4Sundqvist – Joshua – Kostin
2:5867% CF
D1Faulk – Krug
14:3938% CF
D2Parayko – Mikkola
13:1038% CF
D3Bortuzzo – Walman
7:2654% CF

PP1Tarasenko – Krug – Buchnevich – Barbashev – Thomas
2:50100% CF
PP2Perron – O'Reilly – Schenn – Faulk – Kyrou
2:07100% CF
PK1FO'Reilly – Sundqvist
2:52
PK2FBuchnevich – Thomas
2:40
PK1DParayko – Mikkola
4:08
PK2DBortuzzo – Faulk
1:28

Current STL line combinations →

Montreal Canadiens

L1Anderson – Suzuki – Caufield
10:0850% CF
L2Hoffman – Gallagher – Dauphin
7:5374% CF
L3Byron – Evans – Pitlick
6:5155% CF
L4Armia – Lehkonen – Poehling
6:2142% CF
D1Romanov – Schueneman
15:1965% CF
D2Petry – Kulak
13:1564% CF
D3Wideman – Clague
6:2443% CF

PP1Hoffman – Wideman – Gallagher – Suzuki – Caufield
5:2686% CF
PP2Petry – Armia – Anderson – Pitlick – Poehling
2:1967% CF
PK1FLehkonen – Suzuki
1:52
PK2FByron – Dauphin
1:23
PK1DPetry – Romanov
1:25
PK2DKulak – Clague
0:40

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	0	0	0	2	0.25	0	0	2	19:15	—	—	50	59
Brandon Saad L	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	15:53	—	—	55	54
David Perron L	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.26	1	0	0	15:11	—	—	50	47
Robert Thomas C	L2	1	0	1	+1	5	1.00	0	0	0	19:35	—	—	56	77
Vladimir Tarasenko R	L2	0	1	1	-1	3	0.59	1	1	0	18:58	—	—	33	61
Pavel Buchnevich L	L2	1	1	2	+2	2	0.15	1	0	2	16:10	—	—	56	77
Jordan Kyrou R	L3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.04	0	1	0	18:44	—	—	23	24
Brayden Schenn C	L3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	3	1	0	17:19	—	—	26	27
Ivan Barbashev L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	14:19	—	—	42	43
Oskar Sundqvist C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	11:32	—	—	47	57
Klim Kostin C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	1	0	2	5:43	—	—	71	100
Dakota Joshua C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	5:18	—	—	75	100
Justin Faulk D	D1	0	1	1	0	2	0.10	8	3	2	26:54	—	—	44	57
Torey Krug D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	3	4	0	24:31	—	—	39	56
Colton Parayko D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.04	2	4	0	24:32	—	—	39	62
Niko Mikkola D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	2	4	2	20:07	—	—	37	56
Robert Bortuzzo D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	1	4	11:02	—	—	50	46
Jake Walman D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.04	0	2	0	10:35	—	—	56	53

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ville Husso(start)	O	30	27	3	.900	2.52	61:50

Montreal Canadiens

MTL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nick Suzuki C	L1	0	0	0	+2	1	0.24	0	1	0	24:44	—	—	52	50
Cole Caufield R	L1	2	0	2	+2	3	0.30	0	0	0	21:04	—	—	52	50
Josh Anderson R	L1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.16	1	0	2	15:51	—	—	48	34
Mike Hoffman C	L2	0	1	1	0	3	0.26	0	0	0	17:57	—	—	68	41
Brendan Gallagher R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.22	1	0	0	15:48	—	—	73	57
Laurent Dauphin C	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.24	0	0	0	11:50	—	—	70	42
Jake Evans C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	0	0	2	15:53	—	—	67	42
Paul Byron L	L3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.15	3	0	0	15:10	—	—	61	37
Rem Pitlick C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	13:33	—	—	55	17
Artturi Lehkonen L	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.20	0	0	0	14:53	—	—	50	53
Ryan Poehling C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.16	0	0	0	10:24	—	—	33	43
Joel Armia R	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.16	0	1	0	9:51	—	—	42	52
Corey Schueneman D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	2	2	21:24	—	—	61	30
Alexander Romanov D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.10	2	0	2	20:15	—	—	65	33
Jeff Petry D	D2	0	2	2	+1	4	0.12	3	3	2	24:17	—	—	62	73
Brett Kulak D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.09	3	1	0	20:28	—	—	61	71
Chris Wideman D	D3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	14:57	—	—	47	45
Kale Clague D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	2	0	11:43	—	—	30	14

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Samuel Montembeault(start)	W	27	25	2	.926	2.65	61:26

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 CanadiensFeb 17, 2022

Fantasy takeaways

Montreal Canadiens edge St. Louis Blues 3–2 (OT)

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

3rd period

OT period

Box score

St. Louis Blues

Montreal Canadiens