St. Louis Blues vs. Montreal CanadiensJan 7, 2023
| Goals | 1 | 2 | 3 | T | Shots | 1 | 2 | 3 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| STL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | STL | 9 | 4 | 9 | 22 | |
| MTL | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | MTL | 11 | 10 | 6 | 27 |
- STL 46MTL 47
- STL 1.81MTL 3.33
- PP goals
- STL 1MTL 1
- Hits
- STL 12MTL 21
- Blocks
- STL 10MTL 13
- PIM
- STL 8MTL 6
- STL 56%MTL 44%
Fantasy takeaways
Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.
Montreal Canadiens edge St. Louis Blues 5–4
Montreal Canadiens beat St. Louis Blues 5–4 at home. Joel Armia (MTL) led the scoring with 2G 0A. MTL's first power-play unit (Drouin, Dvorak, Suzuki, Dach and Caufield) scored 1 power-play goal on 12 attempts in 5:02 together.
- PointsJoel Armia had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:36.Armia
- PointsNikita Alexandrov had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 9:58.Alexandrov
- PointsEvgenii Dadonov had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 16:59.Dadonov
- PointsJake Evans had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 19:09.Evans
- PointsNick Suzuki had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 21:50.Suzuki
- PointsTyler Pitlick had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 10:28.Pitlick
- PP1
- PP1STL's first power-play unit (Schenn, Faulk, Buchnevich, Kyrou and Thomas) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 4:18 together.SchennFaulkBuchnevichKyrouThomas
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.
Shot map, STL at MTL: 93 attempts, 49 on goal, 9 goals, 5.14 expected goals; best chance Joel Armia at 0.35 xG.
- MTL
- STL
- Goal
- Shot on goal
- Missed
- Blocked
Showing 93 of 93 attempts · MTL 47 · STL 46
Game flow
Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.
Cumulative shot attempts
Game flow, STL at MTL: expected goals 3.33 to 1.81 (MTL led the chances), shot attempts 47 to 46, 9 goals.
- MTL
- STL
- Goal
- Power play (shaded)
- 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 20% of the game, MTL 42%.
Shift chart
Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.
Shifts
Shift chart, STL at MTL: 38 players over 60:00; most ice Jake Allen (60:00) for MTL and Jordan Binnington (58:10) for STL, 9 goals.
- 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).
| Stat | STL | MTL |
|---|---|---|
| 44 | 38 | |
| 1.54 | 2.59 | |
| 1.51 | 2.45 | |
| 7 | 13 | |
| 8 | 0 | |
| 20 | 18 | |
| +0.013 | −0.013 | |
| 20% | 42% |
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
- 10:1060% CF
- L2Buchnevich – Kyrou – Thomas9:1142% CF
- L3Pitlick – Toropchenko – Alexandrov8:1053% CF
- L4Leivo – Acciari – Neighbours7:5657% CF
- 10:3950% CF
- 8:3431% CF
- 1:14100% CF
- PP1Schenn – Faulk – Buchnevich – Kyrou – Thomas4:18100% CF
- 0:570% CF
- PK1FBuchnevich – Acciari3:53
- 0:42
- 2:15
- 1:16
Montreal Canadiens
- 12:1636% CF
- L2Anderson – Dvorak – Slafkovský9:3533% CF
- 9:1563% CF
- 4:2671% CF
- 15:5659% CF
- 13:3240% CF
- 8:3347% CF
- 5:02100% CF
- PP2Dadonov – Armia – Anderson – Xhekaj – Slafkovský1:00
- 1:19
- 0:46
- 4:07
- 0:34
Scoring summary
Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.
1st period
- 19:25STL 1 – 0 MTL
2nd period
- 1:43STL 1 – 1 MTL
- 6:59STL: Pitlick, Faulk, Rosen, Toropchenko, AlexandrovMTL: Wideman, Anderson, Dvorak, Xhekaj, SlafkovskýSTL 2 – 1 MTL
- 16:15STL 2 – 2 MTL
3rd period
- 0:36STL 2 – 3 MTL
- 2:29STL: Pitlick, Santini, Rosen, Toropchenko, AlexandrovMTL: Dadonov, Wideman, Armia, Drouin, XhekajSTL 3 – 3 MTL
- 4:42STL 4 – 3 MTL
- 7:20STL 4 – 4 MTL
- 11:30STL 4 – 5 MTL
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
| Skater | Line | G | A | P | +/- | Hits | Blk | PIM | PP | SH | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brayden Schenn C | L1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.02 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18:34 | — | — | 60 | 45 |
| Brandon Saad L | L1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17:52 | — | — | 50 | 38 |
| Ivan Barbashev L | L1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.14 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 15:24 | — | — | 54 | 38 |
| Pavel Buchnevich L | L2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 0.26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 21:21 | — | — | 43 | 19 |
| Robert Thomas C | L2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0.24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19:42 | — | — | 45 | 20 |
| Jordan Kyrou R | L2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 0.15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:34 | — | — | 46 | 21 |
| Alexey Toropchenko R | L3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 0.29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:35 | — | — | 59 | 48 |
| Tyler Pitlick C | L3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 0.16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10:28 | — | — | 59 | 53 |
| Nikita Alexandrov C | L3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 0.07 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9:58 | — | — | 52 | 41 |
| Noel Acciari C | L4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:23 | — | — | 64 | 52 |
| Jake Neighbours L | L4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 0.09 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10:40 | — | — | 67 | 56 |
| Josh Leivo L | L4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0.03 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:28 | — | — | 57 | 40 |
| Colton Parayko D | D1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.09 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 26:23 | — | — | 57 | 40 |
| Niko Mikkola D | D1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 0.01 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22:49 | — | — | 60 | 37 |
| Justin Faulk D | D2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0.01 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 25:54 | — | — | 42 | 25 |
| Calle Rosen D | D2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 0.08 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21:16 | — | — | 49 | 40 |
| Steven Santini D | D3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.02 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 14:53 | — | — | 62 | 50 |
| Robert Bortuzzo D | D3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3:05 | — | — | 67 | 42 |
| Goalie | Dec | SA | SV | GA | TOI | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jordan Binnington(start) | L | 27 | 22 | 5 | .815 | 3.33 | 58:10 |
Montreal Canadiens
| Skater | Line | G | A | P | +/- | Hits | Blk | PIM | PP | SH | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nick Suzuki C | L1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 0.48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:50 | — | — | 42 | 68 |
| Kirby Dach C | L1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 0.14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 19:38 | — | — | 47 | 58 |
| Cole Caufield R | L1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 6 | 0.72 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:08 | — | — | 46 | 65 |
| Christian Dvorak C | L2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 0.32 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 19:50 | — | — | 36 | 47 |
| Josh Anderson R | L2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 0.41 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15:41 | — | — | 29 | 44 |
| Juraj Slafkovský L | L2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:58 | — | — | 30 | 41 |
| Jake Evans C | L3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 0.26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:09 | — | — | 52 | 81 |
| Joel Armia R | L3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 0.46 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 17:36 | — | — | 57 | 79 |
| Evgenii Dadonov L | L3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 0.07 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 16:59 | — | — | 52 | 69 |
| Jonathan Drouin L | L4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0.18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12:50 | — | — | 50 | 58 |
| Michael Pezzetta L | L4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.02 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6:13 | — | — | 70 | 80 |
| Anthony Richard C | L4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4:49 | — | — | 71 | 79 |
| Jordan Harris D | D1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19:55 | — | — | 48 | 71 |
| Johnathan Kovacevic D | D1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 18:40 | — | — | 56 | 72 |
| Joel Edmundson D | D2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 23:59 | — | — | 39 | 64 |
| David Savard D | D2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 0.08 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 22:36 | — | — | 50 | 74 |
| Arber Xhekaj D | D3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0.00 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 14:15 | — | — | 41 | 43 |
| Chris Wideman D | D3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9:05 | — | — | 50 | 50 |
| Goalie | Dec | SA | SV | GA | TOI | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jake Allen(start) | W | 22 | 18 | 4 | .818 | 1.81 | 60:00 |