Montreal Canadiens vs. Colorado AvalancheFeb 14, 2018

FinalWednesday, Feb 14, 2018· Pepsi Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MTL	0	0	0	0		MTL	9	17	18	44
COL	0	1	1	2		COL	7	13	5	25

: MTL 79COL 47
: MTL 3.08COL 1.54
PP goals: MTL 0COL 0
Hits: MTL 15COL 19
Blocks: MTL 13COL 18
PIM: MTL 4COL 8
: MTL 59%COL 41%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Colorado Avalanche beat Montreal Canadiens 2–0

Colorado Avalanche beat Montreal Canadiens 2–0 at home. Alexander Kerfoot (COL) led the scoring with 1G 0A. New look for MTL: Plekanec–Gallagher–Hudon skated 8:49 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (47.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

New line
New look for MTL: Plekanec–Gallagher–Hudon skated 8:49 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (47.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Plekanec Gallagher Hudon
Goalie
Semyon Varlamov (COL) faced 44 shots and stopped 44 (.1000), +13 against a season average of 31.3; the win.Varlamov
Luck
MTL scored 0 goals on 3.08 expected goals (79 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for MTL: Byron–Pacioretty–Lehkonen skated 8:11 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (64.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Byron Pacioretty Lehkonen
Usage
Gabriel Bourque (COL) played 16:27, +5:39 up on his 10:48 season average over 57 games.Bourque
Usage
Brendan Gallagher (MTL) played 20:41, +4:35 up on his 16:06 season average over 81 games.Gallagher
Usage
Jeff Petry (MTL) played 27:50, +4:24 up on his 23:26 season average over 81 games.Petry
Usage
Matt Nieto (COL) played 19:09, +4:18 up on his 14:51 season average over 73 games.Nieto

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

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

COL
MTL
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 126 of 126 attempts · COL 47 · MTL 79

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

COL
MTL
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: MTL 48% of the game, COL 22%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

COL

MTL

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	MTL	COL
	70	52
	2.64	1.64
	2.49	1.60
	14	8
	5	1
	10	11
	+0.065	−0.065
	48%	22%

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.

Montreal Canadiens

L1Plekanec – Gallagher – Hudon
8:4947% CF
L2Byron – Pacioretty – Lehkonen
8:1165% CF
L3Galchenyuk – Drouin – Scherbak
8:0153% CF
L4Deslauriers – Froese – Shaw
7:5048% CF
D1Petry – Alzner
15:1566% CF
D2Benn – Morrow
9:2121% CF
D3Schlemko – Mete
8:4660% CF

PP1Petry – Pacioretty – Gallagher – Galchenyuk – Drouin
5:28100% CF
PP2Morrow – Hudon – Lehkonen – Scherbak – Mete
1:24100% CF
PK1FByron – Lehkonen
1:05
PK2FDeslauriers – Froese
0:45
PK1DPetry – Alzner
2:28
PK2DSchlemko – Benn
0:53

Current MTL line combinations →

Colorado Avalanche

L1Wilson – Landeskog – Kerfoot
10:3672% CF
L2Soderberg – Bourque – Nieto
9:4641% CF
L3Compher – Rantanen – Jost
9:2038% CF
L4Yakupov – Toninato – Greer
4:2844% CF
D1Johnson – Zadorov
10:3650% CF
D2Nemeth – Girard
9:0433% CF
D3Barrie – Lindholm
8:0030% CF

PP1Barrie – Landeskog – Compher – Rantanen – Jost
2:12100% CF
PP2Soderberg – Wilson – Yakupov – Kerfoot – Girard
1:38100% CF
PK1FSoderberg – Nieto
2:29
PK2FBourque – Compher
0:30
PK1DJohnson – Nemeth
5:25
PK2DZadorov – Lindholm
0:13

Current COL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

15:55
COLCarl Soderberg (Gabriel Bourque, A.J. Greer)wrap-around0.05 xG
MTL: Benn, Morrow, Galchenyuk, Drouin, ScherbakCOL: Soderberg, Johnson, Bourque, Zadorov, Greer
MTL 0 – 1 COL

3rd period

16:58
COLAlexander Kerfoot (Gabriel Landeskog)wrist0.09 xG
MTL: Petry, Byron, Pacioretty, Morrow, HudonCOL: Johnson, Wilson, Landeskog, Kerfoot, Zadorov
MTL 0 – 2 COL

Box score

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

Montreal Canadiens

MTL skaters
Skater	Line	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Brendan Gallagher R	L1	0	5	0.70	0	0	0	20:41	—	—	60	69
Tomas Plekanec C	L1	0	5	0.26	0	0	0	16:40	—	—	68	76
Charles Hudon L	L1	-1	4	0.15	2	0	0	15:11	—	—	40	30
Max Pacioretty L	L2	-1	0	0.00	1	0	2	18:59	—	—	60	44
Artturi Lehkonen L	L2	0	1	0.06	2	0	0	16:35	—	—	65	54
Paul Byron L	L2	-1	1	0.06	2	0	0	14:20	—	—	70	69
Alex Galchenyuk C	L3	-1	5	0.43	0	0	0	17:53	—	—	58	79
Jonathan Drouin L	L3	-1	4	0.23	0	0	0	17:34	—	—	55	78
Nikita Scherbak R	L3	-1	0	0.10	0	1	0	12:51	—	—	50	64
Byron Froese C	L4	0	0	0.05	0	0	0	12:43	—	—	46	31
Logan Shaw R	L4	0	5	0.51	1	1	0	11:58	—	—	64	74
Nicolas Deslauriers L	L4	0	0	0.00	2	0	2	11:05	—	—	46	28
Jeff Petry D	D1	-1	4	0.23	0	2	0	27:50	—	—	69	55
Karl Alzner D	D1	0	4	0.07	2	0	0	18:46	—	—	68	56
Jordie Benn D	D2	-1	3	0.13	1	2	0	17:03	—	—	58	65
Joe Morrow D	D2	-2	1	0.06	1	3	0	16:54	—	—	16	16
David Schlemko D	D3	0	2	0.03	1	3	0	15:55	—	—	74	88
Victor Mete D	D3	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	15:37	—	—	41	58

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Antti Niemi(start)	L	25	23	2	.920	1.54	57:25

Colorado Avalanche

COL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Gabriel Landeskog L	L1	0	1	1	+1	7	0.31	3	0	0	20:11	—	—	63	72
Colin Wilson C	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.23	1	1	0	15:18	—	—	57	69
Alexander Kerfoot C	L1	1	0	1	+1	5	0.34	2	1	2	14:13	—	—	59	59
Carl Soderberg C	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.09	0	2	2	19:39	—	—	35	34
Matt Nieto L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.08	0	0	0	19:09	—	—	28	18
Gabriel Bourque L	L2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.05	2	1	0	16:27	—	—	43	39
J.T. Compher L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	1	0	0	18:28	—	—	30	13
Mikko Rantanen R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	2	18:06	—	—	30	12
Tyson Jost C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	0	0	0	15:14	—	—	31	12
Nail Yakupov R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	1	0	0	7:36	—	—	55	58
Dominic Toninato C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	2	6:48	—	—	39	12
A.J. Greer L	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	0	0	6:05	—	—	46	44
Erik Johnson D	D1	0	0	0	+2	1	0.02	1	3	0	27:11	—	—	47	44
Nikita Zadorov D	D1	0	0	0	+2	2	0.04	4	2	0	16:55	—	—	57	48
Patrik Nemeth D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	6	0	23:43	—	—	33	42
Samuel Girard D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	16:47	—	—	40	37
Tyson Barrie D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.16	0	2	0	18:30	—	—	40	30
Anton Lindholm D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	11:45	—	—	30	25

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Semyon Varlamov(start)	W	44	44	0	.1000	3.08	59:55

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.