Montreal Canadiens vs. Colorado AvalancheDec 19, 2018

FinalWednesday, Dec 19, 2018· Pepsi Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MTL	1	0	0	1		MTL	13	14	9	36
COL	0	1	1	2		COL	12	4	10	26

: MTL 81COL 40
: MTL 2.80COL 2.12
PP goals: MTL 1COL 0
Hits: MTL 17COL 21
Blocks: MTL 7COL 26
PIM: MTL 6COL 6
: MTL 45%COL 55%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Colorado Avalanche edge Montreal Canadiens 2–1

Colorado Avalanche beat Montreal Canadiens 2–1 at home. Mikko Rantanen (COL) led the scoring with 1G 1A. MTL's first power-play unit (Weber, Petry, Gallagher, Drouin and Domi) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 3:42 together.

Points
Mikko Rantanen had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 20:08.Rantanen
Points
Nathan MacKinnon had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 20:54.MacKinnon
PP1
MTL's first power-play unit (Weber, Petry, Gallagher, Drouin and Domi) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 3:42 together.Weber Petry Gallagher Drouin Domi
Usage
Nikita Zadorov (COL) played 7:03, −10:18 down on his 17:21 season average over 69 games.Zadorov
Goalie
Philipp Grubauer (COL) faced 36 shots and stopped 35 (.972), +7 against a season average of 28.9; the win.Grubauer
New line
New look for COL: Wilson–Bourque–Kerfoot skated 4:06 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (70% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Wilson Bourque Kerfoot
New line
New look for MTL: Chaput–Agostino–Hudon skated 4:58 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Chaput Agostino Hudon
Luck
MTL scored 1 goal on 2.80 expected goals (81 attempts), well short of its chances.

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 121 of 121 attempts · COL 40 · MTL 81

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 46% of the game, COL 17%.

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
	78	46
	2.42	2.33
	2.38	2.21
	5	14
	2	5
	13	8
	−0.049	+0.049
	46%	17%

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.