Montreal Canadiens vs. Colorado AvalancheMar 26, 2024

FinalTuesday, Mar 26, 2024· Ball Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MTL	2	0	0	2		MTL	11	7	9	27
COL	1	0	0	1		COL	13	7	8	28

: MTL 50COL 67
: MTL 2.75COL 3.23
PP goals: MTL 0COL 0
Hits: MTL 18COL 13
Blocks: MTL 20COL 12
PIM: MTL 6COL 6
: MTL 54%COL 46%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Montreal Canadiens edge Colorado Avalanche 2–1

Montreal Canadiens beat Colorado Avalanche 2–1 at COL. Joel Armia (MTL) led the scoring with 1G 0A. New look for COL: Lehkonen–Nichushkin–Mittelstadt skated 9:02 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (78.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

New line
New look for COL: Lehkonen–Nichushkin–Mittelstadt skated 9:02 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (78.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Lehkonen Nichushkin Mittelstadt
Luck
COL scored 1 goal on 3.23 expected goals (67 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Juraj Slafkovský (MTL) played 21:57, +4:04 up on his 17:53 season average over 81 games.Slafkovský
Usage
Artturi Lehkonen (COL) played 14:03, −4:31 down on his 18:34 season average over 44 games.Lehkonen
Usage
Jonathan Drouin (COL) played 22:47, +4:39 up on his 18:08 season average over 78 games.Drouin
Usage
Sean Walker (COL) played 15:12, −4:05 down on his 19:17 season average over 80 games.Walker
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Valeri Nichushkin (COL) played 17:25, −4:00 down on his 21:25 season average over 53 games.Nichushkin
Usage
Brandon Duhaime (COL) played 7:14, −3:40 down on his 10:54 season average over 79 games.Duhaime

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 117 of 117 attempts · COL 67 · MTL 50

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 35% of the game, COL 42%.

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
	49	73
	2.61	3.34
	2.51	3.16
	13	13
	7	2
	11	8
	+0.016	−0.016
	35%	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.

Montreal Canadiens

L1Suzuki – Caufield – Slafkovský
14:3338% CF
L2Gallagher – Armia – Newhook
9:3964% CF
L3Anderson – Evans – Ylonen
7:5433% CF
L4White – Pezzetta – Harvey-Pinard
5:250% CF
D1Matheson – Guhle
14:4328% CF
D2Harris – Struble
13:1933% CF
D3Savard – Xhekaj
10:5668% CF

PP1Matheson – Suzuki – Caufield – Newhook – Slafkovský
3:53100% CF
PP2Savard – Armia – Evans – Harvey-Pinard – Guhle
0:40
PK1FArmia – Evans
3:21
PK2FWhite – Harvey-Pinard
1:14
PK1DSavard – Matheson
2:57
PK2DHarris – Guhle
2:02

Current MTL line combinations →

Colorado Avalanche

L1MacKinnon – Drouin – Rantanen
15:1370% CF
L2Lehkonen – Nichushkin – Mittelstadt
9:0279% CF
L3Parise – Wood – Colton
7:4837% CF
L4Cogliano – Trenin – Duhaime
5:2054% CF
D1Toews – Makar
15:0278% CF
D2Manson – Girard
12:1171% CF
D3Johnson – Walker
10:4836% CF

PP1MacKinnon – Drouin – Nichushkin – Rantanen – Makar
4:41100% CF
PP2Lehkonen – Toews – Girard – Colton – Mittelstadt
1:18100% CF
PK1FCogliano – Trenin
3:27
PK2FParise – Nichushkin
0:39
PK1DToews – Makar
2:41
PK2DJohnson – Manson
0:46

Current COL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

0:43
COLNathan MacKinnon (Mikko Rantanen, Devon Toews)snap0.21 xG
MTL: Matheson, Caufield, Newhook, Guhle, SlafkovskýCOL: MacKinnon, Drouin, Toews, Rantanen, Makar
MTL 0 – 1 COL
0:52
MTLNick Suzuki (Juraj Slafkovský, David Savard)wrist0.02 xG
MTL: Savard, Suzuki, Caufield, Xhekaj, SlafkovskýCOL: Manson, Lehkonen, Nichushkin, Girard, Mittelstadt
MTL 1 – 1 COL
14:53
MTLJoel Armia (Alex Newhook, Kaiden Guhle)wrap-around0.11 xG
MTL: Gallagher, Armia, Matheson, Newhook, GuhleCOL: MacKinnon, Drouin, Toews, Rantanen, Makar
MTL 2 – 1 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	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nick Suzuki C	L1	1	0	1	+1	3	0.55	1	1	2	22:17	—	—	40	46
Juraj Slafkovský L	L1	0	1	1	0	2	0.28	2	3	0	21:57	—	—	37	39
Cole Caufield R	L1	0	0	0	0	4	0.32	0	2	0	21:16	—	—	35	42
Alex Newhook C	L2	0	1	1	0	3	0.29	0	1	0	17:28	—	—	52	48
Joel Armia R	L2	1	0	1	+1	6	0.34	1	0	0	17:03	—	—	58	67
Brendan Gallagher R	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.17	1	0	0	12:03	—	—	67	78
Jake Evans C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	16:39	—	—	29	27
Josh Anderson R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.32	0	0	0	12:43	—	—	41	47
Jesse Ylonen R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	0	0	0	8:55	—	—	31	18
Rafael Harvey-Pinard L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	11:40	—	—	11	39
Colin White C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	9:03	—	—	10	32
Michael Pezzetta L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	6:27	—	—	11	0
Mike Matheson D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.21	0	3	0	27:11	—	—	27	23
Kaiden Guhle D	D1	0	1	1	0	0	0.20	2	3	0	23:01	—	—	34	36
Jordan Harris D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	3	2	19:20	—	—	33	48
Jayden Struble D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	16:08	—	—	33	45
David Savard D	D3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	2	1	0	17:26	—	—	70	68
Arber Xhekaj D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	5	0	2	13:23	—	—	59	60

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Samuel Montembeault(start)	W	28	27	1	.964	3.23	60:00

Colorado Avalanche

COL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mikko Rantanen R	L1	0	1	1	0	1	0.68	0	1	0	25:48	—	—	74	81
Nathan MacKinnon C	L1	1	0	1	0	4	0.73	0	1	0	24:29	—	—	70	80
Jonathan Drouin L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	0	0	0	22:47	—	—	67	79
Valeri Nichushkin R	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.26	2	0	0	17:25	—	—	67	67
Casey Mittelstadt C	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.12	2	0	0	15:04	—	—	78	75
Artturi Lehkonen L	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.09	0	0	0	14:03	—	—	77	72
Ross Colton C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	1	1	0	11:18	—	—	35	35
Miles Wood L	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.23	1	0	0	10:43	—	—	30	27
Zach Parise L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	9:33	—	—	37	35
Yakov Trenin C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	1	1	0	11:43	—	—	45	15
Andrew Cogliano C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	0	0	0	10:18	—	—	57	20
Brandon Duhaime L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	1	0	0	7:14	—	—	41	15
Cale Makar D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.26	0	1	0	26:41	—	—	76	80
Devon Toews D	D1	0	1	1	0	3	0.11	1	2	0	22:52	—	—	73	75
Samuel Girard D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	1	1	0	20:09	—	—	57	57
Josh Manson D	D2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.32	0	2	0	16:22	—	—	63	71
Sean Walker D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	2	1	6	15:12	—	—	44	29
Jack Johnson D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	0	0	13:00	—	—	32	17

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Justus Annunen(start)	L	27	25	2	.926	2.75	59:19

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Nathan MacKinnon (COL) 1st 0:43 · assists Mikko Rantanen, Devon Toews · Rebound · 57.3 mph shot.

Nathan MacKinnon · 1st 0:43 · COL

Play: rebound
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 57.3 mph
Distance: 17 ft
Type: rebound

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Nick Suzuki · 1st 0:52 · MTL

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 58.3 mph
Distance: 14 ft
Entry to goal: 2.6 s

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Joel Armia · 1st 14:53 · MTL

Play: rebound
Passes: 2
Shot: 3.5 mph
Distance: 6 ft
Type: rebound

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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.