Montreal Canadiens vs. Chicago BlackhawksJan 3, 2025

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MTL	1	0	1	2		MTL	11	19	10	40
CHI	1	1	2	4		CHI	11	8	7	26

: MTL 73CHI 53
: MTL 4.29CHI 4.47
PP goals: MTL 1CHI 1
Hits: MTL 25CHI 20
Blocks: MTL 9CHI 14
PIM: MTL 13CHI 11
: MTL 50%CHI 50%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Chicago Blackhawks beat Montreal Canadiens 4–2

Chicago Blackhawks beat Montreal Canadiens 4–2 at home. Nick Foligno (CHI) led the scoring with 2G 0A. New look for CHI: Foligno–Hall–Dickinson skated 8:22 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (44.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Nick Foligno had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 18:22.Foligno
Points
Mike Matheson had 2 assists (2 points) on 8 shots in 28:10.Matheson
New line
New look for CHI: Foligno–Hall–Dickinson skated 8:22 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (44.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Foligno Hall Dickinson
Goalie
Arvid Soderblom (CHI) faced 40 shots and stopped 38 (.950), +10 against a season average of 30.2; the win.Soderblom
New line
New look for CHI: Bertuzzi–Mikheyev–Bedard skated 7:59 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (45.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Bertuzzi Mikheyev Bedard
Luck
MTL scored 2 goals on 4.28 expected goals (73 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for CHI: Maroon–Smith–Donato skated 6:50 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (46.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Maroon Smith Donato
New line
New look for CHI: Teravainen–Dach–Nazar skated 7:13 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (18.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Teravainen Dach Nazar

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)CHI attacks right (top on phones) →

CHI
MTL
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 126 of 126 attempts · CHI 53 · MTL 73

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

CHI
MTL
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

CHI 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 40% of the game, CHI 31%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

CHI

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	CHI
	68	46
	3.55	3.21
	3.33	2.96
	20	13
	5	5
	10	20
	−0.018	+0.018
	40%	31%

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
11:2558% CF
L2Gallagher – Anderson – Dvorak
8:3169% CF
L3Armia – Evans – Heineman
7:0971% CF
L4Pezzetta – Dach – Newhook
5:0971% CF
D1Matheson – Hutson
16:1162% CF
D2Carrier – Guhle
14:3752% CF
D3Struble – Xhekaj
7:1560% CF

PP1Armia – Suzuki – Caufield – Hutson – Slafkovský
3:3475% CF
PP2Gallagher – Matheson – Dach – Newhook – Heineman
1:39100% CF
PK1FArmia – Evans
2:11
PK2FAnderson – Dvorak
1:54
PK1DMatheson – Carrier
1:38
PK2DStruble – Hutson
1:08

Current MTL line combinations →

Chicago Blackhawks

L1Foligno – Hall – Dickinson
8:2244% CF
L2Bertuzzi – Mikheyev – Bedard
7:5946% CF
L3Teravainen – Dach – Nazar
7:1318% CF
L4Maroon – Smith – Donato
6:5046% CF
D1Vlasic – Crevier
14:4736% CF
D2Jones – Kaiser
13:1431% CF
D3Brodie – Allan
11:3848% CF

PP1Teravainen – Bertuzzi – Jones – Donato – Bedard
4:31100% CF
PP2Smith – Hall – Vlasic – Dach – Nazar
0:36100% CF
PK1FDickinson – Mikheyev
1:55
PK2FFoligno – Teravainen
1:21
PK1DJones – Kaiser
1:01
PK2DBrodie – Allan
0:56

Current CHI 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.

Montreal Canadiens

MTL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nick Suzuki C	L1	0	1	1	0	2	0.14	1	0	0	21:53	—	—	63	51
Juraj Slafkovský L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	1	1	0	19:27	—	—	56	48
Cole Caufield R	L1	1	0	1	-1	7	1.01	0	0	0	19:03	—	—	54	45
Brendan Gallagher R	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.48	1	0	0	15:08	—	—	73	72
Josh Anderson R	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.22	2	0	0	14:20	—	—	60	50
Christian Dvorak C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	0	0	0	14:17	—	—	56	60
Jake Evans C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.22	2	1	0	14:24	—	—	53	52
Joel Armia R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	0	0	0	14:17	—	—	67	87
Emil Heineman L	L3	1	0	1	-1	5	1.21	1	0	0	11:32	—	—	57	65
Alex Newhook C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.09	0	0	0	15:44	—	—	62	46
Kirby Dach C	L4	0	1	1	-1	0	0.00	3	1	0	15:22	—	—	64	43
Michael Pezzetta L	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.15	3	0	0	5:49	—	—	71	76
Mike Matheson D	D1	0	2	2	0	8	0.23	3	1	0	28:10	—	—	59	51
Lane Hutson D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.19	1	2	0	26:44	—	—	66	55
Alexandre Carrier D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	3	2	20:12	—	—	55	47
Kaiden Guhle D	D2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.05	1	0	2	19:38	—	—	54	47
Jayden Struble D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	2	10:27	—	—	61	58
Arber Xhekaj D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	4	0	7	9:59	—	—	67	77

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Samuel Montembeault(start)	L	26	22	4	.846	4.47	56:11

Chicago Blackhawks

CHI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jason Dickinson C	L1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.28	4	0	0	18:50	—	—	43	59
Nick Foligno L	L1	2	0	2	+1	3	0.94	2	0	0	18:22	—	—	46	61
Taylor Hall L	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.04	1	0	0	13:51	—	—	50	57
Connor Bedard C	L2	0	1	1	0	4	0.39	0	0	0	18:42	—	—	49	40
Ilya Mikheyev R	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	0	0	0	17:17	—	—	54	49
Tyler Bertuzzi L	L2	1	0	1	0	3	0.72	0	0	0	16:48	—	—	48	59
Teuvo Teravainen C	L3	0	1	1	0	0	0.10	0	0	0	17:40	—	—	16	29
Frank Nazar C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.21	0	0	0	12:08	—	—	12	29
Colton Dach C	L3	0	0	0	0	5	0.43	5	0	0	11:05	—	—	16	18
Ryan Donato C	L4	0	1	1	+1	3	0.42	1	0	0	14:40	—	—	48	55
Craig Smith C	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.20	1	1	0	10:53	—	—	35	40
Patrick Maroon L	L4	1	0	1	+1	1	0.21	1	1	7	9:36	—	—	35	29
Alex Vlasic D	D1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.26	0	3	2	23:11	—	—	44	62
Louis Crevier D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	0	6	0	19:02	—	—	37	46
Seth Jones D	D2	0	0	0	+2	0	0.07	0	3	2	24:52	—	—	39	56
Wyatt Kaiser D	D2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.00	0	0	0	17:57	—	—	31	28
Nolan Allan D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.15	5	0	0	15:02	—	—	42	36
TJ Brodie D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	0	0	0	14:29	—	—	50	33

CHI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Arvid Soderblom(start)	W	40	38	2	.950	4.29	60:00

Goal anatomy

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

Tyler Bertuzzi (CHI PP) 1st 3:21 · assists Teuvo Teravainen, Connor Bedard · Rebound · 46.4 mph shot.

Tyler Bertuzzi · 1st 3:21 · CHI PP

Play: rebound
Passes: 5 (royal road)
Shot: 46.4 mph
Distance: 6 ft
Type: one-timer, rebound

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Nick Foligno · 3rd 15:51 · CHI

Play: rebound
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 2.9 mph
Distance: 10 ft
Entry to goal: 5.8 s
Type: rebound

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Cole Caufield · 1st 18:24 · MTL

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 29.8 mph
Distance: 8 ft

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Nick Foligno · 2nd 7:05 · CHI

Play: deflection
Passes: 0
Shot: 42.4 mph
Distance: 10 ft
Type: deflection

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Patrick Maroon · 3rd 3:01 · CHI

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 35.0 mph
Distance: 5 ft
Entry to goal: 2.8 s
Type: one-timer

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Emil Heineman · 3rd 9:45 · MTL PP

Play: rebound
Passes: 4 (royal road)
Shot: 25.9 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.

Montreal Canadiens vs. Chicago BlackhawksJan 3, 2025

Fantasy takeaways

Chicago Blackhawks beat Montreal Canadiens 4–2

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Montreal Canadiens

Chicago Blackhawks

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Montreal Canadiens

Chicago Blackhawks

Goal anatomy

Tyler Bertuzzi · 1st 3:21 · CHI PP

Nick Foligno · 3rd 15:51 · CHI

Cole Caufield · 1st 18:24 · MTL

Nick Foligno · 2nd 7:05 · CHI

Patrick Maroon · 3rd 3:01 · CHI

Emil Heineman · 3rd 9:45 · MTL PP