Montreal Canadiens vs. Columbus Blue JacketsMar 12, 2018

FinalMonday, Mar 12, 2018· Nationwide Arena

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Montreal CanadiensMTL

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Columbus Blue JacketsCBJ

5

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MTL	1	1	0	2		MTL	10	6	24	40
CBJ	3	1	1	5		CBJ	11	9	5	25

: MTL 74CBJ 45
: MTL 4.52CBJ 2.22
PP goals: MTL 0CBJ 2
Hits: MTL 22CBJ 21
Blocks: MTL 10CBJ 20
PIM: MTL 6CBJ 2
: MTL 45%CBJ 55%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Columbus Blue Jackets beat Montreal Canadiens 5–2

Columbus Blue Jackets beat Montreal Canadiens 5–2 at home. Alexander Wennberg (CBJ) led the scoring with 1G 3A. CBJ's first power-play unit (Atkinson, Jones, Wennberg, Panarin and Dubois) scored 2 power-play goals on 4 attempts in 2:02 together.

Points
Alexander Wennberg had a goal and 3 assists (4 points) on 2 shots in 13:49.Wennberg
Points
Ian Cole had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 20:54.Cole
Points
Seth Jones had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 14:13.Jones
PP1
CBJ's first power-play unit (Atkinson, Jones, Wennberg, Panarin and Dubois) scored 2 power-play goals on 4 attempts in 2:02 together.Atkinson Jones Wennberg Panarin Dubois
Usage
Seth Jones (CBJ) played 14:13, −10:31 down on his 24:44 season average over 77 games.Jones
Goalie
Sergei Bobrovsky (CBJ) faced 40 shots and stopped 38 (.950), +9 against a season average of 30.7; the win.Bobrovsky
Luck
CBJ scored 5 goals on 2.22 expected goals (45 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
Luck
MTL scored 2 goals on 4.52 expected goals (74 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)CBJ attacks right (top on phones) →

CBJ
MTL
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 119 of 119 attempts · CBJ 45 · MTL 74

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

CBJ
MTL
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

CBJ 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 33% of the game, CBJ 25%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

CBJ

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	CBJ
	74	47
	3.35	2.26
	3.12	2.22
	18	10
	2	4
	16	18
	−0.023	+0.023
	33%	25%

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

L1Galchenyuk – Hudon – de la Rose
12:5541% CF
L2Byron – Gallagher – Drouin
11:4563% CF
L3Deslauriers – Shaw – Carr
10:0165% CF
L4Shaw – Lehkonen – Scherbak
9:1476% CF
D1Petry – Reilly
18:1659% CF
D2Benn – Lernout
15:4364% CF
D3Alzner – Juulsen
13:4479% CF

PP1Petry – Byron – Gallagher – Galchenyuk – Drouin
1:41100% CF
PP2Shaw – Reilly – Hudon – Lehkonen – Scherbak
1:32100% CF
PK1Fde la Rose – Lehkonen
1:13
PK2FDeslauriers – Shaw
1:03
PK1DAlzner – Juulsen
1:13
PK2DBenn – Lernout
0:49

Current MTL line combinations →

Columbus Blue Jackets

L1Atkinson – Panarin – Dubois
14:1042% CF
L2Foligno – Bjorkstrand – Milano
10:1133% CF
L3Dubinsky – Letestu – Sedlak
9:5938% CF
L4Vanek – Jenner – Wennberg
9:0045% CF
D1Johnson – Nutivaara
15:1631% CF
D2Cole – Savard
15:0141% CF
D3Jones – Werenski
10:2350% CF

PP1Atkinson – Jones – Wennberg – Panarin – Dubois
2:0280% CF
PP2Vanek – Foligno – Bjorkstrand – Milano – Werenski
1:05100% CF
PK1FDubinsky – Letestu
1:04
PK2FFoligno – Wennberg
0:54
PK1DCole – Savard
2:24
PK2DJones – Werenski
0:57

Current CBJ line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

0:34
MTLBrendan Gallagher (Jeff Petry)tip-in0.05 xG
MTL: Petry, Byron, Gallagher, Reilly, DrouinCBJ: Atkinson, Jones, Werenski, Panarin, Dubois
MTL 1 – 0 CBJ
4:17
CBJNick Folignotip-in0.09 xG
MTL: Petry, Benn, Galchenyuk, Hudon, de la RoseCBJ: Johnson, Foligno, Bjorkstrand, Milano, Nutivaara
MTL 1 – 1 CBJ
7:51
CBJAlexander WennbergPP (Seth Jones, Cam Atkinson)deflected0.12 xG
MTL: Alzner, de la Rose, Lehkonen, JuulsenCBJ: Atkinson, Jones, Wennberg, Panarin, Dubois
MTL 1 – 2 CBJ
14:03
CBJSeth JonesPP (Artemi Panarin, Alexander Wennberg)snap0.05 xG
MTL: Alzner, de la Rose, Lehkonen, JuulsenCBJ: Atkinson, Jones, Wennberg, Panarin, Dubois
MTL 1 – 3 CBJ

2nd period

2:34
CBJBoone Jenner (Alexander Wennberg, Ian Cole)tip-in0.05 xG
MTL: Benn, Galchenyuk, Hudon, de la Rose, LernoutCBJ: Vanek, Cole, Savard, Jenner, Wennberg
MTL 1 – 4 CBJ
15:46
MTLJonathan Drouin (Paul Byron)wrist0.16 xG
MTL: Petry, Byron, Gallagher, Reilly, DrouinCBJ: Cole, Savard, Bjorkstrand, Wennberg, Milano
MTL 2 – 4 CBJ

3rd period

17:41
CBJIan Cole (Alexander Wennberg)wrist0.02 xG
MTL: Benn, Galchenyuk, Hudon, de la Rose, LernoutCBJ: Vanek, Cole, Savard, Jenner, Wennberg
MTL 2 – 5 CBJ

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
Alex Galchenyuk C	L1	0	0	0	-3	3	0.41	0	2	0	16:59	—	—	45	54
Charles Hudon L	L1	0	0	0	-3	3	0.11	0	0	0	16:06	—	—	42	20
Jacob de la Rose L	L1	0	0	0	-3	0	0.02	2	0	0	15:37	—	—	48	25
Brendan Gallagher R	L2	1	0	1	+2	2	0.23	1	0	0	18:09	—	—	61	45
Jonathan Drouin L	L2	1	0	1	+2	2	0.40	0	0	0	17:05	—	—	62	59
Paul Byron L	L2	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	3	0	0	16:39	—	—	62	47
Nicolas Deslauriers L	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.72	2	1	2	12:46	—	—	67	85
Logan Shaw R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.16	1	0	0	12:30	—	—	65	86
Daniel Carr L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.41	0	0	2	11:16	—	—	70	87
Artturi Lehkonen L	L4	0	0	0	0	5	0.37	2	1	0	14:40	—	—	78	73
Nikita Scherbak R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.12	2	1	0	14:13	—	—	68	57
Andrew Shaw R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	1.04	3	0	0	14:04	—	—	71	65
Jeff Petry D	D1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.16	0	0	2	23:45	—	—	59	46
Mike Reilly D	D1	0	0	0	+2	3	0.14	0	1	0	22:42	—	—	52	46
Jordie Benn D	D2	0	0	0	-3	3	0.11	2	1	0	18:08	—	—	66	63
Brett Lernout D	D2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.01	2	0	0	16:45	—	—	64	65
Karl Alzner D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	1	2	0	17:57	—	—	70	88
Noah Juulsen D	D3	0	0	0	0	4	0.10	1	1	0	17:26	—	—	68	86

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Charlie Lindgren(start)	L	25	20	5	.800	2.22	60:00

Columbus Blue Jackets

CBJ skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Artemi Panarin L	L1	0	1	1	-1	3	0.26	0	0	0	18:24	—	—	43	54
Cam Atkinson R	L1	0	1	1	-1	2	0.23	0	0	0	17:54	—	—	41	49
Pierre-Luc Dubois C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.17	1	0	0	17:47	—	—	42	49
Nick Foligno L	L2	1	0	1	+1	1	0.09	1	0	0	17:46	—	—	33	38
Sonny Milano L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.16	0	0	0	13:58	—	—	33	39
Oliver Bjorkstrand R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.17	0	0	0	13:49	—	—	36	37
Mark Letestu C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	1	0	0	14:10	—	—	35	23
Brandon Dubinsky C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	1	0	13:43	—	—	44	24
Lukas Sedlak C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.12	3	1	0	11:04	—	—	39	60
Boone Jenner C	L4	1	0	1	+2	4	0.17	6	2	0	14:01	—	—	36	28
Alexander Wennberg C	L4	1	3	4	+1	2	0.30	0	0	0	13:49	—	—	42	47
Thomas Vanek L	L4	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	1	0	0	13:13	—	—	41	52
Jack Johnson D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.06	1	3	2	20:59	—	—	33	38
Markus Nutivaara D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.05	2	1	0	18:41	—	—	29	42
David Savard D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	5	0	22:07	—	—	37	32
Ian Cole D	D2	1	1	2	+1	1	0.02	1	2	0	20:54	—	—	43	53
Zach Werenski D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.23	1	3	0	19:30	—	—	42	37
Seth Jones D	D3	1	1	2	-1	3	0.15	2	2	0	14:13	—	—	52	54

CBJ goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Sergei Bobrovsky(start)	W	40	38	2	.950	4.52	60:00

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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.