Montreal Canadiens vs. Columbus Blue JacketsJan 18, 2019

FinalFriday, Jan 18, 2019· Nationwide Arena

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: MTL —CBJ —
PP goals: MTL —CBJ —
Hits: MTL 16CBJ 18
Blocks: MTL 7CBJ 11
PIM: MTL 4CBJ 6
: MTL 46%CBJ 54%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Montreal Canadiens beat Columbus Blue Jackets 4–1

Montreal Canadiens beat Columbus Blue Jackets 4–1 at CBJ. Joel Armia (MTL) led the scoring with 2G 0A. New look for MTL: Tatar–Lehkonen–Domi skated 9:17 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (52.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Joel Armia had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 13:28.Armia
Points
Tomas Tatar had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 17:05.Tatar
Points
Max Domi had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 16:50.Domi
Points
Shea Weber had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 20:26.Weber
New line
New look for MTL: Tatar–Lehkonen–Domi skated 9:17 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (52.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Tatar Lehkonen Domi
Goalie
Carey Price (MTL) faced 35 shots and stopped 34 (.971), +5 against a season average of 29.6; the win.Price
New line
New look for CBJ: Dubinsky–Wennberg–Stenlund skated 8:59 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (61.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Dubinsky Wennberg Stenlund
New line
New look for MTL: Peca–Armia–Kotkaniemi skated 7:49 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (37.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Peca Armia Kotkaniemi

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 17% of the game, CBJ 36%.

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	MTL	CBJ
	50	54
	1.37	3.33
	1.36	3.24
	10	17
	7	2
	20	22
	−0.023	+0.023
	17%	36%

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

L1Gallagher – Danault – Drouin
13:4644% CF
L2Tatar – Lehkonen – Domi
9:1753% CF
L3Peca – Armia – Kotkaniemi
7:4938% CF
L4Deslauriers – Chaput – Agostino
6:3642% CF
D1Benn – Kulak
14:5450% CF
D2Petry – Reilly
13:5755% CF
D3Weber – Mete
11:3658% CF

PP1Petry – Tatar – Agostino – Domi – Kotkaniemi
2:490% CF
PP2Weber – Gallagher – Armia – Lehkonen – Drouin
2:06100% CF
PK1FDanault – Lehkonen
1:41
PK2FChaput – Armia
0:55
PK1DWeber – Benn
2:04
PK2DPetry – Mete
0:45

Current MTL line combinations →

Columbus Blue Jackets

L1Foligno – Jenner – Anderson
13:1338% CF
L2Atkinson – Panarin – Dubois
12:0943% CF
L3Dubinsky – Wennberg – Stenlund
8:5962% CF
L4Nash – Sedlak – Bjorkstrand
6:2642% CF
D1Savard – Harrington
15:5862% CF
D2Jones – Werenski
15:0952% CF
D3Murray – Nutivaara
11:3646% CF

PP1Foligno – Atkinson – Werenski – Panarin – Dubois
2:01100% CF
PP2Jenner – Anderson – Bjorkstrand – Jones – Wennberg
0:55100% CF
PK1FAtkinson – Wennberg
2:31
PK2FJenner – Anderson
1:06
PK1DMurray – Jones
3:48
PK2DSavard – Werenski
1:09

Current CBJ line combinations →

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
Brendan Gallagher R	L1	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	20:00	—	—	45
Jonathan Drouin L	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	18:44	—	—	45
Phillip Danault C	L1	0	1	1	-1	3	0	0	0	18:39	—	—	43
Tomas Tatar L	L2	2	0	2	+2	3	0	0	0	17:05	—	—	55
Max Domi C	L2	0	2	2	+2	1	0	0	2	16:50	—	—	48
Artturi Lehkonen L	L2	0	0	0	+4	5	1	0	0	16:33	—	—	54
Jesperi Kotkaniemi C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	15:30	—	—	47
Joel Armia R	L3	2	0	2	+2	4	0	0	0	13:28	—	—	53
Matthew Peca C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	11:51	—	—	47
Kenny Agostino L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12:55	—	—	40
Nicolas Deslauriers L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	10:10	—	—	47
Michael Chaput C	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	3	0	0	9:21	—	—	56
Jordie Benn D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	0	21:09	—	—	48
Brett Kulak D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	17:28	—	—	50
Jeff Petry D	D2	0	1	1	+2	0	2	3	0	23:42	—	—	44
Mike Reilly D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	1	0	0	15:34	—	—	52
Shea Weber D	D3	0	2	2	+2	1	0	2	0	20:26	—	—	48
Victor Mete D	D3	0	0	0	+2	1	0	1	0	16:37	—	—	48

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA		TOI
Carey Price(start)	W	35	34	1	.971	59:58

Columbus Blue Jackets

CBJ skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-		Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Boone Jenner C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	1	1	0	17:14	—	—	40
Nick Foligno L	L1	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0	0	16:34	—	—	38
Josh Anderson R	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	3	0	2	16:02	—	—	40
Artemi Panarin L	L2	0	0	0	-2	1	1	0	0	20:44	—	—	59
Cam Atkinson R	L2	0	0	0	-3	6	0	0	0	20:06	—	—	54
Pierre-Luc Dubois C	L2	0	0	0	-3	2	1	0	0	18:15	—	—	50
Alexander Wennberg C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	14:25	—	—	62
Brandon Dubinsky C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	13:30	—	—	68
Kevin Stenlund C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	10:42	—	—	69
Oliver Bjorkstrand R	L4	1	0	1	+1	3	0	1	2	10:49	—	—	50
Riley Nash C	L4	0	1	1	+1	3	1	2	0	9:58	—	—	56
Lukas Sedlak C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	9:07	—	—	47
David Savard D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	3	2	0	19:39	—	—	62
Scott Harrington D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	15:58	—	—	62
Seth Jones D	D2	0	1	1	-1	2	1	1	0	24:48	—	—	48
Zach Werenski D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	2	0	0	21:53	—	—	48
Ryan Murray D	D3	0	0	0	-2	3	0	1	0	20:29	—	—	45
Markus Nutivaara D	D3	0	0	0	-2	1	0	1	0	14:04	—	—	47

CBJ goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA		TOI
Joonas Korpisalo(start)	L	25	22	3	.880	59:43

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.