Montreal Canadiens vs. Columbus Blue JacketsApr 13, 2022

FinalWednesday, Apr 13, 2022· Nationwide Arena

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Columbus Blue JacketsCBJ

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MTL	0	1	0	1		MTL	4	9	8	21
CBJ	1	2	2	5		CBJ	10	12	9	31

: MTL 48CBJ 64
: MTL 2.73CBJ 3.35
PP goals: MTL 1CBJ 1
Hits: MTL 12CBJ 17
Blocks: MTL 17CBJ 14
PIM: MTL 6CBJ 6
: MTL 63%CBJ 37%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Columbus Blue Jackets rout Montreal Canadiens 5–1

Columbus Blue Jackets beat Montreal Canadiens 5–1 at home. Patrik Laine (CBJ) led the scoring with 1G 2A. CBJ's first power-play unit (Voracek, Nyquist, Bjorkstrand, Werenski and Laine) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 3:32 together.

Points
Patrik Laine had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 4 shots in 19:46.Laine
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Jack Roslovic had two goals (2 points) on 5 shots in 21:27.Roslovic
Points
Cole Sillinger had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 15:20.Sillinger
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Emil Bemstrom had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 15:30.Bemstrom
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Gustav Nyquist had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 21:33.Nyquist
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Jakub Voracek had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 17:55.Voracek
PP1
CBJ's first power-play unit (Voracek, Nyquist, Bjorkstrand, Werenski and Laine) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 3:32 together.Voracek Nyquist Bjorkstrand Werenski Laine
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MTL's first power-play unit (Hoffman, Anderson, Suzuki, Poehling and Caufield) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 3:08 together.Hoffman Anderson Suzuki Poehling Caufield

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 112 of 112 attempts · CBJ 64 · MTL 48

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 26% of the game, CBJ 37%.

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
	49	58
	2.58	3.04
	2.23	2.81
	8	11
	1	6
	14	12
	+0.132	−0.132
	26%	37%

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

L1Anderson – Suzuki – Caufield
14:3256% CF
L2Hoffman – Evans – Pitlick
6:1960% CF
L3Gallagher – Armia – Dvorak
4:5017% CF
L4Byron – Pitlick – Poehling
3:2233% CF
D1Petry – Edmundson
14:0548% CF
D2Savard – Romanov
13:4650% CF
D3Wideman – Harris
13:2631% CF

PP1Hoffman – Anderson – Suzuki – Poehling – Caufield
3:0886% CF
PP2Wideman – Gallagher – Armia – Dvorak – Pitlick
2:400% CF
PK1FArmia – Dvorak
2:16
PK2FByron – Evans
0:31
PK1DPetry – Edmundson
2:24
PK2DSavard – Romanov
1:09

Current MTL line combinations →

Columbus Blue Jackets

L1Nyquist – Roslovic – Laine
13:3763% CF
L2Voracek – Bemstrom – Sillinger
10:4033% CF
L3Gaunce – Meyer – Robinson
7:2969% CF
L4Bjorkstrand – Danforth – Johnson
6:5653% CF
D1Werenski – Peeke
14:1650% CF
D2Bean – Blankenburg
12:4252% CF
D3Gavrikov – Boqvist
10:4357% CF

PP1Voracek – Nyquist – Bjorkstrand – Werenski – Laine
3:32100% CF
PP2Nyquist – Bemstrom – Boqvist – Johnson – Sillinger
0:51100% CF
PK1FNyquist – Roslovic
1:59
PK2FDanforth – Robinson
1:57
PK1DGavrikov – Peeke
3:02
PK2DBean – Blankenburg
0:37

Current CBJ line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

8:36
CBJJack Roslovic (Patrik Laine, Vladislav Gavrikov)wrist0.03 xG
MTL: Savard, Anderson, Suzuki, Romanov, CaufieldCBJ: Nyquist, Roslovic, Gavrikov, Laine, Boqvist
MTL 0 – 1 CBJ

2nd period

15:52
CBJJack Roslovic (Patrik Laine, Gustav Nyquist)deflected0.10 xG
MTL: Savard, Anderson, Suzuki, Romanov, CaufieldCBJ: Nyquist, Roslovic, Werenski, Laine, Peeke
MTL 0 – 2 CBJ
17:22
CBJPatrik LainePP (Gustav Nyquist, Jakub Voracek)wrist0.03 xG
MTL: Petry, Edmundson, Armia, SuzukiCBJ: Voracek, Nyquist, Bjorkstrand, Werenski, Laine
MTL 0 – 3 CBJ
18:09
MTLRyan PoehlingPP (Nick Suzuki, Mike Hoffman)tip-in0.20 xG
MTL: Hoffman, Anderson, Suzuki, Poehling, CaufieldCBJ: Gavrikov, Peeke, Robinson, Sillinger
MTL 1 – 3 CBJ

3rd period

6:24
CBJCole Sillinger (Emil Bemstrom, Nick Blankenburg)tip-in0.09 xG
MTL: Petry, Pitlick, Edmundson, Dvorak, PitlickCBJ: Voracek, Bean, Bemstrom, Sillinger, Blankenburg
MTL 1 – 4 CBJ
17:38
CBJEmil Bemstrom (Jakub Voracek, Cole Sillinger)wrist0.04 xG
MTL: Savard, Pitlick, Dvorak, Pitlick, RomanovCBJ: Voracek, Gavrikov, Bemstrom, Boqvist, Sillinger
MTL 1 – 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
Nick Suzuki C	L1	0	1	1	-2	1	0.19	0	1	0	21:19	—	—	55	62
Cole Caufield R	L1	0	0	0	-2	4	0.27	0	0	0	20:13	—	—	55	62
Josh Anderson R	L1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.49	0	0	0	18:36	—	—	56	66
Mike Hoffman C	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.08	0	0	2	14:49	—	—	47	26
Rem Pitlick C	L2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	1	0	14:20	—	—	38	24
Jake Evans C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.50	0	0	0	14:03	—	—	43	43
Joel Armia R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	0	1	0	15:11	—	—	14	13
Christian Dvorak C	L3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.18	0	0	0	15:00	—	—	21	29
Brendan Gallagher R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	1	0	14:46	—	—	56	42
Ryan Poehling C	L4	1	0	1	0	1	0.20	1	1	0	13:23	—	—	52	39
Paul Byron L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	0	0	0	12:24	—	—	55	56
Tyler Pitlick C	L4	0	0	0	-2	2	0.30	0	1	0	10:10	—	—	30	54
Jeff Petry D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	3	2	19:35	—	—	55	65
Joel Edmundson D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.19	4	0	0	18:52	—	—	47	56
Alexander Romanov D	D2	0	0	0	-3	2	0.06	4	3	2	19:38	—	—	50	57
David Savard D	D2	0	0	0	-3	0	0.03	1	4	0	18:30	—	—	49	37
Chris Wideman D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	17:49	—	—	33	12
Jordan Harris D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	1	0	0	16:33	—	—	30	14

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Samuel Montembeault(start)	L	31	26	5	.839	3.35	59:53

Columbus Blue Jackets

CBJ skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Gustav Nyquist R	L1	0	2	2	+2	2	0.17	0	1	0	21:33	—	—	55	67
Jack Roslovic C	L1	2	0	2	+2	5	0.42	0	0	0	21:27	—	—	59	68
Patrik Laine L	L1	1	2	3	+2	4	0.25	0	0	0	19:46	—	—	54	67
Jakub Voracek R	L2	0	2	2	+2	1	0.19	0	0	0	17:55	—	—	37	25
Emil Bemstrom C	L2	1	1	2	+2	3	0.22	2	0	0	15:30	—	—	41	29
Cole Sillinger C	L2	1	1	2	+2	2	0.21	0	0	0	15:20	—	—	33	32
Eric Robinson L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.16	1	0	0	13:06	—	—	77	72
Carson Meyer R	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.37	4	1	0	9:05	—	—	69	59
Brendan Gaunce C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	2	0	2	8:56	—	—	61	57
Oliver Bjorkstrand R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.17	1	2	0	12:41	—	—	61	87
Justin Danforth R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.58	0	0	0	11:55	—	—	61	58
Kent Johnson C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.09	1	0	2	11:05	—	—	56	82
Zach Werenski D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.24	0	1	0	25:01	—	—	51	42
Andrew Peeke D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.01	4	3	2	20:41	—	—	54	66
Nick Blankenburg D	D2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	5	0	16:46	—	—	56	62
Jake Bean D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.01	1	0	0	16:31	—	—	50	46
Vladislav Gavrikov D	D3	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	0	1	0	21:03	—	—	55	60
Adam Boqvist D	D3	0	0	0	+2	1	0.17	0	0	0	15:36	—	—	59	67

CBJ goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Elvis Merzlikins(start)	W	21	20	1	.952	2.73	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.