Montreal Canadiens vs. Columbus Blue JacketsNov 29, 2023

FinalWednesday, Nov 29, 2023· Nationwide Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MTL	0	2	2	4		MTL	9	14	8	31
CBJ	0	2	0	2		CBJ	13	6	9	28

: MTL 62CBJ 58
: MTL 3.58CBJ 2.64
PP goals: MTL 0CBJ 0
Hits: MTL 21CBJ 25
Blocks: MTL 12CBJ 18
PIM: MTL 4CBJ 2
: MTL 51%CBJ 49%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Montreal Canadiens beat Columbus Blue Jackets 4–2

Montreal Canadiens beat Columbus Blue Jackets 4–2 at CBJ. Mike Matheson (MTL) led the scoring with 0G 2A. Cole Caufield (MTL) played 14:37, −4:52 down on his 19:29 season average over 81 games.

Points
Mike Matheson had 2 assists (2 points) in 23:17.Matheson
Usage
Cole Caufield (MTL) played 14:37, −4:52 down on his 19:29 season average over 81 games.Caufield
New line
New look for MTL: Armia–Anderson–Monahan skated 10:47 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Armia Anderson Monahan
New line
New look for MTL: Pearson–Evans–Ylonen skated 7:37 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Pearson Evans Ylonen
Usage
Nick Suzuki (MTL) played 16:27, −4:52 down on his 21:19 season average over 81 games.Suzuki
Usage
Justin Barron (MTL) played 22:29, +3:56 up on his 18:33 season average over 47 games.Barron
Usage
Kaiden Guhle (MTL) played 24:51, +4:03 up on his 20:48 season average over 69 games.Guhle
Usage
Gustav Lindstrom (MTL) played 19:02, +3:43 up on his 15:19 season average over 45 games.Lindstrom

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 120 of 120 attempts · CBJ 58 · MTL 62

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 34% of the game, CBJ 30%.

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
	70	61
	3.20	2.52
	2.92	2.35
	12	13
	7	4
	12	14
	−0.008	+0.008
	34%	30%

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 – Suzuki – Newhook
12:1871% CF
L2Dvorak – Caufield – Slafkovský
11:5039% CF
L3Armia – Anderson – Monahan
10:4750% CF
L4Pearson – Evans – Ylonen
7:3750% CF
D1Guhle – Barron
18:4560% CF
D2Matheson – Lindstrom
15:3658% CF
D3Kovacevic – Struble
11:3432% CF

PK1FArmia – Evans
0:49
PK2FPearson – Dvorak
0:47
PK1DMatheson – Kovacevic
1:09
PK2DGuhle – Barron
0:42

Current MTL line combinations →

Columbus Blue Jackets

L1Gaudreau – Jenner – Marchenko
13:4534% CF
L2Kuraly – Danforth – Robinson
12:2762% CF
L3Voronkov – Chinakhov – Sillinger
11:1961% CF
L4Laine – Texier – Fantilli
7:438% CF
D1Werenski – Boqvist
16:4038% CF
D2Gudbranson – Bean
15:4755% CF
D3Provorov – Jiricek
15:1843% CF

PP1Gaudreau – Jenner – Werenski – Laine – Marchenko
1:3775% CF
PP2Provorov – Boqvist – Voronkov – Chinakhov – Fantilli
0:13100% CF

Current CBJ line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

3:40
CBJPatrik Lainewrist0.30 xG
MTL: Matheson, Monahan, Caufield, BarronCBJ: Werenski, Laine, Boqvist, Fantilli
MTL 0 – 1 CBJ
7:36
MTLAlex Newhook (Kaiden Guhle, Nick Suzuki)wrist0.22 xG
MTL: Gallagher, Suzuki, Lindstrom, Newhook, GuhleCBJ: Provorov, Laine, Texier, Jiricek, Fantilli
MTL 1 – 1 CBJ
9:47
CBJEgor Chinakhov (Dmitri Voronkov, Zach Werenski)wrist0.08 xG
MTL: Dvorak, Caufield, Guhle, Barron, SlafkovskýCBJ: Jenner, Werenski, Boqvist, Voronkov, Chinakhov
MTL 1 – 2 CBJ
14:08
MTLCole Caufield (Christian Dvorak, Juraj Slafkovský)wrist0.32 xG
MTL: Dvorak, Caufield, Guhle, Barron, SlafkovskýCBJ: Gudbranson, Laine, Bean, Texier, Fantilli
MTL 2 – 2 CBJ

3rd period

17:03
MTLJoel Armia (Mike Matheson, Justin Barron)tip-in0.05 xG
MTL: Armia, Matheson, Anderson, Monahan, BarronCBJ: Gudbranson, Kuraly, Provorov, Danforth, Robinson
MTL 3 – 2 CBJ
19:03
MTLGustav LindstromEN (Mike Matheson)slap0.76 xG
MTL: Armia, Matheson, Dvorak, Evans, LindstromCBJ: Gaudreau, Jenner, Werenski, Laine, Marchenko, Fantilli
MTL 4 – 2 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	+1	3	0.15	1	0	0	16:27	—	—	74	69
Alex Newhook C	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.47	2	0	0	14:52	—	—	73	69
Brendan Gallagher R	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.02	0	0	0	14:06	—	—	69	67
Christian Dvorak C	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.14	0	0	0	16:30	—	—	35	42
Juraj Slafkovský L	L2	0	1	1	0	2	0.45	1	0	0	15:16	—	—	49	62
Cole Caufield R	L2	1	0	1	-1	3	0.54	0	0	0	14:37	—	—	40	43
Sean Monahan C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	16:50	—	—	55	83
Joel Armia R	L3	1	0	1	+2	3	0.15	0	0	0	16:26	—	—	55	80
Josh Anderson R	L3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.29	1	0	0	16:13	—	—	52	71
Jake Evans C	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.14	2	0	0	15:18	—	—	44	18
Tanner Pearson L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	0	0	10:00	—	—	50	18
Jesse Ylonen R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	1	0	0	8:27	—	—	53	32
Kaiden Guhle D	D1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.19	2	2	0	24:51	—	—	60	73
Justin Barron D	D1	0	1	1	0	3	0.21	3	1	0	22:29	—	—	62	80
Mike Matheson D	D2	0	2	2	+1	0	0.00	0	3	0	23:17	—	—	54	47
Gustav Lindstrom D	D2	1	0	1	+2	2	0.76	1	2	2	19:02	—	—	66	70
Johnathan Kovacevic D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	2	0	2	16:27	—	—	25	11
Jayden Struble D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	4	2	0	14:52	—	—	40	19

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Samuel Montembeault(start)	W	28	26	2	.929	2.64	60:00

Columbus Blue Jackets

CBJ skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Johnny Gaudreau L	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.10	1	1	0	21:23	—	—	33	39
Kirill Marchenko R	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.06	2	2	0	19:14	—	—	38	41
Boone Jenner C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.27	1	2	0	17:38	—	—	37	48
Sean Kuraly C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.37	6	1	2	15:11	—	—	57	65
Justin Danforth R	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.10	1	1	0	14:10	—	—	61	73
Eric Robinson L	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	0	0	13:10	—	—	62	73
Egor Chinakhov R	L3	1	0	1	+1	5	0.31	2	0	0	15:04	—	—	57	57
Cole Sillinger C	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.26	1	1	0	14:42	—	—	59	67
Dmitri Voronkov L	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.40	1	1	0	13:37	—	—	63	72
Patrik Laine L	L4	1	0	1	-2	2	0.31	1	0	0	13:03	—	—	21	6
Adam Fantilli C	L4	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	2	1	0	12:30	—	—	26	8
Alexandre Texier L	L4	0	0	0	-2	1	0.03	0	0	0	11:50	—	—	30	5
Zach Werenski D	D1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.18	0	2	0	23:07	—	—	42	46
Adam Boqvist D	D1	0	0	0	+2	1	0.03	0	1	0	19:51	—	—	41	45
Erik Gudbranson D	D2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.10	1	1	0	19:36	—	—	52	46
Jake Bean D	D2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.06	1	1	0	17:16	—	—	56	48
Ivan Provorov D	D3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.01	2	0	0	19:34	—	—	41	40
David Jiricek D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.05	0	3	0	18:08	—	—	47	42

CBJ goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Elvis Merzlikins(start)	L	30	27	3	.900	2.82	58:56

Goal anatomy

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

Egor Chinakhov (CBJ) 2nd 9:47 · assists Dmitri Voronkov, Zach Werenski · Rebound · carried in · 4-on-2 at the blue line · 31.6 mph shot · 6.6 s from entry to goal.

Egor Chinakhov · 2nd 9:47 · CBJ

Play: rebound
Entry: carry
Odd man: 4-on-2
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 31.6 mph
Distance: 7 ft
Entry to goal: 6.6 s
Type: rebound

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Cole Caufield · 2nd 14:08 · MTL

Play: rebound
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 31.8 mph
Distance: 8 ft
Entry to goal: 4.3 s
Type: rebound

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Patrik Laine · 2nd 3:40 · CBJ

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 0
Shot: 7.8 mph
Distance: 7 ft
Entry to goal: 2.9 s

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Alex Newhook · 2nd 7:36 · MTL

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 51.5 mph
Distance: 21 ft

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Joel Armia · 3rd 17:03 · MTL

Play: deflection
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 48.7 mph
Distance: 12 ft
Entry to goal: 7.4 s
Type: deflection

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Gustav Lindstrom · 3rd 19:03 · MTL EN

Play: point-shot
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 79.2 mph
Distance: 46 ft

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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.