Montreal Canadiens vs. Columbus Blue JacketsNov 27, 2024

Final / OTWednesday, Nov 27, 2024· Nationwide Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
MTL	1	1	1	1	4		MTL	8	7	5	3	23
CBJ	1	1	1	0	3		CBJ	9	6	9	0	24

: MTL 60CBJ 54
: MTL 2.97CBJ 2.56
PP goals: MTL 1CBJ 0
Hits: MTL 24CBJ 25
Blocks: MTL 14CBJ 16
PIM: MTL 13CBJ 11
: MTL 52%CBJ 48%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Montreal Canadiens edge Columbus Blue Jackets 4–3 (OT)

Montreal Canadiens beat Columbus Blue Jackets 4–3 in overtime at CBJ. Zach Werenski (CBJ) led the scoring with 1G 1A. MTL's first power-play unit (Suzuki, Dach, Caufield, Hutson and Slafkovský) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 1:25 together.

Points
Juraj Slafkovský had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 13:04.Slafkovský
Points
Zach Werenski had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 24:15.Werenski
PP1
MTL's first power-play unit (Suzuki, Dach, Caufield, Hutson and Slafkovský) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 1:25 together.Suzuki Dach Caufield Hutson Slafkovský
New line
New look for CBJ: Olivier–Danforth–Aston-Reese skated 13:23 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (42.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Olivier Danforth Aston-Reese
Usage
Sean Kuraly (CBJ) played 4:02, −7:50 down on his 11:52 season average over 81 games.Kuraly
New line
New look for CBJ: Chinakhov–Johnson–Fantilli skated 11:07 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (60% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Chinakhov Johnson Fantilli
New line
New look for MTL: Anderson–Dach–Roy skated 8:19 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (31.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Anderson Dach Roy
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New look for MTL: Gallagher–Dvorak–Slafkovský skated 8:31 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (37.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Gallagher Dvorak Slafkovský

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 114 of 114 attempts · CBJ 54 · MTL 60

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 35% of the game, CBJ 32%.

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
	60	50
	1.73	2.22
	1.70	2.06
	7	8
	1	8
	22	12
	−0.006	+0.006
	35%	32%

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 – Newhook
13:1870% CF
L2Armia – Evans – Heineman
9:2975% CF
L3Gallagher – Dvorak – Slafkovský
8:3138% CF
L4Anderson – Dach – Roy
8:1932% CF
D1Savard – Xhekaj
9:0040% CF
D2Guhle – Hutson
8:3656% CF
D3Struble – Barron
5:5950% CF

PP1Suzuki – Dach – Caufield – Hutson – Slafkovský
1:25100% CF
PP2Gallagher – Armia – Newhook – Barron – Heineman
1:04100% CF
PK1FArmia – Evans
4:02
PK2FAnderson – Dvorak
1:17
PK1DSavard – Guhle
3:07
PK2DStruble – Hutson
0:59

Current MTL line combinations →

Columbus Blue Jackets

L1Olivier – Danforth – Aston-Reese
13:2343% CF
L2Monahan – Marchenko – Voronkov
11:4345% CF
L3Chinakhov – Johnson – Fantilli
11:0760% CF
L4van Riemsdyk – Kuraly – Labanc
3:4129% CF
D1Werenski – Fabbro
14:4150% CF
D2Severson – Provorov
11:5835% CF
D3Harris – Christiansen
7:5654% CF

PP1Monahan – Werenski – Marchenko – Voronkov – Johnson
4:06100% CF
PP2van Riemsdyk – Labanc – Provorov – Chinakhov – Fantilli
1:41
PK1FMonahan – Johnson
1:21
PK2FOlivier – Fantilli
0:41
PK1DSeverson – Provorov
1:21
PK2DWerenski – Fabbro
1:08

Current CBJ 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	1	0	1	+1	2	0.63	0	0	0	19:13	—	—	71	46
Cole Caufield R	L1	1	0	1	0	5	0.88	2	0	0	16:55	—	—	69	43
Alex Newhook C	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.17	1	0	0	16:12	—	—	69	49
Joel Armia R	L2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.03	3	0	0	17:31	—	—	67	61
Jake Evans C	L2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	3	1	0	16:44	—	—	60	57
Emil Heineman L	L2	1	0	1	+1	1	0.29	2	0	0	13:31	—	—	65	78
Christian Dvorak C	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.13	0	0	0	13:48	—	—	45	46
Juraj Slafkovský L	L3	1	1	2	0	1	0.11	1	1	0	13:04	—	—	50	50
Brendan Gallagher R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.11	1	0	7	12:03	—	—	35	32
Kirby Dach C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.19	2	0	0	14:50	—	—	39	35
Josh Anderson R	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.13	5	2	2	12:44	—	—	39	41
Joshua Roy R	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	0	0	0	11:03	—	—	29	25
David Savard D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	1	3	0	19:48	—	—	32	38
Arber Xhekaj D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.05	0	1	0	19:28	—	—	52	56
Lane Hutson D	D2	0	1	1	+3	2	0.10	0	3	0	25:29	—	—	59	63
Kaiden Guhle D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	2	2	24:39	—	—	55	48
Justin Barron D	D3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.07	0	1	2	16:59	—	—	59	23
Jayden Struble D	D3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	3	0	0	12:12	—	—	67	29

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Cayden Primeau(start)	W	24	21	3	.875	2.56	60:43

Columbus Blue Jackets

CBJ skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Justin Danforth R	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.21	3	2	0	17:37	—	—	42	69
Mathieu Olivier R	L1	1	0	1	+1	3	0.26	6	0	0	16:37	—	—	41	65
Zachary Aston-Reese L	L1	0	1	1	+1	4	0.37	4	1	0	15:57	—	—	40	65
Sean Monahan C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.38	2	1	0	21:31	—	—	45	37
Kirill Marchenko R	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.33	0	1	0	19:14	—	—	41	41
Dmitri Voronkov L	L2	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	2	2	0	18:24	—	—	48	44
Kent Johnson C	L3	0	1	1	0	2	0.08	0	0	0	18:54	—	—	60	69
Adam Fantilli C	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	4	1	0	18:00	—	—	56	69
Egor Chinakhov R	L3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.43	0	0	0	16:43	—	—	54	67
James van Riemsdyk L	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	1	0	0	9:53	—	—	40	38
Kevin Labanc R	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	0	0	0	8:37	—	—	47	12
Sean Kuraly C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	4	4:02	—	—	29	10
Zach Werenski D	D1	1	1	2	+2	3	0.11	0	1	7	24:15	—	—	50	59
Dante Fabbro D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	2	1	0	22:40	—	—	46	58
Ivan Provorov D	D2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.07	0	1	0	24:22	—	—	25	18
Damon Severson D	D2	0	1	1	0	1	0.25	0	3	0	21:31	—	—	51	69
Jordan Harris D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.05	0	1	0	11:53	—	—	48	49
Jake Christiansen D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	1	0	10:53	—	—	53	72

CBJ goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Elvis Merzlikins(start)	O	23	19	4	.826	2.97	59:16

Goal anatomy

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

Mathieu Olivier (CBJ) 1st 9:08 · assists Zach Werenski, Zachary Aston-Reese · Rush · passed in · 22.5 mph shot · 3.6 s from entry to goal.

Mathieu Olivier · 1st 9:08 · CBJ

Play: rush
Entry: pass
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 22.5 mph
Distance: 8 ft
Entry to goal: 3.6 s

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Juraj Slafkovský · 1st 13:00 · MTL

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 0
Shot: 56.1 mph
Distance: 22 ft
Entry to goal: 2.3 s

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Egor Chinakhov · 2nd 4:27 · CBJ

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: pass
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 2
Shot: 47.6 mph
Distance: 11 ft
Entry to goal: 2.1 s

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Cole Caufield · 2nd 6:34 · MTL PP

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 2
Shot: 65.4 mph
Distance: 18 ft
Entry to goal: 2.1 s

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Emil Heineman · 3rd 8:24 · MTL

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 3
Shot: 24.7 mph
Distance: 8 ft
Entry to goal: 2.2 s

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Zach Werenski · 3rd 12:22 · CBJ

Play: cycle
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 31.5 mph
Distance: 31 ft

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Nick Suzuki · OT 0:44 · MTL

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 1
Shot: 15.4 mph
Distance: 28 ft
Entry to goal: 4.6 s

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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. Columbus Blue JacketsNov 27, 2024

Fantasy takeaways

Montreal Canadiens edge Columbus Blue Jackets 4–3 (OT)

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Montreal Canadiens

Columbus Blue Jackets

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

OT period

Box score

Montreal Canadiens

Columbus Blue Jackets

Goal anatomy

Mathieu Olivier · 1st 9:08 · CBJ

Juraj Slafkovský · 1st 13:00 · MTL

Egor Chinakhov · 2nd 4:27 · CBJ

Cole Caufield · 2nd 6:34 · MTL PP

Emil Heineman · 3rd 8:24 · MTL

Zach Werenski · 3rd 12:22 · CBJ

Nick Suzuki · OT 0:44 · MTL