Montreal Canadiens vs. St. Louis BluesDec 11, 2021

FinalSaturday, Dec 11, 2021· Enterprise Center

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St. Louis BluesSTL

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MTL	0	0	1	1		MTL	6	6	11	23
STL	1	2	1	4		STL	12	11	14	37

: MTL 43STL 50
: MTL 1.50STL 3.55
PP goals: MTL 0STL 2
Hits: MTL 35STL 16
Blocks: MTL 8STL 6
PIM: MTL 6STL 2
: MTL 50%STL 50%

Fantasy takeaways

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

St. Louis Blues beat Montreal Canadiens 4–1

St. Louis Blues beat Montreal Canadiens 4–1 at home. Pavel Buchnevich (STL) led the scoring with 1G 1A. STL's first power-play unit (Tarasenko, Saad, Buchnevich, Barbashev and Perunovich) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 2:34 together.

Points
Pavel Buchnevich had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 18:13.Buchnevich
Points
Logan Brown had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 13:00.Brown
Points
Ryan O'Reilly had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 19:17.O'Reilly
Points
Vladimir Tarasenko had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 16:08.Tarasenko
PP1
STL's first power-play unit (Tarasenko, Saad, Buchnevich, Barbashev and Perunovich) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 2:34 together.Tarasenko Saad Buchnevich Barbashev Perunovich
New line
New look for MTL: Hoffman–Lehkonen–Suzuki skated 11:33 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (64.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Hoffman Lehkonen Suzuki
Goalie
Jake Allen (MTL) faced 37 shots and stopped 33 (.892), +5 against a season average of 32.1; the loss.Allen
New line
New look for STL: Peca–Joshua–Brown skated 4:58 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Peca Joshua Brown

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)STL attacks right (top on phones) →

STL
MTL
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 93 of 93 attempts · STL 50 · MTL 43

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

STL
MTL
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

STL 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 8% of the game, STL 51%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

STL

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	STL
	46	50
	1.42	3.48
	1.41	3.34
	8	11
	6	7
	11	17
	+0.023	−0.023
	8%	51%

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

L1Hoffman – Lehkonen – Suzuki
11:3364% CF
L2Armia – Drouin – Poehling
5:3220% CF
L3Perreault – Dauphin – Caufield
5:2763% CF
L4Paquette – Pezzetta – Ylonen
4:3963% CF
D1Savard – Chiarot
17:2836% CF
D2Kulak – Clague
15:4345% CF
D3Wideman – Romanov
14:3375% CF

PP1Perreault – Hoffman – Armia – Drouin – Clague
1:25100% CF
PP2Wideman – Suzuki – Poehling – Ylonen – Caufield
0:32100% CF
PK1FPaquette – Dauphin
1:50
PK2FLehkonen – Suzuki
0:50
PK1DSavard – Chiarot
3:07
PK2DKulak – Romanov
1:10

Current MTL line combinations →

St. Louis Blues

L1Tarasenko – Buchnevich – Barbashev
11:1763% CF
L2Schenn – Sundqvist – Walker
9:2738% CF
L3O'Reilly – Saad – Kyrou
8:4942% CF
L4Peca – Joshua – Brown
4:5850% CF
D1Parayko – Mikkola
18:0946% CF
D2Scandella – Krug
15:3861% CF
D3Bortuzzo – Perunovich
11:0959% CF

PP1Tarasenko – Saad – Buchnevich – Barbashev – Perunovich
2:34100% CF
PP2O'Reilly – Schenn – Krug – Brown – Kyrou
1:43100% CF
PK1FO'Reilly – Buchnevich
0:46
PK2FSaad – Barbashev
0:21
PK1DBortuzzo – Scandella
0:57
PK2DParayko – Mikkola
0:46

Current STL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

1:03
STLPavel Buchnevich (Vladimir Tarasenko, Ryan O'Reilly)wrist0.09 xG
MTL: Chiarot, Armia, Kulak, Drouin, PoehlingSTL: Scandella, O'Reilly, Tarasenko, Krug, Buchnevich
MTL 0 – 1 STL

2nd period

8:52
STLDakota Joshua (Logan Brown, Matthew Peca)wrist0.09 xG
MTL: Wideman, Chiarot, Dauphin, Lehkonen, YlonenSTL: Krug, Joshua, Mikkola, Brown, Kyrou
MTL 0 – 2 STL
15:20
STLIvan BarbashevPP (Vladimir Tarasenko, Pavel Buchnevich)snap0.17 xG
MTL: Savard, Chiarot, Paquette, DauphinSTL: Tarasenko, Saad, Buchnevich, Barbashev, Perunovich
MTL 0 – 3 STL

3rd period

1:57
MTLAlexander Romanov (Ryan Poehling, Laurent Dauphin)wrist0.24 xG
MTL: Perreault, Wideman, Dauphin, Poehling, RomanovSTL: Schenn, Parayko, Sundqvist, Walker, Mikkola
MTL 1 – 3 STL
10:16
STLTorey KrugPP (Ryan O'Reilly, Logan Brown)slap0.07 xG
MTL: Armia, Kulak, Dauphin, RomanovSTL: O'Reilly, Schenn, Krug, Sundqvist, Brown
MTL 1 – 4 STL

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	0	0	0	3	0.08	4	0	0	19:12	—	—	63	28
Mike Hoffman C	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.11	0	0	2	18:32	—	—	67	32
Artturi Lehkonen L	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.11	0	1	0	16:11	—	—	53	35
Jonathan Drouin L	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.21	1	0	0	17:37	—	—	38	26
Joel Armia R	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.14	4	0	0	16:37	—	—	30	22
Ryan Poehling C	L2	0	1	1	0	0	0.13	0	0	0	13:38	—	—	29	26
Cole Caufield R	L3	0	0	0	0	4	0.23	0	0	2	16:04	—	—	50	32
Laurent Dauphin C	L3	0	1	1	0	1	0.01	1	0	0	15:02	—	—	50	36
Mathieu Perreault C	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.05	2	0	0	14:37	—	—	47	28
Jesse Ylonen R	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	1	0	0	11:12	—	—	44	20
Cedric Paquette C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	5	0	0	9:51	—	—	56	43
Michael Pezzetta L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.05	5	0	2	9:07	—	—	60	55
Ben Chiarot D	D1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.01	3	0	0	23:35	—	—	30	17
David Savard D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	4	0	22:28	—	—	36	14
Kale Clague D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	1	1	0	18:30	—	—	44	34
Brett Kulak D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	18:22	—	—	40	28
Alexander Romanov D	D3	1	0	1	+1	3	0.27	6	1	0	18:38	—	—	64	37
Chris Wideman D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	0	0	16:30	—	—	69	42

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jake Allen(start)	L	37	33	4	.892	3.55	60:00

St. Louis Blues

STL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Pavel Buchnevich L	L1	1	1	2	+1	4	0.39	0	0	0	18:13	—	—	65	84
Ivan Barbashev L	L1	1	0	1	0	4	0.33	4	0	0	16:39	—	—	59	82
Vladimir Tarasenko R	L1	0	2	2	+1	3	0.48	1	0	0	16:08	—	—	60	83
Nathan Walker L	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.15	3	0	0	16:47	—	—	52	58
Brayden Schenn C	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.20	2	0	0	15:47	—	—	48	51
Oskar Sundqvist C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.28	0	0	0	14:31	—	—	45	47
Ryan O'Reilly C	L3	0	2	2	+1	1	0.15	0	1	0	19:17	—	—	36	66
Brandon Saad L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	16:36	—	—	35	61
Jordan Kyrou R	L3	0	0	0	+1	4	0.45	0	0	0	12:45	—	—	44	70
Logan Brown C	L4	0	2	2	+1	2	0.14	1	0	0	13:00	—	—	61	87
Dakota Joshua C	L4	1	0	1	+1	3	0.55	3	0	0	11:31	—	—	62	81
Matthew Peca C	L4	0	1	1	0	2	0.10	1	0	0	10:58	—	—	67	74
Colton Parayko D	D1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.12	0	1	0	21:45	—	—	50	72
Niko Mikkola D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0	1	0	21:27	—	—	43	70
Marco Scandella D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.06	0	1	0	20:46	—	—	54	68
Torey Krug D	D2	1	0	1	+2	1	0.07	0	0	2	19:31	—	—	59	71
Scott Perunovich D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	1	0	16:37	—	—	58	78
Robert Bortuzzo D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	0	1	0	15:42	—	—	54	69

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Charlie Lindgren(start)	W	23	22	1	.957	1.50	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.