Montreal Canadiens vs. St. Louis BluesOct 29, 2022

FinalSaturday, Oct 29, 2022· Enterprise Center

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Montreal CanadiensMTL

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St. Louis BluesSTL

4

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MTL	1	3	3	7		MTL	6	11	8	25
STL	1	2	1	4		STL	10	9	11	30

: MTL 44STL 55
: MTL 3.51STL 3.62
PP goals: MTL 2STL 1
Hits: MTL 16STL 28
Blocks: MTL 11STL 5
PIM: MTL 6STL 8
: MTL 51%STL 49%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Montreal Canadiens beat St. Louis Blues 7–4

Montreal Canadiens beat St. Louis Blues 7–4 at STL. Christian Dvorak (MTL) led the scoring with 3G 0A.

Points
Christian Dvorak had a hat trick (3 points) on 3 shots in 18:12.Dvorak
Points
Cole Caufield had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 3 shots in 15:17.Caufield
Points
Nick Suzuki had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 17:43.Suzuki
Points
Jordan Kyrou had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 19:13.Kyrou
Points
Brayden Schenn had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 17:38.Schenn
Points
Jordan Harris had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 20:33.Harris
Points
Justin Faulk had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 26:10.Faulk
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Kirby Dach had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 16:09.Dach

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 99 of 99 attempts · STL 55 · MTL 44

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 30% of the game, STL 45%.

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
	40	54
	2.42	3.48
	2.38	3.09
	10	16
	2	5
	29	22
	+0.022	−0.022
	30%	45%

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 – Anderson – Dvorak
11:1548% CF
L2Suzuki – Dach – Caufield
9:4054% CF
L3Hoffman – Armia – Monahan
8:2738% CF
L4Evans – Pezzetta – Slafkovský
6:2730% CF
D1Savard – Guhle
17:1933% CF
D2Kovacevic – Harris
14:5548% CF
D3Wideman – Xhekaj
10:2145% CF

PP1Hoffman – Monahan – Suzuki – Dach – Caufield
4:03100% CF
PP2Wideman – Gallagher – Anderson – Dvorak – Slafkovský
1:02100% CF
PK1FMonahan – Evans
0:49
PK2FArmia – Dvorak
0:47
PK1DSavard – Guhle
1:16
PK2DKovacevic – Harris
0:49

Current MTL line combinations →

St. Louis Blues

L1Tarasenko – Buchnevich – Thomas
11:3060% CF
L2O'Reilly – Schenn – Kyrou
11:0640% CF
L3Walker – Barbashev – Neighbours
8:1140% CF
L4Pitlick – Acciari – Toropchenko
8:0387% CF
D1Leddy – Faulk
11:0161% CF
D2Krug – Parayko
7:0738% CF
D3Bortuzzo – Mikkola
6:3450% CF

PP1Tarasenko – Krug – Buchnevich – Barbashev – Thomas
1:09100% CF
PP2O'Reilly – Schenn – Faulk – Kyrou – Neighbours
0:58100% CF
PK1FO'Reilly – Acciari
3:16
PK2FBuchnevich – Thomas
1:08
PK1DBortuzzo – Faulk
2:18
PK2DParayko – Mikkola
2:16

Current STL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

7:47
STLJordan Kyrou (Brayden Schenn, Justin Faulk)tip-in0.08 xG
MTL: Savard, Suzuki, Dach, Caufield, GuhleSTL: O'Reilly, Schenn, Leddy, Faulk, Kyrou
MTL 0 – 1 STL
15:08
MTLNick Suzuki (Jordan Harris, Cole Caufield)tip-in0.09 xG
MTL: Suzuki, Kovacevic, Harris, Dach, CaufieldSTL: Leddy, Faulk, Tarasenko, Buchnevich, Thomas
MTL 1 – 1 STL

2nd period

5:10
STLNoel Acciari (Tyler Pitlick, Torey Krug)wrist0.19 xG
MTL: Wideman, Gallagher, Anderson, Dvorak, XhekajSTL: Bortuzzo, Pitlick, Buchnevich, Acciari, Mikkola
MTL 1 – 2 STL
9:38
STLJordan KyrouPP (Justin Faulk, Brayden Schenn)snap0.10 xG
MTL: Savard, Armia, Evans, GuhleSTL: O'Reilly, Schenn, Faulk, Kyrou, Neighbours
MTL 1 – 3 STL
10:56
MTLCole Caufield (Nick Suzuki, Kirby Dach)wrist0.28 xG
MTL: Savard, Suzuki, Dach, Caufield, GuhleSTL: Faulk, Tarasenko, Krug, Buchnevich, Thomas
MTL 2 – 3 STL
13:05
MTLJuraj SlafkovskýPP (Chris Wideman, Brendan Gallagher)slap0.08 xG
MTL: Wideman, Gallagher, Anderson, Dvorak, SlafkovskýSTL: Bortuzzo, Leddy, Walker, Toropchenko
MTL 3 – 3 STL
15:46
MTLCole CaufieldPP (Nick Suzuki, Kirby Dach)wrist0.12 xG
MTL: Hoffman, Monahan, Suzuki, Dach, CaufieldSTL: Bortuzzo, O'Reilly, Faulk, Acciari
MTL 4 – 3 STL

3rd period

0:41
MTLChristian Dvoraktip-in0.04 xG
MTL: Anderson, Dvorak, Kovacevic, Harris, DachSTL: O'Reilly, Schenn, Leddy, Faulk, Kyrou
MTL 5 – 3 STL
1:21
MTLChristian Dvorak (Josh Anderson, Jordan Harris)tip-in0.04 xG
MTL: Gallagher, Anderson, Dvorak, Kovacevic, HarrisSTL: O'Reilly, Schenn, Parayko, Mikkola, Kyrou
MTL 6 – 3 STL
2:47
STLVladimir Tarasenko (Robert Thomas)wrist0.17 xG
MTL: Savard, Monahan, Caufield, GuhleSTL: Leddy, Faulk, Tarasenko, Thomas
MTL 6 – 4 STL
18:25
MTLChristian DvorakEN (Sean Monahan, Jake Allen)wrist0.40 xG
MTL: Savard, Gallagher, Monahan, Dvorak, GuhleSTL: O'Reilly, Tarasenko, Krug, Buchnevich, Kyrou, Thomas
MTL 7 – 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
Christian Dvorak C	L1	3	0	3	+2	3	0.61	0	2	0	18:12	—	—	52	50
Brendan Gallagher R	L1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.27	0	0	0	15:34	—	—	43	49
Josh Anderson R	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.25	1	1	2	15:17	—	—	46	44
Nick Suzuki C	L2	1	2	3	+1	1	0.24	0	0	2	17:43	—	—	50	47
Kirby Dach C	L2	0	2	2	+2	2	0.26	0	0	0	16:09	—	—	53	51
Cole Caufield R	L2	2	1	3	0	3	0.65	0	0	0	15:17	—	—	57	64
Sean Monahan C	L3	0	1	1	0	2	0.24	0	1	0	17:16	—	—	39	46
Joel Armia R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.21	1	0	0	17:07	—	—	35	43
Mike Hoffman C	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.45	1	1	2	16:15	—	—	38	45
Jake Evans C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	14:50	—	—	19	13
Michael Pezzetta L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	11:04	—	—	31	14
Juraj Slafkovský L	L4	1	0	1	0	1	0.13	2	0	0	10:23	—	—	36	16
Kaiden Guhle D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	3	1	0	23:45	—	—	32	37
David Savard D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	3	0	23:20	—	—	35	34
Jordan Harris D	D2	0	2	2	+3	1	0.02	1	0	0	20:33	—	—	47	44
Johnathan Kovacevic D	D2	0	0	0	+3	1	0.07	2	1	0	17:53	—	—	48	48
Arber Xhekaj D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	3	0	0	12:53	—	—	42	39
Chris Wideman D	D3	0	1	1	-1	1	0.01	0	1	0	12:25	—	—	46	40

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jake Allen(start)	W	30	26	4	.867	3.62	59:57

St. Louis Blues

STL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Robert Thomas C	L1	0	1	1	-2	1	0.46	0	1	0	19:53	—	—	62	59
Pavel Buchnevich L	L1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.09	1	0	0	17:58	—	—	70	68
Vladimir Tarasenko R	L1	1	0	1	-2	3	0.57	2	0	0	16:48	—	—	60	56
Jordan Kyrou R	L2	2	0	2	-2	3	0.39	0	0	0	19:13	—	—	46	48
Brayden Schenn C	L2	0	2	2	-1	1	0.12	6	0	0	17:38	—	—	55	52
Ryan O'Reilly C	L2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	1	0	0	17:16	—	—	37	43
Ivan Barbashev L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	2	11:50	—	—	40	16
Jake Neighbours L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	10:30	—	—	35	24
Nathan Walker L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.26	0	0	0	10:10	—	—	50	40
Noel Acciari C	L4	1	0	1	+1	3	0.32	5	0	0	13:44	—	—	80	93
Alexey Toropchenko R	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.21	3	0	0	10:51	—	—	78	91
Tyler Pitlick C	L4	0	1	1	+1	3	0.53	2	0	0	9:58	—	—	89	99
Justin Faulk D	D1	0	2	2	-1	3	0.12	2	0	0	26:10	—	—	61	64
Nick Leddy D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.11	0	1	2	18:57	—	—	71	76
Colton Parayko D	D2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.13	0	3	2	23:37	—	—	47	41
Torey Krug D	D2	0	1	1	-2	3	0.22	1	0	2	19:17	—	—	64	60
Niko Mikkola D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	2	0	0	16:50	—	—	48	50
Robert Bortuzzo D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.04	1	0	0	13:31	—	—	54	61

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jordan Binnington(start)	L	24	18	6	.750	3.11	58:39

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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.