Montreal Canadiens vs. Boston BruinsDec 1, 2019

FinalSunday, Dec 1, 2019· TD Garden

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MTL	1	0	0	1		MTL	11	8	10	29
BOS	0	0	3	3		BOS	10	10	14	34

: MTL 54BOS 53
: MTL 2.56BOS 2.23
PP goals: MTL 0BOS 1
Hits: MTL 28BOS 32
Blocks: MTL 12BOS 16
PIM: MTL 6BOS 4
: MTL 59%BOS 41%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Boston Bruins beat Montreal Canadiens 3–1

Boston Bruins beat Montreal Canadiens 3–1 at home. Joel Armia (MTL) led the scoring with 1G 0A. New look for BOS: Coyle–Heinen–DeBrusk skated 9:59 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (36.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

New line
New look for BOS: Coyle–Heinen–DeBrusk skated 9:59 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (36.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Coyle Heinen DeBrusk
New line
New look for BOS: Backes–Nordstrom–Lindholm skated 6:54 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (84.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Backes Nordstrom Lindholm
Usage
Ben Chiarot (MTL) played 29:26, +6:24 up on his 23:02 season average over 68 games.Chiarot
Luck
MTL scored 1 goal on 2.56 expected goals (54 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Brendan Gallagher (MTL) played 13:30, −3:28 down on his 16:58 season average over 58 games.Gallagher
Usage
Charles Hudon (MTL) played 8:30, −3:16 down on his 11:46 season average over 14 games.Hudon
Shots
Joel Armia (MTL) led everyone with 7 shot on goals, scoring once.Armia
Cats
Connor Clifton (BOS) threw 6 hits and blocked 2 shots, a night for hits leagues.Clifton

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)BOS attacks right (top on phones) →

BOS
MTL
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 107 of 107 attempts · BOS 53 · MTL 54

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

BOS
MTL
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

BOS 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, BOS 27%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

BOS

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	BOS
	55	54
	2.39	1.92
	2.28	1.89
	6	10
	8	4
	23	18
	+0.073	−0.073
	30%	27%

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

L1Cousins – Domi – Suzuki
12:0348% CF
L2Armia – Lehkonen – Kotkaniemi
11:4375% CF
L3Tatar – Gallagher – Danault
11:1454% CF
L4Thompson – Weal – Hudon
7:0030% CF
D1Petry – Chiarot
15:1074% CF
D2Weber – Kulak
12:0059% CF
D3Olofsson – Fleury
5:079% CF

PP1Petry – Tatar – Gallagher – Suzuki – Kotkaniemi
1:08100% CF
PP2Weber – Weal – Cousins – Armia – Domi
0:46100% CF
PK1FDanault – Lehkonen
2:58
PK2FThompson – Armia
2:24
PK1DPetry – Chiarot
3:16
PK2DWeber – Fleury
0:00

Current MTL line combinations →

Boston Bruins

L1Krejci – Marchand – Pastrnak
13:2843% CF
L2Coyle – Heinen – DeBrusk
9:5937% CF
L3Wagner – Kuraly – Bjork
8:4961% CF
L4Backes – Nordstrom – Lindholm
6:5485% CF
D1Krug – Carlo
14:0663% CF
D2Chara – McAvoy
11:2943% CF
D3Grzelcyk – Clifton
10:1153% CF

PP1Marchand – Coyle – Krug – Pastrnak – Heinen
2:4825% CF
PP2Krejci – Marchand – Krug – Pastrnak – McAvoy
1:57100% CF
PK1FNordstrom – Lindholm
1:08
PK2FMarchand – Kuraly
0:24
PK1DChara – Carlo
1:30
PK2DGrzelcyk – Clifton
0:24

Current BOS line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

1:58
MTLJoel Armiabackhand0.17 xG
MTL: Chiarot, Armia, Kulak, Lehkonen, KotkaniemiBOS: Chara, Krejci, Marchand, Pastrnak, McAvoy
MTL 1 – 0 BOS

3rd period

6:16
BOSDavid Pastrnak (Anders Bjork, Brandon Carlo)slap0.11 xG
MTL: Weber, Gallagher, Danault, Olofsson, LehkonenBOS: Kuraly, Krug, Pastrnak, Bjork, Carlo
MTL 1 – 1 BOS
10:29
BOSDavid BackesPP (David Krejci, Matt Grzelcyk)wrist0.11 xG
MTL: Weber, Chiarot, Danault, LehkonenBOS: Backes, Krejci, Grzelcyk, DeBrusk, McAvoy
MTL 1 – 2 BOS
13:27
BOSJake DeBrusk (Charlie Coyle)wrist0.15 xG
MTL: Weber, Cousins, Kulak, Domi, SuzukiBOS: Chara, Coyle, Heinen, DeBrusk, McAvoy
MTL 1 – 3 BOS

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	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Max Domi C	L1	0	0	-1	3	0.11	0	0	0	17:14	—	—	40	47
Nick Cousins C	L1	0	0	-1	1	0.22	2	1	2	16:09	—	—	44	47
Nick Suzuki C	L1	0	0	-1	1	0.04	1	0	0	15:22	—	—	48	56
Joel Armia R	L2	1	1	+1	7	0.95	6	0	0	18:44	—	—	68	76
Artturi Lehkonen L	L2	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	17:38	—	—	72	78
Jesperi Kotkaniemi C	L2	0	0	+1	1	0.02	1	1	0	14:24	—	—	68	82
Phillip Danault C	L3	0	0	-1	1	0.19	0	0	0	17:06	—	—	54	60
Tomas Tatar L	L3	0	0	0	2	0.18	2	0	0	13:46	—	—	54	43
Brendan Gallagher R	L3	0	0	-1	2	0.40	2	1	2	13:30	—	—	54	60
Nate Thompson C	L4	0	0	0	0	0.07	2	1	0	12:05	—	—	31	25
Jordan Weal C	L4	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	11:08	—	—	25	22
Charles Hudon L	L4	0	0	0	0	0.03	1	0	0	8:30	—	—	23	17
Ben Chiarot D	D1	0	0	+1	3	0.02	4	3	0	29:26	—	—	67	73
Jeff Petry D	D1	0	0	0	1	0.07	3	1	0	25:09	—	—	61	67
Shea Weber D	D2	0	0	-2	5	0.11	0	1	2	21:42	—	—	59	57
Brett Kulak D	D2	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	1	0	19:36	—	—	53	63
Cale Fleury D	D3	0	0	0	1	0.12	0	1	0	15:14	—	—	29	27
Gustav Olofsson D	D3	0	0	-1	0	0.01	1	1	0	7:04	—	—	24	28

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Carey Price(start)	L	34	31	3	.912	2.23	59:33

Boston Bruins

BOS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Brad Marchand L	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	1	0	20:43	—	—	42	11
David Pastrnak R	L1	1	0	1	0	3	0.34	2	0	0	20:37	—	—	41	18
David Krejci C	L1	0	1	1	-1	2	0.23	0	1	0	19:08	—	—	48	16
Charlie Coyle C	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.12	0	0	0	18:17	—	—	35	47
Danton Heinen L	L2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	2	0	16:38	—	—	31	51
Jake DeBrusk L	L2	1	0	1	+1	4	0.35	0	0	2	15:39	—	—	40	49
Sean Kuraly C	L3	0	0	0	+1	3	0.08	2	1	0	14:01	—	—	54	71
Chris Wagner R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.09	3	0	0	13:28	—	—	54	64
Anders Bjork L	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.09	0	1	0	12:30	—	—	60	68
Joakim Nordstrom C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	5	0	0	10:44	—	—	71	75
Par Lindholm C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	9:42	—	—	65	71
David Backes R	L4	1	0	1	0	3	0.50	2	0	0	9:04	—	—	85	90
Torey Krug D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.03	0	0	0	21:39	—	—	58	57
Brandon Carlo D	D1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.04	3	3	0	19:04	—	—	56	63
Charlie McAvoy D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	4	2	2	21:29	—	—	45	34
Zdeno Chara D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.02	1	2	0	18:35	—	—	44	42
Matt Grzelcyk D	D3	0	1	1	0	4	0.21	1	1	0	19:46	—	—	49	35
Connor Clifton D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	6	2	0	16:56	—	—	48	41

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Tuukka Rask(start)	W	29	28	1	.966	2.56	60:00

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.