Montreal Canadiens vs. Vancouver CanucksDec 17, 2019

FinalTuesday, Dec 17, 2019· Rogers Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MTL	0	1	2	3		MTL	10	12	8	30
VAN	1	0	0	1		VAN	14	15	10	39

: MTL 57VAN 63
: MTL 2.97VAN 2.38
PP goals: MTL 2VAN 1
Hits: MTL 19VAN 20
Blocks: MTL 15VAN 8
PIM: MTL 8VAN 4
: MTL 52%VAN 48%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Montreal Canadiens beat Vancouver Canucks 3–1

Montreal Canadiens beat Vancouver Canucks 3–1 at VAN. Max Domi (MTL) led the scoring with 0G 2A. MTL's first power-play unit (Weber, Weal, Cousins, Armia and Domi) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 1:57 together.

Points
Joel Armia had 2 assists (2 points) in 17:18.Armia
Points
Max Domi had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 15:50.Domi
PP1
MTL's first power-play unit (Weber, Weal, Cousins, Armia and Domi) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 1:57 together.Weber Weal Cousins Armia Domi
Goalie
Carey Price (MTL) faced 39 shots and stopped 38 (.974), +9 against a season average of 30.3; the win.Price
Usage
Shea Weber (MTL) played 29:26, +5:31 up on his 23:55 season average over 64 games.Weber
New line
New look for VAN: Leivo–Pearson–Gaudette skated 5:26 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (16.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Leivo Pearson Gaudette
Usage
Mike Reilly (MTL) played 10:59, −7:12 down on his 18:11 season average over 43 games.Reilly
Usage
Nick Cousins (MTL) played 17:32, +4:05 up on his 13:27 season average over 64 games.Cousins

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)VAN attacks right (top on phones) →

VAN
MTL
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 120 of 120 attempts · VAN 63 · MTL 57

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

VAN
MTL
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

VAN 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 32% of the game, VAN 26%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

VAN

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	VAN
	54	60
	1.96	1.96
	1.94	1.89
	7	7
	5	6
	19	16
	+0.017	−0.017
	32%	26%

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

L1Weal – Cousins – Suzuki
10:0945% CF
L2Tatar – Gallagher – Danault
9:4943% CF
L3Armia – Lehkonen – Domi
7:4447% CF
L4Thompson – Barber – Poehling
5:1143% CF
D1Petry – Kulak
15:5543% CF
D2Weber – Chiarot
13:0444% CF
D3Reilly – Fleury
5:3375% CF

PP1Weber – Weal – Cousins – Armia – Domi
1:57100% CF
PP2Petry – Tatar – Gallagher – Danault – Suzuki
0:54100% CF
PK1FDanault – Lehkonen
4:22
PK2FThompson – Armia
1:40
PK1DWeber – Chiarot
5:40
PK2DPetry – Fleury
0:55

Current MTL line combinations →

Vancouver Canucks

L1Miller – Virtanen – Pettersson
12:0570% CF
L2Roussel – Horvat – Boeser
9:1750% CF
L3Leivo – Pearson – Gaudette
5:2617% CF
L4Sutter – Beagle – Motte
5:1250% CF
D1Tanev – Hughes
11:0663% CF
D2Myers – Fantenberg
9:2540% CF
D3Benn – Stecher
8:2939% CF

PP1Miller – Horvat – Boeser – Pettersson – Hughes
4:0580% CF
PP2Myers – Leivo – Pearson – Virtanen – Gaudette
2:2650% CF
PK1FBeagle – Motte
1:17
PK2FSutter – Miller
0:43
PK1DBenn – Tanev
2:56

Current VAN line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

18:21
VANAdam GaudettePP (Tyler Myers, Josh Leivo)wrist0.08 xG
MTL: Weber, Chiarot, Danault, LehkonenVAN: Myers, Leivo, Pearson, Virtanen, Gaudette
MTL 0 – 1 VAN

2nd period

8:05
MTLNick Cousins (Max Domi, Joel Armia)wrist0.18 xG
MTL: Cousins, Reilly, Armia, Domi, FleuryVAN: Roussel, Tanev, Boeser, Gaudette, Fantenberg
MTL 1 – 1 VAN

3rd period

1:51
MTLTomas TatarPP (Phillip Danault, Brendan Gallagher)wrist0.13 xG
MTL: Weber, Tatar, Gallagher, Danault, SuzukiVAN: Beagle, Myers, Pearson, Fantenberg
MTL 2 – 1 VAN
3:25
MTLShea WeberPP (Joel Armia, Max Domi)wrist0.10 xG
MTL: Weber, Weal, Cousins, Armia, DomiVAN: Sutter, Benn, Tanev, Miller
MTL 3 – 1 VAN

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 Cousins C	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.24	1	0	2	17:32	—	—	48	57
Nick Suzuki C	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.82	1	0	0	14:55	—	—	46	51
Jordan Weal C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	2	0	14:49	—	—	44	40
Phillip Danault C	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.03	2	1	0	20:36	—	—	52	56
Brendan Gallagher R	L2	0	1	1	0	5	0.37	2	1	0	17:09	—	—	46	45
Tomas Tatar L	L2	1	0	1	0	1	0.14	0	0	4	14:40	—	—	39	46
Joel Armia R	L3	0	2	2	+1	0	0.30	2	0	0	17:18	—	—	54	70
Artturi Lehkonen L	L3	0	0	0	0	5	0.34	1	0	0	16:27	—	—	62	56
Max Domi C	L3	0	2	2	+1	2	0.23	0	0	0	15:50	—	—	48	54
Nate Thompson C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	0	0	2	11:56	—	—	43	22
Ryan Poehling C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	7:44	—	—	40	13
Riley Barber R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	7:08	—	—	33	8
Jeff Petry D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.09	3	3	0	21:09	—	—	47	61
Brett Kulak D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	0	1	0	17:49	—	—	42	61
Shea Weber D	D2	1	0	1	0	2	0.30	1	3	0	29:26	—	—	42	37
Ben Chiarot D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.02	4	3	0	25:53	—	—	45	34
Cale Fleury D	D3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.00	1	0	0	11:41	—	—	62	61
Mike Reilly D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.00	0	0	0	10:59	—	—	57	62

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Carey Price(start)	W	39	38	1	.974	2.38	60:00

Vancouver Canucks

VAN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
J.T. Miller C	L1	0	0	0	0	5	0.43	3	0	0	22:51	—	—	63	62
Elias Pettersson C	L1	0	0	0	0	4	0.48	0	0	0	22:11	—	—	65	62
Jake Virtanen R	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	0	0	2	16:30	—	—	69	62
Bo Horvat C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	22:03	—	—	46	35
Brock Boeser R	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.11	0	0	0	19:32	—	—	55	43
Antoine Roussel L	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	11:23	—	—	50	24
Josh Leivo L	L3	0	1	1	0	2	0.48	1	0	0	16:12	—	—	30	23
Tanner Pearson L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	2	0	2	14:06	—	—	39	29
Adam Gaudette R	L3	1	0	1	-1	1	0.08	0	0	0	12:12	—	—	30	19
Tyler Motte C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.25	5	0	0	12:35	—	—	57	68
Brandon Sutter C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.02	1	1	0	12:00	—	—	56	66
Jay Beagle C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	7:01	—	—	50	69
Quinn Hughes D	D1	0	0	0	0	4	0.14	0	0	0	28:04	—	—	64	53
Chris Tanev D	D1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.08	0	2	0	18:47	—	—	64	37
Tyler Myers D	D2	0	1	1	0	3	0.15	2	1	0	22:22	—	—	49	49
Oscar Fantenberg D	D2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.03	1	3	0	14:50	—	—	46	47
Troy Stecher D	D3	0	0	0	0	3	0.04	1	0	0	13:41	—	—	50	65
Jordie Benn D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	0	0	13:28	—	—	42	53

VAN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jacob Markstrom(start)	L	30	27	3	.900	2.35	56:53

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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.