Montreal Canadiens vs. Vancouver CanucksJan 20, 2021

Final / SOWednesday, Jan 20, 2021· Rogers Arena

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Montreal CanadiensMTL

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Vancouver CanucksVAN

6

Goals	1	2	3	OT	SO	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
MTL	0	3	2	0	0	5		MTL	7	12	11	6	36
VAN	1	2	2	0	1	6		VAN	11	9	8	0	28

: MTL 63VAN 58
: MTL 3.46VAN 3.40
PP goals: MTL 1VAN 3
Hits: MTL 38VAN 34
Blocks: MTL 15VAN 12
PIM: MTL 12VAN 2
: MTL 54%VAN 46%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vancouver Canucks edge Montreal Canadiens 6–5 (SO)

Vancouver Canucks beat Montreal Canadiens 6–5 in a shootout at home. Tyler Toffoli (MTL) led the scoring with 3G 0A. VAN's first power-play unit (Miller, Horvat, Boeser, Pettersson and Hughes) scored 2 power-play goals on 12 attempts in 6:18 together.

Points
Tyler Toffoli had a hat trick (3 points) on 5 shots in 14:10.Toffoli
Points
Bo Horvat had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 3 shots in 23:59.Horvat
Points
Brock Boeser had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 4 shots in 21:30.Boeser
Points
J.T. Miller had 3 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 19:59.Miller
Points
Jesperi Kotkaniemi had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 13:20.Kotkaniemi
Points
Quinn Hughes had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 27:03.Hughes
PP1
VAN's first power-play unit (Miller, Horvat, Boeser, Pettersson and Hughes) scored 2 power-play goals on 12 attempts in 6:18 together.Miller Horvat Boeser Pettersson Hughes
Usage
Alexander Edler (VAN) played 6:58, −14:13 down on his 21:11 season average over 51 games.Edler

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 121 of 121 attempts · VAN 58 · MTL 63

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 37% of the game, VAN 30%.

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
	62	48
	2.81	2.01
	2.75	1.95
	13	7
	5	7
	8	7
	+0.050	−0.050
	37%	30%

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

L1Anderson – Drouin – Suzuki
11:2647% CF
L2Tatar – Gallagher – Danault
10:0665% CF
L3Toffoli – Armia – Kotkaniemi
9:2778% CF
L4Byron – Lehkonen – Evans
8:4229% CF
D1Weber – Chiarot
16:2942% CF
D2Petry – Edmundson
14:5252% CF
D3Kulak – Romanov
13:5567% CF

PP1Weber – Petry – Toffoli – Drouin – Suzuki
0:38100% CF
PK1FDanault – Lehkonen
4:53
PK2FByron – Evans
2:27
PK1DWeber – Chiarot
4:53
PK2DPetry – Edmundson
3:45

Current MTL line combinations →

Vancouver Canucks

L1Miller – Boeser – Pettersson
10:2847% CF
L2Pearson – Horvat – Hoglander
9:2053% CF
L3Sutter – Beagle – Motte
8:1770% CF
L4Roussel – Virtanen – Gaudette
5:2140% CF
D1Myers – Schmidt
12:0047% CF
D2Hamonic – Hughes
9:2850% CF
D3Edler – Chatfield
6:0467% CF

PP1Miller – Horvat – Boeser – Pettersson – Hughes
6:18100% CF
PP2Pearson – Schmidt – Virtanen – Gaudette – Hoglander
2:0250% CF
PK1FBeagle – Motte
0:38
PK1DHamonic – Schmidt
0:38

Current VAN line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

11:07
VANBo HorvatPP (J.T. Miller, Quinn Hughes)snap0.16 xG
MTL: Petry, Byron, Edmundson, EvansVAN: Miller, Horvat, Boeser, Pettersson, Hughes
MTL 0 – 1 VAN

2nd period

1:37
MTLTyler Toffoli (Jesperi Kotkaniemi)wrist0.05 xG
MTL: Petry, Toffoli, Edmundson, Armia, KotkaniemiVAN: Hamonic, Miller, Boeser, Pettersson, Hughes
MTL 1 – 1 VAN
4:25
VANTyler Mottewrist0.04 xG
MTL: Petry, Toffoli, Edmundson, Armia, KotkaniemiVAN: Sutter, Beagle, Myers, Schmidt, Motte
MTL 1 – 2 VAN
5:27
MTLTyler ToffoliPP (Nick Suzuki, Shea Weber)tip-in0.18 xG
MTL: Weber, Petry, Toffoli, Drouin, SuzukiVAN: Beagle, Hamonic, Schmidt, Motte
MTL 2 – 2 VAN
11:13
VANBrock BoeserPP (Quinn Hughes, Bo Horvat)backhand0.03 xG
MTL: Petry, Edmundson, Danault, LehkonenVAN: Miller, Horvat, Boeser, Pettersson, Hughes
MTL 2 – 3 VAN
18:25
MTLBrendan Gallagher (Tomas Tatar, Phillip Danault)tip-in0.09 xG
MTL: Tatar, Chiarot, Gallagher, Danault, RomanovVAN: Miller, Boeser, Chatfield, Pettersson, Hughes
MTL 3 – 3 VAN

3rd period

3:24
VANBo HorvatPP (Brock Boeser, J.T. Miller)snap0.23 xG
MTL: Petry, Edmundson, Danault, LehkonenVAN: Myers, Miller, Horvat, Boeser, Pettersson
MTL 3 – 4 VAN
10:14
MTLJesperi Kotkaniemiwrist0.27 xG
MTL: Toffoli, Armia, Kulak, Kotkaniemi, RomanovVAN: Myers, Pearson, Boeser, Pettersson, Hughes
MTL 4 – 4 VAN
16:19
MTLTyler Toffoli (Jeff Petry, Joel Armia)deflected0.09 xG
MTL: Petry, Toffoli, Edmundson, Armia, KotkaniemiVAN: Myers, Roussel, Virtanen, Gaudette, Hughes
MTL 5 – 4 VAN
16:51
VANBrock Boeser (J.T. Miller, Tyler Myers)snap0.07 xG
MTL: Weber, Tatar, Chiarot, Anderson, SuzukiVAN: Myers, Miller, Schmidt, Boeser, Pettersson
MTL 5 – 5 VAN

Decided in the shootout: MTL 5 – 6 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 Suzuki C	L1	0	1	1	-1	4	0.35	2	1	0	18:21	—	—	44	41
Josh Anderson R	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.12	4	0	4	16:53	—	—	44	38
Jonathan Drouin L	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	2	1	0	16:05	—	—	44	40
Phillip Danault C	L2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	3	0	0	17:01	—	—	65	67
Brendan Gallagher R	L2	1	0	1	+1	8	0.67	0	1	0	14:43	—	—	63	61
Tomas Tatar L	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.27	1	0	2	14:33	—	—	64	65
Tyler Toffoli C	L3	3	0	3	+2	5	0.52	0	2	0	14:10	—	—	75	88
Jesperi Kotkaniemi C	L3	1	1	2	+2	2	0.41	2	0	2	13:20	—	—	70	83
Joel Armia R	L3	0	1	1	+2	2	0.19	2	0	0	11:46	—	—	73	75
Artturi Lehkonen L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	0	0	14:57	—	—	31	22
Jake Evans C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	2	1	0	14:50	—	—	50	39
Paul Byron L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.25	1	0	0	14:06	—	—	38	51
Shea Weber D	D1	0	1	1	-1	2	0.09	3	0	0	25:28	—	—	49	31
Ben Chiarot D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	5	2	2	25:23	—	—	50	51
Jeff Petry D	D2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.13	2	2	0	23:21	—	—	60	63
Joel Edmundson D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.15	3	3	0	19:57	—	—	52	61
Alexander Romanov D	D3	0	0	0	+2	4	0.16	4	0	0	16:09	—	—	67	73
Brett Kulak D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.04	2	2	2	14:55	—	—	68	68

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Carey Price(start)	O	28	23	5	.821	3.40	65:00

Vancouver Canucks

VAN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Brock Boeser R	L1	2	1	3	-2	4	0.55	1	0	0	21:30	—	—	40	39
Elias Pettersson C	L1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.35	0	0	0	20:58	—	—	44	43
J.T. Miller C	L1	0	3	3	-1	2	0.19	2	0	0	19:59	—	—	39	39
Bo Horvat C	L2	2	1	3	0	3	0.85	2	1	0	23:59	—	—	38	25
Tanner Pearson L	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.13	1	0	0	19:49	—	—	38	24
Nils Hoglander L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.16	0	2	0	14:07	—	—	44	39
Tyler Motte C	L3	1	0	1	+1	3	0.19	9	0	0	15:44	—	—	60	72
Brandon Sutter C	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.02	1	2	0	14:17	—	—	54	59
Jay Beagle C	L3	0	0	0	+1	3	0.24	1	1	0	13:23	—	—	54	55
Jake Virtanen R	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.09	2	0	0	14:59	—	—	38	35
Adam Gaudette R	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.22	1	0	0	11:54	—	—	31	40
Antoine Roussel L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	1	2	8:54	—	—	31	35
Nate Schmidt D	D1	0	0	0	+2	1	0.01	4	2	0	27:42	—	—	44	52
Tyler Myers D	D1	0	1	1	0	1	0.09	2	0	0	21:41	—	—	37	31
Quinn Hughes D	D2	0	2	2	-4	3	0.17	0	0	0	27:03	—	—	38	28
Travis Hamonic D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.05	3	1	0	15:55	—	—	46	54
Jalen Chatfield D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	2	1	0	15:30	—	—	48	42
Alexander Edler D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	1	1	0	6:58	—	—	67	87

VAN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Braden Holtby(start)	W	36	31	5	.861	3.46	65:00

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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.