Montreal Canadiens vs. Vancouver CanucksJan 21, 2021

FinalThursday, Jan 21, 2021· Rogers Arena

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Montreal CanadiensMTL

7

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Vancouver CanucksVAN

3

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MTL	2	4	1	7		MTL	12	18	12	42
VAN	2	0	1	3		VAN	7	3	7	17

: MTL 70VAN 32
: MTL 3.96VAN 2.04
PP goals: MTL 1VAN 1
Hits: MTL 17VAN 24
Blocks: MTL 5VAN 18
PIM: MTL 12VAN 22
: MTL 51%VAN 49%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Montreal Canadiens rout Vancouver Canucks 7–3

Montreal Canadiens beat Vancouver Canucks 7–3 at VAN. Joel Armia (MTL) led the scoring with 2G 2A. VAN's first power-play unit (Miller, Horvat, Boeser, Pettersson and Hughes) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 4:19 together.

Points
Joel Armia had two goals and 2 assists (4 points) on 3 shots in 11:44.Armia
Points
Tyler Toffoli had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 6 shots in 18:11.Toffoli
Points
Bo Horvat had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 16:45.Horvat
Points
Tyler Myers had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 23:44.Myers
PP1
VAN's first power-play unit (Miller, Horvat, Boeser, Pettersson and Hughes) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 4:19 together.Miller Horvat Boeser Pettersson Hughes
New line
New look for VAN: Miller–Horvat–Boeser skated 4:51 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (33.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Miller Horvat Boeser
Goalie
Thatcher Demko (VAN) faced 42 shots and stopped 35 (.833), +9 against a season average of 33.3; the loss.Demko
Luck
MTL scored 7 goals on 3.96 expected goals (70 attempts), finishing well above its chances.

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 102 of 102 attempts · VAN 32 · MTL 70

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 57% of the game, VAN 12%.

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
	52	23
	1.75	1.08
	1.70	1.07
	8	7
	2	0
	14	5
	+0.026	−0.026
	57%	12%

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
7:4976% CF
L2Tatar – Gallagher – Danault
7:2869% CF
L3Toffoli – Armia – Kotkaniemi
6:2982% CF
L4Byron – Lehkonen – Evans
6:1645% CF
D1Kulak – Romanov
9:3471% CF
D2Petry – Edmundson
9:2261% CF
D3Weber – Chiarot
7:1464% CF

PP1Weber – Petry – Toffoli – Drouin – Suzuki
6:2080% CF
PP2Tatar – Gallagher – Anderson – Kotkaniemi – Romanov
3:39100% CF
PK1FToffoli – Armia
2:13
PK2FByron – Evans
1:46
PK1DWeber – Chiarot
3:18
PK2DPetry – Romanov
1:12

Current MTL line combinations →

Vancouver Canucks

L1Miller – Horvat – Boeser
4:5133% CF
L2Sutter – Gaudette – Hoglander
3:0843% CF
L3Beagle – Roussel – Motte
2:550% CF
L4Pearson – Virtanen – Pettersson
2:5140% CF
D1Myers – Juolevi
7:4813% CF
D2Schmidt – Rafferty
6:3645% CF
D3Chatfield – Hughes
2:1175% CF

PP1Miller – Horvat – Boeser – Pettersson – Hughes
4:1967% CF
PP2Pearson – Schmidt – Virtanen – Gaudette – Hoglander
1:2767% CF
PK1FBeagle – Motte
5:45
PK2FSutter – Roussel
2:09
PK1DSchmidt – Juolevi
4:51
PK2DMyers – Rafferty
0:00

Current VAN line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

1:54
MTLTyler Toffoli (Joel Armia)snap0.04 xG
MTL: Toffoli, Armia, Kulak, Kotkaniemi, RomanovVAN: Sutter, Beagle, Schmidt, Motte, Rafferty
MTL 1 – 0 VAN
3:20
VANBo Horvat (Tyler Myers, Nils Hoglander)deflected0.09 xG
MTL: Weber, Tatar, Chiarot, Gallagher, DanaultVAN: Myers, Pearson, Horvat, Juolevi, Hoglander
MTL 1 – 1 VAN
5:27
MTLJoel ArmiaSH (Tyler Toffoli)wrist0.14 xG
MTL: Petry, Toffoli, Edmundson, ArmiaVAN: Pearson, Schmidt, Virtanen, Gaudette, Hoglander
MTL 2 – 1 VAN
7:13
VANBo HorvatPP (J.T. Miller, Quinn Hughes)snap0.23 xG
MTL: Weber, Chiarot, Danault, LehkonenVAN: Miller, Horvat, Boeser, Pettersson, Hughes
MTL 2 – 2 VAN

2nd period

1:13
MTLTyler ToffoliSH (Joel Armia)wrist0.11 xG
MTL: Petry, Toffoli, Armia, RomanovVAN: Miller, Horvat, Boeser, Pettersson, Hughes
MTL 3 – 2 VAN
14:56
MTLJosh Anderson (Nick Suzuki, Jonathan Drouin)snap0.04 xG
MTL: Weber, Chiarot, Anderson, Drouin, SuzukiVAN: Myers, Miller, Gaudette, Hughes, Hoglander
MTL 4 – 2 VAN
15:05
MTLJake Evans (Paul Byron, Artturi Lehkonen)snap0.09 xG
MTL: Byron, Kulak, Lehkonen, Evans, RomanovVAN: Pearson, Schmidt, Horvat, Juolevi, Hoglander
MTL 5 – 2 VAN
16:30
MTLJoel Armia (Jesperi Kotkaniemi)backhand0.14 xG
MTL: Petry, Toffoli, Edmundson, Armia, KotkaniemiVAN: Myers, Pearson, Boeser, Pettersson, Rafferty
MTL 6 – 2 VAN

3rd period

4:56
VANBrandon Sutter (Tyler Myers, Brogan Rafferty)backhand0.06 xG
MTL: Armia, Kulak, Lehkonen, Kotkaniemi, RomanovVAN: Sutter, Pearson, Pettersson, Hughes, Rafferty
MTL 6 – 3 VAN
18:55
MTLBen ChiarotPP (Jeff Petry, Tomas Tatar)slap0.04 xG
MTL: Petry, Tatar, Chiarot, Gallagher, DanaultVAN: Beagle, Schmidt, Motte, Rafferty
MTL 7 – 3 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	3	0.27	0	1	2	17:11	—	—	77	63
Jonathan Drouin L	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.03	0	0	2	17:03	—	—	77	63
Josh Anderson R	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.41	1	1	0	15:36	—	—	77	77
Brendan Gallagher R	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.13	1	0	0	17:20	—	—	69	46
Tomas Tatar L	L2	0	1	1	-1	3	0.12	0	0	0	15:58	—	—	75	51
Phillip Danault C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	3	0	2	11:28	—	—	71	51
Tyler Toffoli C	L3	2	1	3	+4	6	0.69	2	0	0	18:11	—	—	77	72
Jesperi Kotkaniemi C	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.32	0	0	0	13:34	—	—	78	70
Joel Armia R	L3	2	2	4	+3	3	0.37	0	0	0	11:44	—	—	75	58
Jake Evans C	L4	1	0	1	+1	2	0.26	1	0	0	13:41	—	—	46	59
Artturi Lehkonen L	L4	0	1	1	0	1	0.17	2	0	0	11:36	—	—	50	58
Paul Byron L	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.20	3	0	0	10:03	—	—	54	68
Alexander Romanov D	D1	0	0	0	+2	3	0.13	0	0	0	22:31	—	—	77	61
Brett Kulak D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.02	1	0	2	12:20	—	—	72	57
Jeff Petry D	D2	0	1	1	+3	4	0.50	0	0	0	22:18	—	—	61	64
Joel Edmundson D	D2	0	0	0	+2	1	0.08	3	0	2	16:28	—	—	64	62
Shea Weber D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.19	0	1	0	21:43	—	—	69	71
Ben Chiarot D	D3	1	0	1	0	4	0.07	0	2	2	21:17	—	—	67	63

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jake Allen(start)	W	17	14	3	.824	2.04	59:46

Vancouver Canucks

VAN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Brock Boeser R	L1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.39	0	0	0	18:23	—	—	44	45
Bo Horvat C	L1	2	0	2	-1	4	0.36	0	1	0	16:45	—	—	31	44
J.T. Miller C	L1	0	1	1	-2	1	0.13	4	0	0	16:22	—	—	41	44
Brandon Sutter C	L2	1	0	1	0	3	0.23	2	0	0	16:05	—	—	29	40
Nils Hoglander L	L2	0	1	1	-2	1	0.17	2	0	0	10:59	—	—	26	44
Adam Gaudette R	L2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.34	0	0	2	10:38	—	—	31	55
Tyler Motte C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.08	6	1	0	16:33	—	—	29	31
Jay Beagle C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.17	1	0	2	15:16	—	—	20	18
Antoine Roussel L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	10:35	—	—	6	29
Elias Pettersson C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	14:29	—	—	54	36
Tanner Pearson L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	0	12:15	—	—	33	26
Jake Virtanen R	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.06	2	0	2	10:32	—	—	30	25
Tyler Myers D	D1	0	2	2	-1	1	0.03	1	8	16	23:44	—	—	18	40
Olli Juolevi D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	3	0	21:59	—	—	18	21
Nate Schmidt D	D2	0	0	0	-3	0	0.03	0	2	0	28:01	—	—	36	25
Brogan Rafferty D	D2	0	1	1	-1	1	0.02	1	1	0	13:58	—	—	42	51
Quinn Hughes D	D3	0	1	1	-1	2	0.04	0	1	0	21:03	—	—	38	45
Jalen Chatfield D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	4:33	—	—	75	57

VAN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Thatcher Demko(start)	L	42	35	7	.833	3.96	59:24

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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.