Montreal Canadiens vs. Vancouver CanucksMar 8, 2021

Final / SOMonday, Mar 8, 2021· Rogers Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	SO	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
MTL	1	0	0	0	0	1		MTL	8	12	9	1	30
VAN	0	0	1	0	1	2		VAN	10	6	11	2	29

: MTL 65VAN 52
: MTL 3.58VAN 3.85
PP goals: MTL 1VAN 0
Hits: MTL 24VAN 17
Blocks: MTL 10VAN 22
PIM: MTL 6VAN 2
: MTL 42%VAN 58%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vancouver Canucks edge Montreal Canadiens 2–1 (SO)

Vancouver Canucks beat Montreal Canadiens 2–1 in a shootout at home. Jeff Petry (MTL) led the scoring with 1G 0A. Quinn Hughes (VAN) played 30:21, +7:41 up on his 22:40 season average over 55 games.

Usage
Quinn Hughes (VAN) played 30:21, +7:41 up on his 22:40 season average over 55 games.Hughes
Luck
VAN scored 1 goal on 3.85 expected goals (52 attempts), well short of its chances.
Luck
MTL scored 1 goal on 3.58 expected goals (65 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Bo Horvat (VAN) played 23:36, +3:47 up on his 19:49 season average over 55 games.Horvat
Usage
Nate Schmidt (VAN) played 13:49, −6:24 down on his 20:13 season average over 53 games.Schmidt
Usage
Jeff Petry (MTL) played 26:04, +3:23 up on his 22:41 season average over 54 games.Petry
Usage
Tanner Pearson (VAN) played 22:33, +5:35 up on his 16:58 season average over 50 games.Pearson
Usage
J.T. Miller (VAN) played 25:18, +4:25 up on his 20:53 season average over 52 games.Miller

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 117 of 117 attempts · VAN 52 · MTL 65

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
	70	46
	3.07	2.50
	2.97	2.36
	7	8
	0	1
	16	11
	−0.045	+0.045
	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

L1Armia – Drouin – Suzuki
10:2862% CF
L2Tatar – Gallagher – Danault
10:0569% CF
L3Toffoli – Anderson – Kotkaniemi
9:0365% CF
L4Perry – Byron – Evans
6:2244% CF
D1Petry – Edmundson
16:4365% CF
D2Weber – Chiarot
14:5372% CF
D3Kulak – Romanov
12:3839% CF

PP1Weber – Toffoli – Anderson – Drouin – Suzuki
1:52100% CF
PP2Perry – Petry – Tatar – Gallagher – Kotkaniemi
1:34100% CF
PK1FArmia – Danault
1:42
PK2FByron – Evans
0:34
PK1DWeber – Chiarot
1:45
PK2DPetry – Edmundson
1:07

Current MTL line combinations →

Vancouver Canucks

L1Pearson – Horvat – Virtanen
11:4337% CF
L2Miller – Boeser – Hoglander
7:3036% CF
L3Beagle – Roussel – Hawryluk
6:1460% CF
L4Sutter – Gaudette – Michaelis
4:030% CF
D1Hamonic – Hughes
13:0242% CF
D2Myers – Benn
11:3635% CF
D3Edler – Schmidt
9:5738% CF

PP1Miller – Pearson – Horvat – Boeser – Hughes
3:1075% CF
PP2Miller – Boeser – Gaudette – Hughes – Hoglander
0:35100% CF
PK1FBeagle – Miller
2:41
PK2FSutter – Roussel
0:45
PK1DEdler – Myers
3:00
PK2DBenn – Schmidt
0:26

Current VAN line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

4:37
MTLJeff PetryPP (Tomas Tatar, Jesperi Kotkaniemi)snap0.05 xG
MTL: Perry, Petry, Tatar, Gallagher, KotkaniemiVAN: Beagle, Benn, Miller, Schmidt
MTL 1 – 0 VAN

3rd period

19:19
VANAdam Gaudette (Bo Horvat, Quinn Hughes)slap0.08 xG
MTL: Weber, Chiarot, Danault, Anderson, DrouinVAN: Miller, Pearson, Horvat, Boeser, Gaudette, Hughes
MTL 1 – 1 VAN

Decided in the shootout: MTL 1 – 2 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	0	0	0	1	0.04	2	2	2	20:30	—	—	61	45
Jonathan Drouin L	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.09	1	0	0	18:43	—	—	59	48
Joel Armia R	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.25	2	0	0	14:12	—	—	59	42
Phillip Danault C	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.04	0	0	0	18:44	—	—	75	86
Brendan Gallagher R	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.74	1	0	0	16:52	—	—	80	89
Tomas Tatar L	L2	0	1	1	0	2	0.11	0	0	0	15:25	—	—	75	79
Josh Anderson R	L3	0	0	0	-1	6	0.75	3	0	0	19:10	—	—	60	63
Tyler Toffoli C	L3	0	0	0	0	4	0.42	2	0	0	17:16	—	—	56	54
Jesperi Kotkaniemi C	L3	0	1	1	0	1	0.15	4	0	0	16:28	—	—	59	56
Paul Byron L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.19	2	0	2	12:28	—	—	47	22
Corey Perry R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	1	0	2	10:27	—	—	41	36
Jake Evans C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	9:21	—	—	50	31
Jeff Petry D	D1	1	0	1	0	2	0.08	1	2	0	26:04	—	—	65	64
Joel Edmundson D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.46	0	1	0	21:01	—	—	63	57
Shea Weber D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.02	1	2	0	22:45	—	—	71	76
Ben Chiarot D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.06	1	0	0	21:56	—	—	69	70
Alexander Romanov D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	1	1	0	14:02	—	—	44	40
Brett Kulak D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.07	0	1	0	13:44	—	—	42	32

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Carey Price(start)	O	29	28	1	.966	3.85	64:52

Vancouver Canucks

VAN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Bo Horvat C	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.48	3	0	0	23:36	—	—	39	41
Tanner Pearson L	L1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.62	0	1	0	22:33	—	—	42	44
Jake Virtanen R	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.24	1	0	0	14:38	—	—	36	50
J.T. Miller C	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.58	2	0	0	25:18	—	—	33	44
Brock Boeser R	L2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.39	0	1	0	22:50	—	—	43	31
Nils Hoglander L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.46	0	0	2	16:51	—	—	37	50
Jay Beagle C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	1	0	12:14	—	—	50	45
Antoine Roussel L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	10:58	—	—	46	45
Jayce Hawryluk R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	1	0	0	7:34	—	—	55	48
Brandon Sutter C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	14:29	—	—	38	34
Adam Gaudette R	L4	1	0	1	+1	2	0.36	0	0	0	13:29	—	—	35	72
Marc Michaelis L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	7:59	—	—	36	35
Quinn Hughes D	D1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.08	0	1	0	30:21	—	—	44	61
Travis Hamonic D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.05	2	7	0	16:41	—	—	43	61
Tyler Myers D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.10	3	0	0	24:57	—	—	31	33
Jordie Benn D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	0	4	0	12:28	—	—	35	31
Alexander Edler D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	1	4	0	21:29	—	—	37	36
Nate Schmidt D	D3	0	0	0	0	5	0.24	0	1	0	13:49	—	—	50	45

VAN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Thatcher Demko(start)	W	30	29	1	.967	3.58	64:20

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.