Montreal Canadiens vs. Vancouver CanucksMar 10, 2021

FinalWednesday, Mar 10, 2021· Rogers Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MTL	1	2	2	5		MTL	16	12	17	45
VAN	0	1	0	1		VAN	4	13	7	24

: MTL 79VAN 42
: MTL 3.92VAN 1.37
PP goals: MTL 1VAN 1
Hits: MTL 24VAN 18
Blocks: MTL 10VAN 19
PIM: MTL 11VAN 13
: MTL 42%VAN 58%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Montreal Canadiens rout Vancouver Canucks 5–1

Montreal Canadiens beat Vancouver Canucks 5–1 at VAN. Jesperi Kotkaniemi (MTL) led the scoring with 1G 1A. VAN's first power-play unit (Miller, Pearson, Horvat, Boeser and Hughes) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 3:37 together.

Points
Jesperi Kotkaniemi had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 14:57.Kotkaniemi
Points
Tyler Toffoli had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 17:36.Toffoli
PP1
VAN's first power-play unit (Miller, Pearson, Horvat, Boeser and Hughes) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 3:37 together.Miller Pearson Horvat Boeser Hughes
Usage
Ben Chiarot (MTL) played 5:41, −16:30 down on his 22:11 season average over 40 games.Chiarot
New line
New look for MTL: Anderson–Drouin–Suzuki skated 10:28 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (47.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Anderson Drouin Suzuki
Goalie
Thatcher Demko (VAN) faced 45 shots and stopped 40 (.889), +12 against a season average of 33.3; the loss.Demko
New line
New look for MTL: Tatar–Armia–Danault skated 8:40 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (90% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Tatar Armia Danault
New line
New look for VAN: Miller–Boeser–Michaelis skated 4:05 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (22.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Miller Boeser Michaelis

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 42 · MTL 79

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 70% of the game, VAN 9%.

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
	77	41
	3.27	1.34
	3.01	1.32
	13	7
	5	5
	10	8
	−0.065	+0.065
	70%	9%

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.