Montreal Canadiens vs. Vancouver CanucksMar 9, 2022

FinalWednesday, Mar 9, 2022· Rogers Arena

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Montreal CanadiensMTL

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Vancouver CanucksVAN

5

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MTL	1	1	1	3		MTL	6	9	10	25
VAN	1	1	3	5		VAN	7	14	12	33

: MTL 46VAN 69
: MTL 2.09VAN 4.34
PP goals: MTL 0VAN 2
Hits: MTL 18VAN 22
Blocks: MTL 15VAN 9
PIM: MTL 8VAN 8
: MTL 41%VAN 59%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vancouver Canucks beat Montreal Canadiens 5–3

Vancouver Canucks beat Montreal Canadiens 5–3 at home. J.T. Miller (VAN) led the scoring with 1G 3A. VAN's first power-play unit (Miller, Horvat, Boeser, Pettersson and Hughes) scored 2 power-play goals on 9 attempts in 3:48 together.

Points
J.T. Miller had a goal and 3 assists (4 points) on 1 shot in 20:06.Miller
Points
Artturi Lehkonen had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 4 shots in 14:59.Lehkonen
Points
Rem Pitlick had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 16:49.Pitlick
Points
Bo Horvat had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 16:43.Horvat
Points
Elias Pettersson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 6 shots in 20:47.Pettersson
PP1
VAN's first power-play unit (Miller, Horvat, Boeser, Pettersson and Hughes) scored 2 power-play goals on 9 attempts in 3:48 together.Miller Horvat Boeser Pettersson Hughes
Usage
Cole Caufield (MTL) played 22:30, +5:54 up on his 16:36 season average over 66 games.Caufield
New line
New look for MTL: Byron–Armia–Poehling skated 4:19 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (57.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Byron Armia Poehling

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 115 of 115 attempts · VAN 69 · MTL 46

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 20% of the game, VAN 46%.

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
	41	68
	1.28	3.08
	1.26	2.97
	6	22
	7	5
	5	12
	−0.087	+0.087
	20%	46%

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 – Suzuki – Caufield
13:4050% CF
L2Lehkonen – Evans – Pitlick
8:5143% CF
L3Hoffman – Gallagher – Dauphin
7:1912% CF
L4Byron – Armia – Poehling
4:1957% CF
D1Petry – Kulak
15:0043% CF
D2Chiarot – Romanov
13:5437% CF
D3Wideman – Clague
9:1521% CF

PP1Wideman – Anderson – Suzuki – Poehling – Caufield
3:42100% CF
PP2Hoffman – Chiarot – Gallagher – Lehkonen – Pitlick
3:06100% CF
PK1FLehkonen – Evans
1:08
PK2FArmia – Pitlick
0:51
PK1DChiarot – Romanov
1:21
PK2DPetry – Kulak
0:51

Current MTL line combinations →

Vancouver Canucks

L1Miller – Pearson – Boeser
10:2563% CF
L2Garland – Pettersson – Hoglander
9:5368% CF
L3Motte – Lammikko – Highmore
9:0980% CF
L4Chiasson – Horvat – Podkolzin
8:0544% CF
D1Myers – Ekman-Larsson
15:3657% CF
D2Schenn – Hughes
12:1060% CF
D3Hamonic – Hunt
10:4864% CF

PP1Miller – Horvat – Boeser – Pettersson – Hughes
3:4890% CF
PP2Chiasson – Ekman-Larsson – Hunt – Pearson – Garland
0:51100% CF
PK1FHorvat – Pettersson
2:12
PK2FMiller – Motte
1:48
PK1DSchenn – Hughes
3:36
PK2DMyers – Hamonic
3:23

Current VAN line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

12:41
MTLArtturi Lehkonen (Jake Evans, Rem Pitlick)wrist0.08 xG
MTL: Petry, Kulak, Lehkonen, Evans, PitlickVAN: Schenn, Garland, Pettersson, Hughes, Hoglander
MTL 1 – 0 VAN
13:35
VANTravis Hamonic (Brad Hunt, J.T. Miller)slap0.04 xG
MTL: Petry, Hoffman, Gallagher, Kulak, DauphinVAN: Hamonic, Miller, Hunt, Pearson, Boeser
MTL 1 – 1 VAN

2nd period

10:34
VANBrock BoeserPP (J.T. Miller, Quinn Hughes)wrist0.30 xG
MTL: Chiarot, Lehkonen, Evans, RomanovVAN: Miller, Horvat, Boeser, Pettersson, Hughes
MTL 1 – 2 VAN
14:22
MTLArtturi Lehkonen (Rem Pitlick)wrist0.11 xG
MTL: Petry, Kulak, Lehkonen, Evans, PitlickVAN: Myers, Chiasson, Ekman-Larsson, Horvat, Podkolzin
MTL 2 – 2 VAN

3rd period

3:44
VANJ.T. Millerwrist0.04 xG
MTL: Petry, Hoffman, Gallagher, Kulak, DauphinVAN: Schenn, Miller, Pearson, Boeser, Hughes
MTL 2 – 3 VAN
8:53
VANElias PetterssonPP (J.T. Miller, Bo Horvat)wrist0.05 xG
MTL: Petry, Pitlick, Poehling, RomanovVAN: Miller, Horvat, Boeser, Pettersson, Hughes
MTL 2 – 4 VAN
15:35
MTLRem Pitlick (Cole Caufield, Artturi Lehkonen)slap0.12 xG
MTL: Wideman, Anderson, Lehkonen, Pitlick, Suzuki, CaufieldVAN: Myers, Ekman-Larsson, Miller, Pearson, Boeser
MTL 3 – 4 VAN
19:02
VANBo HorvatEN (Tanner Pearson, Elias Pettersson)backhand0.86 xG
MTL: Hoffman, Anderson, Lehkonen, Pitlick, Suzuki, CaufieldVAN: Hamonic, Pearson, Horvat, Pettersson, Hughes
MTL 3 – 5 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	0.26	1	1	0	23:02	—	—	44	33
Cole Caufield R	L1	0	1	1	0	3	0.25	0	0	0	22:30	—	—	44	31
Josh Anderson R	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.17	0	0	2	20:27	—	—	46	35
Rem Pitlick C	L2	1	2	3	+2	1	0.23	0	2	0	16:49	—	—	40	51
Artturi Lehkonen L	L2	2	1	3	+2	4	0.41	2	0	0	14:59	—	—	42	47
Jake Evans C	L2	0	1	1	+2	1	0.09	1	0	0	14:24	—	—	41	46
Brendan Gallagher R	L3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.15	0	3	0	14:30	—	—	17	6
Mike Hoffman C	L3	0	0	0	-3	2	0.08	0	0	2	14:25	—	—	14	6
Laurent Dauphin C	L3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	0	0	11:18	—	—	22	6
Ryan Poehling C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	1	0	10:56	—	—	46	62
Joel Armia R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.11	1	0	0	10:29	—	—	44	27
Paul Byron L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	9:14	—	—	50	13
Jeff Petry D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	3	2	0	21:51	—	—	46	36
Brett Kulak D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	2	0	2	19:07	—	—	38	28
Ben Chiarot D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	2	1	2	23:31	—	—	40	34
Alexander Romanov D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	3	2	0	19:27	—	—	36	36
Chris Wideman D	D3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.07	0	2	0	16:22	—	—	26	11
Kale Clague D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	0	0	11:42	—	—	25	9

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Samuel Montembeault(start)	L	32	28	4	.875	3.48	59:31

Vancouver Canucks

VAN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
J.T. Miller C	L1	1	3	4	+1	1	0.16	1	2	2	20:06	—	—	58	67
Brock Boeser R	L1	1	0	1	+1	4	0.72	0	0	0	16:31	—	—	56	58
Tanner Pearson L	L1	0	1	1	+2	1	0.24	1	0	0	16:17	—	—	58	61
Elias Pettersson C	L2	1	1	2	0	6	0.55	2	0	0	20:47	—	—	65	72
Conor Garland R	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.20	0	0	0	14:13	—	—	73	78
Nils Hoglander L	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.18	3	0	0	10:48	—	—	73	76
Tyler Motte C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	0	2	15:29	—	—	68	91
Juho Lammikko C	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.10	3	0	0	12:51	—	—	85	97
Matthew Highmore C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.45	0	0	0	11:58	—	—	80	94
Bo Horvat C	L4	1	1	2	0	4	1.29	0	1	2	16:43	—	—	42	50
Alex Chiasson R	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.09	1	0	0	10:26	—	—	47	50
Vasily Podkolzin R	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	0	0	0	9:40	—	—	40	48
Tyler Myers D	D1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.04	1	0	2	22:25	—	—	59	68
Oliver Ekman-Larsson D	D1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.01	0	0	0	19:23	—	—	62	74
Quinn Hughes D	D2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.04	0	1	0	23:59	—	—	61	73
Luke Schenn D	D2	0	0	0	0	3	0.07	6	3	0	16:26	—	—	60	64
Travis Hamonic D	D3	1	0	1	+2	1	0.07	3	0	0	19:15	—	—	68	72
Brad Hunt D	D3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.11	0	2	0	14:46	—	—	66	70

VAN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Thatcher Demko(start)	W	25	22	3	.880	2.09	59:56

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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.