Montreal Canadiens vs. Vancouver CanucksMar 21, 2024

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MTL	0	1	0	1		MTL	5	9	3	17
VAN	2	1	1	4		VAN	12	6	7	25

: MTL 39VAN 68
: MTL 1.29VAN 3.28
PP goals: MTL 0VAN 0
Hits: MTL 25VAN 42
Blocks: MTL 18VAN 12
PIM: MTL 8VAN 8
: MTL 54%VAN 46%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vancouver Canucks beat Montreal Canadiens 4–1

Vancouver Canucks beat Montreal Canadiens 4–1 at home. Nikita Zadorov (VAN) led the scoring with 2G 0A. New look for MTL: Armia–Harvey-Pinard–Newhook skated 10:46 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (33.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Nikita Zadorov had two goals (2 points) on 5 shots in 17:37.Zadorov
Points
Ilya Mikheyev had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 15:44.Mikheyev
New line
New look for MTL: Armia–Harvey-Pinard–Newhook skated 10:46 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (33.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Armia Harvey-Pinard Newhook
New line
New look for MTL: Pearson–White–Pezzetta skated 5:53 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (57.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Pearson White Pezzetta
Usage
Elias Lindholm (VAN) played 16:22, −3:22 down on his 19:44 season average over 74 games.Lindholm
PP1
MTL's PP1 (Matheson, Suzuki, Caufield, Newhook and Slafkovský) went scoreless in 4:36 of 5v4 time with 6 attempts.Matheson Suzuki Caufield Newhook Slafkovský
Cats
Michael Pezzetta (MTL) threw 7 hits and blocked 1 shot, a night for hits leagues.Pezzetta

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 107 of 107 attempts · VAN 68 · MTL 39

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 16% of the game, VAN 51%.

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
	40	67
	1.13	2.94
	1.12	2.46
	5	10
	2	7
	7	16
	+0.029	−0.029
	16%	51%

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

L1Suzuki – Caufield – Slafkovský
12:2245% CF
L2Armia – Harvey-Pinard – Newhook
10:4633% CF
L3Gallagher – Anderson – Evans
8:5836% CF
L4Pearson – White – Pezzetta
5:5357% CF
D1Matheson – Harris
9:4047% CF
D2Savard – Xhekaj
9:3252% CF
D3Kovacevic – Guhle
6:5238% CF

PP1Matheson – Suzuki – Caufield – Newhook – Slafkovský
4:36100% CF
PP2Gallagher – Pearson – Anderson – Harvey-Pinard – Xhekaj
1:100% CF
PK1FArmia – Evans
1:14
PK2FPearson – Suzuki
1:13
PK1DSavard – Matheson
1:30
PK2DKovacevic – Harris
1:13

Current MTL line combinations →

Vancouver Canucks

L1Lindholm – Lafferty – Mikheyev
10:0062% CF
L2Garland – Pettersson – Hoglander
7:5389% CF
L3Miller – Boeser – Suter
7:3660% CF
L4Blueger – Podkolzin – Aman
5:4461% CF
D1Hronek – Hughes
16:4847% CF
D2Myers – Soucy
14:5467% CF
D3Zadorov – Juulsen
10:3170% CF

PP1Miller – Boeser – Pettersson – Suter – Hughes
2:49100% CF
PP2Lindholm – Garland – Hronek – Hoglander – Podkolzin
1:47100% CF
PK1FPettersson – Mikheyev
1:45
PK2FBlueger – Lindholm
1:34
PK1DZadorov – Juulsen
2:51
PK2DMyers – Soucy
1:52

Current VAN line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

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	+1	2	0.23	2	0	2	21:53	—	—	46	45
Juraj Slafkovský L	L1	1	0	1	0	1	0.07	0	0	0	18:58	—	—	48	39
Cole Caufield R	L1	0	1	1	-1	2	0.22	1	0	0	18:33	—	—	35	32
Alex Newhook C	L2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.21	0	0	0	18:19	—	—	26	18
Joel Armia R	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.18	1	0	0	17:21	—	—	31	41
Rafael Harvey-Pinard L	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	14:35	—	—	33	49
Brendan Gallagher R	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.12	1	0	0	14:12	—	—	29	18
Jake Evans C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.11	2	0	0	14:12	—	—	32	36
Josh Anderson R	L3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	3	2	0	13:40	—	—	22	12
Tanner Pearson L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	10:31	—	—	53	42
Michael Pezzetta L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	7	1	0	9:21	—	—	52	20
Colin White C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.02	0	1	0	8:24	—	—	48	19
Mike Matheson D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	4	0	24:24	—	—	35	47
Jordan Harris D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	4	0	18:20	—	—	37	73
David Savard D	D2	0	0	0	-3	3	0.03	0	2	0	17:54	—	—	38	23
Arber Xhekaj D	D2	0	0	0	-2	3	0.07	3	1	4	17:26	—	—	44	22
Kaiden Guhle D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	0	2	21:03	—	—	33	15
Johnathan Kovacevic D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	2	2	0	14:54	—	—	33	13

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Samuel Montembeault(start)	L	25	21	4	.840	3.28	60:00

Vancouver Canucks

VAN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Elias Lindholm C	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.13	2	1	0	16:22	—	—	63	39
Ilya Mikheyev R	L1	0	2	2	+2	2	0.04	1	1	0	15:44	—	—	64	40
Sam Lafferty C	L1	0	1	1	+2	1	0.06	3	0	2	14:18	—	—	70	53
Elias Pettersson C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.06	3	0	0	20:16	—	—	78	68
Conor Garland R	L2	1	0	1	+1	1	0.06	1	0	4	13:45	—	—	79	80
Nils Hoglander L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.32	4	0	0	13:29	—	—	86	81
J.T. Miller C	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.59	5	2	0	17:48	—	—	57	63
Brock Boeser R	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.16	1	1	0	16:22	—	—	58	69
Pius Suter C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	0	0	15:29	—	—	48	72
Teddy Blueger C	L4	0	1	1	+3	3	0.83	2	1	0	13:31	—	—	59	90
Vasily Podkolzin R	L4	0	1	1	+2	2	0.20	6	0	0	10:16	—	—	59	91
Nils Aman C	L4	1	0	1	+1	1	0.28	1	3	0	10:07	—	—	56	91
Quinn Hughes D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.09	0	0	0	23:34	—	—	50	51
Filip Hronek D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.13	0	0	0	22:48	—	—	55	72
Tyler Myers D	D2	0	1	1	+2	0	0.05	2	0	2	19:11	—	—	72	92
Carson Soucy D	D2	0	0	0	+2	1	0.00	0	0	0	19:11	—	—	64	83
Nikita Zadorov D	D3	2	0	2	+2	5	0.25	1	2	0	17:37	—	—	70	59
Noah Juulsen D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.02	6	1	0	14:12	—	—	70	63

VAN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Casey DeSmith(start)	W	17	16	1	.941	1.29	60:00

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Conor Garland (VAN) 2nd 18:14 · assists Teddy Blueger · Rush · loose puck · 61.5 mph shot · 1.9 s from entry to goal.

Conor Garland · 2nd 18:14 · VAN

Play: rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 61.5 mph
Distance: 34 ft
Entry to goal: 1.9 s

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Nikita Zadorov · 1st 15:38 · VAN

Play: point-shot
Passes: 2
Shot: 67.8 mph
Distance: 58 ft

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Nikita Zadorov · 1st 19:33 · VAN

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 66.6 mph
Distance: 28 ft
Entry to goal: 3.5 s

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Juraj Slafkovský · 2nd 19:07 · MTL

Play: deflection
Passes: 1
Shot: 42.8 mph
Distance: 4 ft
Type: deflection

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Nils Aman · 3rd 11:44 · VAN

Play: deflection
Passes: 2
Shot: 61.8 mph
Distance: 17 ft
Type: deflection

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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.

Montreal Canadiens vs. Vancouver CanucksMar 21, 2024

Fantasy takeaways

Vancouver Canucks beat Montreal Canadiens 4–1

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Montreal Canadiens

Vancouver Canucks

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Montreal Canadiens

Vancouver Canucks

Goal anatomy

Conor Garland · 2nd 18:14 · VAN

Nikita Zadorov · 1st 15:38 · VAN

Nikita Zadorov · 1st 19:33 · VAN

Juraj Slafkovský · 2nd 19:07 · MTL

Nils Aman · 3rd 11:44 · VAN