Montreal Canadiens vs. Arizona CoyotesDec 20, 2018

FinalThursday, Dec 20, 2018· Gila River Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MTL	0	1	1	2		MTL	12	8	8	28
ARI	0	1	0	1		ARI	14	15	8	37

: MTL 50ARI 65
: MTL 2.00ARI 2.34
PP goals: MTL 1ARI 1
Hits: MTL 36ARI 28
Blocks: MTL 13ARI 17
PIM: MTL 8ARI 6
: MTL 50%ARI 50%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Montreal Canadiens edge Arizona Coyotes 2–1

Montreal Canadiens beat Arizona Coyotes 2–1 at ARI. Oliver Ekman-Larsson (ARI) led the scoring with 1G 0A. ARI's first power-play unit (Ekman-Larsson, Galchenyuk, Schmaltz, Fischer and Chychrun) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 2:58 together.

PP1
ARI's first power-play unit (Ekman-Larsson, Galchenyuk, Schmaltz, Fischer and Chychrun) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 2:58 together.Ekman-Larsson Galchenyuk Schmaltz Fischer Chychrun
PP1
MTL's first power-play unit (Weber, Petry, Gallagher, Drouin and Domi) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 2:44 together.Weber Petry Gallagher Drouin Domi
New line
New look for ARI: Stepan–Panik–Keller skated 11:04 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (38.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Stepan Panik Keller
New line
New look for MTL: Tatar–Shaw–Kotkaniemi skated 9:59 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (45.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Tatar Shaw Kotkaniemi
New line
New look for ARI: Galchenyuk–Schmaltz–Fischer skated 11:04 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Galchenyuk Schmaltz Fischer
New line
New look for MTL: Lehkonen–Drouin–Domi skated 9:55 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (25% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Lehkonen Drouin Domi
Goalie
Carey Price (MTL) faced 37 shots and stopped 36 (.973), +7 against a season average of 29.6; the win.Price
New line
New look for MTL: Byron–Gallagher–Danault skated 9:15 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Byron Gallagher Danault

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)ARI attacks right (top on phones) →

ARI
MTL
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 115 of 115 attempts · ARI 65 · MTL 50

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

ARI
MTL
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

ARI 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 22% of the game, ARI 36%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

ARI

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	ARI
	52	56
	1.49	2.04
	1.46	1.92
	7	12
	1	2
	16	13
	+0.012	−0.012
	22%	36%

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

L1Tatar – Shaw – Kotkaniemi
9:5946% CF
L2Lehkonen – Drouin – Domi
9:5525% CF
L3Byron – Gallagher – Danault
9:1567% CF
L4Chaput – Agostino – Hudon
7:5130% CF
D1Petry – Reilly
13:5346% CF
D2Weber – Benn
13:4859% CF
D3Schlemko – Mete
11:5036% CF

PP1Weber – Petry – Gallagher – Drouin – Domi
2:44100% CF
PP2Byron – Tatar – Shaw – Reilly – Kotkaniemi
1:040% CF
PK1FByron – Chaput
2:19
PK2FShaw – Danault
1:21
PK1DPetry – Schlemko
2:46
PK2DWeber – Benn
2:17

Current MTL line combinations →

Arizona Coyotes

L1Stepan – Panik – Keller
11:0438% CF
L2Galchenyuk – Schmaltz – Fischer
11:0467% CF
L3Richardson – Archibald – Cousins
9:2853% CF
L4Kempe – Crouse – Garland
7:2450% CF
D1Goligoski – Ekman-Larsson
15:5052% CF
D2Hjalmarsson – Chychrun
12:1748% CF
D3Oesterle – Lyubushkin
8:4956% CF

PP1Ekman-Larsson – Galchenyuk – Schmaltz – Fischer – Chychrun
2:58100% CF
PP2Goligoski – Stepan – Panik – Oesterle – Keller
2:36100% CF
PK1FRichardson – Archibald
2:08
PK2FStepan – Panik
0:30
PK1DGoligoski – Ekman-Larsson
1:38
PK2DHjalmarsson – Oesterle
0:56

Current ARI line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

0:22
MTLShea WeberPP (Jeff Petry, Jonathan Drouin)slap0.06 xG
MTL: Weber, Petry, Gallagher, Drouin, DomiARI: Richardson, Hjalmarsson, Archibald, Oesterle
MTL 1 – 0 ARI
6:49
ARIOliver Ekman-LarssonPP (Nick Schmaltz, Jakob Chychrun)wrist0.03 xG
MTL: Petry, Schlemko, Byron, ChaputARI: Ekman-Larsson, Galchenyuk, Schmaltz, Fischer, Chychrun
MTL 1 – 1 ARI

3rd period

1:16
MTLPaul Byron (Phillip Danault, Andrew Shaw)wrist0.10 xG
MTL: Byron, Shaw, Reilly, Danault, MeteARI: Stepan, Panik, Oesterle, Keller, Lyubushkin
MTL 2 – 1 ARI

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
Andrew Shaw R	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.12	1	0	0	16:47	—	—	44	37
Jesperi Kotkaniemi C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	1	0	0	13:27	—	—	56	46
Tomas Tatar L	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.30	2	1	2	12:44	—	—	52	45
Max Domi C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.61	0	0	0	18:17	—	—	27	28
Jonathan Drouin L	L2	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	17:12	—	—	26	24
Artturi Lehkonen L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	2	15:53	—	—	29	36
Phillip Danault C	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	2	0	2	16:21	—	—	64	72
Brendan Gallagher R	L3	0	0	0	0	5	0.38	0	1	0	16:14	—	—	68	76
Paul Byron L	L3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.13	1	1	0	15:59	—	—	64	70
Michael Chaput C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	4	1	0	11:45	—	—	33	34
Kenny Agostino L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	3	0	0	10:26	—	—	39	16
Charles Hudon L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	9:45	—	—	38	13
Jeff Petry D	D1	0	1	1	0	1	0.04	3	0	0	24:32	—	—	46	34
Mike Reilly D	D1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.04	0	0	0	15:56	—	—	52	55
Shea Weber D	D2	1	0	1	0	3	0.17	3	3	2	24:43	—	—	52	52
Jordie Benn D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	8	2	0	19:12	—	—	57	66
David Schlemko D	D3	0	0	0	0	3	0.02	5	1	0	18:12	—	—	42	26
Victor Mete D	D3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.07	0	2	0	16:12	—	—	42	33

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Carey Price(start)	W	37	36	1	.973	2.34	59:41

Arizona Coyotes

ARI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Derek Stepan C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.05	0	1	0	21:19	—	—	46	35
Clayton Keller R	L1	0	0	0	-1	5	0.17	1	2	0	18:07	—	—	41	30
Richard Panik R	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	3	0	17:36	—	—	42	29
Nick Schmaltz C	L2	0	1	1	0	3	0.15	0	0	0	16:38	—	—	56	60
Alex Galchenyuk C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.19	1	0	0	16:30	—	—	61	68
Christian Fischer R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	1	2	0	15:52	—	—	58	61
Brad Richardson R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	14:38	—	—	53	72
Josh Archibald R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	3	0	0	14:20	—	—	58	79
Nick Cousins C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.35	1	2	2	13:22	—	—	65	87
Conor Garland R	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.12	0	1	0	10:17	—	—	57	85
Lawson Crouse L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.14	4	0	0	9:18	—	—	44	77
Mario Kempe R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	3	1	0	9:02	—	—	61	89
Oliver Ekman-Larsson D	D1	1	0	1	0	5	0.32	3	0	0	26:32	—	—	55	62
Alex Goligoski D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.07	3	1	0	24:08	—	—	49	49
Jakob Chychrun D	D2	0	1	1	0	2	0.17	4	3	2	22:26	—	—	50	80
Niklas Hjalmarsson D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.04	0	1	2	17:09	—	—	52	58
Jordan Oesterle D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.23	1	0	0	18:17	—	—	55	58
Ilya Lyubushkin D	D3	0	0	0	-1	4	0.16	3	0	0	11:21	—	—	54	48

ARI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Darcy Kuemper(start)	L	28	26	2	.929	2.00	58:42

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.