Montreal Canadiens vs. Arizona CoyotesDec 19, 2022

Final / OTMonday, Dec 19, 2022· Mullett Arena

away

home

Goals	1	2	3	OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
MTL	0	2	0	1	3		MTL	5	12	7	2	26
ARI	0	2	0	0	2		ARI	17	16	6	0	39

: MTL 48ARI 64
: MTL 2.81ARI 3.90
PP goals: MTL 0ARI 0
Hits: MTL 19ARI 20
Blocks: MTL 13ARI 10
PIM: MTL 4ARI 4
: MTL 57%ARI 43%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Montreal Canadiens edge Arizona Coyotes 3–2 (OT)

Montreal Canadiens beat Arizona Coyotes 3–2 in overtime at ARI. Cole Caufield (MTL) led the scoring with 1G 0A. Juuso Välimäki (ARI) played 6:44, −11:35 down on his 18:19 season average over 77 games.

Usage
Juuso Välimäki (ARI) played 6:44, −11:35 down on his 18:19 season average over 77 games.Välimäki
Goalie
Samuel Montembeault (MTL) faced 39 shots and stopped 37 (.949), +5 against a season average of 33.6; the win.Montembeault
New line
New look for MTL: Armia–Evans–Richard skated 5:37 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (75% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Armia Evans Richard
Luck
ARI scored 2 goals on 3.90 expected goals (64 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Joel Edmundson (MTL) played 23:28, +3:58 up on his 19:30 season average over 60 games.Edmundson
Usage
Clayton Keller (ARI) played 23:54, +3:11 up on his 20:43 season average over 81 games.Keller
Usage
Kaiden Guhle (MTL) played 23:37, +3:10 up on his 20:27 season average over 43 games.Guhle
Usage
Nick Bjugstad (ARI) played 20:37, +4:28 up on his 16:09 season average over 77 games.Bjugstad

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 112 of 112 attempts · ARI 64 · MTL 48

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 27% of the game, ARI 38%.

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
	48	62
	2.58	3.33
	2.55	3.06
	11	16
	5	4
	14	22
	+0.034	−0.034
	27%	38%

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

L1Dadonov – Hoffman – Dvorak
10:5767% CF
L2Anderson – Suzuki – Caufield
7:2236% CF
L3Drouin – Dach – Slafkovský
6:2221% CF
L4Armia – Evans – Richard
5:3775% CF
D1Edmundson – Guhle
16:3754% CF
D2Kovacevic – Harris
16:2032% CF
D3Wideman – Xhekaj
13:4644% CF

PP1Wideman – Drouin – Dvorak – Suzuki – Caufield
2:13100% CF
PP2Dadonov – Hoffman – Anderson – Dach – Guhle
1:3050% CF
PK1FArmia – Suzuki
2:26
PK2FDvorak – Evans
0:29
PK1DEdmundson – Guhle
2:00
PK2DKovacevic – Harris
0:00

Current MTL line combinations →

Arizona Coyotes

L1Boyd – Schmaltz – Keller
14:3342% CF
L2Bjugstad – Crouse – Maccelli
12:4475% CF
L3Ritchie – Fischer – Hayton
5:2680% CF
D1Gostisbehere – Chychrun
19:1250% CF
D2Brown – Moser
11:4250% CF
D3Nemeth – Stecher
11:0870% CF

PP1Bjugstad – Gostisbehere – Ritchie – Schmaltz – Chychrun
2:35100% CF
PP2Boyd – Crouse – Keller – Maccelli – Moser
1:11100% CF
PK1FBjugstad – Crouse
1:37
PK2FFischer – Hayton
1:37
PK1DNemeth – Stecher
2:03
PK2DBrown – Moser
1:50

Current ARI line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

0:49
MTLCole Caufield (Josh Anderson, Kaiden Guhle)wrist0.13 xG
MTL: Wideman, Anderson, Suzuki, Caufield, GuhleARI: Nemeth, Ritchie, Fischer, Stecher, Hayton
MTL 1 – 0 ARI
1:24
ARINick Schmaltz (Clayton Keller)snap0.16 xG
MTL: Edmundson, Anderson, Suzuki, Guhle, SlafkovskýARI: Boyd, Gostisbehere, Schmaltz, Keller, Chychrun
MTL 1 – 1 ARI
4:27
MTLChristian Dvorak (Arber Xhekaj, Evgenii Dadonov)tip-in0.09 xG
MTL: Dadonov, Hoffman, Wideman, Dvorak, XhekajARI: Kassian, Nemeth, Keller, Stecher, McBain
MTL 2 – 1 ARI
7:23
ARIMatias Maccelli (Lawson Crouse, Jakob Chychrun)wrist0.16 xG
MTL: Dadonov, Hoffman, Dvorak, Kovacevic, HarrisARI: Bjugstad, Gostisbehere, Crouse, Chychrun, Maccelli
MTL 2 – 2 ARI

OT period

1:08
MTLMike Hoffman (Kirby Dach, Joel Edmundson)wrist0.15 xG
MTL: Hoffman, Edmundson, DachARI: Gostisbehere, Schmaltz, Keller
MTL 3 – 2 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
Christian Dvorak C	L1	1	0	1	0	2	0.27	1	1	0	18:08	—	—	50	45
Evgenii Dadonov L	L1	0	1	1	0	2	0.12	0	0	0	15:02	—	—	50	37
Mike Hoffman C	L1	1	0	1	+1	3	0.26	0	1	0	14:17	—	—	53	49
Nick Suzuki C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.13	1	2	0	22:40	—	—	45	39
Josh Anderson R	L2	0	1	1	0	3	0.24	1	1	2	17:09	—	—	40	50
Cole Caufield R	L2	1	0	1	+1	3	0.33	0	0	0	16:57	—	—	50	56
Kirby Dach C	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.05	1	0	0	17:44	—	—	39	32
Jonathan Drouin L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.39	1	0	0	13:43	—	—	27	40
Juraj Slafkovský L	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	2	10:34	—	—	23	19
Joel Armia R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.12	2	0	0	12:53	—	—	47	56
Jake Evans C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.11	1	0	0	11:55	—	—	59	51
Anthony Richard C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.25	3	0	0	10:58	—	—	60	87
Kaiden Guhle D	D1	0	1	1	0	3	0.31	0	2	0	23:37	—	—	56	57
Joel Edmundson D	D1	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	3	1	0	23:28	—	—	56	60
Johnathan Kovacevic D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	1	2	0	19:23	—	—	36	49
Jordan Harris D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.13	0	3	0	18:11	—	—	33	40
Chris Wideman D	D3	0	0	0	+2	1	0.00	0	0	0	16:39	—	—	44	28
Arber Xhekaj D	D3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.07	2	0	0	16:11	—	—	43	23

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Samuel Montembeault(start)	W	39	37	2	.949	3.90	61:03

Arizona Coyotes

ARI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Clayton Keller R	L1	0	1	1	-1	4	0.26	0	0	0	23:54	—	—	43	39
Nick Schmaltz C	L1	1	0	1	0	2	0.36	0	1	0	21:01	—	—	44	43
Travis Boyd C	L1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.21	1	0	0	20:10	—	—	41	37
Nick Bjugstad C	L2	0	0	0	+1	7	0.46	3	0	0	20:37	—	—	71	75
Lawson Crouse L	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.26	2	1	0	18:40	—	—	70	66
Matias Maccelli L	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.42	0	0	0	17:09	—	—	67	75
Barrett Hayton C	L3	0	0	0	-1	4	0.44	0	0	0	14:54	—	—	74	72
Christian Fischer R	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.43	1	1	0	14:16	—	—	50	48
Nick Ritchie L	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.44	4	0	0	10:24	—	—	60	53
Shayne Gostisbehere D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.06	2	0	0	24:37	—	—	49	43
Jakob Chychrun D	D1	0	1	1	+2	3	0.35	1	1	2	23:57	—	—	51	49
J.J. Moser D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	0	1	0	18:31	—	—	63	67
Joshua Brown D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	2	0	15:41	—	—	47	56
Patrik Nemeth D	D3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.06	0	0	0	15:22	—	—	69	68
Troy Stecher D	D3	0	0	0	-2	3	0.06	1	2	0	15:07	—	—	62	61
Jack McBain C	—	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	0	2	10:01	—	—	43	61
Zack Kassian R	—	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	1	0	9:02	—	—	50	69
Juuso Välimäki D	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	6:44	—	—	46	55

ARI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Karel Vejmelka(start)	O	26	23	3	.885	2.81	60:25

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.