Montreal Canadiens vs. New Jersey DevilsFeb 4, 2020

Final / SOTuesday, Feb 4, 2020· Prudential Center

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Montreal CanadiensMTL

5

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New Jersey DevilsNJD

4

Goals	1	2	3	OT	SO	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
MTL	0	2	2	0	1	5		MTL	9	10	11	6	36
NJD	1	2	1	0	0	4		NJD	8	10	5	1	24

: MTL 71NJD 40
: MTL 3.83NJD 2.47
PP goals: MTL 0NJD 0
Hits: MTL 27NJD 7
Blocks: MTL 5NJD 24
PIM: MTL 18NJD 14
: MTL 53%NJD 47%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Montreal Canadiens edge New Jersey Devils 5–4 (SO)

Montreal Canadiens beat New Jersey Devils 5–4 in a shootout at NJD. Kyle Palmieri (NJD) led the scoring with 2G 0A. New look for NJD: Simmonds–Wood–Zacha skated 9:23 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (0% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Kyle Palmieri had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 17:08.Palmieri
Points
Jesper Bratt had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 15:51.Bratt
Points
Blake Coleman had 2 assists (2 points) on 8 shots in 23:03.Coleman
New line
New look for NJD: Simmonds–Wood–Zacha skated 9:23 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (0% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Simmonds Wood Zacha
Usage
Blake Coleman (NJD) played 23:03, +6:26 up on his 16:37 season average over 65 games.Coleman
Usage
Damon Severson (NJD) played 29:24, +6:32 up on his 22:52 season average over 68 games.Severson
Goalie
Louis Domingue (NJD) faced 36 shots and stopped 32 (.889), +11 against a season average of 25.5; the overtime loss.Domingue
New line
New look for NJD: Hayden–Rooney–Anderson skated 6:03 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (62.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Hayden Rooney Anderson

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)NJD attacks right (top on phones) →

NJD
MTL
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 111 of 111 attempts · NJD 40 · MTL 71

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

NJD
MTL
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

NJD 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 46% of the game, NJD 20%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

NJD

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	NJD
	51	35
	1.80	2.18
	1.69	2.14
	4	10
	8	2
	12	13
	+0.031	−0.030
	46%	20%

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 – Gallagher – Danault
9:5159% CF
L2Cousins – Lehkonen – Domi
7:0360% CF
L3Kovalchuk – Armia – Suzuki
6:2557% CF
L4Thompson – Weise – Poehling
5:0450% CF
D1Petry – Kulak
15:5965% CF
D2Weber – Chiarot
15:5038% CF
D3Scandella – Folin
12:0479% CF

PP1Kovalchuk – Weber – Cousins – Armia – Domi
2:3275% CF
PP2Petry – Tatar – Gallagher – Danault – Suzuki
0:50100% CF
PK1FDanault – Lehkonen
2:26
PK2FThompson – Armia
1:02
PK1DWeber – Chiarot
3:19
PK2DPetry – Scandella
1:36

Current MTL line combinations →

New Jersey Devils

L1Zajac – Coleman – Gusev
11:2342% CF
L2Simmonds – Wood – Zacha
9:230% CF
L3Palmieri – Bratt – Hughes
7:0538% CF
L4Hayden – Rooney – Anderson
6:0363% CF
D1Greene – Severson
16:3650% CF
D2Butcher – Mueller
14:1126% CF
D3Carrick – White
9:4038% CF

PP1Simmonds – Palmieri – Coleman – Severson – Hughes
3:2167% CF
PP2Gusev – Butcher – Wood – Zacha – Bratt
2:08
PK1FZajac – Coleman
0:57
PK2FRooney – Anderson
0:47
PK1DGreene – Mueller
1:24
PK2DSeverson – Carrick
0:00

Current NJD line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

9:17
NJDMiles Wood (Jesper Bratt, Mirco Mueller)snap0.01 xG
MTL: Kovalchuk, Gallagher, Kulak, Folin, SuzukiNJD: Butcher, Wood, Mueller, Zacha, Bratt
MTL 0 – 1 NJD

2nd period

1:51
NJDKyle Palmieri (Damon Severson, Blake Coleman)wrist0.10 xG
MTL: Petry, Chiarot, Danault, LehkonenNJD: Simmonds, Palmieri, Coleman, Severson, Hughes
MTL 0 – 2 NJD
6:44
NJDJesper Bratt (Pavel Zacha, Will Butcher)wrist0.17 xG
MTL: Petry, Scandella, Tatar, SuzukiNJD: Carrick, Butcher, Zacha, Bratt
MTL 0 – 3 NJD
13:08
MTLJoel ArmiaSHwrist0.15 xG
MTL: Weber, Thompson, Chiarot, ArmiaNJD: Simmonds, Palmieri, Coleman, Severson, Hughes
MTL 1 – 3 NJD
17:06
MTLNate Thompson (Ryan Poehling)wrist0.15 xG
MTL: Thompson, Scandella, Weise, Armia, PoehlingNJD: Simmonds, Carrick, Butcher, Bratt, Hughes
MTL 2 – 3 NJD

3rd period

7:22
MTLNick Cousins (Brett Kulak, Max Domi)wrist0.24 xG
MTL: Kovalchuk, Chiarot, Cousins, Kulak, DomiNJD: Palmieri, Carrick, White, Bratt, Hughes
MTL 3 – 3 NJD
9:35
MTLChristian Folin (Tomas Tatar, Phillip Danault)snap0.01 xG
MTL: Scandella, Tatar, Gallagher, Danault, FolinNJD: Zajac, Coleman, Gusev, Butcher, Mueller
MTL 4 – 3 NJD
19:40
NJDKyle Palmieri (Blake Coleman, Jack Hughes)wrist0.32 xG
MTL: Weber, Thompson, Chiarot, DanaultNJD: Simmonds, Palmieri, Coleman, Severson, Gusev, Hughes
MTL 4 – 4 NJD

Decided in the shootout: MTL 5 – 4 NJD.

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
Phillip Danault C	L1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.03	4	0	0	20:57	—	—	45	33
Brendan Gallagher R	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.21	0	0	0	17:08	—	—	67	54
Tomas Tatar L	L1	0	1	1	0	4	0.37	1	1	0	12:35	—	—	59	42
Max Domi C	L2	0	1	1	+1	4	0.43	0	0	2	19:38	—	—	64	64
Artturi Lehkonen L	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.15	0	0	2	16:03	—	—	56	47
Nick Cousins C	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.46	4	0	5	16:00	—	—	67	57
Ilya Kovalchuk L	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.34	0	0	0	20:39	—	—	70	65
Joel Armia R	L3	1	0	1	+2	3	0.43	3	0	0	18:20	—	—	71	61
Nick Suzuki C	L3	0	0	0	-2	3	0.31	2	1	0	17:19	—	—	71	55
Nate Thompson C	L4	1	0	1	+2	4	0.27	2	0	2	10:05	—	—	46	22
Ryan Poehling C	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.00	3	0	0	9:56	—	—	50	43
Dale Weise R	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	0	5	8:10	—	—	58	41
Jeff Petry D	D1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.16	2	0	0	23:50	—	—	63	39
Brett Kulak D	D1	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	18:16	—	—	67	57
Shea Weber D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.00	1	2	2	24:50	—	—	38	11
Ben Chiarot D	D2	0	0	0	+2	2	0.43	0	0	0	24:25	—	—	41	39
Marco Scandella D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.08	0	1	0	16:18	—	—	75	57
Christian Folin D	D3	1	0	1	0	2	0.17	3	0	0	13:12	—	—	79	60

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Charlie Lindgren(start)	W	24	20	4	.833	2.47	65:00

New Jersey Devils

NJD skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Blake Coleman L	L1	0	2	2	-2	8	0.83	0	1	0	23:03	—	—	49	81
Travis Zajac C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	0	2	0	18:57	—	—	33	55
Nikita Gusev L	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.09	0	0	0	17:38	—	—	50	63
Pavel Zacha C	L2	0	1	1	+2	2	0.07	1	0	0	19:10	—	—	29	35
Wayne Simmonds R	L2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.11	0	1	0	15:49	—	—	38	71
Miles Wood L	L2	1	0	1	+1	1	0.01	0	2	0	15:27	—	—	21	13
Jack Hughes C	L3	0	1	1	-3	0	0.07	0	0	0	18:08	—	—	45	55
Kyle Palmieri C	L3	2	0	2	-2	3	0.60	0	1	0	17:08	—	—	47	59
Jesper Bratt L	L3	1	1	2	0	2	0.25	0	0	0	15:51	—	—	37	39
Kevin Rooney C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	0	5	11:13	—	—	67	76
Joey Anderson R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	1	0	2	11:06	—	—	46	73
John Hayden C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.17	4	0	5	10:30	—	—	56	73
Damon Severson D	D1	0	1	1	-1	0	0.05	0	2	2	29:24	—	—	53	72
Andy Greene D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	4	0	22:15	—	—	48	54
Will Butcher D	D2	0	1	1	0	0	0.04	0	2	0	22:32	—	—	29	37
Mirco Mueller D	D2	0	1	1	0	0	0.04	0	4	0	19:45	—	—	29	45
Connor Carrick D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.05	1	3	0	12:12	—	—	36	55
Colton White D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	2	0	10:34	—	—	33	56

NJD goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Louis Domingue(start)	O	36	32	4	.889	3.83	64:06

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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.