Montreal Canadiens vs. New Jersey DevilsMar 27, 2022

Final / SOSunday, Mar 27, 2022· Prudential Center

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Montreal CanadiensMTL

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New Jersey DevilsNJD

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	SO	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
MTL	0	1	1	0	0	2		MTL	8	10	13	2	33
NJD	1	1	0	0	1	3		NJD	13	5	14	0	32

: MTL 56NJD 62
: MTL 4.17NJD 4.13
PP goals: MTL 0NJD 1
Hits: MTL 20NJD 25
Blocks: MTL 16NJD 11
PIM: MTL 4NJD 8
: MTL 60%NJD 40%

Fantasy takeaways

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

New Jersey Devils edge Montreal Canadiens 3–2 (SO)

New Jersey Devils beat Montreal Canadiens 3–2 in a shootout at home. Jack Hughes (NJD) led the scoring with 2G 0A. NJD's first power-play unit (Severson, Bratt, Bastian, Hischier and Hughes) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 3:29 together.

Points
Jack Hughes had two goals (2 points) on 7 shots in 24:50.Hughes
PP1
NJD's first power-play unit (Severson, Bratt, Bastian, Hischier and Hughes) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 3:29 together.Severson Bratt Bastian Hischier Hughes
Usage
Rem Pitlick (MTL) played 23:54, +9:03 up on his 14:51 season average over 65 games.Pitlick
Usage
Damon Severson (NJD) played 30:56, +7:25 up on his 23:31 season average over 79 games.Severson
Usage
Jack Hughes (NJD) played 24:50, +5:23 up on his 19:27 season average over 48 games.Hughes
Luck
MTL scored 2 goals on 4.17 expected goals (56 attempts), well short of its chances.
Luck
NJD scored 2 goals on 4.13 expected goals (62 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for MTL: Perreault–Dauphin–Ylonen skated 4:14 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (14.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Perreault Dauphin Ylonen

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 118 of 118 attempts · NJD 62 · MTL 56

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 26% of the game, NJD 35%.

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
	42	60
	2.97	3.68
	2.82	3.55
	8	23
	4	10
	18	13
	+0.057	−0.057
	26%	35%

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
9:2848% CF
L2Hoffman – Evans – Pitlick
8:4153% CF
L3Byron – Armia – Dvorak
6:5317% CF
L4Perreault – Dauphin – Ylonen
4:1414% CF
D1Savard – Romanov
16:0230% CF
D2Edmundson – Barron
13:5345% CF
D3Wideman – Schueneman
7:3552% CF

PP1Wideman – Anderson – Dvorak – Suzuki – Caufield
4:01100% CF
PP2Hoffman – Armia – Dauphin – Pitlick – Schueneman
2:29100% CF
PK1FDvorak – Pitlick
2:21
PK2FByron – Evans
0:48
PK1DSavard – Romanov
2:12
PK2DEdmundson – Schueneman
0:00

Current MTL line combinations →

New Jersey Devils

L1Sharangovich – Hughes – Mercer
13:3987% CF
L2Tatar – Bratt – Hischier
10:5960% CF
L3Wood – Bastian – Boqvist
7:5342% CF
L4Vesey – Greer – McLeod
5:3886% CF
D1Severson – Graves
16:2850% CF
D2Hamilton – Siegenthaler
14:2254% CF
D3Subban – Bahl
7:5477% CF

PP1Severson – Bratt – Bastian – Hischier – Hughes
3:2989% CF
PP2Tatar – Hamilton – Wood – Sharangovich – Mercer
0:26
PK1FVesey – McLeod
3:52
PK2FHischier – Sharangovich
2:25
PK1DSeverson – Siegenthaler
4:04
PK2DSubban – Graves
0:24

Current NJD line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

19:16
NJDJack Hugheswrist0.11 xG
MTL: Byron, Hoffman, Savard, Evans, RomanovNJD: Subban, Hamilton, Sharangovich, Hughes, Mercer
MTL 0 – 1 NJD

2nd period

14:16
NJDJack HughesPP (Jesper Bratt, Damon Severson)wrist0.14 xG
MTL: Savard, Dvorak, Pitlick, RomanovNJD: Severson, Bratt, Bastian, Hischier, Hughes
MTL 0 – 2 NJD
17:36
MTLJosh Anderson (Jesse Ylonen, Chris Wideman)tip-in0.07 xG
MTL: Perreault, Wideman, Anderson, Dauphin, YlonenNJD: Subban, Vesey, Siegenthaler, McLeod, Bahl
MTL 1 – 2 NJD

3rd period

19:18
MTLRem Pitlick (Christian Dvorak, Cole Caufield)wrist0.03 xG
MTL: Hoffman, Wideman, Dvorak, Pitlick, Suzuki, CaufieldNJD: Vesey, Severson, Graves, Bastian, Hischier
MTL 2 – 2 NJD

Decided in the shootout: MTL 2 – 3 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
Nick Suzuki C	L1	0	0	0	+1	4	0.47	1	0	0	23:32	—	—	55	64
Cole Caufield R	L1	0	1	1	+1	4	1.06	1	0	0	20:46	—	—	56	67
Josh Anderson R	L1	1	0	1	+1	4	0.57	3	2	2	19:45	—	—	40	44
Rem Pitlick C	L2	1	0	1	+1	1	0.03	0	2	0	23:54	—	—	43	36
Mike Hoffman C	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.86	0	0	2	19:37	—	—	62	70
Jake Evans C	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.11	1	0	0	16:32	—	—	50	37
Christian Dvorak C	L3	0	1	1	+1	4	0.51	0	1	0	19:13	—	—	16	15
Joel Armia R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	15:14	—	—	21	7
Paul Byron L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	2	0	0	14:15	—	—	25	11
Laurent Dauphin C	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	11:12	—	—	36	36
Jesse Ylonen R	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	1	0	7:35	—	—	36	35
Mathieu Perreault C	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	5:45	—	—	22	25
Alexander Romanov D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.07	4	3	0	24:05	—	—	28	23
David Savard D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	2	1	0	22:40	—	—	31	34
Joel Edmundson D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	3	0	18:27	—	—	37	42
Justin Barron D	D2	0	0	0	0	3	0.17	1	0	0	17:55	—	—	45	49
Corey Schueneman D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.29	0	1	0	16:14	—	—	58	67
Chris Wideman D	D3	0	1	1	+2	1	0.01	1	1	0	14:38	—	—	54	57

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Samuel Montembeault(start)	O	32	30	2	.938	4.13	64:46

New Jersey Devils

NJD skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jack Hughes C	L1	2	0	2	+1	7	0.84	0	0	0	24:50	—	—	78	88
Yegor Sharangovich C	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.24	0	0	0	19:45	—	—	75	92
Dawson Mercer C	L1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.26	0	0	2	19:06	—	—	70	85
Nico Hischier C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.47	2	0	0	24:11	—	—	46	60
Jesper Bratt L	L2	0	1	1	0	5	0.91	1	2	0	19:28	—	—	52	61
Tomas Tatar L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	0	0	0	12:32	—	—	60	62
Nathan Bastian R	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.14	5	0	0	13:22	—	—	42	25
Miles Wood L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.18	2	1	2	11:46	—	—	38	25
Jesper Boqvist C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.17	0	0	0	9:11	—	—	46	31
Jimmy Vesey L	L4	0	0	0	-2	2	0.26	0	0	0	11:46	—	—	78	66
Michael McLeod C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	1	0	0	11:00	—	—	70	61
A.J. Greer L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	3	0	0	6:47	—	—	88	75
Damon Severson D	D1	0	1	1	-1	1	0.06	1	0	0	30:56	—	—	56	39
Ryan Graves D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.02	0	1	0	21:41	—	—	48	35
Jonas Siegenthaler D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	4	4	2	22:39	—	—	52	60
Dougie Hamilton D	D2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.14	6	2	2	22:37	—	—	55	79
Kevin Bahl D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	1	0	11:48	—	—	73	63
P.K. Subban D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.18	0	0	0	11:45	—	—	68	76

NJD goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Nico Daws(start)	W	33	31	2	.939	4.17	65:00

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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.