Montreal Canadiens vs. New Jersey DevilsApr 7, 2022

FinalThursday, Apr 7, 2022· Prudential Center

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Montreal CanadiensMTL

7

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New Jersey DevilsNJD

4

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MTL	3	1	3	7		MTL	8	7	11	26
NJD	1	1	2	4		NJD	12	15	10	37

: MTL 46NJD 65
: MTL 2.28NJD 3.55
PP goals: MTL 0NJD 0
Hits: MTL 21NJD 17
Blocks: MTL 14NJD 9
PIM: MTL 4NJD 0
: MTL 57%NJD 43%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Montreal Canadiens beat New Jersey Devils 7–4

Montreal Canadiens beat New Jersey Devils 7–4 at NJD. Christian Dvorak (MTL) led the scoring with 1G 2A.

Points
Chris Wideman had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 17:07.Wideman
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Christian Dvorak had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 14:47.Dvorak
Points
Kale Clague had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 18:49.Clague
Points
Cole Caufield had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 14:35.Caufield
Points
Jesper Bratt had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:15.Bratt
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Nick Suzuki had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:41.Suzuki
Points
Tomas Tatar had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 14:35.Tatar
Points
Brendan Gallagher had 2 assists (2 points) in 14:07.Gallagher

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 65 · MTL 46

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 19% of the game, NJD 55%.

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
	55	70
	2.74	3.70
	2.62	3.56
	5	7
	2	7
	14	19
	+0.049	−0.050
	19%	55%

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

L1Hoffman – Anderson – Evans
13:0654% CF
L2Pitlick – Suzuki – Caufield
12:5745% CF
L3Gallagher – Armia – Dvorak
10:2947% CF
L4Pitlick – Poehling – Ylonen
8:1535% CF
D1Edmundson – Romanov
18:0954% CF
D2Savard – Schueneman
17:2431% CF
D3Wideman – Clague
15:5950% CF

PK1FPitlick – Evans
0:53
PK2FPitlick – Suzuki
0:51
PK1DEdmundson – Romanov
1:57
PK2DSavard – Schueneman
1:31

Current MTL line combinations →

New Jersey Devils

L1Bratt – Hischier – Sharangovich
14:3040% CF
L2Tatar – Zacha – Mercer
11:1248% CF
L3Kuokkanen – Boqvist – Zetterlund
11:0852% CF
L4Johnsson – Greer – McLeod
8:5787% CF
D1Subban – Smith
14:0548% CF
D2Hamilton – Graves
12:5558% CF
D3Severson – Siegenthaler
9:1764% CF

PP1Hamilton – Zacha – Bratt – Hischier – Mercer
1:52100% CF
PP2Tatar – Severson – Johnsson – Zetterlund – Sharangovich
1:27100% CF

Current NJD line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

4:35
MTLNick Suzuki (Rem Pitlick, Cole Caufield)snap0.02 xG
MTL: Edmundson, Pitlick, Suzuki, Romanov, CaufieldNJD: Tatar, Hamilton, Graves, Zacha, Mercer
MTL 1 – 0 NJD
6:41
MTLJake Evans (Corey Schueneman, Mike Hoffman)slap0.03 xG
MTL: Hoffman, Savard, Anderson, Evans, SchuenemanNJD: Subban, Graves, Hischier, Sharangovich, Mercer
MTL 2 – 0 NJD
7:11
NJDTomas Tatar (Dawson Mercer, Damon Severson)snap0.18 xG
MTL: Edmundson, Pitlick, Suzuki, Romanov, CaufieldNJD: Tatar, Severson, Siegenthaler, Zacha, Mercer
MTL 2 – 1 NJD
13:44
MTLCole Caufield (Nick Suzuki)snap0.17 xG
MTL: Edmundson, Pitlick, Suzuki, Romanov, CaufieldNJD: Tatar, Hamilton, Graves, Zacha, Mercer
MTL 3 – 1 NJD

2nd period

15:00
NJDA.J. Greer (Michael McLeod, Ryan Graves)wrap-around0.03 xG
MTL: Savard, Pitlick, Poehling, Ylonen, SchuenemanNJD: Severson, Johnsson, Graves, Greer, McLeod
MTL 3 – 2 NJD
16:20
MTLJoel Armia (Chris Wideman, Brendan Gallagher)wrist0.11 xG
MTL: Wideman, Gallagher, Armia, Dvorak, ClagueNJD: Subban, Tatar, Zacha, Smith, Mercer
MTL 4 – 2 NJD

3rd period

1:11
MTLChris Wideman (Kale Clague, Christian Dvorak)slap0.02 xG
MTL: Wideman, Gallagher, Armia, Dvorak, ClagueNJD: Subban, Hamilton, Johnsson, Greer, McLeod
MTL 5 – 2 NJD
1:26
MTLChristian Dvorak (Chris Wideman, Kale Clague)snap0.23 xG
MTL: Wideman, Gallagher, Armia, Dvorak, ClagueNJD: Subban, Hamilton, Kuokkanen, Boqvist, Zetterlund
MTL 6 – 2 NJD
1:53
NJDTy Smith (Nico Hischier, Jesper Bratt)snap0.04 xG
MTL: Savard, Pitlick, Poehling, Ylonen, SchuenemanNJD: Severson, Bratt, Hischier, Smith, Sharangovich
MTL 6 – 3 NJD
10:59
NJDJesper Bratt (Nico Hischier, Tomas Tatar)backhand0.02 xG
MTL: Wideman, Gallagher, Armia, Dvorak, ClagueNJD: Subban, Tatar, Severson, Bratt, Hischier
MTL 6 – 4 NJD
13:17
MTLKale Clague (Brendan Gallagher, Christian Dvorak)snap0.01 xG
MTL: Hoffman, Gallagher, Evans, Clague, RomanovNJD: Subban, Tatar, Zacha, Smith, Mercer
MTL 7 – 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
Jake Evans C	L1	1	0	1	+2	3	0.43	1	0	0	18:05	—	—	49	39
Josh Anderson R	L1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.22	2	0	0	16:03	—	—	47	51
Mike Hoffman C	L1	0	1	1	+2	3	0.08	1	1	0	15:07	—	—	52	53
Nick Suzuki C	L2	1	1	2	+1	2	0.02	1	1	0	17:41	—	—	38	43
Rem Pitlick C	L2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.29	1	0	0	16:38	—	—	42	37
Cole Caufield R	L2	1	1	2	+1	3	0.47	0	0	0	14:35	—	—	48	49
Christian Dvorak C	L3	1	2	3	+2	2	0.35	1	0	0	14:47	—	—	55	71
Joel Armia R	L3	1	0	1	+2	3	0.19	1	2	0	14:12	—	—	48	57
Brendan Gallagher R	L3	0	2	2	+3	0	0.01	2	0	2	14:07	—	—	42	38
Jesse Ylonen R	L4	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	0	0	12:48	—	—	38	25
Tyler Pitlick C	L4	0	0	0	-2	1	0.03	1	0	0	11:08	—	—	37	29
Ryan Poehling C	L4	0	0	0	-2	0	0.02	1	1	0	10:45	—	—	30	10
Alexander Romanov D	D1	0	0	0	+2	2	0.03	0	1	0	22:14	—	—	56	44
Joel Edmundson D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.06	3	1	0	20:39	—	—	55	43
Corey Schueneman D	D2	0	1	1	-1	1	0.02	1	3	0	21:41	—	—	28	37
David Savard D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	1	2	0	19:34	—	—	32	40
Kale Clague D	D3	1	2	3	+3	1	0.01	4	1	2	18:49	—	—	48	43
Chris Wideman D	D3	1	2	3	+2	1	0.02	0	1	0	17:07	—	—	46	58

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jake Allen(start)	W	37	33	4	.892	3.55	60:00

New Jersey Devils

NJD skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nico Hischier C	L1	0	2	2	+1	1	0.11	2	1	0	19:45	—	—	39	50
Yegor Sharangovich C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.35	0	0	0	19:39	—	—	39	48
Jesper Bratt L	L1	1	1	2	+2	2	0.08	0	0	0	17:15	—	—	43	50
Dawson Mercer C	L2	0	1	1	-4	2	0.24	1	0	0	16:37	—	—	46	49
Tomas Tatar L	L2	1	1	2	-2	1	0.20	1	0	0	14:35	—	—	48	44
Pavel Zacha C	L2	0	0	0	-3	3	0.38	0	0	0	13:45	—	—	52	54
Jesper Boqvist C	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.09	0	0	0	16:15	—	—	58	54
Fabian Zetterlund L	L3	0	0	0	-1	4	0.38	2	2	0	15:01	—	—	54	30
Janne Kuokkanen C	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.30	2	0	0	14:53	—	—	57	55
Andreas Johnsson L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	0	0	0	13:29	—	—	81	83
A.J. Greer L	L4	1	0	1	0	4	0.44	2	1	0	12:08	—	—	80	97
Michael McLeod C	L4	0	1	1	0	2	0.47	2	0	0	10:30	—	—	88	97
Ty Smith D	D1	1	0	1	-1	3	0.09	1	3	0	22:13	—	—	49	48
P.K. Subban D	D1	0	0	0	-4	2	0.07	0	0	0	19:07	—	—	49	56
Dougie Hamilton D	D2	0	0	0	-4	3	0.07	2	0	0	21:06	—	—	49	36
Ryan Graves D	D2	0	1	1	-2	1	0.10	1	0	0	20:19	—	—	61	64
Damon Severson D	D3	0	1	1	+4	1	0.06	0	1	0	20:38	—	—	65	66
Jonas Siegenthaler D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.02	1	1	0	12:45	—	—	65	88

NJD goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Andrew Hammond(start)	L	19	13	6	.684	1.17	41:26
Nico Daws	—	7	6	1	.857	1.11	18:34

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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.