Montreal Canadiens vs. New Jersey DevilsFeb 21, 2023

FinalTuesday, Feb 21, 2023· Prudential Center

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Montreal CanadiensMTL

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New Jersey DevilsNJD

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MTL	1	2	2	5		MTL	8	4	6	18
NJD	1	0	1	2		NJD	11	14	15	40

: MTL 36NJD 81
: MTL 2.56NJD 3.63
PP goals: MTL 0NJD 1
Hits: MTL 15NJD 16
Blocks: MTL 28NJD 9
PIM: MTL 6NJD 4
: MTL 39%NJD 61%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Montreal Canadiens beat New Jersey Devils 5–2

Montreal Canadiens beat New Jersey Devils 5–2 at NJD. Nick Suzuki (MTL) led the scoring with 1G 1A. Joel Armia (MTL) played 2:30, −12:45 down on his 15:15 season average over 42 games.

Points
Mike Matheson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 27:27.Matheson
Points
Nick Suzuki had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 19:27.Suzuki
Points
Christian Dvorak had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 18:23.Dvorak
Points
Jack Hughes had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 20:30.Hughes
Usage
Joel Armia (MTL) played 2:30, −12:45 down on his 15:15 season average over 42 games.Armia
New line
New look for MTL: Dadonov–Dvorak–Pitlick skated 9:33 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (30.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Dadonov Dvorak Pitlick
Goalie
Samuel Montembeault (MTL) faced 40 shots and stopped 38 (.950), +6 against a season average of 33.6; the win.Montembeault
Luck
MTL scored 5 goals on 2.56 expected goals (36 attempts), finishing well above its chances.

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 117 of 117 attempts · NJD 81 · MTL 36

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 18% of the game, NJD 45%.

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
	34	80
	2.11	2.76
	1.96	2.63
	8	17
	7	4
	25	19
	−0.080	+0.080
	18%	45%

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 – Harvey-Pinard
12:0260% CF
L2Dadonov – Dvorak – Pitlick
9:3331% CF
L3Belzile – Pezzetta – Ylonen
7:4111% CF
D1Matheson – Barron
13:4130% CF
D2Savard – Harris
9:4640% CF
D3Kovacevic – Schueneman
9:175% CF

PP1Dadonov – Drouin – Dvorak – Ylonen – Barron
2:0060% CF
PP2Hoffman – Matheson – Anderson – Suzuki – Harvey-Pinard
0:53100% CF
PK1FDvorak – Harvey-Pinard
1:03
PK2FAnderson – Suzuki
0:54
PK1DSavard – Matheson
3:09
PK2DKovacevic – Harris
0:53

Current MTL line combinations →

New Jersey Devils

L1Bratt – Sharangovich – Hughes
12:2945% CF
L2Tatar – Hischier – Mercer
10:5368% CF
L3Wood – McLeod – Boqvist
8:1482% CF
L4Haula – Palat – Zetterlund
7:2493% CF
D1Severson – Siegenthaler
12:1976% CF
D2Smith – Hamilton
10:3463% CF
D3Graves – Marino
10:1944% CF

PP1Palat – Hamilton – Bratt – Hischier – Hughes
2:3683% CF
PP2Tatar – Haula – Severson – Wood – Mercer
0:40100% CF
PK1FHischier – Sharangovich
0:53
PK2FMcLeod – Boqvist
0:35
PK1DGraves – Marino
1:21
PK2DSmith – Siegenthaler
0:46

Current NJD line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

3:54
MTLJustin Barron (Nick Suzuki, Rafael Harvey-Pinard)snap0.12 xG
MTL: Matheson, Anderson, Suzuki, Harvey-Pinard, BarronNJD: Severson, Graves, Bratt, Sharangovich, Hughes
MTL 1 – 0 NJD
13:48
NJDJesper Bratt (Jack Hughes)slap0.04 xG
MTL: Savard, Belzile, Dvorak, Pitlick, HarrisNJD: Smith, Hamilton, Bratt, Sharangovich, Hughes
MTL 1 – 1 NJD

2nd period

2:29
MTLJohnathan Kovacevic (Jesse Ylonen, Mike Matheson)snap0.14 xG
MTL: Belzile, Pezzetta, Kovacevic, Ylonen, SchuenemanNJD: Haula, Palat, Severson, Siegenthaler, Zetterlund
MTL 2 – 1 NJD
3:42
MTLNick Suzuki (Mike Hoffman, Corey Schueneman)snap0.02 xG
MTL: Hoffman, Savard, Drouin, Suzuki, KovacevicNJD: Tatar, Graves, Marino, Hischier, Mercer
MTL 3 – 1 NJD

3rd period

5:13
MTLRem Pitlick (Evgenii Dadonov, Christian Dvorak)snap0.13 xG
MTL: Dadonov, Matheson, Dvorak, Pitlick, KovacevicNJD: Smith, Hamilton, Bratt, Sharangovich, Hughes
MTL 4 – 1 NJD
11:58
NJDDawson MercerPP (Miles Wood, Jack Hughes)snap0.29 xG
MTL: Savard, Matheson, Dvorak, Harvey-PinardNJD: Tatar, Hamilton, Wood, Hughes, Mercer
MTL 4 – 2 NJD
16:13
MTLMike MathesonEN (Christian Dvorak)wrist0.20 xG
MTL: Dadonov, Savard, Matheson, Dvorak, PitlickNJD: Palat, Hamilton, Bratt, Hischier, Hughes, Mercer
MTL 5 – 2 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	1	1	2	+2	2	0.13	2	1	0	19:27	—	—	50	81
Rafael Harvey-Pinard L	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.35	1	2	0	19:04	—	—	46	80
Josh Anderson R	L1	0	0	0	+1	5	1.04	1	0	0	18:19	—	—	46	79
Christian Dvorak C	L2	0	2	2	+1	1	0.13	1	2	2	18:23	—	—	25	21
Evgenii Dadonov L	L2	0	1	1	+2	0	0.10	1	2	0	16:26	—	—	31	24
Rem Pitlick C	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.14	2	0	0	12:40	—	—	28	26
Jesse Ylonen R	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	3	0	15:46	—	—	7	14
Alex Belzile R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	14:14	—	—	15	28
Michael Pezzetta L	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.06	1	1	0	11:26	—	—	14	27
Mike Matheson D	D1	1	1	2	+3	1	0.20	0	2	0	27:27	—	—	36	48
Justin Barron D	D1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.18	1	1	2	17:22	—	—	29	34
David Savard D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	1	2	0	23:44	—	—	27	16
Jordan Harris D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	2	0	17:55	—	—	48	70
Johnathan Kovacevic D	D3	1	0	1	+3	1	0.14	1	2	0	17:18	—	—	27	63
Corey Schueneman D	D3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.02	0	5	0	13:20	—	—	10	17
Jonathan Drouin L	—	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	1	2	15:27	—	—	22	5
Mike Hoffman C	—	0	1	1	+1	1	0.06	0	0	0	13:41	—	—	25	8
Joel Armia R	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	2:30	—	—	67	43

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Samuel Montembeault(start)	W	40	38	2	.950	3.63	60:00

New Jersey Devils

NJD skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jack Hughes C	L1	0	2	2	-2	4	0.29	0	0	0	20:30	—	—	52	42
Jesper Bratt L	L1	1	0	1	-2	2	0.18	0	0	0	18:39	—	—	48	36
Yegor Sharangovich C	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.35	0	1	0	15:58	—	—	52	36
Nico Hischier C	L2	0	0	0	-2	3	0.19	1	0	0	17:44	—	—	67	68
Dawson Mercer C	L2	1	0	1	-2	3	0.54	0	1	2	16:58	—	—	64	69
Tomas Tatar L	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.28	0	0	0	14:18	—	—	61	67
Jesper Boqvist C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	12:45	—	—	83	57
Miles Wood L	L3	0	1	1	0	5	0.24	1	0	0	12:28	—	—	83	42
Michael McLeod C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.23	2	0	0	11:31	—	—	78	52
Erik Haula L	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.17	1	0	0	15:02	—	—	90	78
Ondrej Palat L	L4	0	0	0	-2	3	0.49	1	0	0	13:51	—	—	88	74
Fabian Zetterlund L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	11:08	—	—	89	79
Damon Severson D	D1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.09	1	1	0	20:57	—	—	81	74
Jonas Siegenthaler D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.06	4	0	0	19:17	—	—	79	83
Dougie Hamilton D	D2	0	0	0	-1	5	0.15	0	3	0	22:16	—	—	71	72
Brendan Smith D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.31	0	0	2	16:32	—	—	71	74
Ryan Graves D	D3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.02	1	2	0	19:22	—	—	69	37
John Marino D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	2	1	0	16:54	—	—	50	24

NJD goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Vitek Vanecek(start)	L	17	13	4	.765	2.36	59:50

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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.