Montreal Canadiens vs. Anaheim DucksMar 3, 2023

FinalFriday, Mar 3, 2023· Honda Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MTL	1	0	1	2		MTL	13	7	8	28
ANA	1	0	2	3		ANA	11	13	9	33

: MTL 50ANA 62
: MTL 2.58ANA 2.60
PP goals: MTL 0ANA 2
Hits: MTL 11ANA 14
Blocks: MTL 19ANA 10
PIM: MTL 6ANA 6
: MTL 54%ANA 46%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Anaheim Ducks edge Montreal Canadiens 3–2

Anaheim Ducks beat Montreal Canadiens 3–2 at home. Jonathan Drouin (MTL) led the scoring with 1G 1A. ANA's first power-play unit (Fowler, Strome, Terry, Zegras and McTavish) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 2:04 together.

Points
Jonathan Drouin had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 17:35.Drouin
Points
Derek Grant had 2 assists (2 points) on 6 shots in 17:10.Grant
PP1
ANA's first power-play unit (Fowler, Strome, Terry, Zegras and McTavish) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 2:04 together.Fowler Strome Terry Zegras McTavish
New line
New look for ANA: Silfverberg–Jones–McTavish skated 4:18 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (16.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Silfverberg Jones McTavish
Usage
Kevin Shattenkirk (ANA) played 23:06, +3:51 up on his 19:15 season average over 74 games.Shattenkirk
Usage
Nathan Beaulieu (ANA) played 18:47, +3:37 up on his 15:10 season average over 51 games.Beaulieu

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)ANA attacks right (top on phones) →

ANA
MTL
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 112 of 112 attempts · ANA 62 · MTL 50

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

ANA
MTL
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

ANA 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 29% of the game, ANA 39%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

ANA

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	ANA
	44	61
	1.90	2.59
	1.81	2.49
	5	12
	1	10
	10	13
	+0.069	−0.069
	29%	39%

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

L1Dvorak – Pitlick – Ylonen
9:1262% CF
L2Hoffman – Gurianov – Suzuki
8:5844% CF
L3Belzile – Tierney – Pezzetta
8:1119% CF
L4Anderson – Drouin – Harvey-Pinard
7:1667% CF
D1Savard – Matheson
15:1034% CF
D2Edmundson – Guhle
12:0345% CF
D3Kovacevic – Harris
11:1262% CF

PP1Hoffman – Matheson – Anderson – Suzuki – Harvey-Pinard
2:5450% CF
PP2Drouin – Gurianov – Pitlick – Ylonen – Guhle
2:3850% CF
PK1FDvorak – Harvey-Pinard
1:54
PK2FBelzile – Tierney
0:49
PK1DSavard – Matheson
2:18
PK2DEdmundson – Kovacevic
1:43

Current MTL line combinations →

Anaheim Ducks

L1Strome – Terry – Zegras
10:4067% CF
L2Grant – Carrick – Comtois
5:5177% CF
L3Silfverberg – Jones – McTavish
4:1817% CF
L4Megna – Vatrano – Lundeström
4:0757% CF
D1Shattenkirk – Benoit
12:4857% CF
D2Fowler – Harrington
11:0853% CF
D3Beaulieu – White
10:2147% CF

PP1Fowler – Strome – Terry – Zegras – McTavish
2:04100% CF
PP2Shattenkirk – Grant – Silfverberg – Vatrano – Comtois
1:51100% CF
PK1FGrant – Silfverberg
3:33
PK2FMegna – Lundeström
1:58
PK1DBeaulieu – Benoit
2:59
PK2DShattenkirk – Fowler
1:40

Current ANA line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

1:16
MTLJonathan Drouin (Mike Matheson, Josh Anderson)tip-in0.08 xG
MTL: Savard, Matheson, Anderson, Drouin, Harvey-PinardANA: Shattenkirk, Silfverberg, Strome, Benoit, Zegras
MTL 1 – 0 ANA
4:20
ANAJayson Megna (Maxime Comtois, Derek Grant)wrist0.17 xG
MTL: Anderson, Drouin, Kovacevic, Harris, Harvey-PinardANA: Grant, Fowler, Harrington, Megna, Comtois
MTL 1 – 1 ANA

3rd period

11:01
ANAMason McTavishPP (Cam Fowler, Trevor Zegras)slap0.05 xG
MTL: Savard, Matheson, Anderson, SuzukiANA: Fowler, Strome, Terry, Zegras, McTavish
MTL 1 – 2 ANA
15:00
ANAJakob SilfverbergPP (Derek Grant, Kevin Shattenkirk)wrist0.19 xG
MTL: Edmundson, Dvorak, Kovacevic, Harvey-PinardANA: Shattenkirk, Grant, Silfverberg, Vatrano, Comtois
MTL 1 – 3 ANA
19:30
MTLNick Suzuki (Christian Dvorak, Jonathan Drouin)wrist0.25 xG
MTL: Hoffman, Matheson, Drouin, Dvorak, Suzuki, Harvey-PinardANA: Shattenkirk, Grant, Silfverberg, Vatrano, Benoit
MTL 2 – 3 ANA

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	0	1	1	+1	2	0.42	0	2	0	17:15	—	—	48	68
Rem Pitlick C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.28	0	0	0	15:51	—	—	54	69
Jesse Ylonen R	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.18	0	0	0	14:55	—	—	60	92
Nick Suzuki C	L2	1	0	1	+1	3	0.35	0	0	0	21:38	—	—	41	41
Mike Hoffman C	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.25	0	0	0	15:54	—	—	50	44
Denis Gurianov R	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.29	0	1	0	15:04	—	—	52	47
Alex Belzile R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.15	0	2	0	11:41	—	—	27	22
Chris Tierney C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	2	10:32	—	—	17	15
Michael Pezzetta L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	9:21	—	—	19	19
Rafael Harvey-Pinard L	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	1	0	17:55	—	—	53	46
Josh Anderson R	L4	0	1	1	0	2	0.12	2	0	2	17:54	—	—	41	29
Jonathan Drouin L	L4	1	1	2	+1	1	0.12	0	0	2	17:35	—	—	58	37
Mike Matheson D	D1	0	1	1	+2	3	0.28	2	4	0	24:28	—	—	41	46
David Savard D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.03	0	2	0	22:19	—	—	34	41
Kaiden Guhle D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.10	1	3	0	18:11	—	—	42	36
Joel Edmundson D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	17:20	—	—	38	28
Jordan Harris D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	2	0	0	16:00	—	—	56	53
Johnathan Kovacevic D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	1	0	0	14:32	—	—	47	40

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Samuel Montembeault(start)	L	33	30	3	.909	2.60	57:28

Anaheim Ducks

ANA skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Troy Terry R	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.18	0	0	0	18:46	—	—	62	59
Trevor Zegras C	L1	0	1	1	-1	2	0.23	0	0	2	17:02	—	—	56	55
Ryan Strome C	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.25	0	0	0	16:25	—	—	59	62
Derek Grant C	L2	0	2	2	0	6	0.49	2	2	0	17:10	—	—	68	83
Maxime Comtois L	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.14	2	1	2	13:39	—	—	70	83
Sam Carrick C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	1	2	10:36	—	—	77	81
Jakob Silfverberg R	L3	1	0	1	-2	2	0.34	0	1	0	16:13	—	—	21	26
Mason McTavish C	L3	1	0	1	0	2	0.12	0	1	0	14:38	—	—	45	39
Max Jones L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.14	1	0	0	12:36	—	—	43	33
Isac Lundeström C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	0	0	0	14:33	—	—	68	64
Frank Vatrano R	L4	0	0	0	-1	4	0.14	1	2	0	13:59	—	—	60	53
Jayson Megna C	L4	1	0	1	+1	1	0.17	1	0	0	12:42	—	—	59	70
Kevin Shattenkirk D	D1	0	1	1	-2	2	0.04	0	2	0	23:06	—	—	60	60
Simon Benoit D	D1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	2	0	0	20:10	—	—	58	49
Cam Fowler D	D2	0	1	1	+1	3	0.28	0	0	0	23:42	—	—	56	66
Scott Harrington D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	2	0	0	15:06	—	—	64	70
Nathan Beaulieu D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	0	0	0	18:47	—	—	57	49
Colton White D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.01	0	0	0	14:50	—	—	46	15

ANA goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
John Gibson(start)	W	28	26	2	.929	2.58	60:00

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.