Montreal Canadiens vs. Calgary FlamesMar 11, 2021

FinalThursday, Mar 11, 2021· Scotiabank Saddledome

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MTL	0	0	1	1		MTL	6	5	7	18
CGY	0	2	0	2		CGY	6	14	9	29

: MTL 35CGY 54
: MTL 2.09CGY 3.43
PP goals: MTL 0CGY 0
Hits: MTL 24CGY 22
Blocks: MTL 10CGY 10
PIM: MTL 9CGY 9
: MTL 49%CGY 51%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Calgary Flames edge Montreal Canadiens 2–1

Calgary Flames beat Montreal Canadiens 2–1 at home. Josh Leivo (CGY) led the scoring with 2G 0A. New look for CGY: Gaudreau–Ritchie–Monahan skated 10:42 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (41.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Josh Leivo had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 11:01.Leivo
Points
Derek Ryan had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 14:41.Ryan
Points
Sam Bennett had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 13:14.Bennett
New line
New look for CGY: Gaudreau–Ritchie–Monahan skated 10:42 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (41.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Gaudreau Ritchie Monahan
New line
New look for CGY: Leivo–Bennett–Ryan skated 8:32 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (75% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Leivo Bennett Ryan
Usage
Nikita Nesterov (CGY) played 11:59, −3:59 down on his 15:58 season average over 37 games.Nesterov
Usage
Chris Tanev (CGY) played 24:42, +3:01 up on his 21:41 season average over 55 games.Tanev
PP1
CGY's PP1 (Gaudreau, Lindholm, Monahan, Andersson and Tkachuk) went scoreless in 3:18 of 5v4 time with 5 attempts.Gaudreau Lindholm Monahan Andersson Tkachuk

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)CGY attacks right (top on phones) →

CGY
MTL
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 89 of 89 attempts · CGY 54 · MTL 35

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

CGY
MTL
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

CGY 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 28% of the game, CGY 46%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

CGY

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	CGY
	32	54
	1.90	2.60
	1.88	2.45
	7	8
	4	0
	18	28
	−0.003	+0.003
	28%	46%

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 – Armia – Danault
10:2444% CF
L2Anderson – Drouin – Suzuki
7:2633% CF
L3Perry – Byron – Evans
6:1629% CF
L4Toffoli – Gallagher – Kotkaniemi
6:1455% CF
D1Petry – Edmundson
12:4446% CF
D2Weber – Romanov
10:5554% CF
D3Kulak – Mete
10:4133% CF

PP1Perry – Petry – Tatar – Gallagher – Kotkaniemi
2:04100% CF
PP2Weber – Toffoli – Anderson – Drouin – Suzuki
1:45100% CF
PK1FArmia – Danault
1:47
PK2FByron – Evans
1:28
PK1DWeber – Petry
1:42
PK2DEdmundson – Romanov
0:52

Current MTL line combinations →

Calgary Flames

L1Lucic – Backlund – Mangiapane
11:0465% CF
L2Gaudreau – Ritchie – Monahan
10:4242% CF
L3Lindholm – Tkachuk – Dube
9:1460% CF
L4Leivo – Bennett – Ryan
8:3275% CF
D1Tanev – Hanifin
18:4472% CF
D2Giordano – Andersson
15:1563% CF
D3Nesterov – Välimäki
10:5847% CF

PP1Gaudreau – Lindholm – Monahan – Andersson – Tkachuk
3:18100% CF
PP2Giordano – Lucic – Backlund – Mangiapane – Dube
1:42100% CF
PK1FLindholm – Ryan
1:38
PK2FBacklund – Bennett
0:44
PK1DGiordano – Tanev
2:32
PK2DAndersson – Välimäki
1:25

Current CGY line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

1:52
CGYJosh Leivo (Derek Ryan, Sam Bennett)tip-in0.11 xG
MTL: Petry, Anderson, Drouin, Suzuki, RomanovCGY: Tanev, Leivo, Bennett, Hanifin, Ryan
MTL 0 – 1 CGY
13:55
CGYJosh Leivo (Derek Ryan, Sam Bennett)wrist0.12 xG
MTL: Weber, Gallagher, Drouin, Kotkaniemi, RomanovCGY: Giordano, Leivo, Bennett, Andersson, Ryan
MTL 0 – 2 CGY

3rd period

10:15
MTLCorey Perry (Shea Weber)tip-in0.08 xG
MTL: Perry, Weber, Toffoli, Suzuki, RomanovCGY: Backlund, Nesterov, Leivo, Bennett, Välimäki
MTL 1 – 2 CGY

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	0	0	0	2	0.20	1	0	2	16:51	—	—	30	34
Joel Armia R	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.19	4	0	0	15:20	—	—	38	40
Tomas Tatar L	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.39	3	0	0	13:26	—	—	44	51
Nick Suzuki C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	16:56	—	—	37	55
Jonathan Drouin L	L2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	1	1	0	16:36	—	—	35	41
Josh Anderson R	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.08	2	1	5	14:58	—	—	31	40
Paul Byron L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.10	0	2	2	13:39	—	—	22	20
Corey Perry R	L3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.22	1	0	0	13:19	—	—	33	34
Jake Evans C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	0	1	0	11:29	—	—	33	61
Tyler Toffoli C	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.23	0	0	0	17:39	—	—	53	60
Jesperi Kotkaniemi C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.10	1	1	0	15:07	—	—	47	38
Brendan Gallagher R	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.28	0	0	0	13:22	—	—	47	49
Jeff Petry D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.09	1	2	0	24:45	—	—	36	43
Joel Edmundson D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.00	1	1	0	20:59	—	—	45	60
Shea Weber D	D2	0	1	1	0	1	0.12	0	0	0	23:07	—	—	44	39
Alexander Romanov D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	6	0	0	17:10	—	—	39	31
Brett Kulak D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	15:02	—	—	19	33
Victor Mete D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	2	0	0	14:52	—	—	33	41

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jake Allen(start)	L	29	27	2	.931	2.86	59:23

Calgary Flames

CGY skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mikael Backlund C	L1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.63	0	0	0	18:17	—	—	62	59
Andrew Mangiapane L	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.09	0	0	2	16:31	—	—	67	52
Milan Lucic L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	4	0	5	15:04	—	—	68	59
Johnny Gaudreau L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	0	0	0	16:46	—	—	50	38
Sean Monahan C	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.07	4	0	0	16:23	—	—	53	39
Brett Ritchie R	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.17	3	0	0	11:45	—	—	42	32
Elias Lindholm C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	1	1	0	17:03	—	—	63	46
Matthew Tkachuk L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.42	3	0	0	15:37	—	—	70	58
Dillon Dube C	L3	0	0	0	0	4	0.40	0	0	0	14:15	—	—	70	54
Derek Ryan C	L4	0	2	2	+2	1	0.77	1	1	0	14:41	—	—	79	94
Sam Bennett C	L4	0	2	2	+1	1	0.10	1	0	0	13:14	—	—	56	77
Josh Leivo L	L4	2	0	2	+1	2	0.35	2	0	0	11:01	—	—	60	81
Chris Tanev D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.03	0	1	0	24:42	—	—	72	60
Noah Hanifin D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.14	1	0	0	20:52	—	—	72	64
Rasmus Andersson D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.07	0	1	0	22:16	—	—	63	56
Mark Giordano D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.04	0	4	0	21:54	—	—	64	59
Juuso Välimäki D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	1	0	13:40	—	—	44	49
Nikita Nesterov D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	1	2	11:59	—	—	50	58

CGY goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jacob Markstrom(start)	W	18	17	1	.944	2.09	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.