Montreal Canadiens vs. Calgary FlamesApr 23, 2021

FinalFriday, Apr 23, 2021· Scotiabank Saddledome

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MTL	2	0	0	2		MTL	7	5	8	20
CGY	2	0	2	4		CGY	13	8	10	31

: MTL 37CGY 55
: MTL 1.47CGY 4.01
PP goals: MTL 0CGY 1
Hits: MTL 22CGY 14
Blocks: MTL 6CGY 8
PIM: MTL 2CGY 2
: MTL 39%CGY 61%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Calgary Flames beat Montreal Canadiens 4–2

Calgary Flames beat Montreal Canadiens 4–2 at home. Sean Monahan (CGY) led the scoring with 1G 2A. Erik Gustafsson (MTL) played 7:12, −9:51 down on his 17:03 season average over 28 games.

Points
Sean Monahan had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 15:30.Monahan
Points
Andrew Mangiapane had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 15:14.Mangiapane
Usage
Erik Gustafsson (MTL) played 7:12, −9:51 down on his 17:03 season average over 28 games.Gustafsson
Usage
Nikita Nesterov (CGY) played 7:00, −9:06 down on his 16:06 season average over 37 games.Nesterov
Usage
Dillon Dube (CGY) played 18:17, +4:44 up on his 13:33 season average over 50 games.Dube
Usage
Joel Armia (MTL) played 17:57, +3:19 up on his 14:38 season average over 40 games.Armia
Usage
Johnny Gaudreau (CGY) played 15:10, −3:18 down on his 18:28 season average over 55 games.Gaudreau
Usage
Corey Perry (MTL) played 18:20, +4:41 up on his 13:39 season average over 48 games.Perry

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 92 of 92 attempts · CGY 55 · MTL 37

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 22% of the game, CGY 48%.

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
	38	60
	1.51	3.68
	1.49	3.51
	7	18
	5	4
	25	18
	−0.044	+0.044
	22%	48%

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

L1Toffoli – Armia – Suzuki
10:5747% CF
L2Tatar – Danault – Anderson
9:5567% CF
L3Byron – Lehkonen – Kotkaniemi
7:1433% CF
D1Weber – Chiarot
17:4142% CF
D2Petry – Edmundson
14:2637% CF
D3Merrill – Romanov
12:5435% CF

PP1Perry – Tatar – Toffoli – Gustafsson – Suzuki
0:55100% CF
PK1FDanault – Lehkonen
0:17
PK2FByron – Armia
0:08
PK1DChiarot – Edmundson
0:41

Current MTL line combinations →

Calgary Flames

L1Gaudreau – Lindholm – Tkachuk
5:1250% CF
L2Lucic – Backlund – Dube
3:1783% CF
L3Nordstrom – Ritchie – Monahan
1:31100% CF
D1Giordano – Tanev
19:1070% CF
D2Hanifin – Andersson
15:4461% CF
D3Stone – Välimäki
9:0069% CF

PP1Lucic – Backlund – Monahan – Mangiapane – Hanifin
0:41100% CF
PP2Giordano – Backlund – Stone – Tanev – Lindholm
0:23
PK1FBacklund – Lindholm
0:36
PK2FNordstrom – Ryan
0:20
PK1DGiordano – Tanev
0:56

Current CGY line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

6:06
CGYDillon Dube (Andrew Mangiapane, Derek Ryan)snap0.09 xG
MTL: Weber, Tatar, Chiarot, Toffoli, DanaultCGY: Tanev, Mangiapane, Hanifin, Ryan, Dube
MTL 0 – 1 CGY
13:19
MTLTyler Toffoliwrist0.10 xG
MTL: Petry, Toffoli, Armia, Gustafsson, SuzukiCGY: Stone, Gaudreau, Lindholm, Mangiapane, Hanifin
MTL 1 – 1 CGY
18:24
MTLJoel Armia (Phillip Danault)wrist0.02 xG
MTL: Weber, Tatar, Chiarot, Armia, DanaultCGY: Gaudreau, Lindholm, Hanifin, Andersson, Tkachuk
MTL 2 – 1 CGY
19:24
CGYAndrew MangiapanePP (Noah Hanifin, Sean Monahan)tip-in0.12 xG
MTL: Byron, Chiarot, Edmundson, ArmiaCGY: Lucic, Backlund, Monahan, Mangiapane, Hanifin
MTL 2 – 2 CGY

3rd period

5:58
CGYSean Monahan (Johnny Gaudreau, Joakim Nordstrom)snap0.17 xG
MTL: Weber, Byron, Chiarot, Danault, AndersonCGY: Nordstrom, Gaudreau, Monahan, Hanifin, Andersson
MTL 2 – 3 CGY
19:52
CGYElias LindholmEN (Sean Monahan)wrist0.37 xG
MTL: Perry, Weber, Petry, Tatar, Toffoli, DanaultCGY: Giordano, Backlund, Tanev, Lindholm, Monahan
MTL 2 – 4 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
Tyler Toffoli C	L1	1	0	1	-1	5	0.44	0	0	0	20:18	—	—	33	23
Joel Armia R	L1	1	0	1	+2	2	0.13	1	0	0	17:57	—	—	41	33
Nick Suzuki C	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.22	0	0	0	17:50	—	—	39	26
Josh Anderson R	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.11	2	1	0	17:20	—	—	40	33
Tomas Tatar L	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.21	2	0	0	16:29	—	—	61	66
Phillip Danault C	L2	0	1	1	-2	2	0.06	3	1	0	16:02	—	—	52	51
Jesperi Kotkaniemi C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.10	2	0	0	15:42	—	—	41	26
Artturi Lehkonen L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	14:43	—	—	47	44
Paul Byron L	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	2	0	0	13:37	—	—	21	9
Shea Weber D	D1	0	0	0	-2	3	0.10	3	0	2	22:29	—	—	35	26
Ben Chiarot D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	19:29	—	—	41	27
Jeff Petry D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	1	0	19:47	—	—	38	26
Joel Edmundson D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	2	0	0	17:13	—	—	38	27
Jon Merrill D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	17:07	—	—	38	26
Alexander Romanov D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	2	0	14:20	—	—	38	32
Corey Perry R	—	0	0	0	-1	2	0.04	1	0	0	18:20	—	—	36	19
Eric Staal C	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	13:50	—	—	22	13
Erik Gustafsson D	—	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	7:12	—	—	50	53

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jake Allen(start)	L	30	27	3	.900	3.27	58:18

Calgary Flames

CGY skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Matthew Tkachuk L	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.61	0	0	0	20:11	—	—	49	63
Elias Lindholm C	L1	1	0	1	-1	3	0.54	1	1	0	18:08	—	—	39	53
Johnny Gaudreau L	L1	0	1	1	-1	1	0.04	0	1	0	15:10	—	—	63	75
Mikael Backlund C	L2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.33	0	0	0	20:15	—	—	73	79
Dillon Dube C	L2	1	0	1	+1	3	0.44	2	0	0	18:17	—	—	58	60
Milan Lucic L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	16:34	—	—	82	90
Sean Monahan C	L3	1	2	3	+2	1	0.54	3	0	0	15:30	—	—	61	70
Brett Ritchie R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.16	2	0	0	15:26	—	—	72	69
Joakim Nordstrom C	L3	0	1	1	+1	3	0.18	2	0	0	12:53	—	—	57	78
Mark Giordano D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.08	1	1	0	22:33	—	—	70	71
Chris Tanev D	D1	0	0	0	+2	2	0.04	0	1	0	22:25	—	—	69	68
Rasmus Andersson D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.06	0	1	0	20:30	—	—	65	73
Noah Hanifin D	D2	0	1	1	0	3	0.11	0	1	0	19:55	—	—	62	70
Michael Stone D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.02	1	1	2	14:59	—	—	46	70
Juuso Välimäki D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	0	0	0	12:20	—	—	64	77
Andrew Mangiapane L	—	1	1	2	0	3	0.47	0	0	0	15:14	—	—	68	81
Derek Ryan C	—	0	1	1	+1	3	0.33	1	0	0	10:40	—	—	71	92
Nikita Nesterov D	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	7:00	—	—	13	0

CGY goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jacob Markstrom(start)	W	20	18	2	.900	1.47	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.