Montreal Canadiens vs. Calgary FlamesApr 24, 2021

FinalSaturday, Apr 24, 2021· Scotiabank Saddledome

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Montreal CanadiensMTL

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Calgary FlamesCGY

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MTL	1	1	0	2		MTL	14	9	9	32
CGY	1	2	2	5		CGY	11	9	14	34

: MTL 60CGY 46
: MTL 2.90CGY 2.65
PP goals: MTL 1CGY 0
Hits: MTL 22CGY 16
Blocks: MTL 4CGY 15
PIM: MTL 6CGY 10
: MTL 52%CGY 48%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Calgary Flames beat Montreal Canadiens 5–2

Calgary Flames beat Montreal Canadiens 5–2 at home. Johnny Gaudreau (CGY) led the scoring with 2G 0A. Noah Hanifin (CGY) played 1:28, −18:57 down on his 20:25 season average over 46 games.

Points
Johnny Gaudreau had two goals (2 points) on 6 shots in 15:36.Gaudreau
Points
Derek Ryan had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 12:05.Ryan
Points
Erik Gustafsson had 2 assists (2 points) on 5 shots in 12:13.Gustafsson
Usage
Noah Hanifin (CGY) played 1:28, −18:57 down on his 20:25 season average over 46 games.Hanifin
New line
New look for CGY: Gaudreau–Monahan–Mangiapane skated 6:39 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (44.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Gaudreau Monahan Mangiapane
New line
New look for MTL: Armia–Lehkonen–Kotkaniemi skated 6:09 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (33.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Armia Lehkonen Kotkaniemi
Usage
Chris Tanev (CGY) played 28:01, +6:24 up on his 21:37 season average over 55 games.Tanev
Luck
CGY scored 5 goals on 2.64 expected goals (46 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)CGY attacks right (top on phones) →

CGY
MTL
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 106 of 106 attempts · CGY 46 · MTL 60

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 40% of the game, CGY 20%.

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
	52	37
	2.11	1.55
	2.05	1.54
	7	6
	7	4
	20	11
	+0.005	−0.005
	40%	20%

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

L1Perry – Toffoli – Suzuki
8:3764% CF
L2Armia – Lehkonen – Kotkaniemi
6:0933% CF
L3Tatar – Danault – Anderson
6:0367% CF
D1Weber – Chiarot
13:4664% CF
D2Petry – Edmundson
11:2657% CF
D3Merrill – Romanov
7:0458% CF

PP1Staal – Weber – Petry – Anderson – Kotkaniemi
3:57100% CF
PP2Perry – Tatar – Toffoli – Gustafsson – Suzuki
2:5850% CF
PK1FArmia – Danault
1:45
PK2FToffoli – Suzuki
0:49
PK1DWeber – Chiarot
1:45
PK2DPetry – Romanov
0:29

Current MTL line combinations →

Calgary Flames

L1Lindholm – Tkachuk – Dube
7:1488% CF
L2Gaudreau – Monahan – Mangiapane
6:3944% CF
L3Backlund – Nordstrom – Ritchie
6:1914% CF
L4Lucic – Robinson – Ryan
4:0667% CF
D1Giordano – Tanev
12:0233% CF
D2Andersson – Välimäki
8:4638% CF

PP1Giordano – Gaudreau – Lindholm – Andersson – Tkachuk
2:36100% CF
PP2Lucic – Backlund – Stone – Mangiapane – Andersson
1:09100% CF
PK1FNordstrom – Lindholm
1:42
PK2FMangiapane – Ryan
1:38
PK1DGiordano – Tanev
4:11
PK2DStone – Välimäki
2:15

Current CGY line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

11:32
MTLNick Suzuki (Jake Evans, Erik Gustafsson)backhand0.22 xG
MTL: Tatar, Gustafsson, Evans, Suzuki, RomanovCGY: Giordano, Backlund, Tanev, Nordstrom, Ritchie
MTL 1 – 0 CGY
19:29
CGYJohnny Gaudreau (Matthew Tkachuk, Chris Tanev)wrist0.03 xG
MTL: Perry, Merrill, Armia, Kotkaniemi, RomanovCGY: Giordano, Gaudreau, Lindholm, Tkachuk, Välimäki
MTL 1 – 1 CGY

2nd period

2:14
CGYMilan Lucic (Derek Ryan)wrist0.05 xG
MTL: Perry, Toffoli, Merrill, Suzuki, RomanovCGY: Lucic, Tanev, Robinson, Andersson, Ryan
MTL 1 – 2 CGY
5:31
CGYJohnny Gaudreau (Andrew Mangiapane)snap0.15 xG
MTL: Perry, Petry, Tatar, Chiarot, SuzukiCGY: Giordano, Backlund, Stone, Gaudreau, Mangiapane
MTL 1 – 3 CGY
18:03
MTLTyler ToffoliPP (Corey Perry, Erik Gustafsson)snap0.14 xG
MTL: Perry, Tatar, Toffoli, Gustafsson, SuzukiCGY: Giordano, Tanev, Lindholm, Monahan
MTL 2 – 3 CGY

3rd period

4:41
CGYBrett Ritchie (Derek Ryan, Joakim Nordstrom)snap0.10 xG
MTL: Petry, Tatar, Merrill, Anderson, KotkaniemiCGY: Tanev, Nordstrom, Ritchie, Ryan, Välimäki
MTL 2 – 4 CGY
17:31
CGYRasmus AnderssonENwrist0.40 xG
MTL: Perry, Weber, Petry, Toffoli, Danault, AndersonCGY: Giordano, Lindholm, Monahan, Mangiapane, Andersson
MTL 2 – 5 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
Nick Suzuki C	L1	1	0	1	-1	4	0.54	0	0	0	18:23	—	—	62	63
Tyler Toffoli C	L1	1	0	1	-2	3	0.23	0	0	0	18:23	—	—	67	74
Corey Perry R	L1	0	1	1	-4	0	0.06	0	1	0	16:16	—	—	56	61
Jesperi Kotkaniemi C	L2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.09	0	0	0	15:56	—	—	43	46
Artturi Lehkonen L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.17	2	0	2	15:42	—	—	48	48
Joel Armia R	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.07	5	0	0	15:37	—	—	56	59
Josh Anderson R	L3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.34	3	0	0	21:01	—	—	65	51
Phillip Danault C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.05	4	0	0	18:02	—	—	71	75
Tomas Tatar L	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	11:39	—	—	61	57
Shea Weber D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.23	0	2	0	23:43	—	—	63	58
Ben Chiarot D	D1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.10	1	0	2	19:22	—	—	59	49
Jeff Petry D	D2	0	0	0	-3	1	0.06	4	0	0	21:19	—	—	50	51
Joel Edmundson D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	1	0	16:39	—	—	60	76
Alexander Romanov D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.16	0	0	2	13:58	—	—	61	71
Jon Merrill D	D3	0	0	0	-3	0	0.00	0	0	0	9:43	—	—	50	41
Eric Staal C	—	0	0	0	0	3	0.35	0	0	0	14:54	—	—	52	52
Erik Gustafsson D	—	0	2	2	+1	5	0.16	0	0	0	12:13	—	—	59	66
Jake Evans C	—	0	1	1	+1	2	0.27	2	0	0	11:40	—	—	61	62

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Cayden Primeau(start)	L	33	29	4	.879	2.24	59:17

Calgary Flames

CGY skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Elias Lindholm C	L1	0	0	0	+2	1	0.17	0	0	2	21:03	—	—	59	56
Matthew Tkachuk L	L1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	17:05	—	—	50	58
Dillon Dube C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	2	0	2	13:25	—	—	61	80
Andrew Mangiapane L	L2	0	1	1	+2	1	0.05	0	0	2	16:04	—	—	46	58
Johnny Gaudreau L	L2	2	0	2	+2	6	0.50	0	0	0	15:36	—	—	44	46
Sean Monahan C	L2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.48	0	0	0	15:17	—	—	39	51
Mikael Backlund C	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.24	2	0	2	15:57	—	—	25	21
Joakim Nordstrom C	L3	0	1	1	0	1	0.00	1	1	0	13:06	—	—	25	17
Brett Ritchie R	L3	1	0	1	0	1	0.10	0	0	0	12:18	—	—	14	13
Milan Lucic L	L4	1	0	1	+1	2	0.18	4	0	0	13:13	—	—	41	29
Derek Ryan C	L4	0	2	2	+2	1	0.02	0	1	0	12:05	—	—	47	61
Buddy Robinson R	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	3	0	0	6:38	—	—	67	52
Chris Tanev D	D1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.04	1	6	0	28:01	—	—	42	36
Mark Giordano D	D1	0	0	0	+2	3	0.08	2	2	0	26:59	—	—	39	34
Rasmus Andersson D	D2	1	0	1	+2	4	0.50	1	2	0	21:36	—	—	37	35
Juuso Välimäki D	D2	0	0	0	+2	2	0.06	0	2	2	20:19	—	—	47	55
Michael Stone D	—	0	0	0	+1	3	0.13	0	1	0	20:46	—	—	50	62
Noah Hanifin D	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	1:28	—	—	20	22

CGY goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jacob Markstrom(start)	W	32	30	2	.938	2.90	60:00

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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.