Montreal Canadiens vs. Calgary FlamesApr 26, 2021

FinalMonday, Apr 26, 2021· Scotiabank Saddledome

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MTL	1	1	0	2		MTL	5	8	11	24
CGY	1	0	0	1		CGY	6	8	8	22

: MTL 49CGY 45
: MTL 2.75CGY 1.61
PP goals: MTL 1CGY 1
Hits: MTL 11CGY 17
Blocks: MTL 10CGY 14
PIM: MTL 6CGY 6
: MTL 48%CGY 52%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Montreal Canadiens edge Calgary Flames 2–1

Montreal Canadiens beat Calgary Flames 2–1 at CGY. Elias Lindholm (CGY) led the scoring with 1G 0A. CGY's first power-play unit (Giordano, Gaudreau, Lindholm, Monahan and Mangiapane) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 3:34 together.

PP1
CGY's first power-play unit (Giordano, Gaudreau, Lindholm, Monahan and Mangiapane) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 3:34 together.Giordano Gaudreau Lindholm Monahan Mangiapane
New line
New look for MTL: Perry–Anderson–Kotkaniemi skated 11:46 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (53.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Perry Anderson Kotkaniemi
New line
New look for MTL: Tatar–Danault–Caufield skated 10:22 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (64.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Tatar Danault Caufield
New line
New look for CGY: Lucic–Backlund–Ritchie skated 9:56 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Lucic Backlund Ritchie
New line
New look for CGY: Nordstrom–Robinson–Ryan skated 5:28 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (57.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Nordstrom Robinson Ryan
Usage
Eric Staal (MTL) played 9:44, −5:05 down on his 14:49 season average over 52 games.Staal
Usage
Jon Merrill (MTL) played 13:46, −4:35 down on his 18:21 season average over 48 games.Merrill
Usage
Nikita Nesterov (CGY) played 20:18, +4:33 up on his 15:45 season average over 37 games.Nesterov

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 94 of 94 attempts · CGY 45 · MTL 49

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 33% of the game, CGY 28%.

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
	43	46
	1.60	1.53
	1.57	1.49
	4	6
	5	0
	17	13
	−0.017	+0.017
	33%	28%

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 – Anderson – Kotkaniemi
11:4653% CF
L2Tatar – Danault – Caufield
10:2264% CF
L3Toffoli – Armia – Suzuki
7:1146% CF
L4Staal – Lehkonen – Evans
7:0350% CF
D1Weber – Chiarot
15:4935% CF
D2Petry – Edmundson
15:4457% CF
D3Merrill – Gustafsson
12:1953% CF

PP1Perry – Weber – Petry – Anderson – Kotkaniemi
1:56100% CF
PP2Tatar – Toffoli – Gustafsson – Suzuki – Caufield
1:27100% CF
PK1FLehkonen – Evans
2:09
PK2FArmia – Danault
1:48
PK1DWeber – Chiarot
1:37
PK2DPetry – Edmundson
0:45

Current MTL line combinations →

Calgary Flames

L1Gaudreau – Monahan – Mangiapane
11:0756% CF
L2Lindholm – Tkachuk – Dube
11:0258% CF
L3Lucic – Backlund – Ritchie
9:5650% CF
L4Nordstrom – Robinson – Ryan
5:2857% CF
D1Giordano – Tanev
17:5762% CF
D2Nesterov – Andersson
16:0648% CF
D3Stone – Välimäki
10:3448% CF

PP1Giordano – Gaudreau – Lindholm – Monahan – Mangiapane
3:3483% CF
PP2Lucic – Backlund – Nesterov – Andersson – Tkachuk
1:160% CF
PK1FNordstrom – Ryan
2:12
PK2FBacklund – Lindholm
0:32
PK1DAndersson – Välimäki
1:18
PK2DGiordano – Tanev
0:32

Current CGY line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

9:59
MTLShea WeberPP (Tomas Tatar, Jeff Petry)slap0.14 xG
MTL: Weber, Petry, Tatar, Toffoli, SuzukiCGY: Backlund, Tanev, Välimäki
MTL 1 – 0 CGY
12:17
CGYElias LindholmPP (Johnny Gaudreau, Andrew Mangiapane)wrist0.12 xG
MTL: Weber, Chiarot, Lehkonen, EvansCGY: Giordano, Gaudreau, Lindholm, Monahan, Mangiapane
MTL 1 – 1 CGY

2nd period

18:05
MTLTyler Toffoli (Joel Armia, Nick Suzuki)slap0.06 xG
MTL: Petry, Toffoli, Edmundson, Armia, SuzukiCGY: Giordano, Tanev, Gaudreau, Monahan, Mangiapane
MTL 2 – 1 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
Josh Anderson R	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	2	0	0	18:15	—	—	40	32
Corey Perry R	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	2	16:17	—	—	47	47
Jesperi Kotkaniemi C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	15:15	—	—	53	50
Phillip Danault C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	0	0	0	16:58	—	—	52	50
Cole Caufield R	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.19	0	0	0	15:40	—	—	63	74
Tomas Tatar L	L2	0	1	1	0	3	0.42	0	0	0	15:14	—	—	69	76
Nick Suzuki C	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.18	2	0	0	15:38	—	—	35	53
Tyler Toffoli C	L3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.76	0	0	2	15:33	—	—	29	40
Joel Armia R	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	12:23	—	—	40	51
Jake Evans C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.17	0	1	0	13:34	—	—	56	39
Artturi Lehkonen L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.01	1	2	0	12:32	—	—	56	39
Eric Staal C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	9:44	—	—	50	16
Shea Weber D	D1	1	0	1	0	2	0.14	1	0	0	23:10	—	—	35	39
Ben Chiarot D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.53	3	1	2	22:26	—	—	40	49
Jeff Petry D	D2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.04	1	0	0	21:56	—	—	60	55
Joel Edmundson D	D2	0	0	0	+1	4	0.11	0	2	0	20:57	—	—	53	46
Erik Gustafsson D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	15:49	—	—	56	61
Jon Merrill D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	0	1	0	13:46	—	—	53	62

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jake Allen(start)	W	22	21	1	.955	1.61	59:53

Calgary Flames

CGY skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Andrew Mangiapane L	L1	0	1	1	-1	0	0.13	0	1	0	19:15	—	—	50	50
Johnny Gaudreau L	L1	0	1	1	-1	2	0.11	0	0	0	18:30	—	—	55	51
Sean Monahan C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.12	1	0	0	18:29	—	—	60	54
Elias Lindholm C	L2	1	0	1	0	2	0.17	0	1	0	20:01	—	—	57	69
Matthew Tkachuk L	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.23	0	1	0	16:56	—	—	54	58
Dillon Dube C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.20	2	0	0	15:49	—	—	55	58
Mikael Backlund C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.15	0	0	0	17:52	—	—	39	23
Milan Lucic L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	0	0	15:32	—	—	46	26
Brett Ritchie R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	3	0	0	11:50	—	—	47	35
Derek Ryan C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.08	0	0	2	10:22	—	—	50	59
Joakim Nordstrom C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.10	3	0	0	9:49	—	—	50	82
Buddy Robinson R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	2	0	0	6:16	—	—	56	48
Mark Giordano D	D1	0	0	0	-1	5	0.12	0	3	4	24:34	—	—	62	53
Chris Tanev D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.05	0	1	0	21:28	—	—	61	53
Rasmus Andersson D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	0	0	0	21:19	—	—	46	42
Nikita Nesterov D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	2	0	20:18	—	—	46	41
Juuso Välimäki D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.02	0	2	0	14:50	—	—	48	57
Michael Stone D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	3	0	14:12	—	—	44	39

CGY goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jacob Markstrom(start)	L	24	22	2	.917	1.66	57:18

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.