Montreal Canadiens vs. Calgary FlamesDec 1, 2022

FinalThursday, Dec 1, 2022· Scotiabank Saddledome

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MTL	1	0	1	2		MTL	6	8	5	19
CGY	0	1	0	1		CGY	12	13	21	46

: MTL 37CGY 83
: MTL 1.99CGY 4.33
PP goals: MTL 1CGY 0
Hits: MTL 9CGY 17
Blocks: MTL 23CGY 6
PIM: MTL 6CGY 6
: MTL 54%CGY 46%

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. Sean Monahan (MTL) led the scoring with 0G 2A. MTL's first power-play unit (Matheson, Monahan, Suzuki, Dach and Caufield) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 2:47 together.

Points
Sean Monahan had 2 assists (2 points) in 20:08.Monahan
PP1
MTL's first power-play unit (Matheson, Monahan, Suzuki, Dach and Caufield) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 2:47 together.Matheson Monahan Suzuki Dach Caufield
Goalie
Jake Allen (MTL) faced 46 shots and stopped 45 (.978), +14 against a season average of 31.8; the win.Allen
Luck
CGY scored 1 goal on 4.33 expected goals (83 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for MTL: Dadonov–Armia–Dvorak skated 8:56 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (37.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Dadonov Armia Dvorak
Usage
Chris Wideman (MTL) played 6:40, −7:00 down on his 13:40 season average over 45 games.Wideman
Usage
Jonathan Huberdeau (CGY) played 20:49, +4:00 up on his 16:49 season average over 78 games.Huberdeau
Usage
Trevor Lewis (CGY) played 5:46, −6:26 down on his 12:12 season average over 81 games.Lewis

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 120 of 120 attempts · CGY 83 · 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 13% of the game, CGY 54%.

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	71
	1.79	3.28
	1.76	3.19
	5	18
	8	4
	24	23
	+0.045	−0.045
	13%	54%

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

L1Suzuki – Dach – Caufield
13:1928% CF
L2Dadonov – Armia – Dvorak
8:5638% CF
L3Anderson – Monahan – Slafkovský
8:5558% CF
D1Savard – Matheson
12:5552% CF
D2Edmundson – Guhle
11:2640% CF
D3Harris – Xhekaj
6:5515% CF

PP1Matheson – Monahan – Suzuki – Dach – Caufield
2:4775% CF
PP2Dadonov – Wideman – Anderson – Dvorak – Slafkovský
1:25100% CF
PK1FMonahan – Evans
1:53
PK2FArmia – Dvorak
0:29
PK1DSavard – Edmundson
4:51
PK2DMatheson – Guhle
1:29

Current MTL line combinations →

Calgary Flames

L1Toffoli – Huberdeau – Lindholm
11:5178% CF
L2Backlund – Coleman – Ruzicka
9:4060% CF
L3Kadri – Mangiapane – Dube
9:2356% CF
L4Lewis – Lucic – Ritchie
4:0633% CF
D1Hanifin – Andersson
15:3950% CF
D2Tanev – Weegar
14:5382% CF
D3Stone – Zadorov
11:3470% CF

PP1Kadri – Toffoli – Huberdeau – Lindholm – Andersson
5:16100% CF
PP2Stone – Mangiapane – Hanifin – Dube – Ruzicka
2:21100% CF
PK1FBacklund – Lindholm
0:58
PK2FToffoli – Huberdeau
0:58
PK1DTanev – Weegar
2:42
PK2DZadorov – Andersson
1:26

Current CGY line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

0:13
MTLJuraj Slafkovský (Sean Monahan, Kaiden Guhle)wrist0.08 xG
MTL: Edmundson, Anderson, Monahan, Guhle, SlafkovskýCGY: Kadri, Mangiapane, Hanifin, Andersson, Dube
MTL 1 – 0 CGY

2nd period

19:31
CGYElias Lindholm (Jonathan Huberdeau, Adam Ruzicka)wrist0.15 xG
MTL: Matheson, Suzuki, Dach, Caufield, GuhleCGY: Tanev, Toffoli, Huberdeau, Weegar, Lindholm
MTL 1 – 1 CGY

3rd period

6:29
MTLCole CaufieldPP (Nick Suzuki, Sean Monahan)snap0.12 xG
MTL: Matheson, Monahan, Suzuki, Dach, CaufieldCGY: Backlund, Tanev, Weegar, Lindholm
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
Nick Suzuki C	L1	0	1	1	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	22:25	—	—	25	18
Kirby Dach C	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.19	0	1	0	20:50	—	—	30	25
Cole Caufield R	L1	1	0	1	-1	3	0.17	0	0	0	17:26	—	—	25	18
Christian Dvorak C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.15	0	1	0	17:22	—	—	27	34
Joel Armia R	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.10	0	1	0	14:47	—	—	28	31
Evgenii Dadonov L	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.16	0	0	0	12:52	—	—	36	41
Sean Monahan C	L3	0	2	2	+1	0	0.12	0	0	0	20:08	—	—	57	51
Josh Anderson R	L3	0	0	0	+1	3	0.60	0	1	0	15:42	—	—	48	46
Juraj Slafkovský L	L3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.11	1	0	0	12:39	—	—	56	41
David Savard D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	1	7	0	24:59	—	—	43	55
Mike Matheson D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.27	0	0	0	23:05	—	—	41	40
Joel Edmundson D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.03	3	4	0	20:07	—	—	41	59
Kaiden Guhle D	D2	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	2	4	0	19:03	—	—	33	32
Jordan Harris D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	4	12:53	—	—	18	11
Arber Xhekaj D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	0	1	2	11:11	—	—	20	5
Jake Evans C	—	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	2	0	12:54	—	—	11	36
Michael Pezzetta L	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	6:57	—	—	21	32
Chris Wideman D	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	6:40	—	—	38	26

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jake Allen(start)	W	46	45	1	.978	4.33	60:00

Calgary Flames

CGY skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Elias Lindholm C	L1	1	0	1	+1	4	0.66	1	0	0	22:11	—	—	72	61
Jonathan Huberdeau L	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.01	0	0	0	20:49	—	—	72	65
Tyler Toffoli C	L1	0	0	0	+1	7	0.53	1	0	0	20:40	—	—	77	69
Mikael Backlund C	L2	0	0	0	0	5	0.47	1	0	2	16:49	—	—	70	77
Blake Coleman L	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.40	3	1	0	16:33	—	—	68	76
Adam Ruzicka C	L2	0	1	1	0	4	0.94	1	0	0	15:03	—	—	65	78
Nazem Kadri C	L3	0	0	0	-1	5	0.36	0	0	0	17:31	—	—	56	47
Andrew Mangiapane L	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.28	1	0	4	17:04	—	—	59	58
Dillon Dube C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.29	3	0	0	16:34	—	—	61	59
Milan Lucic L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	7:50	—	—	58	56
Trevor Lewis C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	5:46	—	—	33	3
Brett Ritchie R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	2	0	0	4:50	—	—	29	2
Rasmus Andersson D	D1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.14	0	0	0	24:57	—	—	50	53
Noah Hanifin D	D1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.04	1	3	0	19:48	—	—	49	52
MacKenzie Weegar D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	1	0	20:35	—	—	80	77
Chris Tanev D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	0	0	0	18:42	—	—	80	74
Michael Stone D	D3	0	0	0	0	4	0.19	0	1	0	15:29	—	—	72	67
Nikita Zadorov D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	0	0	15:24	—	—	70	62

CGY goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jacob Markstrom(start)	L	19	17	2	.895	1.99	58:54

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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.