Montreal Canadiens vs. Philadelphia FlyersFeb 8, 2018

FinalThursday, Feb 8, 2018· Wells Fargo Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MTL	0	2	1	3		MTL	9	8	11	28
PHI	0	2	3	5		PHI	10	7	11	28

: MTL 58PHI 43
: MTL 2.92PHI 2.67
PP goals: MTL 0PHI 2
Hits: MTL 24PHI 22
Blocks: MTL 8PHI 16
PIM: MTL 10PHI 8
: MTL 35%PHI 65%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Philadelphia Flyers beat Montreal Canadiens 5–3

Philadelphia Flyers beat Montreal Canadiens 5–3 at home. Claude Giroux (PHI) led the scoring with 1G 2A. PHI's first power-play unit (Giroux, Voracek, Simmonds, Couturier and Gostisbehere) scored 2 power-play goals on 8 attempts in 4:19 together.

Points
Claude Giroux had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 17:07.Giroux
Points
Shayne Gostisbehere had 3 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 20:39.Gostisbehere
Points
Travis Konecny had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 12:17.Konecny
Points
Sean Couturier had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 19:49.Couturier
PP1
PHI's first power-play unit (Giroux, Voracek, Simmonds, Couturier and Gostisbehere) scored 2 power-play goals on 8 attempts in 4:19 together.Giroux Voracek Simmonds Couturier Gostisbehere
Luck
PHI scored 5 goals on 2.67 expected goals (43 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
New line
New look for PHI: Filppula–Lehtera–Weise skated 4:20 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Filppula Lehtera Weise
Usage
Claude Giroux (PHI) played 17:07, −3:17 down on his 20:24 season average over 81 games.Giroux

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)PHI attacks right (top on phones) →

PHI
MTL
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 101 of 101 attempts · PHI 43 · MTL 58

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

PHI
MTL
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

PHI 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, PHI 25%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

PHI

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	PHI
	46	37
	1.93	1.46
	1.79	1.45
	8	7
	4	4
	10	12
	−0.128	+0.128
	33%	25%

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

L1Plekanec – Gallagher – Lehkonen
11:0463% CF
L2Byron – Pacioretty – Hudon
9:1025% CF
L3Deslauriers – Froese – Shaw
8:4064% CF
L4Galchenyuk – Drouin – Scherbak
7:0588% CF
D1Benn – Morrow
13:4250% CF
D2Petry – Alzner
11:2868% CF
D3Schlemko – Mete
11:0956% CF

PP1Petry – Pacioretty – Gallagher – Galchenyuk – Drouin
2:41100% CF
PP2Morrow – Hudon – Lehkonen – Scherbak – Mete
1:21
PK1FByron – Pacioretty
1:59
PK2FFroese – Lehkonen
0:32
PK1DPetry – Alzner
2:23
PK2DSchlemko – Benn
0:34

Current MTL line combinations →

Philadelphia Flyers

L1Weal – Laughton – Raffl
10:1086% CF
L2Giroux – Couturier – Konecny
9:2236% CF
L3Voracek – Simmonds – Patrick
7:2024% CF
L4Filppula – Lehtera – Weise
4:2050% CF
D1Gostisbehere – Provorov
13:5365% CF
D2Manning – Gudas
13:1833% CF
D3MacDonald – Hagg
11:5850% CF

PP1Giroux – Voracek – Simmonds – Couturier – Gostisbehere
4:1980% CF
PP2Filppula – Weal – Konecny – Provorov – Patrick
1:09100% CF
PK1FCouturier – Raffl
1:56
PK2FFilppula – Lehtera
1:01
PK1DGudas – Provorov
2:11
PK2DMacDonald – Manning
1:29

Current PHI line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

0:42
PHITravis Konecny (Claude Giroux, Sean Couturier)tip-in0.14 xG
MTL: Petry, Alzner, Galchenyuk, Drouin, ScherbakPHI: Giroux, Couturier, Gostisbehere, Konecny, Provorov
MTL 0 – 1 PHI
9:09
MTLArtturi LehkonenSHsnap0.13 xG
MTL: Plekanec, Alzner, Benn, LehkonenPHI: Giroux, Voracek, Simmonds, Couturier, Gostisbehere
MTL 1 – 1 PHI
9:37
PHIClaude GirouxPP (Shayne Gostisbehere, Wayne Simmonds)wrist0.03 xG
MTL: Alzner, Byron, Pacioretty, BennPHI: Giroux, Voracek, Simmonds, Couturier, Gostisbehere
MTL 1 – 2 PHI
18:49
MTLLogan Shaw (Byron Froese)wrist0.07 xG
MTL: Schlemko, Deslauriers, Froese, Shaw, MetePHI: Voracek, Simmonds, Manning, Gudas, Patrick
MTL 2 – 2 PHI

3rd period

0:27
PHIJakub VoracekPP (Claude Giroux, Shayne Gostisbehere)snap0.08 xG
MTL: Petry, Alzner, Byron, PaciorettyPHI: Giroux, Voracek, Simmonds, Couturier, Gostisbehere
MTL 2 – 3 PHI
1:28
PHITravis Konecny (Sean Couturier, Shayne Gostisbehere)wrist0.13 xG
MTL: Schlemko, Froese, Galchenyuk, Drouin, MetePHI: Giroux, Couturier, Gostisbehere, Konecny, Provorov
MTL 2 – 4 PHI
17:06
MTLBrendan Gallagher (Jonathan Drouin, Alex Galchenyuk)tip-in0.30 xG
MTL: Petry, Pacioretty, Gallagher, Galchenyuk, Hudon, DrouinPHI: Simmonds, Gudas, Couturier, Provorov
MTL 3 – 4 PHI
19:04
PHIIvan ProvorovEN (Brian Elliott)wrist0.36 xG
MTL: Petry, Pacioretty, Gallagher, Morrow, Galchenyuk, DrouinPHI: Simmonds, Lehtera, Manning, Couturier, Provorov
MTL 3 – 5 PHI

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
Brendan Gallagher R	L1	1	0	1	-1	5	0.71	1	1	0	17:54	—	—	62	86
Artturi Lehkonen L	L1	1	0	1	+1	3	0.29	1	0	0	15:05	—	—	60	85
Tomas Plekanec C	L1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.46	3	0	6	14:56	—	—	59	85
Max Pacioretty L	L2	0	0	0	-1	4	0.28	0	0	0	20:57	—	—	33	39
Paul Byron L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	15:48	—	—	25	27
Charles Hudon L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.14	0	0	0	13:40	—	—	33	34
Byron Froese C	L3	0	1	1	0	0	0.02	0	0	2	12:58	—	—	52	45
Nicolas Deslauriers L	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	6	1	0	12:06	—	—	59	59
Logan Shaw R	L3	1	0	1	+1	4	0.27	3	0	0	9:30	—	—	64	64
Jonathan Drouin L	L4	0	1	1	-3	3	0.23	2	0	2	15:15	—	—	62	34
Alex Galchenyuk C	L4	0	1	1	-3	2	0.25	0	1	0	14:30	—	—	62	32
Nikita Scherbak R	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	12:35	—	—	64	36
Jordie Benn D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.04	1	1	0	20:17	—	—	57	49
Joe Morrow D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.06	2	0	0	20:10	—	—	58	49
Jeff Petry D	D2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.11	2	1	0	25:07	—	—	50	65
Karl Alzner D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	19:08	—	—	70	80
David Schlemko D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.06	0	2	0	16:46	—	—	54	48
Victor Mete D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	0	0	0	16:35	—	—	45	21

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Carey Price(start)	L	27	23	4	.852	2.32	58:44

Philadelphia Flyers

PHI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Michael Raffl L	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.26	0	0	0	17:13	—	—	77	77
Jordan Weal C	L1	0	0	0	0	4	0.28	0	0	0	13:06	—	—	86	84
Scott Laughton C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.14	2	0	2	12:26	—	—	81	80
Sean Couturier C	L2	0	2	2	+2	1	0.14	0	2	0	19:49	—	—	36	51
Claude Giroux R	L2	1	2	3	+1	2	0.14	0	0	2	17:07	—	—	33	43
Travis Konecny R	L2	2	0	2	+2	2	0.27	1	0	2	12:17	—	—	36	51
Jakub Voracek R	L3	1	0	1	-2	3	0.11	0	1	0	20:21	—	—	32	15
Wayne Simmonds R	L3	0	1	1	-1	2	0.26	0	1	0	19:45	—	—	28	15
Nolan Patrick C	L3	0	0	0	-1	4	0.51	0	1	2	11:44	—	—	32	11
Valtteri Filppula C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	17:16	—	—	35	27
Jori Lehtera C	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.02	0	0	0	10:12	—	—	36	8
Dale Weise R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	7:44	—	—	60	23
Ivan Provorov D	D1	1	0	1	+3	2	0.39	1	2	0	23:09	—	—	63	69
Shayne Gostisbehere D	D1	0	3	3	+1	1	0.07	0	2	0	20:39	—	—	61	57
Brandon Manning D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	5	3	0	19:12	—	—	34	25
Radko Gudas D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.02	5	1	0	18:59	—	—	33	22
Andrew MacDonald D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	18:50	—	—	43	57
Robert Hagg D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.05	7	1	0	13:35	—	—	50	53

PHI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Brian Elliott(start)	W	28	25	3	.893	2.92	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.