Montreal Canadiens vs. Philadelphia FlyersJan 16, 2020

FinalThursday, Jan 16, 2020· Wells Fargo Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MTL	1	2	1	4		MTL	13	10	17	40
PHI	1	0	0	1		PHI	12	19	10	41

: MTL 52PHI 60
: MTL 3.44PHI 3.20
PP goals: MTL 1PHI 0
Hits: MTL 18PHI 18
Blocks: MTL 6PHI 7
PIM: MTL 23PHI 11
: MTL 52%PHI 48%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Montreal Canadiens beat Philadelphia Flyers 4–1

Montreal Canadiens beat Philadelphia Flyers 4–1 at PHI. Tomas Tatar (MTL) led the scoring with 1G 2A. MTL's first power-play unit (Kovalchuk, Weber, Cousins, Armia and Domi) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 2:58 together.

Points
Tomas Tatar had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 15:10.Tatar
Points
Phillip Danault had 3 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 21:21.Danault
Points
Ilya Kovalchuk had two goals (2 points) on 5 shots in 15:38.Kovalchuk
PP1
MTL's first power-play unit (Kovalchuk, Weber, Cousins, Armia and Domi) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 2:58 together.Kovalchuk Weber Cousins Armia Domi
Goalie
Carey Price (MTL) faced 41 shots and stopped 40 (.976), +11 against a season average of 30.3; the win.Price
Goalie
Alex Lyon (PHI) faced 40 shots and stopped 36 (.900), +16 against a season average of 24.3; the loss.Lyon
New line
New look for MTL: Armia–Domi–Suzuki skated 11:21 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (44% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Armia Domi Suzuki
Luck
PHI scored 1 goal on 3.20 expected goals (60 attempts), well short of 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)PHI attacks right (top on phones) →

PHI
MTL
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 112 of 112 attempts · PHI 60 · MTL 52

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 29% of the game, PHI 32%.

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
	58	52
	3.38	2.50
	3.22	2.44
	12	12
	4	4
	14	19
	−0.005	+0.005
	29%	32%

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

L1Kovalchuk – Tatar – Danault
12:0665% CF
L2Armia – Domi – Suzuki
11:2144% CF
L3Thompson – Weise – Cousins
6:0630% CF
L4Lehkonen – Poehling – Kotkaniemi
5:2247% CF
D1Petry – Scandella
15:2348% CF
D2Weber – Chiarot
14:4963% CF
D3Kulak – Mete
11:3346% CF

PP1Kovalchuk – Weber – Cousins – Armia – Domi
2:5875% CF
PP2Petry – Tatar – Danault – Suzuki – Kotkaniemi
2:05
PK1FDanault – Lehkonen
3:54
PK2FThompson – Armia
3:35
PK1DWeber – Chiarot
5:27
PK2DPetry – Scandella
2:13

Current MTL line combinations →

Philadelphia Flyers

L1Voracek – Couturier – Raffl
11:3052% CF
L2Giroux – Hayes – Konecny
10:5448% CF
L3van Riemsdyk – Laughton – Aube-Kubel
9:4445% CF
L4Pitlick – Bunnaman – Farabee
5:1233% CF
D1Niskanen – Provorov
14:3053% CF
D2Hagg – Friedman
13:1936% CF
D3Sanheim – Myers
12:4563% CF

PP1Giroux – van Riemsdyk – Hayes – Konecny – Provorov
4:02100% CF
PP2Niskanen – Voracek – Couturier – Sanheim – Farabee
2:30100% CF
PK1FCouturier – Raffl
1:04
PK2FPitlick – Laughton
0:53
PK1DHagg – Sanheim
2:43
PK2DNiskanen – Provorov
2:13

Current PHI line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

18:47
PHIJoel Farabee (Tyler Pitlick, Connor Bunnaman)wrist0.05 xG
MTL: Weber, Thompson, Weise, Chiarot, CousinsPHI: Pitlick, Sanheim, Myers, Bunnaman, Farabee
MTL 0 – 1 PHI
19:05
MTLTomas Tatar (Phillip Danault, Ben Chiarot)wrist0.17 xG
MTL: Kovalchuk, Weber, Tatar, Chiarot, DanaultPHI: Voracek, Couturier, Raffl, Sanheim, Myers
MTL 1 – 1 PHI

2nd period

2:08
MTLIlya KovalchukPP (Nick Cousins, Shea Weber)snap0.40 xG
MTL: Kovalchuk, Weber, Cousins, Armia, DomiPHI: Couturier, Laughton, Hagg, Sanheim
MTL 2 – 1 PHI
2:19
MTLArtturi Lehkonen (Phillip Danault, Tomas Tatar)deflected0.17 xG
MTL: Petry, Scandella, Tatar, Danault, LehkonenPHI: Niskanen, Giroux, Hayes, Konecny, Provorov
MTL 3 – 1 PHI

3rd period

11:13
MTLIlya Kovalchuk (Phillip Danault, Tomas Tatar)wrist0.13 xG
MTL: Kovalchuk, Tatar, Danault, Kulak, MetePHI: Pitlick, Provorov, Myers, Bunnaman, Farabee
MTL 4 – 1 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
Phillip Danault C	L1	0	3	3	+3	2	0.17	3	0	2	21:21	—	—	63	71
Ilya Kovalchuk L	L1	2	0	2	+2	5	0.68	0	0	0	15:38	—	—	59	64
Tomas Tatar L	L1	1	2	3	+3	2	0.25	1	0	0	15:10	—	—	68	77
Joel Armia R	L2	0	0	0	0	5	0.66	3	1	0	20:49	—	—	47	58
Max Domi C	L2	0	0	0	0	5	0.60	0	1	0	17:31	—	—	48	60
Nick Suzuki C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.05	0	0	0	15:53	—	—	50	61
Nate Thompson C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.10	1	0	0	14:54	—	—	45	38
Nick Cousins C	L3	0	1	1	-1	1	0.00	0	0	0	11:55	—	—	50	25
Dale Weise R	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.10	1	0	2	10:29	—	—	45	36
Artturi Lehkonen L	L4	1	0	1	+1	5	0.48	0	0	0	15:02	—	—	62	68
Jesperi Kotkaniemi C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	17	9:07	—	—	50	43
Ryan Poehling C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	0	0	8:24	—	—	47	33
Jeff Petry D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.04	3	1	0	21:49	—	—	46	46
Marco Scandella D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.13	2	1	2	19:28	—	—	50	51
Shea Weber D	D2	0	1	1	0	3	0.13	2	0	0	25:31	—	—	58	67
Ben Chiarot D	D2	0	1	1	0	1	0.00	1	1	0	22:20	—	—	61	64
Brett Kulak D	D3	0	0	0	+1	3	0.04	1	0	0	14:15	—	—	44	40
Victor Mete D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	1	0	12:24	—	—	50	52

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Carey Price(start)	W	41	40	1	.976	3.20	60:00

Philadelphia Flyers

PHI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Sean Couturier C	L1	0	0	0	-1	5	0.48	0	0	0	19:47	—	—	50	38
Jakub Voracek R	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.18	0	0	0	17:40	—	—	47	32
Michael Raffl L	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	14:05	—	—	50	34
Claude Giroux R	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.17	1	0	0	18:55	—	—	46	38
Kevin Hayes R	L2	0	0	0	-1	4	0.36	0	1	2	17:43	—	—	48	41
Travis Konecny R	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.14	1	0	0	16:43	—	—	52	59
Scott Laughton C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	4	1	0	15:50	—	—	48	55
James van Riemsdyk L	L3	0	0	0	0	8	0.75	0	0	0	15:08	—	—	52	64
Nicolas Aube-Kubel R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	3	0	2	13:13	—	—	48	54
Tyler Pitlick C	L4	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	10:46	—	—	46	37
Joel Farabee L	L4	1	0	1	0	2	0.17	0	0	0	10:14	—	—	31	41
Connor Bunnaman C	L4	0	1	1	0	2	0.21	2	0	2	8:45	—	—	33	37
Ivan Provorov D	D1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.21	0	1	0	24:09	—	—	49	40
Matt Niskanen D	D1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.21	0	2	0	21:10	—	—	49	50
Robert Hagg D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.10	4	0	5	17:24	—	—	39	52
Mark Friedman D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	1	2	0	15:14	—	—	35	30
Travis Sanheim D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.09	0	0	0	21:13	—	—	55	58
Philippe Myers D	D3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.06	0	0	0	16:48	—	—	53	36

PHI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Alex Lyon(start)	L	40	36	4	.900	3.44	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.