Montreal Canadiens vs. Philadelphia FlyersFeb 24, 2023

FinalFriday, Feb 24, 2023· Wells Fargo Center

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Montreal CanadiensMTL

5

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Philadelphia FlyersPHI

2

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MTL	2	1	2	5		MTL	14	6	11	31
PHI	0	0	2	2		PHI	6	10	10	26

: MTL 61PHI 47
: MTL 2.52PHI 1.66
PP goals: MTL 1PHI 0
Hits: MTL 17PHI 32
Blocks: MTL 15PHI 18
PIM: MTL 5PHI 19
: MTL 55%PHI 45%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Montreal Canadiens beat Philadelphia Flyers 5–2

Montreal Canadiens beat Philadelphia Flyers 5–2 at PHI. Jesse Ylonen (MTL) led the scoring with 1G 1A. MTL's first power-play unit (Hoffman, Matheson, Anderson, Suzuki and Harvey-Pinard) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 1:30 together.

Points
Jesse Ylonen had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 14:57.Ylonen
Points
Mike Hoffman had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 14:53.Hoffman
Points
Morgan Frost had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 18:03.Frost
PP1
MTL's first power-play unit (Hoffman, Matheson, Anderson, Suzuki and Harvey-Pinard) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 1:30 together.Hoffman Matheson Anderson Suzuki Harvey-Pinard
Luck
MTL scored 5 goals on 2.52 expected goals (61 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
Usage
Justin Braun (PHI) played 7:43, −7:25 down on his 15:08 season average over 50 games.Braun
Usage
Mike Matheson (MTL) played 19:27, −5:07 down on his 24:34 season average over 47 games.Matheson
New line
New look for MTL: Belzile–Tierney–Pezzetta skated 11:15 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (31.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Belzile Tierney Pezzetta

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 108 of 108 attempts · PHI 47 · MTL 61

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 42% of the game, PHI 17%.

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
	64	56
	2.71	1.99
	2.63	1.96
	12	10
	5	7
	16	17
	+0.061	−0.061
	42%	17%

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

L1Dadonov – Dvorak – Pitlick
14:0167% CF
L2Anderson – Suzuki – Harvey-Pinard
12:5050% CF
L3Hoffman – Drouin – Ylonen
11:5050% CF
L4Belzile – Tierney – Pezzetta
11:1532% CF
D1Matheson – Barron
15:3350% CF
D2Kovacevic – Harris
14:4133% CF
D3Savard – Schueneman
14:0465% CF

PP1Hoffman – Matheson – Anderson – Suzuki – Harvey-Pinard
1:30100% CF
PP2Dadonov – Drouin – Pitlick – Ylonen – Barron
0:41

Current MTL line combinations →

Philadelphia Flyers

L1van Riemsdyk – Tippett – Frost
8:4041% CF
L2Hayes – Laughton – Allison
3:5250% CF
L3Cates – Lycksell – Farabee
3:2050% CF
D1Seeler – DeAngelo
11:4545% CF
D2Sanheim – Provorov
11:0543% CF
D3Ristolainen – York
8:0653% CF

PK1FLaughton – Brown
1:10
PK2FTippett – Cates
0:32
PK1DRistolainen – Provorov
1:29
PK2DBraun – Sanheim
0:32

Current PHI line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

17:50
MTLDavid Savard (Mike Hoffman, Jesse Ylonen)wrist0.15 xG
MTL: Hoffman, Savard, Drouin, Ylonen, SchuenemanPHI: Brown, Provorov, Cates, Lycksell, York
MTL 1 – 0 PHI
19:55
MTLChris Tierney (Michael Pezzetta, Johnathan Kovacevic)wrist0.12 xG
MTL: Savard, Belzile, Matheson, Tierney, PezzettaPHI: Hayes, Laughton, Ristolainen, Allison, York
MTL 2 – 0 PHI

2nd period

7:12
MTLNick SuzukiPP (Mike Matheson, Mike Hoffman)tip-in0.07 xG
MTL: Hoffman, Matheson, Anderson, Suzuki, Harvey-PinardPHI: Ristolainen, Brown, Provorov, Cates
MTL 3 – 0 PHI

3rd period

0:09
PHIOwen Tippett (Morgan Frost)snap0.01 xG
MTL: Dadonov, Dvorak, Pitlick, Kovacevic, HarrisPHI: DeAngelo, Provorov, Tippett, Frost, Farabee
MTL 3 – 1 PHI
6:26
MTLJesse Ylonen (Justin Barron, Jonathan Drouin)tip-in0.07 xG
MTL: Hoffman, Matheson, Drouin, Ylonen, BarronPHI: Deslauriers, Brown, DeAngelo, Provorov, Lycksell
MTL 4 – 1 PHI
12:12
MTLJosh Anderson (Rafael Harvey-Pinard)wrist0.14 xG
MTL: Matheson, Anderson, Suzuki, Harvey-Pinard, BarronPHI: van Riemsdyk, DeAngelo, Provorov, Tippett, Frost
MTL 5 – 1 PHI
18:32
PHIIvan Provorov (Tony DeAngelo, Morgan Frost)wrist0.10 xG
MTL: Belzile, Tierney, Pezzetta, Kovacevic, SchuenemanPHI: DeAngelo, Provorov, Tippett, Frost, Farabee
MTL 5 – 2 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
Evgenii Dadonov L	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.26	0	0	0	17:56	—	—	67	62
Rem Pitlick C	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.06	0	0	0	16:37	—	—	68	66
Christian Dvorak C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	2	0	0	15:57	—	—	61	59
Rafael Harvey-Pinard L	L2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.12	1	2	0	16:07	—	—	50	45
Nick Suzuki C	L2	1	0	1	+1	1	0.07	0	1	0	16:05	—	—	52	46
Josh Anderson R	L2	1	0	1	+1	5	0.50	0	0	0	15:22	—	—	50	45
Jesse Ylonen R	L3	1	1	2	+2	1	0.07	0	0	0	14:57	—	—	56	69
Mike Hoffman C	L3	0	2	2	+2	3	0.48	1	0	0	14:53	—	—	48	65
Jonathan Drouin L	L3	0	1	1	+2	1	0.12	0	0	0	14:48	—	—	54	69
Michael Pezzetta L	L4	0	1	1	0	1	0.04	6	1	0	13:56	—	—	48	60
Chris Tierney C	L4	1	0	1	0	1	0.12	0	0	0	13:12	—	—	46	61
Alex Belzile R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.14	3	1	5	12:33	—	—	35	55
Mike Matheson D	D1	0	1	1	+3	5	0.15	1	0	0	19:27	—	—	58	59
Justin Barron D	D1	0	1	1	+2	1	0.08	0	1	0	19:24	—	—	55	55
Jordan Harris D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.05	0	3	0	20:38	—	—	33	33
Johnathan Kovacevic D	D2	0	1	1	-2	0	0.00	2	1	0	19:57	—	—	44	50
Corey Schueneman D	D3	0	0	0	0	3	0.04	1	2	0	19:49	—	—	63	68
David Savard D	D3	1	0	1	+2	2	0.20	0	3	0	18:22	—	—	66	68

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jake Allen(start)	W	26	24	2	.923	1.66	60:00

Philadelphia Flyers

PHI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Owen Tippett R	L1	1	0	1	+1	8	0.64	3	2	0	20:24	—	—	52	53
Morgan Frost C	L1	0	2	2	+1	2	0.18	2	0	0	18:03	—	—	56	56
James van Riemsdyk L	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	0	1	0	13:56	—	—	54	45
Scott Laughton C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	6	2	0	18:28	—	—	38	30
Kevin Hayes R	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	0	0	15:12	—	—	48	43
Wade Allison R	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.09	3	0	17	11:13	—	—	50	46
Joel Farabee L	L3	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	1	1	0	17:19	—	—	54	55
Noah Cates L	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.16	0	0	0	17:03	—	—	36	29
Olle Lycksell R	L3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.02	0	1	2	14:28	—	—	24	10
Tony DeAngelo D	D1	0	1	1	0	3	0.07	2	2	0	22:22	—	—	48	42
Nick Seeler D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	3	3	0	21:30	—	—	38	35
Ivan Provorov D	D2	1	0	1	-1	2	0.13	2	0	0	21:59	—	—	53	40
Travis Sanheim D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	18:07	—	—	57	58
Rasmus Ristolainen D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.04	0	2	0	19:19	—	—	42	33
Cam York D	D3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.02	0	1	0	16:27	—	—	48	49
Patrick Brown C	—	0	0	0	-2	1	0.17	1	0	0	13:23	—	—	59	53
Nicolas Deslauriers L	—	0	0	0	-1	0	0.06	4	1	0	10:45	—	—	58	72
Justin Braun D	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	7:43	—	—	15	6

PHI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Carter Hart(start)	L	31	26	5	.839	2.52	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.