Montreal Canadiens vs. Philadelphia FlyersMar 28, 2023

FinalTuesday, Mar 28, 2023· Wells Fargo Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MTL	0	1	1	2		MTL	14	9	6	29
PHI	0	1	2	3		PHI	8	11	8	27

: MTL 54PHI 55
: MTL 2.45PHI 3.53
PP goals: MTL 0PHI 0
Hits: MTL 16PHI 22
Blocks: MTL 16PHI 18
PIM: MTL 4PHI 0
: MTL 57%PHI 43%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Philadelphia Flyers edge Montreal Canadiens 3–2

Philadelphia Flyers beat Montreal Canadiens 3–2 at home. Morgan Frost (PHI) led the scoring with 2G 0A. New look for PHI: Lemieux–Allison–Frost skated 7:15 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (76.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Morgan Frost had two goals (2 points) on 5 shots in 20:40.Frost
New line
New look for PHI: Lemieux–Allison–Frost skated 7:15 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (76.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Lemieux Allison Frost
New line
New look for MTL: Drouin–Gurianov–Farrell skated 11:12 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (31.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Drouin Gurianov Farrell
New line
New look for PHI: van Riemsdyk–Hayes–Bellows skated 5:00 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.van Riemsdyk Hayes Bellows
Usage
Wade Allison (PHI) played 20:15, +7:29 up on his 12:46 season average over 59 games.Allison
Usage
Morgan Frost (PHI) played 20:40, +4:23 up on his 16:17 season average over 80 games.Frost
Usage
Brendan Lemieux (PHI) played 16:33, +6:31 up on his 10:02 season average over 44 games.Lemieux
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Ivan Provorov (PHI) played 17:48, −5:17 down on his 23:05 season average over 81 games.Provorov

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 109 of 109 attempts · PHI 55 · MTL 54

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 26% of the game, PHI 40%.

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
	59	58
	2.65	2.31
	2.54	2.22
	10	8
	8	4
	12	14
	+0.027	−0.027
	26%	40%

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

L1Hoffman – Suzuki – Harvey-Pinard
12:3450% CF
L2Drouin – Gurianov – Farrell
11:1231% CF
L3Gallagher – Evans – Ylonen
8:5858% CF
L4Belzile – Tierney – Pezzetta
8:5257% CF
D1Savard – Matheson
17:2452% CF
D2Edmundson – Barron
15:3045% CF
D3Kovacevic – Harris
14:4151% CF

PK1FTierney – Evans
2:02
PK2FSuzuki – Harvey-Pinard
1:04
PK1DSavard – Edmundson
1:07
PK2DKovacevic – Harris
0:40

Current MTL line combinations →

Philadelphia Flyers

L1Lemieux – Allison – Frost
7:1577% CF
L2Tippett – Cates – Farabee
6:4350% CF
L3van Riemsdyk – Hayes – Bellows
5:0050% CF
D1Ristolainen – Sanheim
8:5365% CF
D2Provorov – York
8:4557% CF
D3Seeler – DeAngelo
7:4735% CF

PP1Ristolainen – DeAngelo – Tippett – Cates – Farabee
2:01100% CF
PP2van Riemsdyk – Hayes – Ristolainen – DeAngelo – Frost
1:00100% CF

Current PHI line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

3:41
PHIMorgan Frost (Kevin Hayes, Rasmus Ristolainen)wrist0.09 xG
MTL: Edmundson, Gurianov, Suzuki, Kovacevic, Harvey-PinardPHI: van Riemsdyk, Hayes, DeAngelo, Frost, York
MTL 0 – 1 PHI
9:39
MTLBrendan Gallagherwrist0.17 xG
MTL: Gallagher, Edmundson, Drouin, Evans, BarronPHI: Braun, Deslauriers, Seeler, Laughton, Tippett
MTL 1 – 1 PHI

3rd period

17:45
PHIMorgan Frost (Cam York)wrist0.08 xG
MTL: Hoffman, Edmundson, Suzuki, Harvey-Pinard, BarronPHI: Provorov, Allison, Frost, Farabee, York
MTL 1 – 2 PHI
18:14
PHIOwen TippettENbackhand0.97 xG
MTL: Hoffman, Gallagher, Matheson, Drouin, Suzuki, Harvey-PinardPHI: Ristolainen, Provorov, Tippett, Frost, Farabee
MTL 1 – 3 PHI
19:37
MTLRafael Harvey-Pinard (Jake Evans, Jesse Ylonen)wrist0.22 xG
MTL: Matheson, Drouin, Evans, Gurianov, Ylonen, Harvey-PinardPHI: DeAngelo, Tippett, Frost, Farabee, York
MTL 2 – 3 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
Nick Suzuki C	L1	0	0	0	-3	3	0.09	0	0	0	19:36	—	—	50	27
Mike Hoffman C	L1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.10	0	0	0	17:38	—	—	52	22
Rafael Harvey-Pinard L	L1	1	0	1	-2	3	0.33	1	2	0	17:07	—	—	50	20
Jonathan Drouin L	L2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	16:43	—	—	36	59
Denis Gurianov R	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.16	0	1	2	14:12	—	—	30	42
Sean Farrell C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	13:03	—	—	35	69
Brendan Gallagher R	L3	1	0	1	0	4	0.55	0	1	0	15:17	—	—	55	77
Jake Evans C	L3	0	1	1	+2	2	0.55	1	1	0	15:06	—	—	57	77
Jesse Ylonen R	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.00	1	1	0	12:42	—	—	62	70
Chris Tierney C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	0	0	13:15	—	—	59	58
Alex Belzile R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.12	0	0	0	12:21	—	—	59	59
Michael Pezzetta L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.18	3	0	0	11:50	—	—	56	59
Mike Matheson D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	1	2	22:59	—	—	47	43
David Savard D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.13	1	2	0	21:59	—	—	59	58
Joel Edmundson D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	3	2	0	18:44	—	—	44	70
Justin Barron D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	3	1	0	18:02	—	—	54	75
Jordan Harris D	D3	0	0	0	0	3	0.11	1	1	0	18:35	—	—	49	39
Johnathan Kovacevic D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.05	1	3	0	18:02	—	—	51	39

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Cayden Primeau(start)	L	26	24	2	.923	2.30	58:49

Philadelphia Flyers

PHI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk		PP	SH
Morgan Frost C	L1	2	0	2	+2	5	0.58	3	2	20:40	—	—	53	65
Wade Allison R	L1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.18	6	1	20:15	—	—	55	35
Brendan Lemieux L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	1	16:33	—	—	54	53
Joel Farabee L	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.29	1	0	20:14	—	—	53	47
Owen Tippett R	L2	1	0	1	-1	1	0.98	0	0	19:46	—	—	41	50
Noah Cates L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.08	0	0	18:49	—	—	50	35
Kevin Hayes R	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.13	0	0	16:53	—	—	48	47
James van Riemsdyk L	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.10	0	0	13:49	—	—	46	39
Kieffer Bellows L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.18	1	1	11:11	—	—	50	51
Travis Sanheim D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	3	20:41	—	—	54	62
Rasmus Ristolainen D	D1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.39	1	1	18:51	—	—	60	29
Ivan Provorov D	D2	0	0	0	+2	1	0.01	0	0	17:48	—	—	59	30
Cam York D	D2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.02	2	3	16:48	—	—	50	64
Tony DeAngelo D	D3	0	0	0	0	4	0.28	0	2	19:33	—	—	44	42
Nick Seeler D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.10	1	3	14:04	—	—	35	30
Scott Laughton C	—	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	1	14:11	—	—	47	33
Justin Braun D	—	0	0	0	-1	1	0.17	0	0	11:28	—	—	50	61
Nicolas Deslauriers L	—	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	5	0	8:26	—	—	41	49

PHI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Felix Sandstrom(start)	W	29	27	2	.931	2.45	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.