Montreal Canadiens vs. Philadelphia FlyersMar 27, 2025

FinalThursday, Mar 27, 2025· Wells Fargo Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MTL	1	0	3	4		MTL	10	8	12	30
PHI	3	0	3	6		PHI	11	5	14	30

: MTL 66PHI 64
: MTL 3.87PHI 5.75
PP goals: MTL 0PHI 1
Hits: MTL 20PHI 16
Blocks: MTL 11PHI 17
PIM: MTL 8PHI 6
: MTL 49%PHI 51%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Philadelphia Flyers beat Montreal Canadiens 6–4

Philadelphia Flyers beat Montreal Canadiens 6–4 at home. Matvei Michkov (PHI) led the scoring with 2G 1A. Cam York (PHI) played 0:00, −21:06 down on his 21:06 season average over 65 games.

Points
Matvei Michkov had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 6 shots in 20:29.Michkov
Points
Sean Couturier had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 5 shots in 19:36.Couturier
Points
Lane Hutson had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 28:40.Hutson
Usage
Cam York (PHI) played 0:00, −21:06 down on his 21:06 season average over 65 games.York
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Nick Seeler (PHI) played 24:27, +7:16 up on his 17:11 season average over 76 games.Seeler
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Lane Hutson (MTL) played 28:40, +6:00 up on his 22:40 season average over 81 games.Hutson
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Tyson Foerster (PHI) played 22:28, +5:40 up on his 16:48 season average over 80 games.Foerster
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Bobby Brink (PHI) played 18:38, +3:51 up on his 14:47 season average over 78 games.Brink

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 130 of 130 attempts · PHI 64 · MTL 66

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 44%.

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
	54	54
	2.96	3.38
	2.76	3.30
	11	12
	6	5
	20	22
	−0.015	+0.015
	26%	44%

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 – Caufield – Slafkovský
12:2359% CF
L2Gallagher – Anderson – Dvorak
9:2941% CF
L3Laine – Newhook – Roy
7:0736% CF
L4Armia – Evans – Heineman
5:5262% CF
D1Struble – Hutson
16:1865% CF
D2Matheson – Carrier
12:3738% CF
D3Savard – Xhekaj
7:1360% CF

PP1Laine – Suzuki – Caufield – Hutson – Slafkovský
3:5690% CF
PK1FArmia – Evans
4:57
PK2FDvorak – Suzuki
0:45
PK1DSavard – Matheson
3:44

Current MTL line combinations →

Philadelphia Flyers

L1Cates – Brink – Foerster
9:4635% CF
L2Couturier – Konecny – Michkov
9:0856% CF
L3Tippett – Poehling – Pelletier
8:3236% CF
L4Deslauriers – Abols – Lycksell
6:3746% CF
D1Seeler – Sanheim
11:1432% CF
D2Zamula – Drysdale
8:2550% CF

PP1Couturier – Konecny – Brink – Foerster – Michkov
5:2986% CF
PP2Tippett – Poehling – Cates – Lycksell – Drysdale
1:04
PK1FCates – Foerster
2:17
PK2FKonecny – Poehling
1:27
PK1DSeeler – Sanheim
1:27
PK2DAndrae – Drysdale
0:57

Current PHI line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

1:55
PHIMatvei Michkov (Travis Konecny, Sean Couturier)wrist0.15 xG
MTL: Carrier, Laine, Struble, Newhook, RoyPHI: Couturier, Sanheim, Konecny, Andrae, Michkov
MTL 0 – 1 PHI
7:55
MTLAlex Newhook (David Savard, Lane Hutson)snap0.16 xG
MTL: Savard, Laine, Newhook, Roy, XhekajPHI: Deslauriers, Abols, Lycksell, Andrae, Drysdale
MTL 1 – 1 PHI
10:13
PHINicolas Deslauriers (Olle Lycksell, Rodrigo Abols)wrist0.10 xG
MTL: Savard, Armia, Evans, Heineman, XhekajPHI: Deslauriers, Abols, Lycksell, Zamula, Drysdale
MTL 1 – 2 PHI
11:15
PHISean Couturier (Matvei Michkov, Jakob Pelletier)deflected0.25 xG
MTL: Savard, Laine, Newhook, Roy, XhekajPHI: Couturier, Sanheim, Pelletier, Andrae, Michkov
MTL 1 – 3 PHI

3rd period

2:15
MTLCole Caufield (Jayden Struble, Lane Hutson)snap0.05 xG
MTL: Suzuki, Caufield, Struble, Hutson, SlafkovskýPHI: Sanheim, Tippett, Poehling, Pelletier, Andrae
MTL 2 – 3 PHI
10:09
PHITyson Foerster (Nick Seeler, Bobby Brink)wrist0.65 xG
MTL: Suzuki, Caufield, Struble, Hutson, SlafkovskýPHI: Seeler, Sanheim, Cates, Brink, Foerster
MTL 2 – 4 PHI
11:43
PHISean CouturierPPwrist0.11 xG
MTL: Armia, Matheson, Evans, CarrierPHI: Couturier, Konecny, Poehling, Brink, Michkov
MTL 2 – 5 PHI
13:34
MTLChristian Dvorak (Josh Anderson, Brendan Gallagher)backhand0.22 xG
MTL: Gallagher, Matheson, Anderson, Dvorak, CarrierPHI: Deslauriers, Abols, Lycksell, Andrae, Drysdale
MTL 3 – 5 PHI
13:52
PHIMatvei Michkovwrist0.10 xG
MTL: Gallagher, Matheson, Anderson, Dvorak, CarrierPHI: Couturier, Sanheim, Konecny, Zamula, Michkov
MTL 3 – 6 PHI
16:47
MTLPatrik Laine (Nick Suzuki, Juraj Slafkovský)snap0.55 xG
MTL: Matheson, Laine, Suzuki, Caufield, Hutson, SlafkovskýPHI: Tippett, Poehling, Zamula, Pelletier, Drysdale
MTL 4 – 6 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	1	1	+1	3	0.22	0	0	0	22:26	—	—	59	24
Cole Caufield R	L1	1	0	1	+1	1	0.23	1	0	0	20:57	—	—	57	23
Juraj Slafkovský L	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.20	7	0	2	20:35	—	—	55	26
Christian Dvorak C	L2	1	0	1	0	3	0.25	1	3	0	15:08	—	—	42	57
Josh Anderson R	L2	0	1	1	0	3	0.71	0	1	2	13:55	—	—	43	56
Brendan Gallagher R	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.07	1	0	2	12:21	—	—	39	51
Patrik Laine L	L3	1	0	1	0	5	1.17	1	0	0	16:54	—	—	47	52
Alex Newhook C	L3	1	0	1	-1	2	0.44	0	0	0	13:15	—	—	44	53
Joshua Roy R	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.09	1	0	0	8:06	—	—	36	36
Jake Evans C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	13:10	—	—	63	69
Joel Armia R	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	12:14	—	—	64	76
Emil Heineman L	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.05	1	1	0	8:01	—	—	56	56
Lane Hutson D	D1	0	2	2	+1	1	0.24	0	1	0	28:40	—	—	61	47
Jayden Struble D	D1	0	1	1	-1	1	0.03	1	2	2	18:57	—	—	61	47
Mike Matheson D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.09	1	0	0	25:45	—	—	39	53
Alexandre Carrier D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.04	2	1	0	18:21	—	—	39	50
David Savard D	D3	0	1	1	-1	2	0.03	1	2	0	14:25	—	—	50	26
Arber Xhekaj D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	10:05	—	—	56	42

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jakub Dobes(start)	L	30	24	6	.800	4.80	57:11

Philadelphia Flyers

PHI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Tyson Foerster R	L1	1	0	1	+1	4	1.64	2	2	0	22:28	—	—	39	81
Bobby Brink R	L1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	0	2	18:38	—	—	36	81
Noah Cates L	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.26	1	2	0	17:19	—	—	39	80
Travis Konecny R	L2	0	1	1	+2	5	0.76	0	0	2	21:34	—	—	58	51
Matvei Michkov R	L2	2	1	3	+3	6	1.44	0	0	0	20:29	—	—	61	57
Sean Couturier C	L2	2	1	3	+3	5	0.78	3	0	0	19:36	—	—	63	55
Ryan Poehling C	L3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.24	0	0	0	16:56	—	—	41	32
Owen Tippett R	L3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	0	0	13:02	—	—	44	12
Jakob Pelletier L	L3	0	1	1	-1	2	0.04	1	0	0	10:58	—	—	47	46
Olle Lycksell R	L4	0	1	1	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	9:13	—	—	56	30
Rodrigo Abols C	L4	0	1	1	-1	1	0.03	2	0	0	8:38	—	—	53	28
Nicolas Deslauriers L	L4	1	0	1	-1	1	0.23	1	2	0	7:37	—	—	53	40
Travis Sanheim D	D1	0	0	0	+3	1	0.22	1	1	2	30:28	—	—	50	57
Nick Seeler D	D1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.00	5	2	0	24:27	—	—	35	51
Jamie Drysdale D	D2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	5	0	21:47	—	—	51	37
Egor Zamula D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.02	0	1	0	18:20	—	—	52	69
Emil Andrae D	—	0	0	0	-1	2	0.08	0	2	0	12:52	—	—	68	59
Cam York D	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	0:00	—	—	—	—

PHI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Samuel Ersson(start)	W	30	26	4	.867	3.87	59:38

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Matvei Michkov (PHI) 1st 1:55 · assists Travis Konecny, Sean Couturier · Dump and chase · dumped in · 23.8 mph shot · 6.3 s from entry to goal.

Matvei Michkov · 1st 1:55 · PHI

Play: dump-and-chase
Entry: dump
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 23.8 mph
Distance: 7 ft
Entry to goal: 6.3 s

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Alex Newhook · 1st 7:55 · MTL

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 2
Shot: 70.9 mph
Distance: 32 ft
Entry to goal: 1.4 s

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Nicolas Deslauriers · 1st 10:13 · PHI

Play: rush
Entry: pass
Odd man: No
Passes: 1
Shot: 36.3 mph
Distance: 9 ft
Entry to goal: 5.4 s
Type: one-timer

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Sean Couturier · 1st 11:15 · PHI

Play: deflection
Passes: 0
Shot: 40.0 mph
Distance: 56 ft

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Cole Caufield · 3rd 2:15 · MTL

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1
Shot: 23.4 mph
Distance: 6 ft

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Tyson Foerster · 3rd 10:09 · PHI

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 13.6 mph
Distance: 3 ft
Type: rebound

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Sean Couturier · 3rd 11:43 · PHI PP

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 2
Shot: 75.4 mph
Distance: 21 ft
Entry to goal: 2.3 s

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Christian Dvorak · 3rd 13:34 · MTL

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 18.3 mph
Distance: 3 ft
Entry to goal: 3.0 s

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Matvei Michkov · 3rd 13:52 · PHI

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 0
Shot: 52.6 mph
Distance: 20 ft
Entry to goal: 2.8 s

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Patrik Laine · 3rd 16:47 · MTL

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 29.2 mph
Distance: 10 ft
Type: rebound

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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.