Montreal Canadiens vs. Vegas Golden KnightsFeb 17, 2018

FinalSaturday, Feb 17, 2018· T-Mobile Arena

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Montreal CanadiensMTL

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Vegas Golden KnightsVGK

6

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MTL	2	0	1	3		MTL	11	10	12	33
VGK	3	2	1	6		VGK	11	16	7	34

: MTL 65VGK 59
: MTL 1.91VGK 2.28
PP goals: MTL 1VGK 1
Hits: MTL 22VGK 13
Blocks: MTL 16VGK 18
PIM: MTL 4VGK 4
: MTL 54%VGK 46%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights beat Montreal Canadiens 6–3

Vegas Golden Knights beat Montreal Canadiens 6–3 at home. Reilly Smith (VGK) led the scoring with 2G 1A. MTL's first power-play unit (Petry, Pacioretty, Gallagher, Galchenyuk and Drouin) scored 1 power-play goal on 1 attempt in 1:09 together.

Points
Reilly Smith had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 4 shots in 17:02.Smith
Points
Jonathan Marchessault had 3 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 17:08.Marchessault
Points
Nate Schmidt had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 20:55.Schmidt
Points
Ryan Carpenter had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 13:53.Carpenter
PP1
MTL's first power-play unit (Petry, Pacioretty, Gallagher, Galchenyuk and Drouin) scored 1 power-play goal on 1 attempt in 1:09 together.Petry Pacioretty Gallagher Galchenyuk Drouin
New line
New look for MTL: Froese–Shaw–Carr skated 9:32 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Froese Shaw Carr
Luck
VGK scored 6 goals on 2.28 expected goals (59 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
Usage
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare (VGK) played 2:02, −10:26 down on his 12:28 season average over 71 games.Bellemare

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)VGK attacks right (top on phones) →

VGK
MTL
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 124 of 124 attempts · VGK 59 · MTL 65

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

VGK
MTL
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

VGK 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 32% of the game, VGK 29%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

VGK

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	VGK
	77	54
	2.23	1.63
	2.16	1.61
	14	5
	5	2
	22	17
	+0.004	−0.004
	32%	29%

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

L1Froese – Shaw – Carr
9:3267% CF
L2Plekanec – Byron – Gallagher
8:1467% CF
L3Pacioretty – Hudon – Lehkonen
7:4937% CF
L4Galchenyuk – Drouin – Scherbak
7:1443% CF
D1Benn – Morrow
15:2363% CF
D2Petry – Alzner
14:5838% CF
D3Schlemko – Mete
13:5446% CF

PP1Petry – Pacioretty – Gallagher – Galchenyuk – Drouin
1:0950% CF
PP2Morrow – Hudon – Lehkonen – Scherbak – Mete
0:500% CF
PK1FByron – Pacioretty
1:27
PK2FPlekanec – Lehkonen
1:07
PK1DPetry – Alzner
1:57
PK2DBenn – Morrow
1:01

Current MTL line combinations →

Vegas Golden Knights

L1Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault
13:2546% CF
L2Neal – Perron – Haula
12:4948% CF
L3Eakin – Leipsic – Tuch
8:0520% CF
D1Engelland – Sbisa
18:0831% CF
D2McNabb – Schmidt
16:4054% CF
D3Miller – Hunt
13:3147% CF

PP1Neal – Perron – Haula – Miller – Hunt
1:51100% CF
PP2Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault – Schmidt – Tuch
1:05100% CF
PK1FCarpenter – Nosek
0:50
PK2FSmith – Karlsson
0:43
PK1DEngelland – McNabb
1:48
PK2DSbisa – Miller
0:26

Current VGK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

2:16
VGKReilly SmithPP (Nate Schmidt, Jonathan Marchessault)slap0.04 xG
MTL: Benn, Froese, Shaw, MorrowVGK: Smith, Karlsson, Marchessault, Schmidt, Tuch
MTL 0 – 1 VGK
4:32
MTLCharles Hudon (Max Pacioretty, Joe Morrow)wrist0.15 xG
MTL: Petry, Alzner, Shaw, Hudon, CarrVGK: Neal, Perron, Haula, Miller, Hunt
MTL 1 – 1 VGK
6:50
VGKBrad Hunt (Luca Sbisa)slap0.02 xG
MTL: Plekanec, Petry, Alzner, Byron, GallagherVGK: Karlsson, Miller, Hunt, Carpenter, Nosek
MTL 1 – 2 VGK
9:51
VGKTomas Nosek (Erik Haula, Ryan Carpenter)wrist0.09 xG
MTL: Plekanec, Schlemko, Byron, Gallagher, MeteVGK: Sbisa, Haula, Hunt, Carpenter, Nosek
MTL 1 – 3 VGK
11:47
MTLNikita Scherbak (Alex Galchenyuk, Karl Alzner)wrist0.04 xG
MTL: Petry, Alzner, Galchenyuk, Lehkonen, ScherbakVGK: McNabb, Smith, Karlsson, Marchessault, Schmidt
MTL 2 – 3 VGK

2nd period

3:07
VGKRyan Carpenter (Colin Miller, Jonathan Marchessault)snap0.04 xG
MTL: Petry, Alzner, Byron, Gallagher, HudonVGK: Engelland, Eakin, Miller, Marchessault, Carpenter
MTL 2 – 4 VGK
3:46
VGKReilly Smith (Deryk Engelland, Jonathan Marchessault)backhand0.01 xG
MTL: Pacioretty, Benn, Morrow, Hudon, LehkonenVGK: Engelland, Sbisa, Smith, Karlsson, Marchessault
MTL 2 – 5 VGK

3rd period

4:02
VGKNate Schmidt (Reilly Smith, William Karlsson)wrist0.04 xG
MTL: Plekanec, Petry, Alzner, Byron, ScherbakVGK: McNabb, Smith, Karlsson, Marchessault, Schmidt
MTL 2 – 6 VGK
8:44
MTLJonathan DrouinPP (Jeff Petry, Brendan Gallagher)slap0.05 xG
MTL: Petry, Pacioretty, Gallagher, Galchenyuk, DrouinVGK: Engelland, McNabb, Carpenter, Nosek
MTL 3 – 6 VGK

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
Byron Froese C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.13	2	1	0	13:25	—	—	62	49
Daniel Carr L	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.09	0	0	0	11:43	—	—	65	59
Logan Shaw R	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.09	3	0	0	11:40	—	—	67	61
Paul Byron L	L2	0	0	0	-4	4	0.29	1	0	0	16:35	—	—	64	73
Tomas Plekanec C	L2	0	0	0	-3	3	0.12	0	1	0	15:42	—	—	58	66
Brendan Gallagher R	L2	0	1	1	-3	3	0.17	2	0	0	14:35	—	—	72	79
Artturi Lehkonen L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.08	2	0	0	16:56	—	—	48	32
Max Pacioretty L	L3	0	1	1	-1	2	0.08	4	0	0	16:38	—	—	54	40
Charles Hudon L	L3	1	0	1	-1	2	0.33	2	0	0	15:32	—	—	49	56
Nikita Scherbak R	L4	1	0	1	0	4	0.13	0	0	2	16:23	—	—	55	60
Alex Galchenyuk C	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.06	0	0	0	14:44	—	—	57	64
Jonathan Drouin L	L4	1	0	1	0	1	0.05	0	1	0	14:06	—	—	60	41
Joe Morrow D	D1	0	1	1	-1	2	0.12	2	0	0	23:48	—	—	72	70
Jordie Benn D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	1	2	0	19:19	—	—	67	58
Jeff Petry D	D2	0	1	1	-1	0	0.00	0	4	0	22:34	—	—	50	43
Karl Alzner D	D2	0	1	1	-1	1	0.06	2	3	0	19:41	—	—	48	50
David Schlemko D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.07	1	4	0	17:46	—	—	58	61
Victor Mete D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	0	2	15:43	—	—	50	56

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Carey Price	L	28	25	3	.893	1.69	50:09
Antti Niemi(start)	—	6	3	3	.500	0.59	9:51

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
William Karlsson C	L1	0	1	1	+2	1	0.14	0	1	0	18:30	—	—	40	38
Jonathan Marchessault R	L1	0	3	3	+2	2	0.01	1	0	0	17:08	—	—	47	51
Reilly Smith R	L1	2	1	3	+1	4	0.27	0	1	0	17:02	—	—	46	48
James Neal L	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.34	0	0	0	18:09	—	—	33	37
Erik Haula L	L2	0	1	1	0	3	0.40	0	0	0	18:08	—	—	48	56
David Perron L	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	0	0	0	16:41	—	—	46	49
Cody Eakin C	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.16	1	2	0	16:17	—	—	40	40
Alex Tuch R	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.27	1	0	0	15:15	—	—	26	24
Brendan Leipsic L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	11:32	—	—	27	22
Deryk Engelland D	D1	0	1	1	+2	2	0.02	2	2	0	21:23	—	—	33	38
Luca Sbisa D	D1	0	1	1	+2	1	0.04	3	2	0	20:58	—	—	33	41
Nate Schmidt D	D2	1	1	2	+1	3	0.15	0	1	2	20:55	—	—	47	41
Brayden McNabb D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	6	0	20:16	—	—	51	49
Colin Miller D	D3	0	1	1	0	1	0.01	2	0	0	19:57	—	—	40	35
Brad Hunt D	D3	1	0	1	0	3	0.07	0	0	0	15:42	—	—	48	51
Tomas Nosek L	—	1	0	1	+2	3	0.12	1	0	0	13:58	—	—	44	42
Ryan Carpenter C	—	1	1	2	+3	4	0.25	1	2	0	13:53	—	—	55	48
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare L	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	0	0	0	2:02	—	—	50	27

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Marc-Andre Fleury(start)	W	33	30	3	.909	1.91	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.