Montreal Canadiens vs. Vegas Golden KnightsDec 22, 2018

Final / OTSaturday, Dec 22, 2018· T-Mobile Arena

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Montreal CanadiensMTL

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Vegas Golden KnightsVGK

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
MTL	1	1	1	1	4		MTL	17	14	15	1	47
VGK	1	2	0	0	3		VGK	9	12	4	1	26

: MTL 93VGK 58
: MTL 4.92VGK 3.13
PP goals: MTL 0VGK 0
Hits: MTL 25VGK 33
Blocks: MTL 17VGK 22
PIM: MTL 4VGK 4
: MTL 46%VGK 54%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Montreal Canadiens edge Vegas Golden Knights 4–3 (OT)

Montreal Canadiens beat Vegas Golden Knights 4–3 in overtime at VGK. Phillip Danault (MTL) led the scoring with 3G 0A. Marc-Andre Fleury (VGK) faced 47 shots and stopped 43 (.915), +18 against a season average of 28.6; the overtime loss.

Points
Phillip Danault had a hat trick (3 points) on 6 shots in 19:23.Danault
Points
Brandon Pirri had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 15:57.Pirri
Points
Brayden McNabb had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 19:21.McNabb
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Brendan Gallagher had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:09.Gallagher
Points
Max Domi had 2 assists (2 points) on 5 shots in 17:44.Domi
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Tomas Tatar had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 18:19.Tatar
Points
William Karlsson had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 18:31.Karlsson
Goalie
Marc-Andre Fleury (VGK) faced 47 shots and stopped 43 (.915), +18 against a season average of 28.6; the overtime loss.Fleury

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 151 of 151 attempts · VGK 58 · MTL 93

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 41% of the game, VGK 24%.

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
	95	62
	4.60	3.06
	4.30	2.95
	25	14
	10	6
	23	26
	−0.059	+0.059
	41%	24%

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

L1Tatar – Gallagher – Danault
11:3047% CF
L2Byron – Drouin – Domi
11:1557% CF
L3Shaw – Lehkonen – Kotkaniemi
9:3585% CF
L4Deslauriers – Chaput – Agostino
7:1663% CF
D1Weber – Mete
16:5551% CF
D2Petry – Reilly
14:1162% CF
D3Benn – Kulak
11:5860% CF

PP1Byron – Tatar – Shaw – Reilly – Kotkaniemi
1:59100% CF
PP2Weber – Petry – Gallagher – Drouin – Domi
1:39
PK1FDanault – Lehkonen
1:59
PK2FByron – Chaput
1:23
PK1DPetry – Benn
1:51
PK2DKulak – Mete
0:35

Current MTL line combinations →

Vegas Golden Knights

L1Karlsson – Marchessault – Tuch
11:5940% CF
L2Stastny – Smith – Pirri
11:3845% CF
L3Eakin – Carpenter – Nosek
9:5729% CF
L4Reaves – Carrier – Bellemare
8:2035% CF
D1Engelland – Theodore
18:1345% CF
D2McNabb – Schmidt
16:3145% CF
D3Holden – Hunt
11:1832% CF

PP1Karlsson – Marchessault – Hunt – Theodore – Tuch
2:02100% CF
PP2Stastny – Smith – Pirri – Eakin – Schmidt
1:37100% CF
PK1FEakin – Carpenter
1:43
PK2FBellemare – Nosek
1:21
PK1DHolden – Schmidt
1:07
PK2DEngelland – McNabb
0:49

Current VGK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

3:40
MTLPhillip Danault (Brendan Gallagher, Tomas Tatar)slap0.05 xG
MTL: Weber, Tatar, Gallagher, Danault, MeteVGK: McNabb, Karlsson, Marchessault, Schmidt, Tuch
MTL 1 – 0 VGK
16:24
VGKBrandon Pirri (Alex Tuch, William Karlsson)backhand0.06 xG
MTL: Weber, Petry, Tatar, Gallagher, DanaultVGK: McNabb, Pirri, Karlsson, Schmidt, Tuch
MTL 1 – 1 VGK

2nd period

4:52
VGKJonathan Marchessault (Brayden McNabb, William Karlsson)wrist0.17 xG
MTL: Petry, Tatar, Gallagher, Reilly, DanaultVGK: McNabb, Karlsson, Marchessault, Schmidt, Tuch
MTL 1 – 2 VGK
8:10
MTLPhillip Danault (Jordie Benn, Brendan Gallagher)tip-in0.35 xG
MTL: Benn, Tatar, Gallagher, Danault, KulakVGK: Engelland, Holden, Marchessault, Bellemare, Tuch
MTL 2 – 2 VGK
13:59
VGKBrandon Pirri (Brayden McNabb)wrist0.14 xG
MTL: Benn, Deslauriers, Agostino, Danault, KulakVGK: Reaves, McNabb, Pirri, Schmidt, Bellemare
MTL 2 – 3 VGK

3rd period

18:35
MTLPhillip Danault (Max Domi, Tomas Tatar)tip-in0.41 xG
MTL: Weber, Tatar, Gallagher, Danault, Drouin, DomiVGK: Stastny, McNabb, Smith, Schmidt, Bellemare
MTL 3 – 3 VGK

OT period

1:59
MTLPaul Byron (Max Domi, Victor Mete)backhand0.16 xG
MTL: Weber, Byron, DomiVGK: Stastny, Theodore, Tuch
MTL 4 – 3 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
Phillip Danault C	L1	3	0	3	0	6	1.21	1	0	0	19:23	—	—	49	50
Tomas Tatar L	L1	0	2	2	+1	4	0.39	1	1	0	18:19	—	—	52	51
Brendan Gallagher R	L1	0	2	2	+1	2	0.05	1	1	0	17:09	—	—	50	51
Jonathan Drouin L	L2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.16	0	2	0	18:08	—	—	55	59
Max Domi C	L2	0	2	2	+2	5	0.40	0	1	0	17:44	—	—	56	54
Paul Byron L	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.41	2	1	0	17:39	—	—	59	53
Artturi Lehkonen L	L3	0	0	0	0	5	0.59	1	0	0	15:36	—	—	84	63
Jesperi Kotkaniemi C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.38	2	1	0	15:00	—	—	85	72
Andrew Shaw R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.27	0	0	0	14:42	—	—	78	71
Kenny Agostino L	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	3	0	0	10:36	—	—	68	78
Michael Chaput C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.25	2	1	0	10:12	—	—	56	69
Nicolas Deslauriers L	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.35	3	0	0	8:24	—	—	59	73
Shea Weber D	D1	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	5	3	2	26:06	—	—	54	66
Victor Mete D	D1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.19	0	1	0	19:37	—	—	54	67
Jeff Petry D	D2	0	0	0	-2	6	0.07	2	2	2	23:19	—	—	62	53
Mike Reilly D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.07	0	1	0	17:42	—	—	66	75
Jordie Benn D	D3	0	1	1	0	2	0.05	1	1	0	18:12	—	—	65	47
Brett Kulak D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.06	1	1	0	14:55	—	—	66	51

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Carey Price(start)	W	26	23	3	.885	3.13	61:13

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
William Karlsson C	L1	0	2	2	+1	2	0.32	1	1	0	18:31	—	—	48	59
Jonathan Marchessault R	L1	1	0	1	-1	2	0.73	0	1	0	18:26	—	—	39	48
Alex Tuch R	L1	0	1	1	-1	4	0.30	0	5	0	17:56	—	—	43	48
Reilly Smith R	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	19:13	—	—	37	31
Paul Stastny C	L2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.12	0	2	2	19:09	—	—	38	41
Brandon Pirri C	L2	2	0	2	+2	3	0.56	0	0	0	15:57	—	—	49	50
Tomas Nosek L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	14:06	—	—	23	16
Cody Eakin C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.30	1	0	0	13:48	—	—	30	19
Ryan Carpenter C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	2	0	12:50	—	—	29	20
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare L	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	1	0	0	12:13	—	—	36	25
William Carrier L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.17	5	1	0	9:38	—	—	46	31
Ryan Reaves R	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.05	6	0	0	9:19	—	—	40	27
Deryk Engelland D	D1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.03	5	2	0	23:28	—	—	42	26
Shea Theodore D	D1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.41	0	2	0	23:20	—	—	45	31
Nate Schmidt D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.10	0	1	0	24:56	—	—	44	55
Brayden McNabb D	D2	0	2	2	+1	2	0.03	6	1	2	19:21	—	—	41	51
Nick Holden D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	3	2	0	15:59	—	—	23	25
Brad Hunt D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	13:51	—	—	32	40

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Marc-Andre Fleury(start)	O	47	43	4	.915	4.92	61:59

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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.