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Montreal Canadiens vs. Vegas Golden KnightsOct 31, 2019

Final / OT· T-Mobile Arena
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MTL
5
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VGK
4
Goals123OTTShots123OTT
MTL11215MTL10109130
VGK20204VGK12158035
MTL 64VGK 65
MTL 3.90VGK 3.83
PP goals
MTL 0VGK 0
Hits
MTL 39VGK 38
Blocks
MTL 12VGK 14
PIM
MTL 2VGK 4
MTL 50%VGK 50%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Montreal Canadiens edge Vegas Golden Knights 5–4 (OT)

Montreal Canadiens beat Vegas Golden Knights 5–4 in overtime at VGK. Tomas Tatar (MTL) led the scoring with 1G 1A. Keith Kinkaid (MTL) faced 35 shots and stopped 31 (.886), +3 against a season average of 32.0; the win.

  1. Points
    Tomas Tatar had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 17:15.Tatar
  2. Points
    Cody Eakin had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 16:20.Eakin
  3. Goalie
    Keith Kinkaid (MTL) faced 35 shots and stopped 31 (.886), +3 against a season average of 32.0; the win.Kinkaid
  4. New line
    New look for MTL: Byron–Lehkonen–Suzuki skated 7:16 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (69.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.ByronLehkonenSuzuki
  5. New line
    New look for MTL: Thompson–Weal–Cousins skated 9:06 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.ThompsonWealCousins
  6. New line
    New look for VGK: Eakin–Tuch–Glass skated 9:35 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (43.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.EakinTuchGlass
  7. Usage
    Mark Stone (VGK) played 22:37, +3:16 up on his 19:21 season average over 64 games.Stone
  8. Usage
    Ben Chiarot (MTL) played 18:40, −4:32 down on his 23:12 season average over 68 games.Chiarot

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.

Shot map, MTL at VGK: 129 attempts, 65 on goal, 9 goals, 7.73 expected goals; best chance Joel Armia at 0.35 xG.

Strength
Period
Team
← MTL attacks left (bottom on phones)VGK attacks right (top on phones) →
  • VGK
  • MTL
  • Goal
  • Shot on goal
  • Missed
  • Blocked

Showing 129 of 129 attempts · VGK 65 · MTL 64

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

Game flow, MTL at VGK: expected goals 3.83 to 3.90 (MTL led the chances), shot attempts 65 to 64, 9 goals.

0.01.02.03.04.01st2nd3rdOTVGKMTLDKTDGSTGDnet xGcumulative expected goals · 60:26
  • VGK
  • MTL
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
VGKMTLcontrol2nd3rdOTDanault · 1st 2:35Karlsson · 1st 14:35Tuch · 1st 19:36Drouin · 2nd 9:40Glass · 3rd 4:21Stone · 3rd 7:59Tatar · 3rd 13:33Gallagher · 3rd 18:02Domi · OT 0:26
  • 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 38% of the game, VGK 41%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

Shift chart, MTL at VGK: 38 players over 60:26; most ice Marc-Andre Fleury (60:25) for VGK and Keith Kinkaid (60:06) for MTL, 9 goals.

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
StatMTLVGK
6267
3.693.93
3.423.75
1711
58
2318
−0.050+0.050
38%41%

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

Current MTL line combinations →

Vegas Golden Knights

Current VGK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

  1. 2:35
    MTLPhillip Danault (Shea Weber, Tomas Tatar)wrist0.01 xG
    MTL: Weber, Tatar, Weal, Danault, MeteVGK: Reaves, McNabb, Eakin, Schmidt, Carrier
    MTL 1 – 0 VGK
  2. 14:35
    VGKWilliam Karlsson (Jonathan Marchessault, Reilly Smith)wrist0.10 xG
    MTL: Weber, Tatar, Gallagher, Danault, MeteVGK: McNabb, Smith, Karlsson, Marchessault, Schmidt
    MTL 1 – 1 VGK
  3. 19:36
    VGKAlex Tuch (Nate Schmidt, Cody Eakin)wrist0.08 xG
    MTL: Weber, Thompson, Tatar, Gallagher, MeteVGK: McNabb, Eakin, Schmidt, Tuch, Glass
    MTL 1 – 2 VGK

2nd period

  1. 9:40
    MTLJonathan Drouinwrist0.02 xG
    MTL: Reilly, Armia, Drouin, Domi, FleuryVGK: McNabb, Eakin, Stone, Schmidt, Tuch
    MTL 2 – 2 VGK

3rd period

  1. 4:21
    VGKCody Glass (Cody Eakin)wrist0.15 xG
    MTL: Thompson, Weal, Cousins, Reilly, FleuryVGK: Engelland, Holden, Eakin, Tuch, Glass
    MTL 2 – 3 VGK
  2. 7:59
    VGKMark Stone (Max Pacioretty)deflected0.04 xG
    MTL: Petry, Chiarot, Armia, Drouin, DomiVGK: Stastny, Pacioretty, Merrill, Stone, Theodore
    MTL 2 – 4 VGK
  3. 13:33
    MTLTomas Tatardeflected0.04 xG
    MTL: Petry, Tatar, Armia, Domi, SuzukiVGK: Engelland, McNabb, Eakin, Stone, Schmidt
    MTL 3 – 4 VGK
  4. 18:02
    MTLBrendan Gallagher (Joel Armia)tip-in0.06 xG
    MTL: Petry, Gallagher, Reilly, Armia, Drouin, DomiVGK: Stastny, Pacioretty, McNabb, Stone, Schmidt
    MTL 4 – 4 VGK

OT period

  1. 0:26
    MTLMax Domi (Jeff Petry)wrist0.17 xG
    MTL: Petry, Byron, DomiVGK: Pacioretty, Stone, Theodore
    MTL 5 – 4 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
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Tomas Tatar LL1112040.2221217:15——4741
Brendan Gallagher RL1101-140.3601017:03——4135
Phillip Danault CL1101020.1821016:40——4342
Max Domi CL2101+310.1910019:15——4143
Joel Armia RL2011+200.5931017:41——3739
Jonathan Drouin LL2101+130.3010016:00——2837
Nick Cousins CL3000-120.2110014:48——6258
Jordan Weal CL3000010.2521013:30——5758
Nate Thompson CL3000-220.1431013:21——5242
Artturi Lehkonen LL4000010.2530013:23——5564
Nick Suzuki CL4000+110.3111013:18——7894
Paul Byron LL4000+100.1230012:50——5976
Shea Weber DD1011-110.2733023:59——4039
Victor Mete DD1000-120.1911018:28——3930
Jeff Petry DD2011+210.0960021:49——5453
Ben Chiarot DD2000-130.2420018:40——5049
Cale Fleury DD3000000.0130017:11——5863
Mike Reilly DD3000+110.0021014:27——5558
MTL goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Keith Kinkaid(start)W35314.8863.8360:06

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Mark Stone RL1101-350.6021022:37——6078
Max Pacioretty LL1011-130.4330016:38——7190
Paul Stastny CL1000000.0020016:28——6571
Reilly Smith RL2011+120.1910019:20——5031
William Karlsson CL2101+120.4230019:08——4933
Jonathan Marchessault RL2011+110.1840017:09——5338
Cody Eakin CL3022-110.3311016:20——3652
Alex Tuch RL3101+130.5010012:53——3847
Cody Glass CL3101+230.3500012:29——4358
Tomas Nosek LL4000010.062008:09——7560
William Carrier LL4000-110.052007:47——4235
Ryan Reaves RL4000-110.255007:45——5045
Brayden McNabb DD1000-210.0210021:51——5049
Nate Schmidt DD1011-250.1521220:20——5459
Shea Theodore DD2000020.1803019:07——6869
Jon Merrill DD2000+100.0300018:18——6561
Nick Holden DD3000+130.0743019:48——3521
Deryk Engelland DD3000010.0155219:12——3224
VGK goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Marc-Andre Fleury(start)O29245.8283.9060:25