Montreal Canadiens vs. Vegas Golden KnightsJun 14, 2021

FinalPlayoffsMonday, Jun 14, 2021· T-Mobile Arena

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Vegas Golden KnightsVGK

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MTL	0	1	0	1		MTL	12	5	12	29
VGK	1	2	1	4		VGK	8	13	9	30

: MTL 53VGK 62
: MTL 2.99VGK 2.90
PP goals: MTL 1VGK 0
Hits: MTL 52VGK 44
Blocks: MTL 15VGK 16
PIM: MTL 8VGK 6
: MTL 56%VGK 44%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights beat Montreal Canadiens 4–1

Vegas Golden Knights beat Montreal Canadiens 4–1 at home. Shea Theodore (VGK) led the scoring with 1G 1A. MTL's first power-play unit (Perry, Toffoli, Gustafsson, Suzuki and Caufield) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 1:20 together.

Points
Shea Theodore had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 21:26.Theodore
Points
Reilly Smith had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 16:49.Smith
PP1
MTL's first power-play unit (Perry, Toffoli, Gustafsson, Suzuki and Caufield) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 1:20 together.Perry Toffoli Gustafsson Suzuki Caufield
Luck
MTL scored 1 goal on 2.99 expected goals (53 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Brayden McNabb (VGK) played 21:08, +4:15 up on his 16:53 season average over 12 games.McNabb
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Nick Holden (VGK) played 11:58, −4:02 down on his 16:00 season average over 14 games.Holden
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Brett Kulak (MTL) played 16:53, +4:21 up on his 12:32 season average over 12 games.Kulak
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Erik Gustafsson (MTL) played 13:45, +4:00 up on his 9:45 season average over 15 games.Gustafsson

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 115 of 115 attempts · VGK 62 · MTL 53

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 35% of the game, VGK 40%.

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
	42	58
	1.95	2.01
	1.78	1.90
	10	12
	5	4
	22	17
	+0.035	−0.035
	35%	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

L1Gallagher – Danault – Lehkonen
10:3148% CF
L2Byron – Anderson – Kotkaniemi
9:0540% CF
L3Toffoli – Suzuki – Caufield
8:3456% CF
L4Staal – Perry – Armia
7:2629% CF
D1Weber – Chiarot
10:3640% CF
D2Kulak – Romanov
7:297% CF
D3Edmundson – Gustafsson
5:4150% CF

PP1Perry – Toffoli – Gustafsson – Suzuki – Caufield
1:2083% CF
PP2Weber – Chiarot – Gallagher – Anderson – Kotkaniemi
0:510% CF
PK1FArmia – Lehkonen
1:09
PK2FByron – Suzuki
0:16
PK1DWeber – Chiarot
1:46
PK2DEdmundson – Romanov
1:31

Current MTL line combinations →

Vegas Golden Knights

L1Pacioretty – Stone – Stephenson
10:5832% CF
L2Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault
10:5656% CF
L3Janmark – Tuch – Roy
8:4769% CF
L4Reaves – Carrier – Kolesar
6:4457% CF
D1Martinez – Pietrangelo
16:2053% CF
D2McNabb – Theodore
15:5750% CF
D3Holden – Whitecloud
11:0369% CF

PP1Pacioretty – Martinez – Stone – Stephenson – Theodore
3:11100% CF
PP2Pietrangelo – Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault – Tuch
2:1875% CF
PK1FStone – Stephenson
1:18
PK2FSmith – Karlsson
0:52
PK1DMcNabb – Whitecloud
1:34
PK2DMartinez – Pietrangelo
0:52

Current VGK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

9:15
VGKShea Theodore (Brayden McNabb, Chandler Stephenson)wrist0.01 xG
MTL: Chiarot, Toffoli, Gustafsson, Suzuki, CaufieldVGK: Pacioretty, McNabb, Stone, Stephenson, Theodore
MTL 0 – 1 VGK

2nd period

2:18
VGKAlec Martinez (Shea Theodore, Reilly Smith)slap0.08 xG
MTL: Chiarot, Toffoli, Kulak, Suzuki, RomanovVGK: Martinez, Smith, Karlsson, Marchessault, Theodore
MTL 0 – 2 VGK
12:05
MTLCole CaufieldPP (Tyler Toffoli, Corey Perry)wrist0.11 xG
MTL: Perry, Toffoli, Gustafsson, Suzuki, CaufieldVGK: Martinez, Pietrangelo, Smith, Karlsson
MTL 1 – 2 VGK
12:58
VGKMattias Janmark (Alex Tuch, Zach Whitecloud)tip-in0.02 xG
MTL: Byron, Kulak, Anderson, Kotkaniemi, RomanovVGK: Holden, Janmark, Tuch, Roy, Whitecloud
MTL 1 – 3 VGK

3rd period

10:06
VGKNick Holden (Reilly Smith, William Karlsson)wrist0.08 xG
MTL: Weber, Byron, Chiarot, Anderson, KotkaniemiVGK: Holden, Smith, Karlsson, Marchessault, Whitecloud
MTL 1 – 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
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Phillip Danault C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	3	0	2	17:55	—	—	46	50
Artturi Lehkonen L	L1	0	0	0	0	4	0.53	4	0	0	14:20	—	—	42	50
Brendan Gallagher R	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.23	1	0	0	13:47	—	—	48	51
Paul Byron L	L2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	3	0	0	14:10	—	—	36	41
Josh Anderson R	L2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.32	6	0	0	14:10	—	—	39	39
Jesperi Kotkaniemi C	L2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.01	2	1	0	12:42	—	—	35	34
Tyler Toffoli C	L3	0	1	1	-2	4	0.55	2	2	0	18:06	—	—	50	73
Nick Suzuki C	L3	0	0	0	-2	4	0.44	4	0	0	17:39	—	—	53	73
Cole Caufield R	L3	1	0	1	-1	6	0.65	1	0	0	15:43	—	—	53	74
Joel Armia R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	3	0	0	14:58	—	—	33	18
Corey Perry R	L4	0	1	1	0	1	0.10	1	1	0	14:10	—	—	25	42
Eric Staal C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.08	1	0	0	10:51	—	—	36	54
Ben Chiarot D	D1	0	0	0	-3	0	0.00	5	3	2	25:41	—	—	37	44
Shea Weber D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	6	2	0	25:28	—	—	53	67
Brett Kulak D	D2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.02	2	2	2	16:53	—	—	42	51
Alexander Romanov D	D2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.02	2	1	0	15:11	—	—	12	0
Joel Edmundson D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	5	2	2	20:32	—	—	53	53
Erik Gustafsson D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	1	0	13:45	—	—	44	58

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Carey Price(start)	L	30	26	4	.867	2.13	55:59

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mark Stone R	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.18	0	3	0	18:36	—	—	39	28
Chandler Stephenson C	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.08	1	2	0	17:26	—	—	35	27
Max Pacioretty L	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.04	0	0	0	16:52	—	—	33	25
William Karlsson C	L2	0	1	1	+2	1	0.00	0	0	0	17:38	—	—	63	46
Jonathan Marchessault R	L2	0	0	0	+2	1	0.73	2	0	2	17:01	—	—	70	57
Reilly Smith R	L2	0	2	2	+2	1	0.07	1	0	0	16:49	—	—	59	48
Alex Tuch R	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.25	6	1	0	17:41	—	—	73	81
Nicolas Roy C	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.33	6	0	0	14:29	—	—	80	84
Mattias Janmark C	L3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.02	2	0	0	13:03	—	—	65	73
Keegan Kolesar R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	10:01	—	—	54	20
William Carrier L	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.29	8	0	2	9:07	—	—	77	73
Ryan Reaves R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	6	0	0	8:46	—	—	67	24
Alex Pietrangelo D	D1	0	0	0	0	7	0.47	1	3	0	25:26	—	—	55	67
Alec Martinez D	D1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.19	1	3	0	23:52	—	—	53	67
Shea Theodore D	D2	1	1	2	+2	3	0.08	0	0	2	21:26	—	—	52	39
Brayden McNabb D	D2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.00	3	3	0	21:08	—	—	50	25
Zach Whitecloud D	D3	0	1	1	+2	2	0.04	2	1	0	14:23	—	—	69	46
Nick Holden D	D3	1	0	1	+2	3	0.13	3	0	0	11:58	—	—	69	46

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Marc-Andre Fleury(start)	W	29	28	1	.966	2.99	59:59

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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.