Montreal Canadiens vs. Vegas Golden KnightsJun 16, 2021

FinalPlayoffsWednesday, Jun 16, 2021· T-Mobile Arena

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Vegas Golden KnightsVGK

2

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MTL	2	1	0	3		MTL	12	4	7	23
VGK	0	1	1	2		VGK	4	10	17	31

: MTL 48VGK 71
: MTL 1.78VGK 2.25
PP goals: MTL 0VGK 0
Hits: MTL 53VGK 45
Blocks: MTL 26VGK 18
PIM: MTL 4VGK 0
: MTL 58%VGK 42%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Montreal Canadiens edge Vegas Golden Knights 3–2

Montreal Canadiens beat Vegas Golden Knights 3–2 at VGK. Alex Pietrangelo (VGK) led the scoring with 2G 0A. New look for VGK: Pacioretty–Stone–Kolesar skated 9:31 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (69.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Alex Pietrangelo had two goals (2 points) on 7 shots in 28:36.Pietrangelo
Points
Joel Edmundson had 2 assists (2 points) in 22:54.Edmundson
New line
New look for VGK: Pacioretty–Stone–Kolesar skated 9:31 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (69.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Pacioretty Stone Kolesar
Usage
Keegan Kolesar (VGK) played 15:42, +4:39 up on his 11:03 season average over 16 games.Kolesar
Usage
Alex Pietrangelo (VGK) played 28:36, +3:40 up on his 24:56 season average over 18 games.Pietrangelo
Usage
Jeff Petry (MTL) played 20:47, −3:27 down on his 24:14 season average over 19 games.Petry
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Alec Martinez (VGK) played 26:37, +4:18 up on his 22:19 season average over 18 games.Martinez
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Nick Holden (VGK) played 11:44, −4:17 down on his 16:01 season average over 14 games.Holden

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 119 of 119 attempts · VGK 71 · MTL 48

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 24% of the game, VGK 36%.

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
	55	71
	2.12	2.36
	2.10	2.24
	17	12
	6	7
	17	22
	+0.071	−0.071
	24%	36%

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
12:2147% CF
L2Toffoli – Suzuki – Caufield
10:4550% CF
L3Byron – Anderson – Kotkaniemi
10:0342% CF
L4Staal – Perry – Armia
8:0358% CF
D1Petry – Edmundson
16:3050% CF
D2Weber – Chiarot
13:4238% CF
D3Merrill – Gustafsson
0:00

PK1FDanault – Lehkonen
1:53
PK2FByron – Armia
1:18
PK1DWeber – Chiarot
1:45
PK2DMerrill – Edmundson
1:21

Current MTL line combinations →

Vegas Golden Knights

L1Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault
11:5448% CF
L2Pacioretty – Stone – Kolesar
9:3170% CF
L3Reaves – Carrier – Brown
7:1556% CF
L4Janmark – Tuch – Roy
7:1256% CF
D1Martinez – Pietrangelo
15:2956% CF
D2McNabb – Theodore
7:4130% CF
D3Holden – Whitecloud
6:1664% CF

PP1Pacioretty – Martinez – Stone – Theodore – Roy
1:57100% CF
PP2Pietrangelo – Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault – Tuch
1:3650% CF

Current VGK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

6:12
MTLJoel Armia (Joel Edmundson, Corey Perry)wrist0.01 xG
MTL: Staal, Perry, Edmundson, Armia, GustafssonVGK: Reaves, Martinez, Pietrangelo, Carrier, Brown
MTL 1 – 0 VGK
16:30
MTLTyler Toffoli (Cole Caufield, Jeff Petry)slap0.15 xG
MTL: Petry, Toffoli, Gustafsson, Suzuki, CaufieldVGK: Pacioretty, Martinez, McNabb, Stone, Roy
MTL 2 – 0 VGK

2nd period

17:45
MTLPaul Byron (Jesperi Kotkaniemi, Joel Edmundson)backhand0.14 xG
MTL: Petry, Byron, Edmundson, Anderson, KotkaniemiVGK: Pacioretty, Holden, Stone, Kolesar, Whitecloud
MTL 3 – 0 VGK
18:46
VGKAlex Pietrangelo (Keegan Kolesar)wrist0.02 xG
MTL: Weber, Chiarot, Gallagher, Lehkonen, SuzukiVGK: Pacioretty, Martinez, Pietrangelo, Stone, Kolesar
MTL 3 – 1 VGK

3rd period

14:46
VGKAlex Pietrangelo (Jonathan Marchessault, William Karlsson)wrist0.03 xG
MTL: Perry, Petry, Edmundson, Armia, SuzukiVGK: Martinez, Pietrangelo, Smith, Karlsson, Marchessault
MTL 3 – 2 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	0.00	3	2	0	21:33	—	—	45	66
Artturi Lehkonen L	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.26	4	3	0	18:36	—	—	50	63
Brendan Gallagher R	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.21	5	1	0	15:11	—	—	50	72
Nick Suzuki C	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.17	6	0	0	17:33	—	—	42	62
Tyler Toffoli C	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.17	4	0	0	15:53	—	—	48	62
Cole Caufield R	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.02	0	0	0	12:24	—	—	43	41
Paul Byron L	L3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.46	2	1	0	13:39	—	—	36	41
Josh Anderson R	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.16	5	1	0	12:01	—	—	46	35
Jesperi Kotkaniemi C	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.06	1	0	0	10:55	—	—	48	36
Joel Armia R	L4	1	0	1	0	3	0.10	4	0	2	13:03	—	—	44	34
Eric Staal C	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	0	0	12:48	—	—	37	28
Corey Perry R	L4	0	1	1	0	3	0.16	1	2	0	12:06	—	—	39	37
Joel Edmundson D	D1	0	2	2	+1	0	0.00	1	2	0	22:54	—	—	56	63
Jeff Petry D	D1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.01	0	2	2	20:47	—	—	53	64
Ben Chiarot D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	9	3	0	27:12	—	—	35	35
Shea Weber D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.02	7	6	0	24:42	—	—	32	55
Jon Merrill D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	12:52	—	—	28	7
Erik Gustafsson D	D3	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	0	1	0	11:51	—	—	52	56

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Carey Price(start)	W	31	29	2	.935	2.25	60:00

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
William Karlsson C	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.09	4	0	0	17:51	—	—	46	36
Jonathan Marchessault R	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.14	2	0	0	17:43	—	—	48	52
Reilly Smith R	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	1	0	0	15:59	—	—	46	47
Mark Stone R	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.09	0	0	0	20:45	—	—	64	40
Max Pacioretty L	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.20	1	0	0	19:19	—	—	61	38
Keegan Kolesar R	L2	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	5	0	0	15:42	—	—	62	54
Patrick Brown C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.06	5	0	0	10:07	—	—	60	88
William Carrier L	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.29	6	2	0	10:05	—	—	65	89
Ryan Reaves R	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	5	0	0	9:16	—	—	56	85
Mattias Janmark C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	1	0	0	15:40	—	—	54	38
Alex Tuch R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.23	1	1	0	15:36	—	—	50	42
Nicolas Roy C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	2	0	0	15:18	—	—	57	26
Alex Pietrangelo D	D1	2	0	2	+1	7	0.26	5	1	0	28:36	—	—	67	78
Alec Martinez D	D1	0	0	0	0	4	0.55	0	6	0	26:37	—	—	48	63
Shea Theodore D	D2	0	0	0	0	4	0.06	0	1	0	21:00	—	—	58	36
Brayden McNabb D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.09	1	3	0	13:59	—	—	39	29
Zach Whitecloud D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.07	3	3	0	16:16	—	—	57	41
Nick Holden D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.04	3	1	0	11:44	—	—	67	63

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Marc-Andre Fleury(start)	L	23	20	3	.870	1.78	58:27

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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.