Montreal Canadiens vs. Vegas Golden KnightsJun 22, 2021

FinalPlayoffsTuesday, Jun 22, 2021· T-Mobile Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MTL	1	2	1	4		MTL	6	11	9	26
VGK	0	0	1	1		VGK	6	9	12	27

: MTL 40VGK 56
: MTL 3.32VGK 2.60
PP goals: MTL 1VGK 0
Hits: MTL 44VGK 35
Blocks: MTL 18VGK 8
PIM: MTL 4VGK 4
: MTL 42%VGK 58%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Montreal Canadiens beat Vegas Golden Knights 4–1

Montreal Canadiens beat Vegas Golden Knights 4–1 at VGK. Nick Suzuki (MTL) led the scoring with 1G 2A. New look for VGK: Carrier–Nosek–Kolesar skated 6:06 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Nick Suzuki had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 18:29.Suzuki
Points
Tyler Toffoli had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 15:53.Toffoli
New line
New look for VGK: Carrier–Nosek–Kolesar skated 6:06 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Carrier Nosek Kolesar
New line
New look for VGK: Pacioretty–Tuch–Roy skated 4:36 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (64.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Pacioretty Tuch Roy
New line
New look for VGK: Stone–Stephenson–Janmark skated 5:44 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (33.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Stone Stephenson Janmark
Luck
VGK scored 1 goal on 2.60 expected goals (56 attempts), well short of its chances.
Cats
Ben Chiarot (MTL) threw 7 hits and blocked 1 shot, a night for hits leagues.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.

Strength

Period

Team

← MTL attacks left (bottom on phones)VGK attacks right (top on phones) →

VGK
MTL
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 96 of 96 attempts · VGK 56 · MTL 40

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 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
	41	53
	2.32	2.19
	2.22	2.11
	10	10
	5	2
	24	14
	−0.063	+0.063
	35%	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
11:3350% CF
L2Byron – Anderson – Kotkaniemi
11:0021% CF
L3Toffoli – Suzuki – Caufield
8:5567% CF
L4Staal – Perry – Armia
8:0556% CF
D1Petry – Edmundson
17:5632% CF
D2Weber – Chiarot
14:5659% CF
D3Merrill – Gustafsson
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PP1Perry – Toffoli – Gustafsson – Suzuki – Caufield
2:1550% CF
PP2Weber – Petry – Gallagher – Anderson – Kotkaniemi
0:41100% CF
PK1FDanault – Lehkonen
1:49
PK2FByron – Armia
0:33
PK1DChiarot – Edmundson
1:18
PK2DPetry – Merrill
0:37

Current MTL line combinations →

Vegas Golden Knights

L1Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault
8:49100% CF
L2Carrier – Nosek – Kolesar
6:0650% CF
L3Stone – Stephenson – Janmark
5:4433% CF
L4Pacioretty – Tuch – Roy
4:3664% CF
D1Martinez – Pietrangelo
11:3247% CF
D2McNabb – Theodore
7:4850% CF
D3Holden – Whitecloud
7:4133% CF

PP1Pacioretty – Pietrangelo – Stone – Karlsson – Marchessault
1:54100% CF
PP2Martinez – Smith – Stephenson – Theodore – Tuch
1:43100% CF
PK1FStone – Stephenson
1:21
PK2FSmith – Karlsson
0:55
PK1DMcNabb – Whitecloud
1:56
PK2DMartinez – Pietrangelo
1:14

Current VGK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

8:45
MTLJesperi Kotkaniemi (Josh Anderson, Paul Byron)backhand0.30 xG
MTL: Petry, Byron, Edmundson, Anderson, KotkaniemiVGK: Pacioretty, Holden, Stone, Roy, Whitecloud
MTL 1 – 0 VGK

2nd period

6:32
MTLEric Staal (Nick Suzuki, Tyler Toffoli)wrist0.14 xG
MTL: Staal, Petry, Toffoli, Gustafsson, SuzukiVGK: Martinez, Pietrangelo, Marchessault, Stephenson, Kolesar
MTL 2 – 0 VGK
9:49
MTLCole CaufieldPP (Corey Perry, Nick Suzuki)snap0.16 xG
MTL: Perry, Petry, Toffoli, Suzuki, CaufieldVGK: Pietrangelo, Stone, Stephenson, Whitecloud
MTL 3 – 0 VGK

3rd period

4:09
VGKMax Pacioretty (Nicolas Roy)wrist0.07 xG
MTL: Weber, Byron, Chiarot, Danault, KotkaniemiVGK: Pacioretty, Pietrangelo, Theodore, Tuch, Roy
MTL 3 – 1 VGK
18:54
MTLNick SuzukiEN (Tyler Toffoli)wrist0.98 xG
MTL: Weber, Chiarot, Toffoli, Danault, SuzukiVGK: Pacioretty, Martinez, Pietrangelo, Stone, Karlsson, Marchessault
MTL 4 – 1 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	0.01	2	0	0	18:26	—	—	40	53
Artturi Lehkonen L	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	3	2	0	17:52	—	—	46	61
Brendan Gallagher R	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.10	4	1	0	14:32	—	—	58	70
Paul Byron L	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.18	1	2	2	14:29	—	—	25	50
Jesperi Kotkaniemi C	L2	1	0	1	0	1	0.45	1	2	0	14:04	—	—	25	45
Josh Anderson R	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.10	2	0	0	14:02	—	—	27	47
Nick Suzuki C	L3	1	2	3	+2	2	1.01	1	1	0	18:29	—	—	50	56
Tyler Toffoli C	L3	0	2	2	+2	4	0.45	4	1	0	15:53	—	—	52	57
Cole Caufield R	L3	1	0	1	0	1	0.19	0	0	0	12:58	—	—	57	55
Joel Armia R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.20	1	1	0	12:53	—	—	69	49
Corey Perry R	L4	0	1	1	0	1	0.02	1	0	0	12:31	—	—	50	10
Eric Staal C	L4	1	0	1	+1	1	0.14	3	0	0	11:51	—	—	67	58
Jeff Petry D	D1	0	0	0	+2	2	0.07	5	2	0	25:28	—	—	38	48
Joel Edmundson D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.01	3	0	0	25:20	—	—	36	52
Ben Chiarot D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.01	7	1	0	24:02	—	—	57	56
Shea Weber D	D2	0	0	0	0	3	0.31	3	4	2	23:43	—	—	47	55
Jon Merrill D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	1	0	11:54	—	—	31	40
Erik Gustafsson D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.04	0	0	0	7:33	—	—	57	61

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Carey Price(start)	W	27	26	1	.963	2.60	60:00

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Reilly Smith R	L1	0	0	0	0	6	0.49	1	0	0	17:51	—	—	86	89
William Karlsson C	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.12	1	0	0	17:50	—	—	87	78
Jonathan Marchessault R	L1	0	0	0	-2	3	0.35	3	0	0	17:28	—	—	76	58
Keegan Kolesar R	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	5	1	0	9:59	—	—	36	53
Tomas Nosek L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.22	1	0	0	9:48	—	—	50	88
William Carrier L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	6	0	0	7:56	—	—	44	76
Mark Stone R	L3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.46	1	0	0	19:31	—	—	40	34
Chandler Stephenson C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	19:01	—	—	46	44
Mattias Janmark C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.17	2	0	0	15:07	—	—	35	28
Max Pacioretty L	L4	1	0	1	-1	3	0.10	0	0	0	17:32	—	—	55	45
Alex Tuch R	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.10	0	0	0	14:50	—	—	63	51
Nicolas Roy C	L4	0	1	1	0	1	0.05	3	0	2	13:55	—	—	52	39
Alex Pietrangelo D	D1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.29	0	1	0	26:06	—	—	58	55
Alec Martinez D	D1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.09	3	2	0	25:21	—	—	63	52
Shea Theodore D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.06	1	1	2	21:50	—	—	63	57
Brayden McNabb D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	5	2	0	14:45	—	—	43	87
Zach Whitecloud D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	1	1	0	15:23	—	—	50	14
Nick Holden D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.10	2	0	0	14:15	—	—	48	35

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Marc-Andre Fleury(start)	L	25	22	3	.880	2.33	58:16

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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.