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Montreal Canadiens vs. Vegas Golden KnightsMar 5, 2023

Final· T-Mobile Arena
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MTL
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VGK
4
Goals123TShots123T
MTL0033MTL5121128
VGK2114VGK1341128
MTL 56VGK 74
MTL 2.60VGK 2.41
PP goals
MTL 0VGK 0
Hits
MTL 30VGK 31
Blocks
MTL 29VGK 18
PIM
MTL 7VGK 9
MTL 50%VGK 50%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights edge Montreal Canadiens 4–3

Vegas Golden Knights beat Montreal Canadiens 4–3 at home. Ivan Barbashev (VGK) led the scoring with 2G 0A. New look for MTL: Hoffman–Anderson–Drouin skated 10:55 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (57.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

  1. Points
    Ivan Barbashev had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:35.Barbashev
  2. New line
    New look for MTL: Hoffman–Anderson–Drouin skated 10:55 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (57.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.HoffmanAndersonDrouin
  3. New line
    New look for MTL: Gurianov–Suzuki–Harvey-Pinard skated 6:48 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (43.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.GurianovSuzukiHarvey-Pinard
  4. New line
    New look for VGK: Kessel–Stephenson–Cotter skated 9:49 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (60% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.KesselStephensonCotter
  5. Luck
    VGK scored 4 goals on 2.41 expected goals (74 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
  6. Usage
    Jesse Ylonen (MTL) played 16:58, +3:37 up on his 13:21 season average over 36 games.Ylonen
  7. Usage
    Jack Eichel (VGK) played 15:36, −3:13 down on his 18:49 season average over 66 games.Eichel
  8. Usage
    Christian Dvorak (MTL) played 13:26, −3:29 down on his 16:55 season average over 63 games.Dvorak

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: 130 attempts, 56 on goal, 7 goals, 5.01 expected goals; best chance Mike Hoffman at 0.49 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 130 of 130 attempts · VGK 74 · MTL 56

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 2.41 to 2.60 (MTL led the chances), shot attempts 74 to 56, 7 goals.

0.01.02.03.01st2nd3rdVGKMTLTBSMBBHnet xGcumulative expected goals · 60:00
  • VGK
  • MTL
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
VGKMTLcontrol2nd3rdTheodore · 1st 12:37Barbashev · 1st 19:41Smith · 2nd 7:20Matheson · 3rd 2:04Barbashev · 3rd 7:44Belzile · 3rd 8:07Harvey-Pinard · 3rd 8:42
  • 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 28% of the game, VGK 29%.

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 60:00; most ice Jonathan Quick (60:00) for VGK and Jake Allen (58:38) for MTL, 7 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
5684
1.892.79
1.812.60
812
16
2330
−0.013+0.013
28%29%

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. 12:37
    VGKShea Theodore (Teddy Blueger)wrist0.08 xG
    MTL: Tierney, Anderson, Pezzetta, Kovacevic, HarrisVGK: McNabb, Blueger, Theodore, Kolesar, Howden
    MTL 0 – 1 VGK
  2. 19:41
    VGKIvan Barbashev (Jack Eichel, Jonathan Marchessault)wrist0.21 xG
    MTL: Hoffman, Edmundson, Matheson, Anderson, DvorakVGK: Martinez, Pietrangelo, Marchessault, Barbashev, Eichel
    MTL 0 – 2 VGK

2nd period

  1. 7:20
    VGKReilly Smith (William Karlsson)wrist0.11 xG
    MTL: Edmundson, Gurianov, Allard, Suzuki, Harvey-PinardVGK: Kessel, McNabb, Smith, Karlsson, Theodore
    MTL 0 – 3 VGK

3rd period

  1. 2:04
    MTLMike Matheson (Jonathan Drouin)snap0.06 xG
    MTL: Hoffman, Savard, Matheson, Anderson, DrouinVGK: Kessel, Stephenson, Hague, Whitecloud, Cotter
    MTL 1 – 3 VGK
  2. 7:44
    VGKIvan Barbashev (Michael Amadio, Nicolas Hague)deflected0.03 xG
    MTL: Belzile, Matheson, Tierney, Gurianov, HarrisVGK: Barbashev, Amadio, Eichel, Hague, Whitecloud
    MTL 1 – 4 VGK
  3. 8:07
    MTLAlex Belzile (Michael Pezzetta, Joel Edmundson)wrist0.00 xG
    MTL: Belzile, Edmundson, Dvorak, Allard, PezzettaVGK: Blueger, Kolesar, Howden, Hague, Whitecloud
    MTL 2 – 4 VGK
  4. 8:42
    MTLRafael Harvey-Pinard (Jesse Ylonen, Nick Suzuki)snap0.19 xG
    MTL: Suzuki, Kovacevic, Harris, Ylonen, Harvey-PinardVGK: Martinez, Pietrangelo, Smith, Karlsson, Amadio
    MTL 3 – 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
Josh Anderson RL1000-110.2921019:19——4752
Mike Hoffman CL1000040.8611017:18——5247
Jonathan Drouin LL1011+120.0512017:10——4239
Nick Suzuki CL2011000.0000022:10——4246
Rafael Harvey-Pinard LL2101050.4425019:47——4750
Denis Gurianov RL2000-220.0101013:34——346
Alex Belzile RL3101020.1130010:40——3153
Chris Tierney CL3000-200.001009:44——3344
Michael Pezzetta LL3011010.074127:36——3346
Jesse Ylonen RL4011+110.0811016:58——4061
Rem Pitlick CL4000010.1212015:08——2728
Christian Dvorak CL4000000.0004013:26——4032
Mike Matheson DD1101-130.3111026:57——4137
David Savard DD1000+110.0353024:59——2621
Jordan Harris DD2000-100.0034021:58——3743
Johnathan Kovacevic DD2000020.1531514:29——4050
Joel Edmundson DD3011-110.0322016:38——4945
Frederic Allard DD3000020.0400011:31——6255
MTL goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Jake Allen(start)L28244.8572.4158:38

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Ivan Barbashev LL1202+220.4862017:35——6674
Jack Eichel CL1011+200.0202015:36——6171
Jonathan Marchessault RL1011+130.3220215:35——7081
Brett Howden CL2000000.1921015:42——6065
Teddy Blueger CL2011000.0010015:15——5865
Keegan Kolesar RL2000020.1550013:53——6379
Chandler Stephenson CL3000-110.1010017:03——6854
Phil Kessel RL3000010.1200013:15——5741
Paul Cotter LL3000-110.0640011:13——6237
Reilly Smith RL4101030.2102015:30——4859
William Karlsson CL4011010.2610014:46——4851
Michael Amadio RL4011010.1000012:13——4039
Nicolas Hague DD1011-120.1022019:04——5033
Zach Whitecloud DD1000-110.0322217:50——4838
Alex Pietrangelo DD2000020.0721023:34——6762
Alec Martinez DD2000000.0101517:34——6372
Brayden McNabb DD3000+220.0422021:47——6480
Shea Theodore DD3101+260.1713018:35——7283
VGK goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Jonathan Quick(start)W28253.8932.6060:00