Montreal Canadiens vs. Carolina HurricanesDec 27, 2017

FinalWednesday, Dec 27, 2017· PNC Arena

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Carolina HurricanesCAR

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MTL	0	1	0	1		MTL	6	13	5	24
CAR	1	0	2	3		CAR	16	8	12	36

: MTL 44CAR 65
: MTL 1.66CAR 3.27
PP goals: MTL 0CAR 1
Hits: MTL 25CAR 27
Blocks: MTL 15CAR 12
PIM: MTL 6CAR 4
: MTL 46%CAR 54%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Carolina Hurricanes beat Montreal Canadiens 3–1

Carolina Hurricanes beat Montreal Canadiens 3–1 at home. Sebastian Aho (CAR) led the scoring with 2G 0A. CAR's first power-play unit (Staal, Faulk, Teravainen, Lindholm and Aho) scored 1 power-play goal on 10 attempts in 3:05 together.

Points
Sebastian Aho had two goals (2 points) on 5 shots in 16:55.Aho
PP1
CAR's first power-play unit (Staal, Faulk, Teravainen, Lindholm and Aho) scored 1 power-play goal on 10 attempts in 3:05 together.Staal Faulk Teravainen Lindholm Aho
Goalie
Carey Price (MTL) faced 35 shots and stopped 33 (.943), +5 against a season average of 30.3; the loss.Price
New line
New look for MTL: Deslauriers–Hudon–Carr skated 8:02 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (56.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Deslauriers Hudon Carr
Usage
Joe Morrow (MTL) played 20:32, +3:52 up on his 16:40 season average over 55 games.Morrow
Usage
Artturi Lehkonen (MTL) played 13:21, −3:11 down on his 16:32 season average over 65 games.Lehkonen

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)CAR attacks right (top on phones) →

CAR
MTL
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 109 of 109 attempts · CAR 65 · MTL 44

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

CAR
MTL
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

CAR 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 20% of the game, CAR 40%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

CAR

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	CAR
	46	60
	1.50	1.66
	1.47	1.64
	8	10
	6	7
	25	25
	−0.004	+0.004
	20%	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

L1Shaw – Danault – Galchenyuk
12:3253% CF
L2Byron – Pacioretty – Drouin
12:0026% CF
L3Plekanec – Gallagher – Lehkonen
9:4341% CF
L4Deslauriers – Hudon – Carr
8:0256% CF
D1Petry – Alzner
15:5946% CF
D2Lernout – Jerabek
14:0567% CF
D3Benn – Morrow
13:3721% CF

PP1Petry – Pacioretty – Shaw – Lehkonen – Drouin
1:19100% CF
PP2Gallagher – Morrow – Galchenyuk – Hudon – Carr
0:46100% CF
PK1FPacioretty – Danault
2:31
PK2FPlekanec – Byron
1:32
PK1DBenn – Morrow
2:18
PK2DPetry – Alzner
2:05

Current MTL line combinations →

Carolina Hurricanes

L1Staal – Teravainen – Aho
11:2775% CF
L2Williams – McGinn – Ryan
9:4746% CF
L3Kruger – Nordstrom – Di Giuseppe
8:2065% CF
L4Skinner – Rask – Lindholm
6:3529% CF
D1Slavin – Pesce
18:5075% CF
D2Faulk – Dahlbeck
15:0556% CF
D3van Riemsdyk – Hanifin
13:0542% CF

PP1Staal – Faulk – Teravainen – Lindholm – Aho
3:0591% CF
PP2Williams – Skinner – Rask – Hanifin – Ryan
1:28100% CF
PK1FStaal – McGinn
0:56
PK2FKruger – Lindholm
0:19
PK1DFaulk – Pesce
0:41
PK2DSlavin – van Riemsdyk
0:34

Current CAR line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

3:44
CARTeuvo Teravainen (Justin Faulk)slap0.06 xG
MTL: Petry, Alzner, Byron, Pacioretty, DrouinCAR: Staal, Faulk, Dahlbeck, Teravainen, Aho
MTL 0 – 1 CAR

2nd period

5:19
MTLAlex Galchenyuk (Jeff Petry)snap0.04 xG
MTL: Petry, Alzner, Shaw, Galchenyuk, DrouinCAR: Skinner, Rask, Lindholm, van Riemsdyk, Hanifin
MTL 1 – 1 CAR

3rd period

9:15
CARSebastian AhoPP (Elias Lindholm, Jordan Staal)backhand0.03 xG
MTL: Pacioretty, Benn, Morrow, DanaultCAR: Staal, Faulk, Teravainen, Lindholm, Aho
MTL 1 – 2 CAR
18:36
CARSebastian AhoEN (Jaccob Slavin, Brett Pesce)wrist0.96 xG
MTL: Petry, Pacioretty, Morrow, Galchenyuk, Lehkonen, DrouinCAR: Staal, Teravainen, Slavin, Pesce, Aho
MTL 1 – 3 CAR

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	0	0.00	3	1	0	17:25	—	—	52	68
Andrew Shaw R	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	1	0	2	16:35	—	—	50	65
Alex Galchenyuk C	L1	1	0	1	0	3	0.41	0	1	4	15:45	—	—	57	71
Max Pacioretty L	L2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.30	1	0	0	17:56	—	—	25	23
Jonathan Drouin L	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.11	0	1	0	16:13	—	—	32	32
Paul Byron L	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	15:46	—	—	30	29
Tomas Plekanec C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	0	0	14:39	—	—	40	13
Brendan Gallagher R	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.09	0	2	0	13:46	—	—	43	33
Artturi Lehkonen L	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	4	1	0	13:21	—	—	42	9
Daniel Carr L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.11	0	2	0	13:08	—	—	52	72
Nicolas Deslauriers L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	11:48	—	—	47	66
Charles Hudon L	L4	0	0	0	0	4	0.23	2	0	0	11:22	—	—	53	68
Jeff Petry D	D1	0	1	1	-1	3	0.22	1	2	0	25:02	—	—	46	56
Karl Alzner D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	2	2	0	19:54	—	—	45	65
Brett Lernout D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	3	0	0	17:22	—	—	57	63
Jakub Jerabek D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	16:12	—	—	67	81
Joe Morrow D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.10	1	0	0	20:32	—	—	26	22
Jordie Benn D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	2	1	0	18:36	—	—	22	15

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Carey Price(start)	L	35	33	2	.943	2.31	59:44

Carolina Hurricanes

CAR skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jordan Staal C	L1	0	1	1	+2	4	0.37	5	0	0	19:02	—	—	70	69
Sebastian Aho C	L1	2	0	2	+2	5	1.08	3	0	0	16:55	—	—	78	79
Teuvo Teravainen C	L1	1	0	1	+2	4	0.58	0	0	0	16:33	—	—	76	79
Justin Williams R	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.18	3	0	0	18:06	—	—	53	49
Derek Ryan C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	0	0	2	17:45	—	—	55	59
Brock McGinn L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	15:00	—	—	47	49
Joakim Nordstrom C	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.06	1	1	0	12:22	—	—	52	22
Phillip Di Giuseppe L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	3	0	0	12:10	—	—	58	25
Marcus Kruger C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	10:37	—	—	61	34
Elias Lindholm C	L4	0	1	1	-1	2	0.22	1	0	0	15:01	—	—	38	36
Jeff Skinner L	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.16	1	0	0	14:38	—	—	40	36
Victor Rask C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.09	1	1	0	14:33	—	—	38	23
Jaccob Slavin D	D1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.04	1	0	0	22:16	—	—	72	60
Brett Pesce D	D1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.09	1	0	0	21:53	—	—	75	60
Justin Faulk D	D2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.12	0	3	0	22:43	—	—	53	54
Klas Dahlbeck D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	3	1	2	15:40	—	—	57	60
Noah Hanifin D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.08	1	2	0	16:54	—	—	42	45
Trevor van Riemsdyk D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.10	0	4	0	15:40	—	—	41	40

CAR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Cam Ward(start)	W	24	23	1	.958	1.66	59:58

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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.