Montreal Canadiens vs. Carolina HurricanesDec 30, 2021

FinalThursday, Dec 30, 2021· PNC Arena

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Carolina HurricanesCAR

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MTL	0	0	0	0		MTL	9	9	8	26
CAR	2	1	1	4		CAR	9	17	12	38

: MTL 41CAR 64
: MTL 1.75CAR 3.17
PP goals: MTL 0CAR 3
Hits: MTL 42CAR 25
Blocks: MTL 14CAR 8
PIM: MTL 10CAR 10
: MTL 28%CAR 72%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Carolina Hurricanes rout Montreal Canadiens 4–0

Carolina Hurricanes beat Montreal Canadiens 4–0 at home. Jaccob Slavin (CAR) led the scoring with 0G 3A. CAR's first power-play unit (Trocheck, Teravainen, DeAngelo, Aho and Necas) scored 1 power-play goal on 13 attempts in 4:33 together.

Points
Jaccob Slavin had 3 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 18:42.Slavin
Points
Teuvo Teravainen had two goals (2 points) on 6 shots in 15:46.Teravainen
Points
Sebastian Aho had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 17:12.Aho
PP1
CAR's first power-play unit (Trocheck, Teravainen, DeAngelo, Aho and Necas) scored 1 power-play goal on 13 attempts in 4:33 together.Trocheck Teravainen DeAngelo Aho Necas
Usage
Alex Belzile (MTL) played 20:04, +10:39 up on his 9:26 season average over 10 games.Belzile
New line
New look for CAR: Staal–Kotkaniemi–Jarvis skated 8:55 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Staal Kotkaniemi Jarvis
Goalie
Samuel Montembeault (MTL) faced 38 shots and stopped 34 (.895), +8 against a season average of 29.6; the loss.Montembeault
Usage
Jaccob Slavin (CAR) played 18:42, −4:54 down on his 23:36 season average over 78 games.Slavin

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 105 of 105 attempts · CAR 64 · MTL 41

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 18% of the game, CAR 52%.

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
	34	53
	1.25	2.07
	1.17	2.00
	10	4
	4	5
	22	22
	−0.191	+0.191
	18%	52%

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

L1Poehling – Harvey-Pinard – Caufield
5:0133% CF
L2Belzile – Evans – Ylonen
4:4920% CF
L3Gallagher – Vejdemo – Suzuki
4:0988% CF
L4Paquette – Baddock – Pezzetta
1:5340% CF
D1Savard – Romanov
15:3734% CF
D2Kulak – Clague
13:1938% CF
D3Niku – Schueneman
10:0758% CF

PP1Gallagher – Clague – Suzuki – Harvey-Pinard – Caufield
4:4471% CF
PP2Belzile – Evans – Niku – Poehling – Ylonen
3:18
PK1FPaquette – Evans
2:07
PK2FBelzile – Vejdemo
2:01
PK1DSavard – Romanov
5:01
PK2DKulak – Schueneman
1:43

Current MTL line combinations →

Carolina Hurricanes

L1Trocheck – Necas – Svechnikov
9:4050% CF
L2Staal – Kotkaniemi – Jarvis
8:5567% CF
L3Niederreiter – Teravainen – Aho
8:4450% CF
L4Stepan – Fast – Lorentz
7:2879% CF
D1Skjei – Pesce
14:4765% CF
D2Cole – Bear
14:3273% CF
D3Slavin – DeAngelo
9:5640% CF

PP1Trocheck – Teravainen – DeAngelo – Aho – Necas
4:3393% CF
PP2Niederreiter – Slavin – Kotkaniemi – Svechnikov – Jarvis
2:2067% CF
PK1FStaal – Stepan
1:57
PK2FTeravainen – Aho
1:26
PK1DCole – Slavin
3:09
PK2DSkjei – Pesce
2:48

Current CAR line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

10:46
CARNino NiederreiterPP (Jesperi Kotkaniemi, Jaccob Slavin)wrist0.03 xG
MTL: Kulak, Vejdemo, Suzuki, SchuenemanCAR: Niederreiter, Slavin, Kotkaniemi, Svechnikov, Jarvis
MTL 0 – 1 CAR
13:29
CARTeuvo TeravainenSH (Sebastian Aho, Jaccob Slavin)snap0.14 xG
MTL: Gallagher, Clague, Suzuki, Harvey-Pinard, CaufieldCAR: Cole, Teravainen, Slavin, Aho
MTL 0 – 2 CAR

2nd period

17:01
CARTeuvo TeravainenPP (Martin Necas, Sebastian Aho)snap0.16 xG
MTL: Savard, Belzile, Paquette, RomanovCAR: Trocheck, Teravainen, DeAngelo, Aho, Necas
MTL 0 – 3 CAR

3rd period

10:52
CARSeth JarvisPP (Andrei Svechnikov, Jaccob Slavin)snap0.16 xG
MTL: Savard, Evans, Vejdemo, RomanovCAR: Niederreiter, Slavin, Kotkaniemi, Svechnikov, Jarvis
MTL 0 – 4 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
Cole Caufield R	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.36	0	1	0	15:49	—	—	25	25
Ryan Poehling C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.17	2	1	0	15:44	—	—	33	42
Rafael Harvey-Pinard L	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	13:21	—	—	36	43
Alex Belzile R	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.07	3	1	2	20:04	—	—	32	33
Jake Evans C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	2	0	2	19:02	—	—	35	50
Jesse Ylonen R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0	0	2	15:57	—	—	36	46
Nick Suzuki C	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.20	3	0	0	23:41	—	—	42	31
Lukas Vejdemo C	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.08	1	0	0	14:26	—	—	71	33
Brendan Gallagher R	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	1	0	0	9:21	—	—	67	58
Cedric Paquette C	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.50	4	1	0	13:34	—	—	44	60
Michael Pezzetta L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	2	12:13	—	—	30	43
Brandon Baddock L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	6	0	0	8:24	—	—	30	19
Alexander Romanov D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	5	3	0	22:02	—	—	35	53
David Savard D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	4	5	0	21:56	—	—	37	53
Kale Clague D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.17	1	1	0	20:25	—	—	37	25
Brett Kulak D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	6	1	2	17:17	—	—	37	25
Sami Niku D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	0	0	15:07	—	—	47	41
Corey Schueneman D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	0	0	0	14:24	—	—	54	45

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Samuel Montembeault(start)	L	38	34	4	.895	3.17	59:45

Carolina Hurricanes

CAR skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Vincent Trocheck C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	4	18:06	—	—	47	22
Martin Necas C	L1	0	1	1	0	4	0.31	2	0	0	17:25	—	—	47	22
Andrei Svechnikov R	L1	0	1	1	0	1	0.01	3	0	0	15:32	—	—	53	35
Jordan Staal C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.10	2	0	0	16:55	—	—	67	61
Seth Jarvis R	L2	1	0	1	0	1	0.24	1	0	0	14:00	—	—	62	71
Jesperi Kotkaniemi C	L2	0	1	1	0	3	0.18	6	0	0	13:11	—	—	71	72
Sebastian Aho C	L3	0	2	2	+1	3	0.91	1	1	0	17:12	—	—	50	90
Teuvo Teravainen C	L3	2	0	2	+1	6	0.75	0	0	0	15:46	—	—	50	90
Nino Niederreiter R	L3	1	0	1	0	2	0.09	0	0	0	13:54	—	—	44	88
Jesper Fast R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	2	0	0	13:12	—	—	83	60
Derek Stepan C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	0	1	0	11:54	—	—	73	37
Steven Lorentz C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.17	1	0	0	9:51	—	—	79	60
Brett Pesce D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.04	1	2	0	20:54	—	—	68	54
Brady Skjei D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	2	0	2	20:25	—	—	67	52
Ian Cole D	D2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.07	1	0	2	20:36	—	—	71	48
Ethan Bear D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.11	1	1	0	15:43	—	—	73	66
Jaccob Slavin D	D3	0	3	3	+1	2	0.01	0	2	0	18:42	—	—	38	70
Tony DeAngelo D	D3	0	0	0	0	3	0.10	1	1	2	16:42	—	—	43	85

CAR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Antti Raanta(start)	W	26	26	0	.1000	1.75	60:00

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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.